Pixel Joint Forum: vehicle scam for my paintings

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   Theres a fairly popular vehicle scam used a lot over the internet.  I'm sure most of you have heard of it.  a seller selling a car is contacted by someone over the internet from another country who wants to buy the car, they send a cashiers check(fake) with extra money which is to be sent by wire to someone else (normally a shipping agent)... you deposit the check (it takes two weeks to clear) you send the money... the check bounces etc.   Link to details.  

this is where it gets good.  one of these scammers wanted to buy a painting i have exhibited somewhere on the internet.  I was kinda weary of a person moving from alabama to london who spoke broken english and then sent me a bank of america cashiers check for a couple thousand dollars more than my asking price.  the check looks like it was printed on an ink jet and has no watermark.  

I have the check and the painting and want to f@ck with these people.  any good ideas? 

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klav Commander Joined: 01 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Topic: vehicle scam for my paintings Posted: 06 September 2007 at 8:24pm
	Theres a fairly popular vehicle scam used a lot over the internet. I'm sure most of you have heard of it. a seller selling a car is contacted by someone over the internet from another country who wants to buy the car, they send a cashiers check(fake) with extra money which is to be sent by wire to someone else (normally a shipping agent)... you deposit the check (it takes two weeks to clear) you send the money... the check bounces etc. Link to details. this is where it gets good. one of these scammers wanted to buy a painting i have exhibited somewhere on the internet. I was kinda weary of a person moving from alabama to london who spoke broken english and then sent me a bank of america cashiers check for a couple thousand dollars more than my asking price. the check looks like it was printed on an ink jet and has no watermark. I have the check and the painting and want to f@ck with these people. any good ideas?
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 06 September 2007 at 9:33pm
	send them a photocopy of the painting
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 07 September 2007 at 6:50am
	Or better yet make a f*ked up version using food colored bodily fluids of the painting and send them that. Reporting them to the FBI is good too.
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spartan_117 Commander Joined: 14 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 478	Posted: 07 September 2007 at 7:09am
	get ur grenades and shotgun. we're going hunting.
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Blueberry_pie Rear Admiral Joined: 24 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2176	Posted: 07 September 2007 at 7:28am
	What? Grenades aren't for hunting. (They're for fishing)
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spartan_117 Commander Joined: 14 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 478	Posted: 07 September 2007 at 7:49am
	if you watched the simpsons movie you would know a fly zapper is the best fishing tool.
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klav Commander Joined: 01 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Posted: 07 September 2007 at 9:07am
	Im planning on the fbi thing but may string them along for a little while and then try and sell them the mona lisa or something.
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Kirble Seaman Joined: 19 February 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 08 September 2007 at 12:53pm
	What you should do is send them a canvas, of the same size as the painting, and draw a large stick figure and a nice message to accompany. =]
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Metaru Commander Joined: 03 February 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 11 September 2007 at 8:08am
	just do nothing. the more attention you give him the worst.
	I ate leel's babies
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Stickman Midshipman Joined: 27 June 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 12 September 2007 at 5:34am
	Hmmm. Might be safer to take a "non - string them along" action. Not knowing who these people are or what else they might be upto, you don't want a scenario of them busting through your front door with a sawn off shotgun.
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Di0xygen Commander Joined: 03 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 401	Posted: 12 September 2007 at 5:53am
	Simply send them a painting, that you declare as worth 2000$.. imagine the tax they will have to pay on that when it arrives lol.
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