What should I do? (not emo i swear)

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Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:19:

What should I do? (not emo i swear)

so i found this great listing for a rental on craigslist and it was like too good to be true. so the guy writes back talking about how he and his wife are doing some missionary work in africa and their house is for rent and they just want someone they can trust to live there and bla bla bla...i'm thinking, "hmm, ok sounds good". gives me the address and everything and tells me to drive by and see if i like it, which i did with my boyfriend a couple of hours ago. but i had a feeling it was a scam because he was talking about me giving a "refundable $800 deposit" first so he can mail the keys for me to see the inside and see if i like it. i'm thinking yea ok dumbass i'm just going to western union $800 to a fucking stranger in west africa lol.

so we drive there and find it and there's a dude outside (neighbor) and we talked to him and it turns out someone lives there and has been living there for a while. the guy in the email from the listing said it's vacant. this is clearly a scam and i'm fucking pissed off that this piece of shit ****** just wasted my time and thinks he can get away with this.

is this reportable? i mean he's probably in another country. he gave me 2 phone numbers that are foreign. i kinda want to play along and bust him and tell the police, or is that stupid and should i just write back and be like "nice try u fuckhead. bye'

Posted by Frenchie on Apr-10-2009 18:22:

You flag it, forget about it and move on with your life. If people really reported every single scam people put out on craigslist it would be such a waste of time. At least you were smart enough to catch on.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:23:

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Originally posted by Frenchie
You flag it, forget about it and move on with your life. If people really reported every single scam people put out on craigslist it would be such a waste of time.

yea but people really do stuff like this on craigslist that often? this is a little heaftier than a typical little bullshit listing. i mean the guy had a legit picture of the property and everything. the neighbor we talked to was concerned when i told him there's a picture & address to that property on craigslist.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:25:

i know...i should post those numbers and let's all call and prank the guy.

Posted by Banora on Apr-10-2009 18:27:

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Originally posted by Slylee
yea but people really do stuff like this on craigslist that often?

Yeah, Craigslist is full of shit like that...A friend of mine was looking for a new house to rent, and he said about 4 out 5 five decent listings he came across were scammers with pictures of the houses and everything.

Posted by Meat187 on Apr-10-2009 18:27:

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Originally posted by Meat187
Slylee, do you know what a tunneling electron microscope is? It's a really awesome device that, by using quantum mechanical effects, enables you to see things in gigantic magnification, going as far as showing you the very atoms that everything is made of.
If I were using that device right now I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your story.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Meat187

lol you know you love me. otherwise you truly wouldn't bother with clicking my thread titled "what should i do".

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Banora
Yeah, Craigslist is full of shit like that...A friend of mine was looking for a new house to rent, and he said about 4 out 5 five decent listings he came across were scammers with pictures of the houses and everything.

well hey hey hey...what's up banora i hear you're pretty friendly

Posted by Banora on Apr-10-2009 18:31:

You can move in with me and I promise I won't boil your bunny...

Posted by MeLLyMeL on Apr-10-2009 18:31:

Craigslist is very popular for scams.. but you do find some hidden gems.

I know you wasted your time - but it's better your time than money.

Posted by Meat187 on Apr-10-2009 18:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
lol you know you love me. otherwise you truly wouldn't bother with clicking my thread titled "what should i do".

I always hope it continues "Do you guys think my tits are big enough? (img)tits1.jpg(/img)". But unfortunately, your 'not emo' is still more emo than other peoples emo.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 18:32:

Posted by gehzumteufel on Apr-10-2009 20:32:

lol it has been on the news a few times here in California about people renting out the same house, that they don't even own, to multiple families and then not being reachable when they find out they were scammed.

Posted by Ygrene on Apr-10-2009 20:48:

Get Anonymous to wreck him.

Posted by Zoso on Apr-10-2009 21:07:

Tell him you like the place just fine, but the police need to know what to do with the two dead bodies inside.

Posted by Slylee on Apr-10-2009 21:25:

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Originally posted by Zoso
Tell him you like the place just fine, but the police need to know what to do with the two dead bodies inside.

lol that's a good idea. i should be like, "umm i drove by the place and there is police tape everywhere and no one is allowed around the building. the neighbor said there was a murder and a big investigation involving someone overseas is taking place"

Posted by Zoso on Apr-10-2009 21:30:

I'm assuming these are mobile numbers he's given you to contact him?

I replied to one of those Nigerian scams the other day. I got a reply back requesting a copy of my international passport.

Posted by Ian on Apr-10-2009 22:27:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK... %2C_Sky_Learns

Posted by ziptnf on Apr-10-2009 22:44:

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Originally posted by Ygrene
Get Anonymous to wreck him.

They're probably too busy looking at CP and furry porn to waste their time with Nigerian scammers. Get SomethingAwful to do it, they've done it before

Posted by bas on Apr-10-2009 22:51:

This is a new scam from those damn Nigerians.

Posted by Frenchie on Apr-10-2009 23:43:

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Originally posted by bas
This is a new scam from those damn Niggerians.
Yeah.

Posted by whiskers on Apr-11-2009 00:40:

Re: What should I do? (not emo i swear)

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
this is clearly a scam and i'm fucking pissed off that this piece of shit ****** just wasted my time and thinks he can get away with this.

lol, dumbass, it's a very popular rental scam, you should've googled it first before wasting your own time.

See how craigslist tells you at the top of every page, "DEAL LOCAL ONLY"?

Hehe, sorry, these guys are ******s, but you wasted your own time...

Posted by Slylee on Apr-11-2009 01:16:

whatever he's a fuckhead and i want to do violent things to him. lol

Posted by whiskers on Apr-11-2009 14:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
whatever he's a fuckhead and i want to do violent things to him. lol

man, why does the filter get rid of "fucker" but not "fuckhead"?

Posted by Slylee on Apr-11-2009 15:46:

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Originally posted by whiskers
man, why does the filter get rid of "fucker" but not "fuckhead"?

i didn't say ****** lol

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