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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?."

  • Me use car long time. 
"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