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Old 06-10-2009, 04:56 AM   #1
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Default Ok everyone...remember the FREE AKC yorkies I told you about??

Well, I e-mailed them and this is what I got back!! Can you even imagine!! With all the scams out there do these people actually think someone would fall for this?? I wasn't able to copy the pictures but, they sent pictures of the puppies as well...They are ADOARBLE!! I don't know who they belong to..probably somebodies web site! These people are RIDICULOUS!!
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Greetings to you from the house of the lord,

How are you today, hope fine? thanks for your urgent response and interest in taking and creating a good home and care for our babies and i hope their save will be fine with you. My adorable Yorkshire Terrier (puppies) are still very much available for adoption. they are 14weeks old, the male named (cahced) weigh 2lbs and the female named (Terra) weigh 2.5lbs and will weigh big when fully grown. they are both A K C registered and shots are given up to date. both of them are my darling sweetheart and super spoiled! They both have a sweet personality and loves to play and be carried around. I want you to know that i and my family(my wife and 3 kids are on a missionary trip to west africa)along with the 2 Yorkshire Terrier Puppies.So later on we notice that the weather here in africa is very very bad for the puppies to sustain here with us on the missionary trip.So my wife and I decided to ask one of our friend in the state to help us put the advert of the newspaper that we are looking for someone to adopt our babies to the state back.I am very glad that you are willing to take care of them and provide them a good and wonderfull home.

Please take note that we should have ask our friend that assist us to place the advert on the paper to adopt our babies.But he is a very busy man,he does not have time to spend with the puppies.So that is why he has to put the advert on the paper.


All papers will accompany the puppies when shipped to you, Due to our long staying over here in africa , and the bad weather my Wife and I have concluded to get good home and care for our babies. We are not charging or selling them to you for money but to save thier lifes saved and care for them so this means that, you and i will be paying for the shipment of the puppies to you. they are VET checked, but right now we are in Africa on a Christian mission with my wife and 3 kids together with Terra and Cached, we have the puppies right here with us.

We are going to ship to you via a Diplomatic Courier Service Company with Express Delivery on next day delivery, if you are really interested in having my little babies, i want you to get back to me with the below information of yours.


Your Full Name :
Your Mailing Address:
Your Tel #:
The Nearest Airport To You:

Provide me with the above details of yours to proceed in the shippment of the puppies to you.Please if you know that you are not capable of taking very good care of my babies, do not reply me because i am giving them out because of bad condition and we're spending months for the christain mission and i don't Terra and Cached to die in this bad weather. And because we don't have time to take care of them due to the missionary work before us here. They are priceless to me,therefore i am giving both for free, so i will like you to get back to me with your full name and full address including your nearest airport so that i can find out shipping cost, I want you to know that you and i are paying for the shipping cost.The shipping company is just 5-10mins drive.

So i will want you to email me now to know if you are ready to take the babies from us and give them a good home and also i want you to know that you and i will be sharing the shippment fare of the puppies back to you in the state as soon as i find out the cost.

I've attached two pics of Cached and two pics of Terra.
Thanks and God bless you,
Robin.
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:22 AM   #2
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This scam has been around for years. Sadly, no big shock there.
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:31 AM   #3
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You could have a lot of fun with this by stringing the whole thing out.
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Yes, I would say probably 99.9% of all free yorkies or english bulldog ads will send out that response. They are even in my local paper now. I don't know how large newspapers such as The Grand Rapids Press cannot weed these out, I mean they are so obvious. They are always missionaries or some other sort of christian organization that is in Africa and they have to rehome their baby. Most of the time this "baby" is 6 weeks old and amazingly, completely housetrained and great with children! I emailed back and forth with one of these people one time, just for laughs, and they actually said they could find me a small child they would ship me for the right price. They are sick individuals.
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You just gotta love the "English"

It's hard to believe that anyone would fall for that line!
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:53 AM   #6
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I knew this wasn't real! Just wanted to see what they had to say...The "flag" for me was teacup and FREE AKC!! I mean...come on! do they really think people here are that stupid that we would fall for something like that...I was going to play the game with them but really don't have the time...or energy. I don't know how they can get away with this. Isn't there someplace that they can be reported. I feel bad for people that don't know any better and get caught up in this not knowing and anticipating the arrival of a puppy and receiving nothing...AND losing money!! I don't know what's worse...no puppy or money and not being able to get it back...
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Old 06-10-2009, 06:55 AM   #7
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Yep... BIG SCAM.
And it sad because people do fall for them.

I think it was a year or so ago we'd mess with them here on YT.
And we made one mad enough to confess.
She called us dumb American and said maybe she did get to scam this time but she'd get the next Dumb American...

I get them off and on most times, I just delete them.
If I'm in one of my moods.
I'll e-mail them back and tell them what low lifes they are....
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I see them all the time. You would think they would give up by now, most people know they are just scams.

Hmm... I wonder what they would say if you said you wanted the puppy but your plans for the puppy weren't so great. Would they still give you the "puppy".
It is so much fun messing with their heads, lol.
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I see them all the time. You would think they would give up by now, most people know they are just scams.

Hmm... I wonder what they would say if you said you wanted the puppy but your plans for the puppy weren't so great. Would they still give you the "puppy".
It is so much fun messing with their heads, lol.
Haha, I wonder...
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You could have a lot of fun with this by stringing the whole thing out.
Oh I did exactly that! His english got a lot better when I got back the #*@% @#$
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e-mail them back and tell them that you'll take them, but you will pay COD
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ShopSmart July 2009

"Next time you see an ad showing a cute puppy in need of a good home ASAP, read closely. It could be fraud. Nigerian scammers, famous for e-mail frauds, are now using puppies as bait. One tip-off: The seller lives overseas and wants payment by wire transfer. They'll take your money, but you won't get your puppy. Also beware of bogus overseas buyers if you are selling a car. They'll answer your ad, send a phony cashier's check, usually for a couple of grand over the asking price, and then ask you to send back the overage."
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Africa...Nigeria...they're all the same---pathetic!

May they all come back as a Hyena in their next lives!
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I received one of those too, so I went along with it just for fun. What it boils down to is the more you get involved you will find SURPRISE you have to send them a western union gram for $250, and then when they receive your money they'll put the pup on the plane. Well I wrote back, and said seeing as you are a man of the cloth, and of course believe in the good in everyone how about you send the pup to me, and when he safely arrives I'll send the money to you. Never did hear back from them again. Ugh!
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May they all come back as a Hyena in their next lives!

Would that be a "laughing" Hyena?
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