The Sh*t L*st

I posted to the Apartments Wanted board of my local Craigslist. I got the following response today, which I'm pretty sure is a scam:



Why do I think it's a scam?
1. It came from nlsnbe543@gmail.com, but the reply went to rykardted@gmail.com.
2. No details from my message referenced. In fact, I am looking for a 1-BR, which I made clear in my post.
3. Degree in London: a good commonwealth reference that can be used in many different contexts.
4. Generic apartment details with no actual address.
5. Who the hell leases an apartment after they've moved halfway across the world?

My response:


Because I replied, my guess is that the scammer will now look up my Craigslist post and find an address in the area where I am looking and say they need me to wire them a deposit.

Update (Mon, May 24, 4:18pm)

Ok, just got the following response from "Rose":



$500 for a two-bedroom? In Orange County? $1500 would be closer to credible. "looking forward to read from you"? You're supposed to be a university student, dipshit. "Cheers"? You're supposed to be an American, idiot. They don't say "cheers." I smell a Nigerian.

It includes 4 photos, which I'm sure I've seen in another Craigslist ad. Here's one:



My response:

Update (Tue, May 25, 7:21pm)

Another email from Rose is a Rose is a Rose:


And my reply:


Who will spring his trap first? Stay tuned...

Update (Fri, May 28, 7:45pm)

Ok, more back and forth:

Notice they're too lazy to even bother to address me by name:


My reply:


Latest from Rose:


So we approach the moment of maximum tension. I need a Money Transfer Control Number. Maybe the /r/ board can help.

What is it with Arizona? First they give us that immigration bullshit. And now this:

Nun Excommunicated For Allowing Abortion that Saved a Mother of Four (npr.org)

Listen to this moron:

"She consented in the murder of an unborn child," says the Rev. John Ehrich, the medical ethics director for the Diocese of Phoenix. "There are some situations where the mother may in fact die along with her child. But — and this is the Catholic perspective — you can't do evil to bring about good. The end does not justify the means."

Die in a Satanic Bonfire, Reverent Earache. Jesus Fucking Christ, people. If Jesus were alive today, he'd be saying, "Jesus Fucking Christ, people."

Not sure whose making the calls from this number, but it seems to have given at least one person diabetes. You've been warned.

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Last week after a dinner out on the town, I dropped into my local Verizon shop with a friend to check out the new Verizon Incredible. I'm itching to get an Android phone. So I check it, get the pricing, and learn about the buy-one-get-one-free deal on the Motorola Droid, which is also a pretty bad-ass phone. It's getting late and I didn't want to rush into anything, so I decided to wait a week before doing anything.

So this week at work, all I can think about is the Droid (and the buxom auditor I keep running into in the break room). I work out all the permutations on the pricing, double check my addition, and come to a resolution. Because Saturday (yesterday) I have to work a 6th day for a project rollout, I decide to reward myself by picking up the Incredible as soon as I get of work. So we finish our rollout and I Fred-Flinstone down to my nearest Verizon shop, take a number, and start playing with the Incredible they have on display.

Finally, I get the Sales Rep. He has some survey he wants to give me about my phone usage, whether I'm going to use it primarily for email or internet. I politely cut him short and tell him I've done my research and know what I want. I can see this puts him a bit on edge.

First he tells me that I can't buy the Droid and then get the free Incredible to use as a backup (or sell on the black market, for all that it's his business). The second-phone-free offer only applies when you sign on for a second two-year monthly contract.

Then he tells me they're all out of the Incredible. No Verizon stores have the Incredible in stock. Son-of-a-fucking bitch. You're kidding me. He suggests I put it on order. Yeah, fuck that. I suggest maybe I'll take another look at the iPhone, thank him for his time, and get the hell out of there.

Doing my due diligence, I call another Verizon store, the one I had visited the week before, where the Sales rep I talked to — the one who was so enthusiastic about the Incredible hadn't given the least indication that I couldn't have walked out with one that very night — worked. Ask the droid who answered the phone about the Incredible. He confirmed: not a phone left in the state. Hasn't been one available since the day it was released.

Holy shit. What a pile of fail. So I guess I'm fucked. Anyway, I figure I'll just phone customer service Monday and place the order there. And while I'm at it, knock my phone plan down a level, something I've been meaning to do for a couple months now anyway.

A representative for usatermpapers.com comments on my "Spam Blast from the Past" post (the irony):

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Another number to hate on. Some robo-calling debt elimination nonsense.

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More of that win-a-free-cruise bullshit. See this. Die In A Herpes Fire, bozos!

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