Yes! The greatest idea I've ever had!!!

[Patrick Donnelly]

I'm sick and tired of getting spam messages from people trying to scam me through Craig's List, with messages such as the following:

Hello
How are u doing today? i come across your advert on craigslist as TUTOR, on this particular subject, will you get get back to me, how much will cost me for 2hours? and how can i reach you.... and your years of experience... how long have been into this teaching? you can reach me by mail or call this number 206-984-0840....
Kindly get back to me right way am waiting to read from you soon
Have nice day

So, now I'm just going to start replying (through a fake email, of course) that it would be best for them to call me, then I'll give them a random phone number to a delivery fast food place. Such as this one, (907) 373-6600, which is for a Pizza Hut located in Alaska! What will this accomplish? Nothing! But I can't help at laugh at the idea of this guy calling the number and being asked if he wants a meat lover's or a veggie lover's.

Yes! Haha!

[Patrick Donnelly]

And I just got the following email, from the same guy.

Hello
How are u doing today? i come across your advert on craigslist
as TUTOR, on this particular subject, will you get get back to me,
how much will cost me for 2hours? and how can i reach you.... and your
years of experience... how long have been into this teaching? you can
reach me by mail or call this number 206-984-0840....
Kindly get back to me right way am waiting to read from you soon
Have nice day

--
Hello
How are u doing today? i come across your advert on craigslist
as TUTOR, on this particular subject, will you get get back to me,
how much will cost me for 2hours? and how can i reach you.... and your
years of experience... how long have been into this teaching? you can
reach me by mail or call this number 206-984-0840....
Kindly get back to me right way am waiting to read from you soon
Have nice day

Yes, he repeated the message, twice. In the same email.

[Derek Maffett]

I guess I'm not the brightest boiled egg to jump off a gondola, and I certainly realize that it takes more than a single goat to make a parachute, but what makes you so sure that it was a scam? Do you have a Craigslist advertisement? Not sure I quite get it (unless somewhat deficient grammar and capitalization serves as your tip-off).

[Donald Lee]

You could try creating a filter. I started getting spam from one source out of nowhere, and I just made a custom filter for whatever was common to the ones that broke through my spam filter.

[Kevin Perry]

if you think craigslist is bad do it on ebay, you'll get hit with the "i need to buy an xbox or whatever for son/daughter in south africa yada yada yada"

Thing is on ebay they bid your item 1000 - 5000 dollars more than it's worth and kill the bid and void everything.

[Derek Maffett]

Okay, I don't think I'm quite getting how these scams work. Which probably means I'm doomed...

[John Alston]

The poor pizza makers in cold Alaska...

[Derek Maffett]

Originally Posted by John Alston

The poor pizza makers in cold Alaska...

Now I definitely recognize those scammers. Everybody knows there's no such thing as pizza in Alaska!