Not an elaborate joke... (Score 2, Interesting)

At least in that this Brit did try to scam them out of a Powerbook.

I sold my iBook on eBay a few weeks ago and got an email from the same scammer asking me if I wanted to sell it off eBay for well above the market price, with two day shipping to the UK. Sounded funny from the start, but the fake escrow site was the clincher. Glad he's had his comeuppance.

Copies of emails here if anyone's interested.