Is this some sort of scam?

**BrianShaw** · 22-Sep-2006, 06:46

Originally Posted by photographs42

Rats! I was afraid it wasn’t legit. And I had big plans for the money I was planning to make off this guy.

Thanks everyone for confirming what I was already pretty sure of.

Jerome,
I'm mostly with the group in the thoughts that this may not be a legit offer, but have you tried contacting the guy to ascertain for yourself if it's a scam attempt or not?

**photographs42** · 22-Sep-2006, 07:41

Originally Posted by BrianShaw

Jerome,
I'm mostly with the group in the thoughts that this may not be a legit offer, but have you tried contacting the guy to ascertain for yourself if it's a scam attempt or not?

Well, that was my initial thought, but it just looks too strange to me. I don’t have a lot of responses to my site but when I do they usually indicate a particular image or images that they are interested in and this guy doesn’t even know what I sell at my “store”. Plus, I did a search of his name and his company and didn’t come up with anything to encourage me. I get more than enough crap in my e-mail box and I don’t need to invite more, which is what I’m afraid would happen if I respond.

I’m not really worried about getting scammed because I wouldn’t think of sending anything without having the money in the bank on a deal like this but I don’t want to get on a patsy list either. Maybe if I had more time to fool around with it I would see what happens but I just don’t need any more hassles.
Jerome

**BrianShaw** · 22-Sep-2006, 10:51

Jerome. See http://www.largeformatphotography.in...ad.php?t=19960

I now agree... it's a scam. Forget about dreams of an early retirement from a huge sale of prints to the largest hotel owner in all of Indonesia.

**paulr** · 22-Sep-2006, 10:54

why don't we put our heads together and find a way to scam the scammer?

for inspiration check out http://www.hot.ee/ppppowerbook/

**Joseph O'Neil** · 22-Sep-2006, 11:25

Originally Posted by paulr

why don't we put our heads together and find a way to scam the scammer?

for inspiration check out http://www.hot.ee/ppppowerbook/

Or beter yet - check out this site

http://www.419eater.com/

joe

**paulr** · 22-Sep-2006, 12:51

that's pretty good, but did you read the p-p-p-powerbook details? these guys managed to scam the scammer out of hundreds of dollars in import tarrifs, and sent him a powerbook that they made out cardboard.

**Kirk Keyes** · 22-Sep-2006, 14:13

It wasn't cardboard, it was a real notebook. The kind you bind looseleaf papers in when you are in school.

I really like where he drew the data ports on the spine of the notebook. And especially the one labeled "who knows"!

Beautiful!