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