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Really long prank: P-P-P-Powerbook

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by kaleidosky, Apr 8, 2009.

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  1. kaleidosky

    kaleidosky Member

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    This is a 4 page description of a prank...probably a 10-15 minute read. Pretty funny and very detailed.. so maybe if you're bored at work, it's worth the time.

    Basically he pranks one of those eBay scammer people who was trying to scam him.

    http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/
     
    #1 kaleidosky, Apr 8, 2009
  2. SwoLy-D

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    Sweet stuff. :)

    The COINCIDENCE and LUCK he had to have "undercover" agents to actually record the delivery and the "shop" stuff was UNCANNY. :eek: Good stuff!

    Now, if we could only find all those Nigerian spammer peeps... :(
     
    #2 SwoLy-D, Apr 8, 2009
  3. The_Yoyo

    The_Yoyo Member

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    this thing has been around since the beginning of the intertubez...

    i know its been posted here before i am just too lazy to look for the link.
     
    #3 The_Yoyo, Apr 8, 2009
  4. professorjay

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    60 minutes did a full fledged track down of one scammer, going all the way to Nigeria, from dark alley ways to meeting their 'lawyer' at a fancy hotel. It was a pretty interesting piece.
     
    #4 professorjay, Apr 8, 2009
  5. playlife

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    One of the emails showed that it's in 2004
     
    #5 playlife, Apr 8, 2009
  6. Angkor Wat

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    Wow, talk about OLD. The internet term "fail" was not even near existence at the time. I believe Steve Francis was still an elite player at that time. :D
     
    #6 Angkor Wat, Apr 8, 2009
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    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PQANsFisvU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8PQANsFisvU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
     
    #7 BmwM3, Apr 8, 2009
  8. YuTea

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    I just read the whole thing. Hilarious! They mentioned they could never get in contact with "Jeff" again, I wonder what happened to him?
     
    #8 YuTea, Apr 8, 2009
  9. DwangBoy

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    He spent a lot of efforts to scam that board out of the $100 or so dollars he collected and flipped.
     
    #9 DwangBoy, Apr 8, 2009
  10. Uprising

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    LOL, ironic huh? :D
     
    #10 Uprising, Apr 8, 2009
  11. Uprising

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    Dude should have NEVER told the Scammer that he had to mark it as $2000, that should have been a surprise.
     
    #11 Uprising, Apr 8, 2009
  12. Astro101

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    OLDZ!
     
    #12 Astro101, Apr 8, 2009
  13. Cokebabies

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    i had never seen this story before but that was freakin' epic.
     
    #13 Cokebabies, Apr 8, 2009
  14. thelasik

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    Older than the internet. Cool story nonetheless. :D
     
    #14 thelasik, Apr 8, 2009
  15. Dei

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    Why didn't their lookouts cover the receipt? I would've liked to know if it really was the barber.
     
    #15 Dei, Apr 9, 2009
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