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02-07-2007, 06:00 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas
Posts: 778
| IP Relay Scam!! This evening we got a phone call. The caller ID said "IP Relay". This is the first time we've ever seen this, and immediately piqued our suspicions. There was an operator on the line that asked if we knew how to use this service. Basicly it works likes this: The operator is reading (apparently) an IM from a user and telling us what it says. We then respond and the operator types back to the user/caller. The caller asked if we had puppies for sale. We said yes. The caller then had the operator give us their email address. We sent them an email asking what they were looking for. This is the email we got back: I WANT THE MALE PUPPY OF $700 Hello Thanks very much for your email,they are lovely puppy you have, would takethe puppy, get back with total selling price for this puppy. The reason I am sending you this email is to make final reconfirmation and also to let you know that payment will be by certified USPS (United States Postal Servce) Money Order. In view of this I need you to email me any information that may be required to send the Money Order, as I do not want to send the Money Order to a wrong location lest they gets into the wrong hands. Regarding the shipping, I have a company that takes care of the pick up of my consignments for me and ship to my destination anywhere in the U.S.A, you do not worry about shipping, the company will send down a representative to arrange the sales documentation and the pick up from your end for onward t! ransfer to my destination. I also ! want to alert you on the fact that you will be recieving an overdraft Money Order,! which will cover the money for the pickup (pickup and shipping to the final destination) as well as the money to be paid to the company that will take care of the pickup and the documentation with you. So please, as soon as you receive the Money Order, go and cash them immediately, deduct the money that accrues to you, and send the balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the shipment in London United Kingdom which i will give you the details later. The Money Order will be in your name to make it easier for you to receive payment, deduct your money and send the balance to the shipper so that they can come for the pick up.I will give you the details of the company that you will send the balance of the money to in London once I get a reply and agreement that you will send the money! to London via MoneyGram or Wes! tern Union money trnasfer immediately you cash the Money Order. Once the money is received by the agent in London , the shipping agent will contact you immediately to arrange the documentation as well as the pick up immediately. So in view of the above, here are some of the details I will need for final issuance of the USPS Money Order to you. (1) Full Name (2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please (3) your direct telephone number (4) acceptance of my offer Once you get back to me with all the above, the Money Order will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to you .Hope to hear from you immediately you read this message. Regards, bill cole. N.B I WOULD GIVE AN EXTRA $50 IF THIS PUPPY IS RESEVED FOR ME We replied that we don't deal with SCAMMERS. Has anyone else revceived an IP Relay call? The next time we will just tell the operator we do not accept those kinds of calls and to tell the "caller" to K.M.A. Last edited by char7; 02-07-2007 at 06:03 PM. |
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02-07-2007, 06:17 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Victorville, CA
Posts: 181
| Yes my daughter got one when she tried to rehome her yorkie. We also noticed it as a scam. Good for you! |
02-07-2007, 06:19 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama
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| WOW! It is such a sad state of affairs when there are so many dishonest people out there. I don't think I would have been very nice. |
02-08-2007, 04:32 PM | #4 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Illinois
Posts: 378
| The same thing happened to me in December. I got an email address from him and it was a yahoo address and I reported him to them and they said they would investigate it. I have not heard from him since. I posted his reply on here word for word in one of my very first posts.
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02-08-2007, 05:35 PM | #5 |
All Dogs Go To Heaven Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: By The Lake
Posts: 2,727
| When I worked for the bank we always had to be on the lookout for bogus USPS money orders. The scammers would overpay for a purchase and then want the victim to send the overpayment back to them. That puts the liability with the victim and the cash is long gone. How many puppies are being abandoned or destroyed in scam's like this?
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