Someone's trying to scam me

[Devo]

hey folks,

someone is trying to scam me and its a pretty poor attempt, and I want to follow it up and do something about it. Unfortunatly they are in south america and hence I cant just call up my local police.

What kind of info do I need to get this guy into trouble and how should I go abou getting it. Or is it worth the hassle, I mean he could conceivably fool someone else who didnt know their stuff that well...

Steve

[jemsite]

I don't believe there is anything you can do, short of report to his ISP. Even if there were a recourse the authorities would not take action.

Your best bet is to annoy the guy and try to inconvenience him... ie play the fool and make him reply and take pictures, send things etc... glen

[Devo]

true.... will see how much I can annoy him then... should be amusing....

He gave me a load of obviously fake references ... I think Ill send them all emails asking what to give details on their transactions.... its a start

Anyone have any suggestions what I can do?

Steve

[jemsite]

ask for photos... have him email a dummy email adddy that bounces back.

then ask "where are the photos". then have him resend 5x, asking how do you unattach the photos? pretending to be a pc novice.

then say "ok, payment will be sent" and then delay that several times "sorry, i got stuck at work, will do it tomorrow" etc.

others probably have good ideas, but the key is to keep him on the hook waiting for you... thinking he got you scammed. LOL.... glen

[Rich]

How much of your time are you willing to throw away? Because that's all you're doing, wasting your time.

[Devo]

i know... but I want to get his hopes up and piss him off as much as possible

[megadeth]

^^
truly evil.

[Dylan7620]

do it... if this is the guy from the bay i think my firend lost some stuff to him... (hes not the brightest crayon in the box) its fun to get people mad

[Devo]

nah hes from harmony central... has the IQ of a frogurt as far as I can tell

[fettouhi]

Originally Posted by Devo

i know... but I want to get his hopes up and piss him off as much as possible

Regards

André

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Rich

How much of your time are you willing to throw away? Because that's all you're doing, wasting your time.

Yeah, but where else can you get entertainment that good for free these days, Rich?

-D

[Devo]

I have this IP address.... 200.196.41.245

can I do anything with it?

I think its brazilian... but thats not much fun...

[Rich]

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

[hexa-db]

Have you ever seen the Powerbook scam?

http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/

[Adagio_777]

Thanks hexa, that was a very amusing read!