Scammer, Revenge?

Hey guys, I have an engine for sale on a few online forums. I was called by this fellow from Australia(supposedly), and he sounded legit enough. I was a bit leery anyway, and next thing you know he sends me the attached e-mail. I realized right away that it's a scam, but I'm not sure what to do. I had a response full of expletives all typed out, but before I sent it I had a thought. Is there anyway to fuck with him a little bit? You know, pretend to be falling for it to get him all excited, or something along those lines. I realize that I'd probably be better off just ignoring the d-bag, but I figured I'd throw it out to the big block brethren. Could we have some fun here?

-Jared

Here's the e-mail...


Thanks for the reply.
I really appreciate your mail and am pleased with the condition and your asking price $800.I'll instruct my Client in the States,to issue out a Certified Cashier's Check tagged $2,250, drawn from a US bank in your name.Having it in mind that business is based on trust,When you receive the check, cash it, deduct the amount due for the purchase, and send the remaining funds to my shipping Agent via Western Union Money Transfer,whom will then come over to your location for the pick up and take care of all shipping issues.

If this arrangement it's okay by you,kindly get back to me with all this details below so that the payment can be issue out for you without no further delays.

1}Name as to be written on check
2}Contant address
3}City....
4}State...
5}Zip code....
6}Country.....
7)Both your cell phone and home phone .

Looking forward to hear back from you Asap. compliment of the season !!
Thanks,

Note :- Am offering you additional $50 for the trust in order to remove the item on advert and also consider is sold to me till my payment finally get in your hands...

Scammer....run away.

I would get your Law in on the deal they will get the feds in and it will be a fun deal....


Randy

I kept one going for a while on a ebay deal. Gathered all the emails I saved and forwarded them to ebay, they sent me a form letter...

Screw Fleabay...... To damn expensive to sell stuff thier....

Simply tell him again your asking price and any extra money sent by him OR his agent will be considered a gratuity.

I had one of these scammers send me a check years ago for an old CB900C I had for sale. The check looked legit - even the bank couldn't say it was fake. So for shits & giggles I deposited it and sure enough..

I found this forum last year poking around when someone else brough this up - http://thescambaiter.com/

Funny as hell - it's worth signing up just to read some of the hilarity these guys put the scammers through

dfree383 wrote:Screw Fleabay...... To damn expensive to sell stuff thier....

yup. I use craigslist more now, trying to stay local.
or just keep my junk!

the1969fordguyinky wrote:

dfree383 wrote:Screw Fleabay...... To damn expensive to sell stuff thier....

yup. I use craigslist more now, trying to stay local.
or just keep my junk!

+1 on craigslist !

90 % of everything I sell is thru c/l. If anything is priced right on c/l, it will be gone within days.

When flea-bay starting getting 12 % for the final selling price, I said adios .