<p>Tallkell, people have been getting emails like that for years. Whoever sent it most likely doesn't even know he sent it to Berkeley students; they use software and bulk mail to thousands. People were making fun of you for posting it.</p>
<p>Last Minute Rate as of 5/26/06) $395.00 </p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>Students get in free.</p>
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<p>hahahha the Nigerian Check Fraud... out of all places. my goodness!</p>
<p>"People were making fun of you for posting it."</p>
<p>Do you think I give a **** if a bunch of losers on college confidential were "making fun of me" for posting it. Get a life.</p>
<p>Unplug your internet; you're taking it way too seriously.</p>
<p>i have wireless...what is this..the stone age?</p>
<p>Did anyone in Northern California get this?</p>
<p>about 5 years ago I sold a indash dvd player car screen on ebay...and the guy said he was from europe...sent me a CASHIERS CHECK via DHL, for 6 times the amount of the purchase which was 1200bucks. I depositied the check, and he sent me an email saying to do so and that it was a mistake but he will be in the US to pick it up and for the trouble I could keep an extra 500bucks. It did sound kinda legit at the time because I was threatining to relist the item and also had alot of other people interested in it, seeing as though it was a hot item... so make a long story short I go sped the 1700...and low and behold I dont hear from the guy and it goes on 60days. So after 60days I consult with a family friend about it and he says to draft the guy a letter explaining that if he does not come claim his item and remaning funds that I will consider them mine.. after that 30 days go by and NOTHING from him..so I spend another 2k....and on something like the 100th day my bank finally calls me to say the check was counterfit and that I am liable for all the funds!! I fought with them tooth and nail and said you cant expect me to deposit something and wait up to 90 days to see if its good or not...long story short they wouldn't budge and the law is on their side so I endedup paying it all back! NIGERIAN BASTARDS!</p>
<p>I don't get it. You said it was for "1200" but then later you said you spent another "2k"?</p>
<p>i know someone this happened to as well but for $5,000. basically they sold an item... got the check for 5,000 and deposited it. he didn't ship out the item because something wasnt confirmed, but just like you said the guy offered him an extra couple of hundred for "the hassle." he deposited the check plus a little more... he ended up spending it of course, and then later found out that the 5k was part of a fraud. after all was said and done, he had incurred a new $5,000 debt. (to add insult to injury, the guy was already in debt to begin with, close to 19k, and add 5k from the fraud) yeah not a very smart man with his finances.. keep those fico sccores up!!</p>
<p>stay clear from nigerian checks</p>
<p>"Do you think I give a **** if a bunch of losers on college confidential were "making fun of me" for posting it. Get a life"</p>
<p>This is sad. So you think calling people losers makes you cool? Aren't you a little old for that? Go ahead and flame it appears that is what you do anyway....</p>
<p>Since gabe is such an intellectual bag..</p>
<p>"CASHIERS CHECK via DHL, for 6 times the amount of the purchase which was 1200bucks."</p>
<p>THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE WAS $1200...AND YOUR GOING TO CAL? WOW</p>
<p>Ijflexi, that is CLEARLY an UNCLEAR sentence. May I suggest Strunk and White's The Elements of Style? I also recommend that you work on your "your" and "you're." And P.S., I had not concluded that $1200 was the original purchase but simply the number you stated. Read my post again.</p>
<p>^thanks g1a2b3e. I bet someone $5 that you'd be the first to deride ijflexi for innocuous grammar mistakes. Time to go buy me a breakfast ciabatta instead of the 99 cent breakfast jack at Jack in the Box. :D</p>
<p>"AND YOUR GOING TO CAL? WOW"</p>
<p>I'll make sure to locate the nearest bomb shelter to the dorms. When someone is that uptight, merely poking them can trigger an explosion that would wipe out half the campus. g1a2b3e is a volatile one. If you stick a needle in him, make sure to apply cellophane tape beforehand so he won't pop.</p>
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thanks g1a2b3e. I bet someone $5 that you'd be the first to deride ijflexi for innocuous grammar mistakes.
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He was laying the blame on me for his unclear writing...
Frankly, this thread should be removed: it's way off-topic.</p>
<p>Your such a meanie g1a2b3e. I wish I could put a closepin on your lips, unless you have lips like Angelina Jolie, which in that case, I'd wanna do all sorts of things that would be deleted by moderators if I described them. Ahh, how sweet the morning air is. Berkeley will be a wonderful place. So many proverbial cherries to pop... </p>
<p>Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side
Break on through, oww!
Oh, yeah!</p>
<p>Sorry buddy...I post on these forums from my blackberry most of the time and sometimes its not convineient to make sure my posts are up to your standards. But I still think the fact remains that the majority of people who at first glance misuderstood what I meant by what I wrote, clearly only needed a second quick glance to reconcile it upstairs, something you im afraid have a hard time doing.</p>
<p>It's inconvenient for me to read long, irrelevent pieces of writing in here.</p>