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I just about wet myself when I saw this. This was posted 30 minutes ago on Craigslist in the free section. 1600 lbs of scrap copper. I tried calling the number 4 times and I got voice mail but the phone was unable to take messages. You also can't reply to the ad thru email, so I am convinced it's a scam. Too good to be true.
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haha, they must want phone numbers for something, and you gave em yours ; )
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Yeah, no-one would give that away.
My guess is someone is pranking their friend's phone #.
Either that or they're pranking the #'s they harvested the last time they posted something like this... which means you could be in line for a future pranking.
People that pull these kinda pranks shouldn't be allowed to share our air.
Sorry they got you... would've gotten me too!
EDIT: Yep. Scam/prank/jerk/etc. Google search for that image yields several hits:
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sb...ed=0CCkQ9Q8oAA
Some awesome "copper porn" there!
Last edited by auminer; 07-21-2013 at 11:47 AM.
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****! I knew that would happen. I tried searching for "Copper Bale" in Google but didn't see anything. Thanks for researching! LOL When I receive a call later trying to prank me or sell something I'm going to screw with them real bad!Originally Posted by auminer
Yeah, no-one would give that away.
My guess is someone is pranking their friend's phone #.
Either that or they're pranking the #'s they harvested the last time they posted something like this... which means you could be in line for a future pranking.
People that pull these kinda pranks shouldn't be allowed to share our air.
Sorry they got you... would've gotten me too!
EDIT: Yep. Scam/prank/jerk/etc. Google search for that image yields several hits:
https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sb...ed=0CCkQ9Q8oAA
Last edited by Gravitar; 07-21-2013 at 11:57 AM.
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
And while you're hanging up with a snicker, the guy who called is maybe gonna be thinking "dam, I must be getting old or something, can't even give away a free car!" ; )
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I went to CL Austin, right clicked the image on the ad, went to properties, and copies the source URL, then went to google & pasted the URL in the search field, then clicked where it said "For matching images, try search by image". Voila. You & every one else must've flagged the ad , it's gone now.
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And the ad is GONE!!!!!!
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There was an ad just like that on Chicagoland CL about a year ago. The picture was the inside of a plumbing/piping supply warehouse with racks and racks of new pipe. At the time I thought someone was pranking a friend by putting their phone # on there but from what I remember the wording in the ad was almost identical. Now I'm wondering what the scam is.
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probably trying to harvest phone numbers and email addresses. Get ready for a deluge of scam phone calls and scam emails from the worthless low lifes they sell your information to.
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The only thing they have is my cell phone number. No name or email thankfully. If they try to call I can just block them.
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And I was in Austin today up from New Braunfels. Oh well, too good to be true.
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