Friday, April 22, 2005

Internet scam, part 1

So the Spring Break thing will be completed later.
Some of you know that I've been trying to sell my desk. It's a 6'X6' L-desk with a hutch. It's pretty massive, and terribly heavy. We won't really have room for it when we move so I put it up on craigslist.

Almost immediately, I get the following email from Bill Clawson from a yahoo account:
"Hello.
i am interested in buying it. I riside in UK,I will beresponsible for the shippment down to my location, so please kindly write me back with your last offering price.I will also need some ofits recent pics, .I am Looking forward to your soonest reply I will therefore need the following information of yours to forward to myclient before he sends a check......NAME IN FULL........ADDRESS IN FULLCOUNTRY..........ZIPCODE........CELL/OFFICE/HOME PHONE NUMBER.......
Waiting to hear from you
Regards
BILL"

So I think, hmmm, this is weird. Why would a guy in the UK want my desk when he can buy it for a few hundred more than I'm selling it? This has to be a mistake. Or maybe he's just an idiot. So I write him back....

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