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Grancuda
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 08:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I like how it says all stock then look at the pics

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/mcy/634145473.h tml
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Americanmadexb
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ummmmm....yeah!
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Glitch
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Maybe not a scam, but some sort of message to someone.
In the text of the ad there's a bit of text y'all aren't seeing...
The song is one of several instances of musical sniping among the four Beatles after the band broke up Others include McCartney's 3 Legs Lennon's How Do You SleepThe Fijian Constitution comprises seventeen chapters The links in the index on the right are to articles summarizing their contents along with the interpretation and the historical background including reasons for their provision Ongoing controversies are also notedannounced that they had bought Allume Systems and were intending to expand the new JPEG recompression technique to wireless platforms and other file formats The initial press release and preliminary information saw the first use of the titleDeSoto landed at Tampa Bay in May of 1539 Later he crossed the Mississippi River He then traveled to a point below the mouth of the St Francis river and into Butler County DeSoto and his men traveled through what is now Ash Hill and passed just outside of Poplar Bluff Later the French were the first Europeans to assert any territorial rights over the Poplar Bluff area The French held the area until 1770 when it was ceded by treaty to Spain Spain held the area until 1802 when it was r
To see this text, right click on a blank part of the page and choose "select all"
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Seanp
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 09:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And it already doesn't work anymore. They cut the link. Bummer.
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Glitch
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 09:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The clear text:

2006 Suzuki GSXR1000 - $2950
Reply to: see below
Date: 2008-04-07, 7:47PM CDT


2006 Suzuki GSXR1000 Custom Show Bike


Feel free to contact me at: Karen62kn@aol.com for more pictures&informations!!!

Mileage: 979
VIN: JS1GT76A862110297
Engine Size (cc): 999

This bike is in like new condition, all stock no modifications. The bike only has 979 miles on it and still has Suzuki factory warranty left untill, June 5, 2008.


Then there was the text I posted above.

Then there were these pictures:











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Grancuda
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 10:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I have seen that stuff at the bottom of craigslist ads and never knew what it was about, what is it?
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Chihuahua_stud
Posted on Monday, April 07, 2008 - 11:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Its a scam! That ad is posted in the Augusta, GA craigslist. I got an email back from them that sounded like another Nigerian ripoff.
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Mikej
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 09:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Random text to fool the spam filters, copied from some publication of some sort or randomly generated, or some hide in plain sight code as in:
Op#1: Fred, check out the Suzuki ad in the Augusta Craigslist, search on Custom.
Op#2: Got it Ned.
Op#2: Ned, check out the Schwinn ad in the Seattle Craigslist.
Op#1: Got it Fred.
Op#1 to group mtg: We're good to go, the Fiji shipment will be dropped off in Tampa Bay on Thursday morning, will get routed through the Desoto warehouse, then will be delivered for disbursement in our Butler County facility by Saturday morning.

Sometimes there is more to SPAM than what's listed in the ingredients. You just never know.
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Ferris_von_bueller
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 10:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Bomb Nigeria Now !!!
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Irideabuell
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 07:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's amazing that people fall for this stuff. There was recently an ad in Craig's List showing a house for rent that one of my employees went to look at and loved.

The next day he showed me the pictures as well as the e-mail he had received from the "owner" explaining why they were renting such a nice house so cheaply.

I immediately went to the Orange County, FL Tax Collector's web site to enter the address in hopes of confirming that person actually owned the home. Guess what? Not even close.

My employee called the actual owner in NY and found out that they had already been alerted to the scam and communicated that one person had already called them to complain that they'd sent money to this scammer and were pissed (it wasn't their fault).

My employee strung them along for a while and even called the Orange County Sheriff's office and the real estate agent whose name they were using to alert them to the prospects of catching this individual until the dreaded address came to send the money to. It was in Nigeria and to think someone had actually sent money was beyond me.

I guess if people get it to work once it was worth it as they will never get caught.
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P47b
Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 05:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

He's doing the same thing on Ebay. If you contact him he will take your info from you and use it to his advantage for a different listing. Beware.
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