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02-13-2006, 02:21 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Texas
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| Scam!! Does this scream scam!! I have a puppy for sale that is advertised. This is the response to a previous email concerning this puppy. Oh, BTW, it shows up as ANITA KEVIN. Here's the email: hello thanks for email respond i will like to get one out of the puppy in $800 but i want to are sure you that the puppy is going to a good home if able to sale the pupy for me i will be very happy ..........go ahead Hello, Thanks for the promt responce and i ll like to tell you that i am located in New york city and i like you to get back to me with the total selling price of the puppy. Also i will like to let you know that the payment will be a certified (USPS) postal money order so in view of this i will like you to email me all the necesary information needed to send the money order to you. Regarding the shipping ,i have a personal shipper agent that takes good care of my consignments and ship them to there variuos destination .So my shipper agent will be at your place to pick up the puppy as soon as the payment is recieved by you. The money order will be in your name to make it easier for you to cash and as soon as you recieve the money order i will like you to cash them then deduct the money for the puppy and send the remnaining balance to my shipper agent so he can contact you immediately for the pick up arrangement at your place. So here are the information needed for the payment to be mail out asap. (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. Cheers Anita. NB:I will be paying you additional $50 to reserve puppy for me . Where do I turn this into? I'm going to email this so called person that I know this is a scam. Char7 |
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02-13-2006, 02:23 PM | #2 | |
BANNED FOR SCAMMING MEMBERS! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kansas
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ahhhh...you oughtta have some fun with them first!!!! | |
02-13-2006, 02:28 PM | #3 |
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| It's a scam.... I would just ignore it. Don't give them any of your personal information.
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02-13-2006, 02:28 PM | #4 | |
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Oh, I guess I should have waited with the responses before I emailed them back. I'm just so mad about these no good, low life, money hungry.....should I go on?.....people that I couldn't wait to write a nasty email back to them. Where does it end?? It doesn't. It's pathetic!! | |
02-13-2006, 02:29 PM | #5 |
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| I would email them back and have fun with them, because these people tick me off. I get emails like this and several I have had fun with them slammed them down. |
02-13-2006, 02:45 PM | #6 | |
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If you have the time, go for it!! Give them fake contact info. Tell them you got SOOOOOOO may inquiries you're upping the price to like $3000. See what they do!!!
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02-13-2006, 03:08 PM | #7 |
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| By the way: What the heck does NB mean? Is that there way of saying PS? If they want to scam us they REALLY need to perfect their English!!
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02-13-2006, 03:19 PM | #8 | |
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02-13-2006, 05:07 PM | #9 | |
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02-13-2006, 05:19 PM | #10 | |
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