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NicholasV · 11-17-2011, 02:39 PM

Someone pm'd me saying they live nearby in Manhattan and they have been getting this same exact scam alot. The thing is that this person mentions they live in a city of NJ, Elizabeth(which is about 1 hour away) after I told him I don't care if he checks the serial in person. Most scammers I have gotten in the past were bots who could never "customize".

I am gonna giving him the serial offset by one or two incorrect digits and see what happens. Since Amazon released so many new models for very cheap, I have to try to be proactive with this older unit, since it is deprecating in value everyday.

11-17-2011, 02:39 PM	#4
NicholasV Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 13944 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dover, NJ Device: Nook Touch, (ex)Kindle 3	Someone pm'd me saying they live nearby in Manhattan and they have been getting this same exact scam alot. The thing is that this person mentions they live in a city of NJ, Elizabeth(which is about 1 hour away) after I told him I don't care if he checks the serial in person. Most scammers I have gotten in the past were bots who could never "customize". I am gonna giving him the serial offset by one or two incorrect digits and see what happens. Since Amazon released so many new models for very cheap, I have to try to be proactive with this older unit, since it is deprecating in value everyday. Last edited by NicholasV; 11-17-2011 at 02:44 PM.