UKDiving scammer bating...

Having a bit of fun with a scammer on UKDiving. He replied to my advert for
an Apeks stage regulator which I had for sale for £150. After he emailed me,
I emailed him back to say that I've been forced to increase the price
'slightly' to £1500 to cover some misc expenses I've incurred. He's since
emailed me back to tell me that he's ok with this 'slight' increase and will
send me a cheque for £5000 which he'd like me to take my payment out of an
refund him the difference. I've now emailed him back to say that I'm not
happy and I want a 'handling charge' of £1000 to cover bank charges.

I wonder how far I can push this before he gets pissed off and goes away?
The most amusing thing is that I've deliberately not mentioned what the item
is that I have for sale - at the moment, he seems to be buying a van from
me!

"Bardo" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Having a bit of fun with a scammer on UKDiving. He replied to my advert
for
> an Apeks stage regulator which I had for sale for £150. After he emailed
me,
> I emailed him back to say that I've been forced to increase the price
> 'slightly' to £1500 to cover some misc expenses I've incurred. He's since
> emailed me back to tell me that he's ok with this 'slight' increase and
will
> send me a cheque for £5000 which he'd like me to take my payment out of an
> refund him the difference. I've now emailed him back to say that I'm not
> happy and I want a 'handling charge' of £1000 to cover bank charges.
>
> I wonder how far I can push this before he gets pissed off and goes away?
> The most amusing thing is that I've deliberately not mentioned what the
item
> is that I have for sale - at the moment, he seems to be buying a van from
> me!

You will, of course, be compiling the emails into a webpage for our
amusement, won't you?

CAS

"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> You will, of course, be compiling the emails into a webpage for our
> amusement, won't you?

Hehe. Naturally...