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My grandma wants your wagon

So I'm selling my car at the moment and it's been a long process of strange questions, low ball offers and people who just can't read ads to save themselves. And while it's up on Facebook, I've been loathe to put it on Gumtree for the sake of scammers and shitkickers. However today I finally did put up an ad for it there... ...only to have an idiot scammer immediately contact me, literally seconds after it appeared. So while I wait for genuine offers, I figured I'd mess with this moron in the meantime..

Screams of frustration from the Nigerian internet cafe

I've been annoying quite a lot of people recently. And let's be honest, sometimes it's the highlight of my day...

Please don't ignore this massage

It's been a while between scam emails - life has been life, work has been hectic, I've been grunting and sweating my way through my exercise sessions and so I've been putting responding to random idiots through my email on the back burner.  Until today when I was kindly asked not to 'ignore this massage.' I hope it's a hot stone one! Trust me, I NEVER ignore a massage. Better set the record straight then...

They're still out there and people are still falling for it.

I've joked around on this blog in past about messing with idiot scammers attempting to fleece me for my hard earned but today I learnt that it's still happening. Worse though is the fact that people are still falling for it, handing over wads of cash in the hope of becoming rich or finding love with no idea what's really going on...

The Hero of Hospitality applies at the Hilton

I've just received a completely unexpected and unwanted email about possible job opportunities at the Hilton hotel. No no, the other Hilton.. While it's more of a scam than things to do with money and pyramids, I feel it's my civic duty to reply back and point out how blindingly awesome I would be in such a role...