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A Lesson for the Little African AutoTrader Scammer
From: "Chris Bummer" c_bummer033@yahoo.com
Subject: Get back soon
Hello
1,Is the engine in perfect condition?.
2, How often do you service the car?.
3, How many miles of the car at the moment?.
4, are you the owner before placing it for sale?.
5, If yes, for how long did you use car?.
6, has the car been involve in auto accident?
7, what about mechanical defectives on the car?
8, your intension of selling the car?
9, Are you with the title paper
10,Finally we have accepted your price of $18,000 and we are impressed with the
pics you sent.
NB.please get back immediately so that my Client will get
me posted on the payment/pickup arrangement as soon as possible
Regards
Chris
Dear Little African AutoTrader Scammer,
I couldn't help notice that you need to brush up on your English grammar.
With a little bit of polishing and hard work, you could probably be the envy of
your tribe, and scam yourself enough American cash to buy a goat and possibly some
underwear for that kid they keep showing on the infomercials. What follows
are a few lessons that should get your mass emails a few more replies...
" 1,Is the engine in perfect condition?. " - So what's
wrong with this?
- Commas don't look very good after numbering. Save commas for uses like "dumb, stupid, poor autotrader scammer".
- Is my engine in perfect condition? Well, yes as a matter of fact, it's so perfect,
I eat off it every night. In fact, the 80,000 miles I have listed in the ad
were just a joke. I've never even driven the car.
- Now,, about that period after the question mark.. I too like putting double
punctuation marks,, but in a question,, you should definitely use two questions
marks to get your point across..
- Suggested fix: "1.. Is the engine in good enough condition that I can
use it to cook cow tongue????" (notice I used four "?"s for even
better emphasis)
"3, How many miles of the car at the moment?."
- Now, this is just too much of a loaded question for
someone to answer easily. I suggest just reading the ad first to see if it gives
you any clues on miles of the car.
"4, are you the owner before placing it for sale?. "
- I forgive you of making this mistake, after all your country is a little backwards.
Here in the US, it is illegal to sell something that doesn't belong to you...I know,
I know, it may seem weird, but we have these things called "laws" that protect personal
property rights.
"5, If yes, for how long did you use car?."
"6, has the car been involve in auto accident?"
- Now I use the "3,1,1,3,2" pattern for beginning sentence capitalization as much
as the next guy, but try mixing it up a little bit to be more attractive to the
eye. I suggest starting the first five sentences with lower case letters,
then capitalizing the last five.
- Did you use google translator? I think it must have gotten confused between
your "click", "clack", "pop", and "meeeewwww". The proper tense is "involvered".
"7, what about mechanical defectives on the car? " - Once again, I think you used the wrong word. I believe you meant "detectives".
- In answer to the question, yes, I keep a couple mechanical detectives on the hood
most of the time, just in case something goes wrong.
"8, your intension of selling the car? "
- This is one of the easiest mistakes to make. You accidentally leave out
a space, and spell check doesn't pick up the mistake since it creates an actual
word that's spelled correctly. I believe you meant "in tension".
- Yes, the tension of selling the car is killing me.
"9, Are you with the title paper "
- This question is a little too personal. I don't feel comfortable talking
about my sexual partners over email.
"10,Finally we have accepted your price of $18,000 and we are impressed with
the pics you sent."
- Did I send you pics? It must be some new feature of AutoTrader to send
pictures to people who are thinking about buying a car. In fact, I only posted
one picture, so I'm curious as to what was in those other pictures you were sent.
- "Finally"... Yeah tell me about it. It took you way
too long to figure out that this car was what you wanted. Some a$$holes would
have even waited until they got an answer to their questions in the email before
they could make up their mind. I'm glad it only took you this long.
"NB.please get back immediately so that my Client will get
me posted on the payment/pickup arrangement as soon as possible "
- "NB" I'm having trouble figuring out what this stands for.
Nude Beach? Nice Butt? N...B... ????
- I'll get back as soon as possible so you can get posted. I love getting posted.
NB.please want to see car here?.
NNB.chris, I just wanted to say how much I admire you for the hard work and effort
you put into scamming Americans out of money they don't need. I hope the best
for you and your tribe.
-JP
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