Nigerian scammers

I’ve been selling computer equipment lately on craigslist. I’ve been getting a TON of phishing attempts from Nigerian scammers.
I find the correspondence funny.

from: Lotty Liser <lottyliser02@gmail.com>
to: ME
subject: Laptop

Hey,
Lemme know if you still want to sell you item.

Liser

Notice that the horrible grammer from the scammer? It gets better.

from: ME
to: Lotty Liser <lottyliser02@gmail.com>
subject: Re: Laptop

I do.

from: Lotty Liser lottyliser02@gmail.com
to: ME
subject: Re: Laptop

Thanks for your response,
I really want to buy this for my son just that i promise him a laptop
for his birthday, but his not living with me here and i will like to
ship it down to him, but i will give you the shipment fees $70.
If you really want to sell it for me just send me your paypal email or
paypal payment request so that i can send you the money in time.
Regards.

from: ME
to: Lotty Liser <lottyliser02@gmail.com>
subject: Re: Laptop

Where does it need to be shipped?

from: Lotty Liser lottyliser02@gmail.com
to: ME
subject: Re: Laptop

have told you that my son is not living with me hear, is with my brother in west africa study over there also.
plz, have make a promise for him.

from: ME
to: Lotty Liser <lottyliser02@gmail.com>
subject: Re: Laptop

What is the shipping address? I need to be able to calculate the shipping cost.

from: Lotty Liser lottyliser02@gmail.com
to: ME
subject: Re: Laptop

Name: Adedapo Samuel Oriyomi,
Address: 20 iree post,
City: Iree
State: Osun,
Zip/ Postal Code: 23435,
Country: Nigeria

I generally stop communicating with them once I get an address and then mark it as a phishing attempt in gMail.

Bank scare turns out pleasant

March 2nd 2010

10:53am received a strange phone call from a 800 number. I ignored it.

11:01am checked my voicemail. It was from my bank asking me to call back since there is some suspicious activity on my account.

11:02am called the bank via the number on my debit card. NOT the number that was left on my voicemail.

11:04am Amy answered. I advised her that I did just buy 80 or 90 dollars worth of stuFF from amazon.co.uk
She said that will do it. She verified the amount was around that and put a note on my account that I ok’d that charge to amazon.co.uk