Welcome to 2010...

Hi all ~ welcome to a brand new year and the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Some kinda ride, eh?This January is also the start of the third year of this blog. Who knew that chemotherapy induced insomnia would have turned out to be so useful? (I'm much better now, thanks.) Sometimes friends ask me why I still do it and, I suppose, it's because I can. It may sometimes be a bit

If you see something like this...

....be prepared to keep looking.Like a previous post on 'lists', certain phrases or ads are liberally scattered about by our happy scamophiles and it seems inevitable that I'll run into them. So, when they really start to stick out, I'll print examples of them here.Mind you, I've noticed lately that once I bitch about something they're doing to make their ads stick out like sore thumbs, they

Charmed I'm sure....

Once they get a word they like, they just don't let go ~ guess which one is showing up everywhere....EUR550 / 1br - Charming clean come with fully furnished in the very tasteful (Vienna, Ferchergasse) - 2009-12-03EUR450 / 1br - CHARMING one(1) bedroom fully furnished apartment (Brussel) - 2009-12-01EUR400 / 2br - TWO CHARMING BEDOOM APARTMENT (Brussels) - 2009-11-30EUR350 / 2br - Well Charming

You're trying to tell me something, aren't you?

EUR530 / 1br - EXTREAMLY BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT IN GREECE (Greece City) - 2009-11-30EUR1120 / 1br - EXRTREAMLY FURNISHED BIG BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR RENT (Paris) 2009-12-10EUR550 / 1br - Charming clean come with fully furnished in the very tasteful (Vienna, Ferchergasse) - 2009-12-03EUR500 / 1br - Set in the boost of the city with fully furnished (Berlin, Martin Luther Strasse) - 2009-12-

He's making a list and checking it twice...

I suppose if you're writing the same scamvert over and over again, creativity takes a bit of a beating so I'm chucking in examples of ads/lists that are repeated ad nauseum. If you see any of 'em in the ad you're considering, keep looking....This is also to remind you to be a little picky about doing your homework while home hunting ~ if I can find scamverts like these without even really trying,

I've gone blank! Just fill me in....

Intrepid Renter has run amok again (which seems to be his favourite exercise at times *g*) and the following is one of the examples he has sent in. I suppose the scammer's coach kinda forgot to mention to tidy up the blanks he was filling in ~ or do they really think no one is going to notice?From: breden steme Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:52 PMSubject: Re: apartment

Words for the new world...

I was noodling through rent ads on a rainy Sunday and decided to think of a word to describe scam ads. I've googled it and see where it has only been used twice (as far as I can tell) so I have decided to lay claim to it ~ or at least try to make it popular.So, for those of you seeking accomodations, pets, electronics or whatever on the internet (where scammers can be found in ever increasing

She showed me her room/isn't it good, Norwegian wood?

(Title lyric from Norwegian Wood by John Lennon and Paul McCartney)So ~ what's wrong with this picture?(My roommate sez that guys who put up ads like this are too stupid to steal ~ sometimes I think he has a point.)NOK2200 / 3br - 3 Bed room with Garden for Sale or Rent (Norway)Date: 2009-08-25, 12:19PM CESTReply to: dr.tom_uk@yahoo.co.ukThis House in good location , am giving it out because i

Moving on up....

There you are ~ poised and packed for your next move on up to someplace a bit nicer and, hopefully, affordable.Well, you won't if you fall for the 'send the money to a third party until you're satisfied' ploy. Anyone reading through my posts has seen the one about Paypal being proposed as the holder of the funds and what a scam that is. I've seen rent.com, gumtree.com and findaproperty.com used

And you don't even have to send cash!

I found this in my mail this morning and just thought yah... yah... yah...

Being that this spam mail will reach out to however many gadzillions and may find it's way to some people who have been harmed through a scamming, I can see where those people might still be innocent enough to believe that this email may have some validity. In that way lies madness, folks ~ don't even go there.

And

Constructing castles in the air, no doubt...

There's so many landlords transferring to Nigeria to work that I am surprised to hear that they have unemployment problems there. Except in the crusader and missionary fields ~ they have *got* to be up to their hindquarters in those by now.I am so sorry for late response,it was due to my job,i have been busy here working..Good to hear from you and thanks for having interest in my place and is

Things you can do to help...

This came in my mail today and I thought I would post it cuz it's a pretty basic question:How could I contribute to the e-mail list of "nefarious characters"? Because I am looking for a flat in Geneva I have found some.I tried sending this response but it came back as undeliverable so here it is:Post them in the comments section as the information shows up in search engines. And, sooner or later

Let me hold that for you ~ Part Two

Once again Intrepid Renter has flushed out something interesting enough to post here.I think we've already established in our prior post that PayPal, Gumtree and Findaproperty.com aren't going to be the kinda resources to hold your money while you wait for an opportunity to inspect the apartments expecting to receive the keys from an absentee scamlord. Nor is it wise to think that wiring funds

Picture this...

There are some photos used by scammers I see over and over and over again which I'm just kinda sick of seeing at all. I thought I would post a few of 'em just for the heck of it.I'm also throwing in the odd one from current scam ads before I get tired of seeing them too. :)If you find yourself looking for an apartment and see these photos, flag the ad for deletion and keep looking. I don't

Let me hold that for you!

Intrepid Renter was at it yet again last week (he's such a scamp!) and received a response from yet another of our would be 'scamlords' regarding a place in Halifax.I may have sprained a brain cell or two trying to follow the convoluted sell job Scamlord was extolling but, thanks to Intrepid Renter's posting, you can now check it out for yourself...This is the ad:* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

STOP! DON'T DO IT!!!

Folks, sorry for the flashy thingie but I think that people really need to be aware of this and to think about what sort of personal information they are depositing on the internet or sharing with total strangers.Intrepid Renter wrote me today to say: 'Here's an interesting new scam. New to me, at least.'He had sent an inquiry regarding a rental ad on Craigslist asking for a bit more information

Scammer Bios N - Z 2009

Everybody has a story to tell and those who are looking to squirm their way into our hard-earned funds aren't any different ~ just a tad imaginative at times. As you make your acquaintance with them, feel free to share the information and we will work hard to highlight their endeavours for the benefit of the global community.Please keep in mind that there are quite likely real people with these

Scammer Bios A - M 2009

Everybody has a story to tell and those who are looking to squirm their way into our hard-earned funds aren't any different ~ just a tad imaginative at times. As you make your acquaintance with them, feel free to share the information and we will work hard to highlight their endeavours for the benefit of the global community.Please keep in mind that there are quite likely real people with these

Scammails U - Z 2009

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uaed_beydounsuher@yahoo.com
udolf.ward@yahoo.co.uk
udu_edib@yahoo.com
uksms@yahoo.co.uk (Gordon Moore)
ulianeniepmann93@yahoo.com
umfree01@yahoo.com
unerh8j4@yahoo.com
uniqueapts2@gmail.com
upfrontwaywa@yahoo.com
upson.holmes@yahoo.com
uriah.ward@yahoo.co.uk
use_apart01@yahoo.com
usher_man1@yahoo.com
ussher.kitty@yahoo.co.uk
ut_bryola@yahoo.com
uwe_vie@yahoo.com
uy_vemju@yahoo.com


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Scammails P - T 2009

Ppablofotan96@googlemail.compablowood0@gmail.compadimi82@yahoo.com pagecottage@yahoo.com paice.james@yahoo.co.uk paisley.rthonian@yahoo.co.uk pakiea@yahoo.com (Anu Pakie; ph: +447031878634)pampascal@hotmail.compankaj_nagpal2004@yahoo.co.inpabanuphrasad@ymail.compalaceofpeace@hotmail.com (John Makin)palma.dinunno@gmail.com mpalmer.drnick@yahoo.co.uk pameladawson147@

Scammails K - O 2009

Kkabasasasasa@yahoo.comkadaraopapo7878@yahoo.comkadunarent@yahoo.com (Norman Hush; ph: +447024097532)kallekergel@yahoo.comkamasedada92@yahoo.comkamikaze_we@in.comkamsat80@yahoo.comkamsonlockwood@yahoo.com (Kamson Lockwood)kane.kelly77@yahoo.comkantduck@yahoo.comkaren.collins14@yahoo.comkaren.collins93@yahoo.comkarenfironzen@yahoo.comkarenfisher08@gmail.comkaren.scot02@

Scammails F - J 2009

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fabricant.michael@yahoo.co.ukface.idibia@yahoo.com
fada_eshe@yahoo.com
fairbracematthew@yahoo.com
fallon.michaell@yahoo.co.uk
famyotte@gmail.com
faqeer40@gmail.com
farayolamiloseyi@yahoo.com
farookgul@ymail.com
faroqgul@yahoo.com
farrelly.paull@yahoo.co.uk
farrelly.pauls@yahoo.co.uk
farrielisa@yahoo.com
farron.timm@yahoo.co.uk
farsook_yer@yahoo.com
farwes_trying@yahoo.com
fatbelldrew@

Scammails A - E 2009

017curielkxpv@gmail.com1shacksdaddy@gmail.com1src4r@gmail.com (Gustav S.)2scott34lb@gmail.com (Scott Brutter)22colins591@gmail.com46@yahoo.ca (James Eric or Steven Eric)Aa1beedee@yahoo.comaalbertjohannes@googlemail.coma_andrew89@hotmail.comaaron.christiane@yahoo.co.ukaaron.oscar@hotmail.comabassbauer@gmail.com abelardadolph@yahoo.co.uk (Abelard Adolph)abel.rakel@yahoo.com abelram90@