[UC] my new neighbor

[Kyle Cassidy]

Title: my new neighbor





 so, the woman who bought the other side of my house finally moved in. christy and i met her out front yesterday and i recognized her as the woman i'd seen previously cleaning the front yard of some of the more filthy neighbors about six houses north. 

about 7:15 this morning i heard her start up some power tools next door. she's been hammering and sawing ever since.


this is going to be nice. 


(in other odd news, the people across the street "borrowed" my trash can again for three days, it vanished last week and we just found and recovered it. i need to put a GPS locater beacon on it so i can call On Star to get directions for the possee -- speaking of which, $50 reward for the first person to get a radio locater collar on the "locked my keys in my car" kid so we can track him in real time.)

Fw: [UC] to let you know

[Anthony West]

He hit 44th & Larchwood with the identical patter on Thursday or Friday. 
Loads of knowing references to USP, a local locksmith, etc. Needed precisely 
$18.50! My, he is a busy beaver.

-- Tony West
A young white man with a knit cap just came to my door
saying he lives two doors down and has locked his keys
in his car, his roommate is away, and so are the
neighbors he has met. 


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[UC] recent prolific "scammer"...

[Dan Widyono]

I'm wondering if he's a psych student.

Dan W.

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[UC] Sig Bloat

[Benseraglio2]

In a message dated 2/13/2005 5:55:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
T.T.F.N.William H. Magill# Beige G3 [Rev A motherboard - 300 MHz 768 Meg] OS X 10.2.8# Flat-panel iMac (2.1) [800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg] OS X 10.3.7# PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg] Tru64 5.1a# XP1000  [Alpha 21264-3 (EV6) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3# XP1000  [Alpha 21264-A (EV 6.7) - 384 meg] FreeBSD 5.3[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yesterday Miggle's sig suddenly inflated from his usual polite T.T.F.N., William H. Magill to this monstrous bloated enormity. 
 
Can anyone decipher this? Is Miggle OK or has he been taken over by space aliens from Venus or beyond?? Is he broadcasting secret messages to the Bulgarian Intelligence Forces?
 
I'm alarmed. 
 
 

Ross Benderhttp://rossbender.org/hackseminar1.html

Re: [UC] recent prolific "scammer"...

[Brian Siano]

Dan Widyono wrote:
I'm wondering if he's a psych student.
Dan W.
That's sort of what I suspected: and in a year or so, we'll see a study 
indicating how rotten, self-centered, and uncharitable residents of West 
Philadelphia are. "We presented ourselves as honest students, with 
facts, figures, and exact amounts required, and not one resident was 
willing to..."

God, I miss wire mothers and Rhesus monkeys. _Those_ were the days...



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Re: [UC] to let you know

[William H. Magill]

On 13 Feb, 2005, at 20:16, Andrew Diller wrote:
Yeah, that was the one that hit farragut a week or so ago. He must be 
deranged to keep this up in the neighborhood. Perhaps I'll see him 
again one dark and cloudy night.
The problem is -- he (and/or his teachers) believes all the Media 
reports that claims nobody knows who their neighbors are and never talk 
to them.

I'm still of the opinion that there is an active flim-flam school in 
the neighborhood. We go through waves of cons like this every couple of 
years. The same con gets worked from Market to baltimore over about a 
30 or 60 day period.

[He was working Chestnut Street about a month back, and has been 
working his way south since then.]

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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Re: [UC] to let you know

[William H. Magill]

On 14 Feb, 2005, at 08:40, Anthony West wrote:
He hit 44th & Larchwood with the identical patter on Thursday or 
Friday. Loads of knowing references to USP, a local locksmith, etc. 
Needed precisely $18.50! My, he is a busy beaver.
The $18.50 is so you'll give him $20 ... if he asked for $20 outright, 
you would know it was a scam!

The easy way to get him to depart quite rapidly is to offer to call UCD 
to get their lock-out service folks to help him get into his car -- for 
free!

[For those of you who do not know. The Philadelphia Police are no 
longer "permitted" to carry "jimmies" and assist people who have locked 
their keys in their cars. However, the University City District does 
have a "Safety Patrol" vehicle which will provide this service in the 
area. Identification, preferably the Owners Card and your valid 
Driver's License, but they will take a Passport if you have locked your 
wallet in the car along with the keys. ... they aren't easily conned.]

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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RE: [UC] to let you know

[Kyle Cassidy]

Title: RE: [UC] to let you know







>The easy way to get him to depart quite rapidly is to offer 
>to call UCD to get their lock-out service folks to help him 
>get into his car -- for free!


the first time he came over he said he had to get this locksmith from olde city and i said "it's your lucky day, there's a locksmith a block from here, i'll walk over with you." and i grabbed my coat, perfectly willing to show him where the locksmith was, and he said "actually, my girlfriend is going to help me." and shot off like an arrow.

the second time, he said the locksmith was already there but they wouldn't get his wallet out until he gave them the money. when i told him he'd already tried to pull this story on me before, he said he just needed to call the locksmith to tell them he was on his way. i said i'd call for him and he made up a random number and ran off after i'd dialed it.

it would give me some personal satisfaction to put up warning posters. but then i hear it's illegal to staple things to phone polls. 

anybody know anybody at UC Review?


kc

Re: [UC] Sig Bloat

[William H. Magill]

On 14 Feb, 2005, at 09:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/13/2005 5:55:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
# Beige G3 [Rev A motherboard - 300 MHz 768 Meg] OS X 10.2.8
# Flat-panel iMac (2.1) [800MHz - Super Drive - 768 Meg] OS X 10.3.7
# PWS433a [Alpha 21164 Rev 7.2 (EV56)- 64 Meg] Tru64 5.1a
# XP1000  [Alpha 21264-3 (EV6) - 256 meg] FreeBSD 5.3
# XP1000  [Alpha 21264-A (EV 6.7) - 384 meg] FreeBSD 5.3
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yesterday Miggle's sig suddenly inflated from his usual polite 
T.T.F.N., William H. Magill to this monstrous bloated enormity.
  
Can anyone decipher this? Is Miggle OK or has he been taken over by 
space aliens from Venus or beyond?? Is he broadcasting secret messages 
to the Bulgarian Intelligence Forces?
 
I'm alarmed.
Sorry, wrong mailing list. And yes, it is written in Geek. It's one I 
use on technical lists where one is expected to provide certain "geek" 
information with every post.

I also have another one which I use when communicating with the "Powers 
that Be." That sig lists all of the appropriate pieces of information 
which cause people's minds to blur when Mandrake or Dr. Strange 
gesture.

And then, of course, there is the PGP encryption sig used when 
communicating with my friends who always dress in black.

BTW, has anyone seen the Hetrodyne brothers this week? I have a message 
from Agatha Clay. Something about her locket being stolen.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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RE: [UC] to let you know

[Jonathan Cass]

Why not give Diller a call?  For the $20 you would have blown on the scam,
he'll take care of business AND clean the blood off your steps.

Jonathan A. Cass

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William H. Magill
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:28 AM
To: University City List
Subject: Re: [UC] to let you know


On 14 Feb, 2005, at 08:40, Anthony West wrote:
> He hit 44th & Larchwood with the identical patter on Thursday or
> Friday. Loads of knowing references to USP, a local locksmith, etc.
> Needed precisely $18.50! My, he is a busy beaver.

The $18.50 is so you'll give him $20 ... if he asked for $20 outright,
you would know it was a scam!

The easy way to get him to depart quite rapidly is to offer to call UCD
to get their lock-out service folks to help him get into his car -- for
free!

[For those of you who do not know. The Philadelphia Police are no
longer "permitted" to carry "jimmies" and assist people who have locked
their keys in their cars. However, the University City District does
have a "Safety Patrol" vehicle which will provide this service in the
area. Identification, preferably the Owners Card and your valid
Driver's License, but they will take a Passport if you have locked your
wallet in the car along with the keys. ... they aren't easily conned.]

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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[UC] Same guy in Powelton

[Douglas Ewbank]

We just heard from our neighbor that he recently got scammed in the same 
way.  The guy claimed he was our new tenant.

Its not just Market to Baltimore.
At 10:19 AM 2/14/2005, William H. Magill wrote:
On 13 Feb, 2005, at 20:16, Andrew Diller wrote:
Yeah, that was the one that hit farragut a week or so ago. He must be 
deranged to keep this up in the neighborhood. Perhaps I'll see him again 
one dark and cloudy night.

Douglas Ewbank, PhD
Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania
tel. 215-898-7999
fax: 215-898-2124 


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Re: [ALERT} Re: [UC] to let you know

[Marlevi]

What I really cannot fathom is how a certain guy (not sure if it's this guy 
or another one) has been pulling the same scam year in and year out without 
apprehension (as far as I know) for about the past ten years.  He is 
shortish with dark (black?)  "greased" hair, hard to tell his age but 
maybe around 40,  and a sort of old and somewhat dated suit jacket.  I 
saw him try to pull something similar on a student/neighbor's dad 
as dad was helping her move her stuff one year.  He needed 
money for something or other and said he would leave a computer monitor as 
collateral.  Dad was very quick, introduced himself, shook scammer's hand, 
and gave scammer his card.  Boy did scammer scoot out of there fast when he 
looked at Dad's card and saw that Dad was a member of New Jersey's 
finest, i.e. a cop. 

[UC] to let you know

[Marianne Das]

About 2 weeks ago I had a  variation of this 
scam pulled on me. The guy (white, beard, dark hair) lived down the street 
(43rd), his car was stolen and he had to get to Roxborough to pick up his kids 
from the baby sitter.
 
Has anyone encountered this fellow?
 
Marianne Das[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [UC] to let you know

[Peter Coyle]

Someone should take his picture, and I'll make a very official looking wanted poster.

:Pete
On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

>The easy way to get him to depart quite rapidly is to offer 
>to call UCD to get their lock-out service folks to help him 
>get into his car -- for free! 

the first time he came over he said he had to get this locksmith from olde city and i said "it's your lucky day, there's a locksmith a block from here, i'll walk over with you." and i grabbed my coat, perfectly willing to show him where the locksmith was, and he said "actually, my girlfriend is going to help me." and shot off like an arrow.

the second time, he said the locksmith was already there but they wouldn't get his wallet out until he gave them the money. when i told him he'd already tried to pull this story on me before, he said he just needed to call the locksmith to tell them he was on his way. i said i'd call for him and he made up a random number and ran off after i'd dialed it.

it would give me some personal satisfaction to put up warning posters. but then i hear it's illegal to staple things to phone polls.

 anybody know anybody at UC Review? 

kc 

[UC] Talk America

[Marianne Das]

Has anyone heard of Talk America? The mailing I 
received says they offer bargain rates on local and long distance telephone 
service and internet access (dial-up  turbo dial-up, whatever that 
is)
 
When I tried to access their web site http://www.talk.com/pennsylania
 
I get the message, "We are performing maintenance". 
Doesn't sound too promising.
 
Marianne Das[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[UC] Appliance Dolly

[Dan Myers]

I know this may sound like a strange question, but does anybody have an 
appliance dolly that I could borrow for an afternoon. I don't want to use a 
regular one because I would probably damage my steps. I need to bring a 
large refrigerator up 3 flights of steps and bring a smaller refrigerator 
down 4 flights. (where does the term "flights" come from anyway? It's sort 
of asking for a cup of sugar, but not really.

Dan Myers
215.901.0899
Certified Massage Practitioner
---
"Healing is related to our capacity to experience and embrace
life as it is. Often this means accepting the unacceptable,
making peace with disintegration, and loving whatever we face."
-Rachel Harris, MD
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From: "Jonathan Cass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'William H. Magill'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'University City 
List'" 
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: [UC] to let you know


Why not give Diller a call?  For the $20 you would have blown on the scam,
he'll take care of business AND clean the blood off your steps.
Jonathan A. Cass
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William H. Magill
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:28 AM
To: University City List
Subject: Re: [UC] to let you know
On 14 Feb, 2005, at 08:40, Anthony West wrote:
He hit 44th & Larchwood with the identical patter on Thursday or
Friday. Loads of knowing references to USP, a local locksmith, etc.
Needed precisely $18.50! My, he is a busy beaver.
The $18.50 is so you'll give him $20 ... if he asked for $20 outright,
you would know it was a scam!
The easy way to get him to depart quite rapidly is to offer to call UCD
to get their lock-out service folks to help him get into his car -- for
free!
[For those of you who do not know. The Philadelphia Police are no
longer "permitted" to carry "jimmies" and assist people who have locked
their keys in their cars. However, the University City District does
have a "Safety Patrol" vehicle which will provide this service in the
area. Identification, preferably the Owners Card and your valid
Driver's License, but they will take a Passport if you have locked your
wallet in the car along with the keys. ... they aren't easily conned.]
T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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[UC] CAT STILL MISSING: UPDATE

[Nicole Mcewan]

I received an e-mail saying someone saw a found cat flyer near the Ritz 
five. My husband went down there today and the flyer was already gone. Does 
anyone know how long flyers are allowed before being removed?

Sapphire does have orange markings on her back and head that are only 
visible in the winter when her coat thickens. If anyone has seen this flyer 
please contact me.

If sounds like her -- who knows how she got to Society Hill. Trolley? El?
(Trying to keep a sense of humor.)
Thanks,
Nicole McEwan
Hi all,
Our cat Sapphire dissappeared Tuesday after walking my husband John to the 
corner of 47th and Springfield.  She's an indoor/outdoor cat and a good 
climber and mouser. She's been through three collars in the past two years 
and currently has none.

I suspect someone has taken her in because she has never gone farther than 
the corner before Tuesday.

We live at 1012 S. 47th in the middle of the block.
Our nine year old son Sam has already been through the deaths of our two 
old-timers, Toodles and Mimi.  He will be devastated if we don't get her 
back.

She has bright blue eyes and is all  white with light orange markings on her 
ears and tail.

Please call 215-519-2950 if you have seen her.
Thanks,
Nicole McEwan

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