him:
| Is it still available for sale? |
me:
| Yes. |
him:
| I am interested in buying your item...Firstly,i will love to know the condition of the item, but there is a little problem,i will not be able to look at the item or pick it up from your place because i am currently out of the state for a Conference meeting,so you will be shipping the item to my Son in West Africa because i want to buy the item for him and i will prefer the shipment to go through USPS Global Express Mail Service EMS,i will add $100 to your money to cover the shipping charges.And about the payment, i will prefer PayPal because it is secure and easy to send money online and these is because these is the first time i will buy item online and Craigslist was introduced to me by a friend and i don't want to get ripped off. So get back to me with your PayPal email address for the immediate payment. I will be very happy if you could get back to me now. Thanks for your understanding and in anticipation of your response. Regards.. |
obviously some sort of scam at this point...
me:
| I do not ship. Sorry |
him:
| i can understand the way you feel but i want to assure you that there won't be any problem and that is why i want to send the money before you get the item ship out to my son.. I would have love to pick it up myself but due to the nature of my Job i won't be able to do that and more so,i don't know when i will be back from my trip so that is why i want you to help me out.You don't have any problem in receiving your money just get back to me with your PayPal email address so that i can send the money to your account as earlier as possible. Thanks for your consideration and hope to read back from you soon. |
me:
| I am wanted by the FBI for internet fraud and I cannot go into the post office. They have my picture everywhere. |
at which point, I think received a job offer...
him:
| Hi mate, i will like to know much about you cos am total nigeria so want usa guy that can help me print check i will like you if you do it for me so we be share the gain together.i want you to get back to in time. |
4 comments:
that's a tough offer to pass up. he clearly states that he will like you if you do it for him. and once it all goes down you both be share the gain together. that's an offer you cannot turn down.
That is hilarious. Why did you even email him back?
Hah, that's great. I also like that he got so excited about working with you near the end that his sentences don't even resemble english.
i'm trying to figure out where to go next. i want to see if i can get him to send me some money. i thought about telling him i have several thousand dollars i need to hide from the government and if he would just give me his bank account number i would wire it to him for safekeeping and he could keep 10% for his trouble.
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