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Same story, got a response after posting a fake add on craigslist.com

From: [email protected]
Date: Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:53 PM
Subject: APARTMENT AVAILABLE IN MELBOURNE

Furnished two Bedroom Apartment,made for entertaining, this unit has an extra large balcony, separate dining room, breakfast bar (plus a dishwasher in the kitchen) as well as a communal pool and BBQ facilities. This comfortable unit is fully tiled and airconditioned, has an ensuite off the main bedroom with a spa bath, 2 secure undercover parking places, storeroom and is within walking distance of the city centre.

- 2 Large bedrooms
- 2 large bathrooms
- Large open plan living/dining and kitchen area.
- Modern spacious kitchen
- extra living area/study
- Large balcony with great breezes and beautiful views
- 2 undercover secure car park spaces
- Secure storage area

I started to get quite excited by the prospect of outing another scammer but unfortunately my adventures were to not go beyond the initial email as when I went to reply, my email service kindly let me know that the above email address was not valid. However, I did track their IP address 41.211.205.197 to Lagos, Nigeria (no surprise there!)

Amber,

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