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How to play a bitcoin scammer? (self.Bitcoin)

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So I replied to a Craigslist ad for a forklift in PA. Which shares the same photos as this Ebay forklift in FL.

The Craigslist seller is now telling me (via email only) that he and the forklift are in Utah, and he's already paid for shipping (up to 500 miles) so he'll arrange shipping. All I have to do is buy 14 bitcoins and deposit into his wallet. FYI, the $15,000 price on Ebay is far more realistic than the $4,000 craigslist price.

How do I have fun with this person? I've never run into such an obvious scam before. I've got the craigslist guy replying to my emails regularly, albeit slowly.

I know nothing about bitcoin.

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[–]miliasoofenheim 20ポイント21ポイント  (5子コメント)

Beg him to hold it for you, convince him he's your only hope in saving your business/family, etc. Have him walk you through the steps of obtaining bitcoin, etc. Make lots of mistakes, ask stupid questions, etc. Make him invest a lot of time helping you. See how much of that $4000 you can cost him in his time.

[–]Flamingpig 14ポイント15ポイント  (2子コメント)

then when all is said and done reveal that you actually bought 14 dogecoin. because it was cheaper and all that computer stuff is the same

[–]moonbux 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

But only after you tried to transfer the dogecoins at least 10 times to his bitcoin wallet you reveal that you're trying to send dogecoins.

Have him make screenshots to explain how to do it.

[–]pgrigor 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Beg him to hold it for you

Um, hold what? If he really doesn't have a forklift to sell I'll assume he won't be wasting much time on his mark.

[–]miliasoofenheim 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

Scammer knows he doesn't have a forklift, but scammer thinks OP believes he does have a forklift. If scammer thinks OP is desperate, he will be more likely to invest time in helping him. This is what we want.

[–]repomies69 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe a similar site to http://www.419eater.com/ could be setup for bitcoin scammers?

[–]travwill 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Interesting. Where are the emails originating from if you check the origin IP address?

[–]CoinCadence -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tell him you need proof the flux capacitor is operational embedded in the blockchain before you will send payment.

[–]Cannon-C 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Offer to mail him a paper wallet since that is all you know how to use bitcoin. Have the envelope then filled with spiders.

Or... use a "bitcoin website" that logs ip address that he has to log into to get the bitcoin funds, in which you can determine his ip address. Or send him an email with readnotify.com to trace his ip address. This is assuming he is dumb to not use some sort of proxy or VPN.

[–]spottedmarley 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Create an address of your own, send the bitcoins to it and tell him "Ok, I sent them to your address."

I bet you can get him to agonize over how to get them out of that address.

[–]Facebossy 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

File a police report.

[–]ThePiGuy2 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Where's the fun in that?