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I thought it would be fun see how far a scammer would go.  I was selling a laptop on Craigslist.com and as you can see from the email traffic below, Mr. Timmy David\Ms Deborah Johnson sent me a fake Paypal  invoice and continued to try and get me to ship it ASAP.  Then I told him that I had a son in the hospital and was selling this laptop to pay for the operation.  His response is golden.

Doodiepants.com  Vs.  Deborah Johnson From Nigeria – Email Traffic

How it all started:

Hello there,
I am much interested in Buying your item Placed here,I can see is in good condition.I want to Buy it for my Doctor in Our New Hospital in africa.Can you Pls findout how much the shipping charges will cost with the Item using(EMS)Corrier service.kindly Tell me your last desire price as am ready to make a Good offer now.kindly get back to me Asap.am Gotta Offer you $1200
Regard
Deborah Johnson.

Judging by the email, name, grammar, and the fact that they were offering my more than my listed price, I was 99% sure this was a Nigerian scam.   So I responded with a bit of cockiness.

From: *********** <******@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: HP Pavillion DV6812, 4gb Ram, 250gb HD,AMD 64 X2 Turion 2.0ghz, Nvidia $900
To: deborahmission77@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 3:43 PM

Well I find it funny that you offer me $1200 when my ad says $900.
But, Great……I love helping hospitals in Africa.
Let me guess…..you’ll be paying me with a money order?  You’re in Nigeria or Ghana?    I love money orders.

Hooray for the people of Africa.  The people with the purest honest hearts and deep respect for God.  You help the good name of your people all over the world.


Here is the paypal invoice that I received in email showing that I was supposedly paid.  Of course when i logged into my Paypal account the fund were not there.

If you have questions about the shipping and tracking of your purchased item or service,please contact ************ at **********@gmail.com Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

From: Paypal Service <paypalsavings@mail2savings.com>
Subject: Receipt for Your Payment to ************ (**********@gmail.com)
To: deborahmission77@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 6:49 PM

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Dear Deborah Johnson,

This email confirms that you have paid (**********@gmail.com) $1,270.00 USD using PayPal.

Payment Details
Transaction ID: 7RA9644256323602A
Sales Tax: $0.00 USD
Total: $1,270.00 USD
Item/Product Name: Craiglist Laptop
Item/Product Number: 1060905251
Invoice ID: 04758329236338689164
Buyer: Deborah Johnson
Business Information
Business: Zion,Hospital
Contact-Mail: db@zion.com
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I responded to the ridiculously fake Paypal invoice with this:

From: ******** <***********@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Receipt for Your Payment to ********** (*******@gmail.com)
To: deborahmission77@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 2:48 AM

You did not respond to my invoice and there are no funds in my account..  When fund actually appear in my account, I’ll ship.

Nigerian retardicon comes back:

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:19 AM, Deborah Johnson <deborahmission77@yahoo.com> wrote:

Good morning there,

I have sent you money from my paypal and the money is already deducted from my account the sum of $1,270.00 USD..I can’t believe how Paypal can deducted the sum of $1,270.00  usd from my account and you said it not yet appear..i will advice you to go and ship now..because the money may be in pending payment from paypal and will later appear in your account..Pls for God sake..this item is needed Urgently..Pls ship now as the money is in pending payment..it will be credited sooner or later..I am very sure sometime if Paypal are Upgrading their system it normaly happen like that.

whoever make payment During the time of Upgrading..the money will be in pending from paypal and may take sometime to appear after they Upgrade finish.pls once again go and ship now.i have talk to the Doctor and promised him that the item is on the way…for God sake pls

Thanks

Deborah

Yes yes of course!  Paypal is upgrading and that’s why the money isn’t in the account.  Haha  I’ll play along some more and tell them my shipper needs a phone number and that I’m using the money to pay for my son’s ear operation.

From: ********* <********@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: Receipt for Your Payment to *********** (*********@gmail.com)
To: deborahmission77@yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 12:55 PM

The shipper just notified me.  They said they need your phone number to confirm for the shipper.

I’ll go ahead and ship this off once I get a phone number.  I desperately need this money to pay for an operation on my son’s ears here in Costa Rica.  I hope this all works out.    

God Bless.

And this wonderfully nice NIgerian now says he\she will fly down to Costa Rica to help with the ear operation.   But first SHIP THAT LAPTOP FAST!   Disgusting………..

Oh My God..operation?
what kind of Operation is that so Serious..I may help you on That okay..i can do ear Oparation.what is the Problem in your son Hear.and how do i get to meet you in Costa rica?here is the phone for the shipper.(832-201-6327).But I will be in the Theatre room for many hours today..I will answer call after finish in the Theatre room.What Hospital do you plan to do the operation..is the hospital there in costa rica?Anyway you can Go and Ship now before the day runs out.(EMS shipping).I will do my best to help concerning the operation..give me your address in costa rica,I can fly down there to meet you on Saturday if you Gotta be available.Weekend i will be free..I am so sorry about that..beside the Reciever address is on payment confirmation of paypal..Here is it again.
Name:Dr,Timmy David
Add:Zion Hospital,No 25 J-allen Dugbe
City:Ibadan
State:Oyo
Zipcode 23402
Nigeria
Reciever Phone:23470324884

For making Nigerians everywhere proud

For making Nigerians everywhere proud

Mr. Timmy David or Deborah or whoever the heck you are.  I give you a 4 Brown Star rating.  For continuing to attempt to scam me out of my laptop with knowledge that there was a child’s ear operation on the line.

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