Can you say scam???

I am trying to sell a chair and love seat on Craigslist.  I received an e-mail from a guy yesterday saying…

Is this AD available or not? let me know as soon as possible, cuss i want to buy it.
Thanks God bless you.

With the foul smell of scam, I responded anyway saying that the “AD” was still available and for him to call me if he was still interested.  The following is from the next e-mail I received.

I got all information i needed about it, since you can assure me the goodness of it, i will be purchasing it Like i said earlier, with additional $200 of your asking price. I wish i could visit  you to take a look at it but due to my present Business engagement, i will not be able to come over there to look at it or offer you cash in person, and we have a private shipping company that will handle everything after you have your money in hand. As there are too many scams on internet as regards buying and selling with large bogus account, we need to protect our self, that is why our mode of payment will be via electronic cashier check. Echeck is simple, secured, legal, fast and it is setup to eliminate the stress of  putting check in mail for days. You can read more on how i-versa check works at www.iversacheck.com and also to let you know more about its legitimacy. you must received cash from your bank before the shipping company will come to pick it up.  All what you just need to do is to get a business versacheck paper and versaink, cost of $51.97. Once you have this,  i will send the electronic check to your email for printing. You can then print and proceed to clear and cash the check at your bank. The cost of procuring the check paper and ink will be added to the bottom price. you can get business versa check paper and versa ink,  at office depot, officemax, staples or any stationary store wal-mart  shopping moll around. I will be waiting to read from you soon. get back to me as soon as you get the check paper and ink. you are not the only one i asked from, and first come first serve, buy the material  today, to make it faster.

Thanks God bless you.

What scams have you encountered?

What comes to mind…

Interesting…

display of talent in the video.  Check it out!

Let the Madness…

begin!  I love this time of year.  When schools you have never heard of upset some of the top ranked teams in the country in this little tournement know as March Madness.  Who do you think will win and why?  Do you even know what I am talking about?  Let us in on your March Madness thoughts…

Would you rather (13)…

play a fast paced or a slow strategic game?

Do you remember (14)…

Dinosaurs?

Do you remember (11)…

Adventures of the Gummi Bears? Gummi bears, bouncing here and there and everywhere…

If you owned the land…

beside the Hollywood sign in L.A. what would you do with it.  A 138 acre piece of land just West of the H in the Hollywood sign is available.  Word is…it’s up for $22 mill.  What would you do with this plot of land?

What did you do…

for the Super Bowl?

Speed Scrabble…

is definitely not my strong suit.  The Patterson’s were in town this weekend and they are Scrabble master minds.  They brought a new version of Scrabble down with them from Knoxville and it was no better for me than the original.  If you have read this blog much at all you have probably noticed that I am not a good speller and one of my other weaknesses in speed.  I can…could run fast but that is where speed and I part ways.  Thus, when I am involved in a game that requires both of these skills it usually turns out with a lot of laughs at my inability.  I believe the final score was Jason 339, Ange 330, Jill 330…..Andy 28.  I not very fast but I do know that we were not playing golf.  If you have not played this game yet you should try it…you will have a blast.  You play with the tiles from Scrabble but no board is needed.  To bad I am not better…Oh well, I guess you can’t win everything!