What is this person thinking?

Here's the mail I got from that Englishman:

hello,


Dear sir, the item is ready for shipp and I can do what you ask me! Please understand me if you my item let's do the deal!
I'm waitting your mail!


Regards!

Kjetil Valen <kjetil@urbanturban.no> wrote:


Hi,
I'm interested in your Power Mac G5. Although I must ask, where did you
get it from? And can you prove your credibility? E.g. take your own
pictures of it? What if you take a picture of it while holding your
cell phone in front of it, so I can see that you took the picture
yourself?

Best regards,
Kjetil Valen
kjetil@urbanturban.no

Seems very suspicious to me. I sent him a mail requesting pictures again, but haven't yet received a reply.

The frauds probably work the way that they post an auction at ebay, then once they get a mail from a potential buyer, they take it down and try to "make the deal" outside of ebay. That way you're completely unprotected, and can't give the "seller" negative feedback. That explains their positive rating.
 
Yes, I was wondering about that positive rating!

Anyway, let me know when you receive it ;)
 
Originally posted by Darkshadow
Heh, for an Englishman, he doesn't seem to have a very good grasp on the English language. :p
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Noticed that! I bet he's a terrorist! :p
"Please understand me if you my item let's do the deal!", he sounds like an Iraqi, doesn't he? :confused:
 
Originally posted by Zammy-Sam
Iraqi = terrorist??? :confused:
Hmmmmmm, should be discussed in another thread.
Not a nice comment as I find...
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You don't seriously think I'm that badly biased? I'm not watching CNN and eating hamburgers, you know ;)

Back on topic - I did get an answer from that guy:

This are all my photo photo . Please tell me if you want to continue the deal.
I want to finish the deal together.
Regards.

Two pictures from the Apple site were attached :D
 
Hehe. This is so obviously dodgy. The first time I came across auctions like these I thought I'd at least find out if it was genuine (just in case I could get a cheap powerbook!). Anyway I emailed the guy and he asked me to Western Union £1300 to Madrid. Hmm I though. Then I noticed the other dozen fake powerbook auctions on eBay at the time. Stay well clear unless it looks genuine and there are photos to back it up. Otherwise report it to ebay. Some people are such chancers :)
 
I almost start understanding why Americans are so paranoid :D

Here's the last mail I sent him:

The problem is, that I think you don't have any G5 at all. Fact is,
there are no Power Mac G5 computers out for commercial sale until
August. Your fraud probably works the way that you have your auctions
up for only a short while, and make sure you have some potential buyers
before you take the auctions down. That way, you can keep the deal
outside of ebay, and your victims have no way of tracing you down after
you've fooled the money out of them. You'd have to kill me to keep me
from reporting this to ebay.

Kjetil Valen
kjetil@urbanturban.no
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And the reply I got:

I think yhat you are crazy man!


I asure you that I will kill you if you reporting me because I have your Ip and I will come to you at your house!


You will se that you will have problems with me because I'm very dangerous!


YOU WILL SEE i HAVE 9 mm !


Try to reporting me and you will have 9mm in face!


Byee
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I guess I'm dead now :p
 
Originally posted by ksv
I almost start understanding why Americans are so paranoid :D

Here's the last mail I sent him:



And the reply I got:



I guess I'm dead now :p
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LMAO. That's one of the funniest replies I've ever heard. A death threat if you report him and he's still trying to say he is legal.

:D
 
Oh yeah, it's sooo easy to get someone's address from an IP. :rolleyes:

Did you send "your nightmare" (freakin hilarious name, I have to admit) a card back? :D

I like your new signature, BTW, ksv. ;)
 
Originally posted by Zammy-Sam
But hey, ksv, watch out!
HE GOT YOUR IP!!!!!!!

:D :D :D
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I quickly realized that this IS enough to find out where I live.

1) My IP address can be reverse lookup'd to find my domain name.
2) My domain name could be WHOIS's to find my home address

As soon as I figured that out I changed the address Network Solutions had to a PO Box.

I guess that makes me somewhat safe from crazy "Englishmen"... but still you can do more with an IP than you might think!
 
Well, me and I guess lot of other ppl here have a dynamic ip. In that case it should be hard to find out anything. You should contact the provider to find out, where the person is living and who the person is... Should be a bit hard for an Englishmen. ;)
But in your case you are right.. Watch out for ebay-sellers. They might want to show you their 9mm! ;) :D
 
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