Yesterday I posted and ad on a Slovak photo-forum asking to trade my camera for an older but functionally better model. This morning I go this answer and I started to have these outrageous demands knowing that it's a scam. The parts in brackets are my own personal thoughts while writing the e-mails.

Hope this item is still available for sale? kindly get back to me with the condition and final cost of the item.
Await to read back from you now. (Seemed legit)

Yes it still is. I guess you're reacting to my ad which I posted to ephoto.sk. What are you interested in? Buying it or trading it for a 50D body? I'm not at home at the moment and I can send you some detail photos in the ev...

Yesterday I posted and ad on a Slovak photo-forum asking to trade my camera for an older but functionally better model. This morning I go this answer and I started to have these outrageous demands knowing that it's a scam. The parts in brackets are my own personal thoughts while writing the e-mails.

Hope this item is still available for sale? kindly get back to me with the condition and final cost of the item.
Await to read back from you now. (Seemed legit)

Yes it still is. I guess you're reacting to my ad which I posted to ephoto.sk. What are you interested in? Buying it or trading it for a 50D body? I'm not at home at the moment and I can send you some detail photos in the evening. But here are some facts about the body:
- comes with the original accesories: battery, charger, CDs, guides, etc.
- there's still a 1 year of the warranty left
- very good condition, just a few very slight scratches on the LCD screen but not noticable unless you turn it off and really start looking for them
- shutter actuation number is somewhere around 8000 (I've been shooting some timelapses)

I want 500 just for the body but if you are interested I can throw in the kit lens (EF-S 18-55 IS II) and my memory card (SDHC SanDisk 45 MB/s) but the price will go higher ofc. I live in Bratislava, I would prefer a personal handover if possible, would that be a problem?

Thanks for the message..My name is Mrs Smith (Mrs Wayne Smith, Wayne is totally a girls name..) from (definite article, hun) a UK and Am really interested in buying the item for a to my client who (it supposed to be "whose" damn it!) base in West Africa. Due to urgency, i will like to pay to cover the Shipment cost to her... Am ready to pay you via bank transfer...so kindly include your bank details (yeah right..)so that i can make the payment for quick Transaction..Below is the bank information needed for the transaction...

Below is the shipment address
Name...Adeniyi Oluwasope
Address...AE 8 Matazu Close
City..Tudun wada
State..Kaduna
Country...Nigeria (Fun alert!)
Zip Code..23462
Tel...+23487039169318 (bogus number...)

Kindly (Bioschock?) get back to me now fast so that i can forward it to my bank for the transaction.

Nice to meet you Mrs Wayne Smith, it's pleasant to talk to a native speaker (using that term lightly). I was asking around what the quote would be to send the camera to West Africa and it would be around 120 euro via normal shipping, it should come around in 7-10 days (started pulling numbers out of my ass).But here's the problem my parents won't let me have a bank account so could you send the money in an envelope, express if possible and after I get it I will send it to you asap.

Thanks for the mail.I want you to know that i can only pay you via bank to bank transfer which is the secure way of payment. and for the account number you can get a friend own and when the money is been transfer you can withdraw the money from his account and use it for your personal use. Let me know if you can get the account so that i can made the payment okay.

ok, ok I may have a friend with a functioning bank account but I have to ask him if he will allow me to share his bank info. He may also want to keep some of the money since I'm using his bank account but you will have to pay for that too. I was thinking about sending the camera to the UK it would cost around 20 euro that way and not 120 so you don't need to pay so much for the shipping price and then send it to your client. This way it will be in the UK in 3 days opposed to 7-10 days when sending it to West Africa. You said it was your client. Are you an agent of some sort? What's the name of your company? I would like to know more, I'm just curious. (is he seriously going to buy this?)

Thanks for the mail..I want you to know that am buying it for my son and the mail was reply by my office maid and she was the one that wrote it as a client, I would have like you to send it to UK but am a very busy person here where i cant have a chance to send it to him. So i wait to read back from you once you have get in touch with your friend about the account number.

So I talked about the account number with my friend and he wants 50 euro from me to use his account for the transaction. So I want 700 euro for the shipping and paying my friend, is that ok? If yes, I will send you the bank account. So your son is in Nigeria, right? How's he doing? Why does he need the camera?

Okay, He want to use the camera for an occasion and need it urgently. I wait to read back from you with the bank details so that i can forward it to my bank for the payment to be made. Thanks

What kind of occasion? I can give him a good price on lenses, L lenses in fact, the best quality! I have a few and can give you a good price. Please give me some contact information for your son so I can make a better deal with him, maybe even a better price... how about that? What's the name of your company? You must have a high position since you have an assistant and are very busy. How's business going? Sorry for being very curious but I'm just a kid :)

Thing you have his phone number you can call him the name of the company i work with is Amnesty Int. in UK

(time to pull out the big guns)
This is Peter's mother, it's a pleasure to meet you. We have consider the whole thing with my son, do tell as mother... isn't he a nice boy? We have thought the whole thing over and we decided to send you the camera via the mail and it's going to be COD for 750 pounds. Sorry that the price got higher but we are going to send it over using express delivery. So should we send it to the address you mentioned or somewhere else?
Have a splendid day! :)

Yes the address, I wait to read back from you with your bank details so that i can forward it to my bank so that the payment can be made okay.

So I called your son and he said he doesn't want the camera for the price, sorry :(