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My friend got ripped off on Craigslist.
Replies: 11Last Post Nov. 6 9:06am by Cthulhu Fhtagn
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Green with the purple dots and the pink swirls.

Post edited at 8:56 am on Nov. 6, 2009 by Clara Bell

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She put two prom dresses up for sale. Someone from Nigeria wanted to buy them. She got an email from PayPal saying that the money was accepted but bc it's an international order, they would need a tracking number before putting the money into her account.

It was a fake e-mail. The sender was something like payp_1@live.com. It looked like an authentic e-mail though. But she's not very smart when it comes to technology and looking for scams.

She had already sent off the dresses. We first called PayPal to find out why she didn't have the money, and that's when we found out. They told her that they forbid customers from shipping to Nigeria. Then we called USPS customer service, and we found out that the dresses hadn't left the country and that if she filed a form the next day to have her dresses returned, there was a good chance she could get them back.

Next time I hope she'll ask me to look at it first before sending anything. lol

Post edited at 8:56 am on Nov. 6, 2009 by Clara Bell

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ugh

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It has actually been proven that Asians are more adept at maths than Westerners. Its to do with their languages and how they're raised and taught at a young age.

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They forbid people from shipping to Nigeria? Any specific reason?

Also, that sucks. I hope she manages to get them back.


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Give me the full e-mail and I will make sure they don't screw with anyone again...

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From my experience, all the ones I know are, but perhaps that's because they, or their parents, had to work hard to get out of China, so still work hard and are clever here.

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because youre so damn streetwise

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yes
i'm not smart too

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Quote: from Ssanagogem at 4:55 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

Give me the full e-mail and I will make sure they don't screw with anyone again...


LOL

The big scary man on the internet told me to stop.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

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Quote: from Khemical kid at 9:27 am on April 21, 2009

Chinese and japanese most of them are smart.

Koreans too..

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Quote: from Discordany at 11:55 am on Nov. 6, 2009

They forbid people from shipping to Nigeria? Any specific reason?

Also, that sucks. I hope she manages to get them back.


Apparently Nigeria is the worst for craigslist scams. They told her that people over there spend a lot of time and money on trying to be PayPal, so to speak.

When my boyfriend was selling his 10's on craigslist he also got an e-mail from someone in Nigeria. He never had them sent off though bc he couldn't set up a PayPal account.

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LOL half the asians in my class ALWAYS are asked to do homework for others. And they are ignored by girls.

I understand why some get mad and shoot up schools.


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Quote: from Tubbz at 1:56 am on April 22, 2009

From my experience, all the ones I know are, but perhaps that's because they, or their parents, had to work hard to get out of China, so still work hard and are clever here.

I have Asian friends who aren't particularly intellectual.

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Quote: from mtllcrckmn at 8:57 am on Nov. 6, 2009

Quote: from Ssanagogem at 4:55 pm on Nov. 6, 2009

Give me the full e-mail and I will make sure they don't screw with anyone again...

 
LOL

The big scary man on the internet told me to stop.

HAHAHAHAHAHA


Ever heard of scam baiting? Didn't think so. Go google it and then you will see what I do.

An alternative is to report the e-mail address to live.


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You just added a stereotype onto another stereotype.

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Wow, i watched a show about this once.
What they do is get people from America to buy stuff and ship it to them where they sell it on-line for the money.
It's very hard to find the people behind this because they have numerous people working for them.

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I never did care.

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Quote: from xXxCorpseKidxXx at 9:00 am on Nov. 6, 2009

Wow, i watched a show about this once.
What they do is get people from America to buy stuff and ship it to them where they sell it on-line for the money.
It's very hard to find the people behind this because they have numerous people working for them.

Scamming gangs, there is one leader and the rest are "small timers" Nigeria and Ghana are the main centers of the gangs.


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Quote: from Discordany at 8:55 am on Nov. 6, 2009

They forbid people from shipping to Nigeria? Any specific reason?

Also, that sucks. I hope she manages to get them back.


They're black. It's reason enough for me .

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Well, dumbfuck, paint isn't compatable with a wii.

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OBTW, that picture was taken at 10:14.

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Pics or it didn't happen.

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