Main menu:
About
Girlrobot is a mix of funny and cool links, videos, and overall life tips. Read more…
Girlrobot is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
: Attempt to read property "comment_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
71
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_author_email" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
591
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_post_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
592
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
71
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_author_email" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
591
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_post_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
592
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
71
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_author_email" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
591
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_post_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
592
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
71
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_author_email" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
591
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_post_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
592
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
71
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_author_email" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
591
Warning: Attempt to read property "comment_post_ID" on null in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/subscribe-to-comments.php on line
592
Recent Comments
How To Handle An Ebay Scammer
Warning: Undefined array key "wwsgd_exclude_ids" in
/home/public/wp-content/plugins/what-would-seth-godin-do/what_would_seth_godin_do.php on line
168
This story is so awesome. I think I read an article about it awhile back but I never bothered to read the whole story. It’s 4 pages long and I read every word. It was great!
To sum it up:
1. Guy wants to sell his powerbook on ebay
2. Nigerian scam type guy from the UK wants to buy it from him using a fake escrow service
3. Guy decides to play a prank back at the guy by shipping him a fake powerbook
If the scammer accepts the package, he has to pay the customs fees for it which is about $550
4. The whole time the guy has enlisted the help of the Something Awful forums. They donate money to ship the item and go so far as to stake out the place that is the package’s destination which turns out to be some guy’s barbershop/internet cafe.
5. Scammer accepts the package, gets pissed he got played, tries to send him an email virus, and orchestrates a denial of service attack on the guy’s webpage.
6. Guy disappears and is never heard from again. (WTF!)
Full story here.
Posted: 16 May, 2008 in Cool Links.
