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Heywood Jablome
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: Anyone wanna help me set the hook? 419 scam G90 in Boston! |
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So I'm thinking I'll have a tough choice between the 9500LC or this G90:
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/783228400.html
($1100 for a surplus G90: Not out of the question IMHO, altho with 'lightening strike' odds, given all the tech schools and companies here.)
Send off the email, here's the response:
| 419 Scammer wrote: |
Hello,
I`m very happy because you are interested for my item, but now i`m in United Kingdom because i have a small business.
The item is still available for sale.
If you want to buy please let me know and give me your full name and full address for i can start the shipping.
Email me back.
Thank you and have a nice day !
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My first inclination was to send off a nastygram about this being a small community and that it'll have been informed about this scam by the time my response gets to Llagos.
Instead, I fired back "I'm in Boston! I must inspect this item prior to payment, please provide an address and time when I may see it."
Who wants' to help me F@ck with this putz?
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-- Baron Alexander von Humboldt: 1769-1859
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Zebu Fellenz
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Hello,
I am interested in the G90 you have on Craigslist. My cousin Bruno lives in Boston and would be able to inspect it for me. Can you email me some pictures of the bulbs as my last G90 had pornographic content burned crisply into the bulbs and it wrecked havoc when I donated it to the community center for the childrens movie room.
God Bless,
J. Mackie |
Anyone want to see my last G90, Cliff 
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Heywood Jablome
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I know where the pics came from:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280251320551
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-- Baron Alexander von Humboldt: 1769-1859
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Clarence
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 3827
Location: Smith Mtn Lake, VA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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That ebay listing is legit. That's the same buyer that I got my G90 from. Chris ("cieinternational") is just a few miles down the road from me. He called me last week and I told him "No Reserve" was the best way to determine the current value.
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Kwint Sommer
Joined: 04 Jun 2008
Posts: 31
Location: MIT
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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I'm at MIT for the summer so I told him "just name the time and place" and I'll show up with cash.
If he's at all legit he can't object to that.
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Rdean
Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 258
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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Clarence - The boston craigslist ad is the one that is bogus. He got the pics from the legit cieinternational auction.
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hailtoby
Joined: 29 May 2008
Posts: 99
Location: Cook County, IL
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| Quote: | Can you tell me if this particular model is a model A or a model T? The reason I ask is because I have one of these, but the darn yellow-LCD stopped functioning. I used my multimeter, and it looks like the magneto went berzerk and is malfunctioning at 200 volts. I didnt have a three prong outlet available, so i jerked out the grounding pin so that I could plug it in and use it, because of that, the chassis is floating to a very high volatge. It shocked the hell out of my maid when she was dusting my home theater room. Long story short, I am in desperate need of the magneto (pn#vbh230001) and maybe even the solid state cable for connecting it. Im not sure about the condition of the cable. I will have to inspect it on Thursday when I get back from my business trip. If this is the right model I need, I can wire you some money to hold the unit for me. I give half for the parts I need, or if you dont want to part it out, I will give you the full sum after I pick it up. What kind of deposit do you need to hold it for me? Does 30% sound good? Give me the word and I can paypal it to you or just do a bank transfer. BTW what part of Boston are you in?
Ovlio Jones Jr. |
I really hope he takes the 30% deposit!!!
Edit: Theres no question that the ebay ad is legit. The craigslist guy is a d-bag.
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hailtoby
Joined: 29 May 2008
Posts: 99
Location: Cook County, IL
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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I instantly got this response:
| Quote: | Hello,
I`m very happy because you are interested for my item, but now i`m in United Kingdom because i have a small business.
The item is still available for sale.
If you want to buy please let me know and give me your full name and full address for i can start the shipping.
Email me back.
Thank you and have a nice day ! |
No fun. 
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Kwint Sommer
Joined: 04 Jun 2008
Posts: 31
Location: MIT
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Hello,
I`m very happy because you are interested for my item, but now i`m in United Kingdom because i have a small business.
The item is still available for sale.
If you want to buy please let me know and give me your full name and full address for i can start the shipping.
Email me back.
Thank you and have a nice day ! |
Bah....
Now I'm tempted to bid on that G90 on Ebay, the price is certainly agreeable.
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Kwint Sommer
Joined: 04 Jun 2008
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Location: MIT
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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I asked again if I could just pick the damn thing and got this response,
| Quote: | We will do this through this operation can be locked (http://air-drive-express.com)! I will start sending the package and that will take custody there! Then you have to pay to the escrow company and keep your money until you get the item at your address!
When you are going to have confirmation that the transfer of funds to me (seller) .
If you decide you have to buy my next confirm details so it can begin operation:
Full name:
Address:
City:
Zippcode:
Country:
Is your decision if you want to buy! We have a lot of customers, but we want to establish new business relationships!
Thank you!
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Heywood Jablome
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Kwint Sommer wrote: | I asked again if I could just pick the damn thing and got this response,
| Quote: | We will do this through this operation can be locked (http://air-drive-express.com)! I will start sending the package and that will take custody there! Then you have to pay to the escrow company and keep your money until you get the item at your address!
When you are going to have confirmation that the transfer of funds to me (seller) .
If you decide you have to buy my next confirm details so it can begin operation:
Full name:
Address:
City:
Zippcode:
Country:
Is your decision if you want to buy! We have a lot of customers, but we want to establish new business relationships!
Thank you!
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I just got the same answer. 
I wonder if I should respond "Ajayi? Is that you? I'm at the cafe in llagos! I thought i recognized your style!"
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-- Baron Alexander von Humboldt: 1769-1859
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Heywood Jablome
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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I just emailed the following reply:
| Heywood's going to get a bunch of SPAM! wrote: |
Ajayi? Is that you? This is Agu! I'm at the cafe in llagos! I was going to offer you advanced payment but the I thought I recognized your writing!
Listen... it is a VERY small community of people who pursue these old projectors. Please go find some other commodity with which to defraud people.
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bbfarmht
Joined: 27 May 2006
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Location: Where the Mississippi runs east to west!!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Heywood Jablome wrote: | I just emailed the following reply:
| Heywood's going to get a bunch of SPAM! wrote: |
Ajayi? Is that you? This is Agu! I'm at the cafe in llagos! I was going to offer you advanced payment but the I thought I recognized your writing!
Listen... it is a VERY small community of people who pursue these old projectors. Please go find some other commodity with which to defraud people.
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I would not say we are a small community, in fact I think there are more of us than we realize. But we are a very well communicated community. I am curious to see what his next response is!!
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Heywood Jablome
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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He'll either try to convince me he's legit, or wish damnation and donkey-sex upon me and my immediate family.
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hailtoby
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Location: Cook County, IL
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Heywood Jablome wrote: | | He'll either try to convince me he's legit, or wish damnation and donkey-sex upon me and my immediate family. |
Thats not so bad.
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AnalogRocks
Forum Moderator
Joined: 08 Mar 2006
Posts: 26706
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TV/Projector: Sony 1252Q, AMPRO 4000G
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Heywood Jablome wrote: | | He'll either try to convince me he's legit, or wish damnation and donkey-sex upon me and my immediate family. |
Maybe you should go mod on HIS ass and find out what you can and post him to 419.com
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Curt Palme
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: |
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His latest reply:
We will do this through this operation can be locked (http://air-drive-express.com)! I will start sending the package and that will take custody there! Then you have to pay to the escrow company and keep your money until you get the item at your address!
When you are going to have confirmation that the transfer of funds to me (seller) .
If you decide you have to buy my next confirm details so it can begin operation:
Full name:
Address:
City:
Zippcode:
Country:
Is your decision if you want to buy! We have a lot of customers, but we want to establish new business relationships!
Thank you!
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wallace123456
Joined: 14 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:13 am Post subject: |
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| Clarence wrote: |
That ebay listing is legit. That's the same buyer that I got my G90 from. Chris ("cieinternational") is just a few miles down the road from me. He called me last week and I told him "No Reserve" was the best way to determine the current value. |
So, who did get this g90?
$2660.00, not bad.
wallace
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ecrabb
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Wow. So, how much is a new green LUG? Including the green LUG and shipping, how much is the buyer really going to pay for that G90? I'm curious what the value's down to, now. Looks like just a couple more years of falling prices until I can afford one... 
SC
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Kwint Sommer
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| ecrabb wrote: | Wow. So, how much is a new green LUG? Including the green LUG and shipping, how much is the buyer really going to pay for that G90? I'm curious what the value's down to, now. Looks like just a couple more years of falling prices until I can afford one...
SC |
Shipping was free and I think you can get a new tube for under $900. That makes for one hell of a deal, man, I can't wait until I have a nice enough place to justify one of those....
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