I Cannot Stop Laughing . . . The Scammer Gets Scammed

Posted June 3, 2004, 3:13 p.m.

I always like stories about scammers getting scammed, but this is the ultimate example. Somebody tried to steal an Apple PowerBook from somebody using the eBay escrow scam . . . well the PowerBook seller knew what was going on, so he managed to scam the scammer by sending him a P-P-P-PowerBook! (see below) instead.

Not only that, but he managed to get the scammer to pay the customs duties on the value of an Apple PowerBook.

Take a look at the P-P-P-PowerBook! ;-)

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

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