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Funny? Scammers are not too smart. What follows is a mail correspondence about an apartment for rent in Dublin, Ireland. The posting has been taken down but it was a nice little apartment with modern nice looking furniture. I already suspected that it might be too good to be true, but it is worth checking out right? I have replaced my personal details with X's. It would seems that scammers are not all that smart. It would have been funnier had he/she actually mailed back some photo ID though. Why would you pay a 3rd party to handle your apartment yet still deal directly with the would be tenant? Why were my reasonably simple questions ignored? I also found hits with known scammers claiming to use Trulia Real Estate. The persons English is also very questionable. The sad thing is that there are likely people who fall for this. :( EDIT: when posting here the formatting got messed up. I can't be bothered to fix it all. It should still be readable. ------------------------------- From: donagreatt79@live.com To: xxxx@hotmail.com Subject: RE: : 4 Johnson Place, South City Centre, Dublin 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:12:17 +0000 Is this real? From: xxxx@hotmail.com To: donagreatt79@live.com Subject: RE: : 4 Johnson Place, South City Centre, Dublin 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:45:28 +0100 Congratulations Donagreatt79! You have been selected as this months top scammer! This months prize is €5000 and a lifetime subscription to Miniature Donkey Talk magazine. To claim your prize please reply back to this email with a copy of a photo ID (Passport or Drivers License) as well as your current geographical location. Once this has been received please remain where you are and await the arrival of our Prize Handover Specialist. Thank you for taking part in our United Kingdom and Ireland scamming attempt competition. Regards, Raymond. Managing Director. Trans-global Scam Association. From: donagreatt79@live.com To: xxxx@hotmail.com Subject: RE: : 4

Funny? Scammers are not too smart. What follows is a mail correspondence about an apartment for rent in Dublin, Ireland. The posting has been taken down but it was a nice little apartment with modern nice looking furniture. I already suspected that it might be too good to be true, but it is worth checking out right? I have replaced my personal details with X's. It would seems that scammers are not all that smart. It would have been funnier had he/she actually mailed back some photo ID though. Why would you pay a 3rd party to handle your apartment yet still deal directly with the would be tenant? Why were my reasonably simple questions ignored? I also found hits with known scammers claiming to use Trulia Real Estate. The persons English is also very questionable. The sad thing is that there are likely people who fall for this. :( EDIT: when posting here the formatting got messed up. I can't be bothered to fix it all. It should still be readable. ------------------------------- From: donagreatt79@live.com To: xxxx@hotmail.com Subject: RE: : 4 Johnson Place, South City Centre, Dublin 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 02:12:17 +0000 Is this real? From: xxxx@hotmail.com To: donagreatt79@live.com Subject: RE: : 4 Johnson Place, South City Centre, Dublin 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:45:28 +0100 Congratulations Donagreatt79! You have been selected as this months top scammer! This months prize is €5000 and a lifetime subscription to Miniature Donkey Talk magazine. To claim your prize please reply back to this email with a copy of a photo ID (Passport or Drivers License) as well as your current geographical location. Once this has been received please remain where you are and await the arrival of our Prize Handover Specialist. Thank you for taking part in our United Kingdom and Ireland scamming attempt competition. Regards, Raymond. Managing Director. Trans-global Scam Association. From: donagreatt79@live.com To: xxxx@hotmail.com Subject: RE: : 4