1Cie GevGn
05-17-2004, 09:43 AM
It's a wierd story, but funny as hell so try to keep up ;)
Summary:
Dude buys Apple G4 Powerbook but realizes he doesn't use it too much, he wants to sell it on ebay.
Opening bid: 1700$ , 2100$ buynow
A couple of days go by, all of a sudden a dude called msalamon wants to buy it
He wanted to get the goods ASAP, so they wanted to work with an intermediary, which means the buyer send the money to the intermediary (often a company), the seller sends the goods and the intermediary sends the money to the seller.
Now that msalomon proposed www.set-ldt.net as intermediary, but our seller notices the site is fake. For instance the security certificate is actually a pop-up, meaning the buyer never sends the money.
So, conclusion is the seller is getting ripped off. He recieves a mail of a dude that sais his account (msalomon) has been hijacked. He is however still recieving emails from the scammer, so he decides to pull a prank on the scammer.
He is gonna send a binder called "p-p-p-powerbook"
http://personal.stevens.edu/~achadzyn/powerbook/images/g4%20resized/Keys1.jpg
He went to fedex, and said he was sending a brand new powerbook. They said that the buyer would have to pay 27.5% off the new-price (2000$) for taxes. The binder was mailed.
The scammer ended up paying 550$ Taxes for a binder. He was never heared from again.
More pics of the p-p-p-p-powerbook here:
http://personal.stevens.edu/~achadzyn/powerbook/
Summary:
Dude buys Apple G4 Powerbook but realizes he doesn't use it too much, he wants to sell it on ebay.
Opening bid: 1700$ , 2100$ buynow
A couple of days go by, all of a sudden a dude called msalamon wants to buy it
He wanted to get the goods ASAP, so they wanted to work with an intermediary, which means the buyer send the money to the intermediary (often a company), the seller sends the goods and the intermediary sends the money to the seller.
Now that msalomon proposed www.set-ldt.net as intermediary, but our seller notices the site is fake. For instance the security certificate is actually a pop-up, meaning the buyer never sends the money.
So, conclusion is the seller is getting ripped off. He recieves a mail of a dude that sais his account (msalomon) has been hijacked. He is however still recieving emails from the scammer, so he decides to pull a prank on the scammer.
He is gonna send a binder called "p-p-p-powerbook"
http://personal.stevens.edu/~achadzyn/powerbook/images/g4%20resized/Keys1.jpg
He went to fedex, and said he was sending a brand new powerbook. They said that the buyer would have to pay 27.5% off the new-price (2000$) for taxes. The binder was mailed.
The scammer ended up paying 550$ Taxes for a binder. He was never heared from again.
More pics of the p-p-p-p-powerbook here:
http://personal.stevens.edu/~achadzyn/powerbook/