Ebay Scammer gets Scammed

[Wezas]

Long read, but very amusing.

The Story:
http://www.mannequin3d.com/powerbook/

There is also a movie from a hidden webcam, however the movies don't really show the end result

[Edited on 5-20-2004 by Wezas]

[Atlanteax]

DAMN!! Awesome!! :clap:

[Trinitis]

Thats some funny shit man!

[Shari]

Oh my FUCKING GOD I don't think I have ever laughed so hard.

Thanks for sharing that.

[Galleazzo]

OMFG I got a coughing fit I'm laughing so hard. That rules!

Got to get that onto my .sig

[Caiylania]

It's not working for me, it comes up file not found.

[Galleazzo]

Came up for me jiust now.

[Mistomeer]

LOL. The whole time I was reading that, I kept thinking that it sounded like something the SA Goons would do. Sure enough, it was them. Damn, that's great. SA rules.

[MPSorc]

damn stupid government firewall, i can't ever read the good shit people post until like 10 hours later when i get home, any chance for a summary here?

:bouncy:

[TheEschaton]

Basically, this guy was selling a G4 Powerbook on eBay. This scammer contacted him to try and buy it, using an escrow website he recommended.

The seller (who is a member of the somethingawful.com boards) recognized the website as a personal website of someone, and not a real escrow service. So, he and his buddies decided to string along the scammer - to even the point of sending a Powerbook made of cardboard to England, declaring the value as $2100 so the guy would have to pay like $300 in duty. The website details all their antics, including some English members, staking out the delivery address for the arrival of the package.

-TheE-

[AnticorRifling]

I want Jeff to call the dude and see if he got it lol.

[Wezas]

Originally posted by AnticorRifling
I want Jeff to call the dude and see if he got it lol.

Well, if you look at the links on the page there are links to all different mirrors. A few of the links give updates, but they are buried in a message board.

The guy did receive his package, and supposedly there is audio of him being pissed off when he opens it.

[Soulpieced]

Yeah, that's a wildly elaborate scheme.

[Bobmuhthol]

This was already posted like a week ago.

[DeV]

:thumbsup:

[Latrinsorm]

Those crazy English. :lol:

[Solkern]

That was to damn funny for me to even laugh, nice one!

[Wezas]

Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
This was already posted like a week ago.

Link to the thread, please.

[TheEschaton]

It WAS posted. Something about someone deserving something. Hold on.

-TheE-

[Bobmuhthol]

http://forum.gsplayers.com/viewthread.php?tid=6888

[Wezas]

Good, see Team Spider was on top of it.

[Meos]

"Basically, everyone in the thread went fucking ballistic. We had all thought that FedEx had sent it out for delivery, and just didn't update the site. After we thought it arrived, our men left. Before Starbucks left, he set the screen savers on the computers upstairs to scroll: "P-P-P-POWERBOOK!" "


:lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::lol2::l ol2:

[HarmNone]

This was really hilarious. Those guys certainly gave dOOd a merry chase! More power to them! :D

HarmNone HATES scammers!

[Mint]

I want to be part of a scam busting operation like this! Some sort of PC task force would be fun. Yes, easily amused here.