Re: Story of a scammer BUSTED!

No... I have a bit more morals then that...

So what's the e-mail address?

Near as I can tell there's only 2 people who have any relation to Lake View,
Il: Wu and Steve Totzke

"Joe Magiera" <joemagiera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:oxGff.747$nA2.138@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> As this story unfolded for me yesterday, it got me thinking, how low will
> you guys go to get or sell a game? Would any of you go through the
> following?
>
> If you're really into the games, you probably do extra leg work to find
> games or sell games. We all know, "leave no stone unturned". One way is
> Craigslist. I review the wanted and for sale ads there every day. In my
> local area (Chicago), I see someone post regularily in the "wanted free"
> section something like "I'd like any old video game you want to get rid
> of, I'll do all the moving and hauling". I have no problem with that,
> I've done that myself, nothing scamming there.
>
> But check this out, Thursday evening, someone posted this (exact cut and
> paste of the post between the ****'s):
> The title of the post was: (free stuff) Galaga Arcade Machine Free for
> the hauling NW - $1 (Lake Villa)
> ******START OF POST******
> I have a Galaga coin operated arcade game not working that is free for the
> hauling. It was left behind when I bought my house last month. Looks to be
> in good shape. I know nothing about them besides that I want it out of my
> basement by Saturday morning. If you are interested email me and I will
> get back to you. I have no pics so come and take a look.
> ******END OF POST********
>
> Wow, a free Galaga! I have to jump on that. BUT, I didn't see the post
> until Friday morning. Much too late I know, but I respond anyway. FYI,
> for anyone that doesn't use Craigslist, they make your email secret and
> generic looking. You don't know who you're responding to.
>
> After a few hours, I get a one-line email response back
>>Yeah I was also told that u would LOVE TO SELL IT ON EBAY TO
>
> Huh? How could he be "told I would sell on ebay"? No one would know I
> responded to him. All I can figure is he showed the responses to someone
> else that also responded and they said that to give themselves a better
> shot at the game. I respond to him that I am not a much of a seller,
> check my ebay id and feedback that lists whether I bought or sold and
> item, and they'll see it's mostly (almost all in fact) as a buyer. I also
> let him know the only reason someone else would say that would be to give
> themselves a better shot at the game. I get another one-liner response:
>
>>Thats exactly what happened. Someone said u are always looking to buy and
>>then u resell
>
> I respond one more time asking who told him that, since he gave them my
> name, it's only fair I hear their's. It's at this point, I've busted
> their scam, I just didn't realize it yet. As I said, Craigslist makes
> your email secret, but once the poster responds to someont that's emailed
> them, the email becomes apparent. The email address and the handle (the
> email name for short) just looked too familiar. I looked them up and saw
> they regularily post here on the newsgroup. (I'm absolutely sure they're
> reading this). In fact, as I looked at the messages on RGVAC this
> morning, I see they've already posted today! Many posts in the past few
> months, both buying and selling games.
>
> Hmmm...why such a Craigslist post then? Easy! As his posts here
> indicate, he sells games too. Recall his Craigslist post, "no pics come
> take a look". It's a scam to get people to come to his house to "notice"
> he has other games for sale too. SCAMMER!!! But he recognizes my email
> address from posting here too, and knows I've basically busted him, so he
> can't respond to me with the come take a look stuff, so he makes up lies
> "that someone told him I'll just sell it on ebay" to try to cover him.
> Now he's a scammer and a liar. (After I responded asking him who told him
> that, he wouldn't respond to me anymore). Actually he's a liar from is
> original post "I know nothing about them". Well, maybe his repair skills
> are a zero and he really doesn't know much about them.
>
> Just thought I'd give a word of warning if you ever have a potential deal
> with someone from Lake Villa Illinois, be warned, you're dealing with a
> scammer and a liar.
>
> So, would any of you guys go that low to buy or sell games? I hope not!
>
> Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
> joemagiera@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>


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