Internet Jusitce, Abbreviated

There is no more hilarious internet meme than of the timeless "malicious blogger vs. hapless scammer"variety. So imagine my delight when some clueless JERK made the mistake of responding to my sincere ad for a lost kitty.

From the moment it began, it was on:

	from	April Coleman
to		comm-mu5r7-1835080393@craigslist.org
date		Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM
subject		Lost: Black & White Tuxedo Cat (Kingwood)
mailed-by		craigslist.org

when can you get me up and running?

After searching my vast intellect for hidden meanings in this most cryptic of messages, I still could not determine how this might relate to my poor, sweet, sincerely missing cat. And yet, I took the bait.

from ------ to April Coleman date Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 7:05 PM subject Re: Lost: Black & White Tuxedo Cat (Kingwood)

Hello,

I'm not sure what you are talking about. Are you responding to my ad concerning the lost cat?


I waited for a full day for a response. After creating revenge scenarios for every sort of kidnapping scheme, I received this "email."

from April Coleman to marlikaufmann@gmail.com date Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM subject Re: Re: Lost: Black & White Tuxedo Cat (Kingwood)

I use to post ads also, now this is how I make the dough..

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After receiving this virtual slap in the face, I was equal parts annoyed, enthralled, curious, and distraught. This "April" "Cole""man" did not have my cat, but had just given me the gift of a hilarious, months-long, cleverly plotted prank in which I would not only avenge the dashed hopes of a found cat, but the lost church savings, the misplaced retirement funds, and the broken hearts of internet boyfriends everywhere. I set the stage:

from ------ to April Coleman date Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM subject Re: Re: Lost: Black & White Tuxedo Cat (Kingwood) mailed-by gmail.com

Hello!

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and beautifully. I have been sad over the past week on account of my cat being missing, but you have somehow found my ad and discovered the one thing that will make me happy again: dough making! It might be a gift from god, though I am not sure! Not only will I soon be making lots of $$ (dough!), perhaps my cat will return when he realizes I am no longer poor and can afford his excessive demands for food.

I must say I am impressed that you were able to see through my ad for my lost black and white cat and could still deduce that I needed money, despite being the owner of a fancy "tuxedo" cat. Last question: do you think my cat left me because I am poor? Please respond soon! I am anxious!!


It was excited over the months of increasingly long and abstract exchanges for less than a minute. Then I received the following:

from Mail Delivery Subsystem to marlikaufmann@gmail.com date Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:11 PM subject Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

aprilcoleman4162@yahoo.com

Technical details of permanent failure:
Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 554 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.com account (aprilcoleman4162@yahoo.com) [-5] - mta1098.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (state 18).