Editor’s Note: Today we have a very special post about life, love and secondary market commerce written by guest writer Seth Kingry detailing his experience selling a bicycle on Craig’s List.  The following email exchange is between Seth and an obvious scammer.

From: Mary Scott
To: Seth Kingry
Subject: I AM INTERESTED

Thanks for your cooperation, please do understand that i am an auto dealer,i buy used cars,bikes,spare parts from America,Europe,Canada and Ireland and sells them to my clients for the purpose of business and personal usage. I am interested in this item, i am okay with this item and the condition of the items and I will like to make an outright purchase of this Item immediately because I am in need of it and will want to get it as soon as possible, I anticipate that a certified check will be sent to you via UPS as the mode of payment, and concerning the pickup,However, I want to alert you on the fact that you will be receiving the Check and payment will cover your cost and as well as the shipping cost to be paid to the client that will take care of the pickup in your house/store.So please as soon as you receive the payment,deduct the money that accrues to you and send the remaining balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the shipment via Western union. Moreso, I will pay you an extra $100 if you can reserve this for me. So in view of the above,Here are some of the details I will need for final issuance of the Check to you.

—— Full Name
—— Mailing Address( no p.o.box please)
—— Your direct telephone number / Mobile Number
—— Acceptance of my offer
—— Final asking price

Once you get back to me with all the above informations, the check will be issued out and it will be sent to you.

Regards

MARY

From: Seth Kingry
To: Mary Scott

HELLO MARY SCOTT!!!! Wow, I must say you are an attractive woman. You remind me of my late mother. Do you have any photos of you cooking a pot roast?

Here is the info:

Seth “The Conqueror” Kingry (please use this name EXACTLY as it appears, for legal purposes)
1088 Victory Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310
339-204-1234
I ACCEPT YOUR OFFER (Are you married?)
Final asking price: 666.66 Euros <–This is very important, as you very well know the American economy is not what it used to be. Seeing as you deal internationally, I think that you drawing a cheque in Euros should not be an issue.

Also, can you put in the info section of the cheque “Anus Ghost” as this is the name of the bicycle and will help me determine what the payment is for (I receive a lot of cheques for items I sell)

–Seth

From: Mary Scott
To: Seth Kingry

I NEED THE FULL NAME TO WRITE ON THE CHECK AND WHAT IS

Anus Ghost

From: Seth Kingry
To: Mary Scott

Mary Scott… “Anus Ghost” is for my own accounting and filing purposes. It is the brand name of the bicycle (I have over a dozen) and will help me determine which one you are purchasing.

My full legal name is “Seth the Conqueror, Kingry”. My parents were hippy Visigoths of sorts… so you have to understand they had high hopes that I would live up to my ‘Nome de Plume’… sadly, I became a pacifist and now my parents don’t speak to me.

GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU,
–Seth

From: Mary Scott
To: Seth Kingry

HELLO MY BANK WILL NEVER ACCEPT THIS NAME,SO I WILL NEED YOUR ACTUAL NAME OR FORGET ABOUT IT.

WHAT IS Seth “The Conqueror” Kingry

From: Seth Kingry
To: Mary Scott

Hey Mary,

No, please Mary, I mean no disrespect, that is my actual middle name… I really hate that my father and mother (God rest her equine soul) named me that, you can imagine what it’s like when I go to my monthly pacifists meeting down at the VfW (they have half off on all mixed drinks on the last Thursday of the month, I sure do love an old fashioned)… If you want you can just put Seth t.C. Kingry (Just like that, lower case ‘t’ and upper case ‘C’).

I am 100% serious about “Anus Ghost” being in the info field. If you don’t put that… then I may never know what the cheque is for… and I’ll probably just cash the cheque and then spend the money on hookers and blow. So please remember to include the brand name of the bicycle in the info field on the cheque.

–Seth “The Conqueror” Kingry

p.s. Please remember to pay exactly 666.66 Euros.

p.p.s. You never told me if you were married or not. You are a very attractive woman

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