Yep whenever they start praising the Lord to you or blessing you, you can pretty much count on it being a scam

It's not just the dogs they're doing it on, they're doing it on match.com too..My sister is divorced, she's very pretty for her age, some guy said he lived about 2 hours from her, but, he was in Africa as he goes over there a few times a year to buy cloth and antiques..anyway, they started e-mailing back and forth, then one day, he tells her they've changed the government rules over there, and it was going to cost him $4000 to get his stuff out of there..She wrote back(figured right away it was a scam) and told him to leave the things there, he said they would be stollen..anyway, she played along with him, told him she could send $2000 but would have to have it back right away, as it was rent on her business..he said anything she could send would help..well, when he was wanting that money, he all of a sudden changed the way he was talking to her..all he wanted to know is when is the money coming..Well she finally got tired of playing the game and told him, good luck, you dont' know me, and my own family would never ask to borrow a dime..good luck on getting your money..the only thing she heard back was a blank you b...they think americans are so stupid and will send them money..wish they would/could catch the ones doing it and put them behind bars

These guys are right. Scammers in general are not stupid. For every stupid one, you can bet there are a lot more intelligent ones. They do it because it does work. If it didn't work, it wouldn't be so prevalent. If one person out of a 1,000 or more bites, they've made a profit. It costs them next to nothing to spam millions of people with emails. All too often, they aren't even looking for cold cash, they are looking for contact and personal information - that way they can get a lot more than the $500 for the non-existant dog. A simple return email can give them an IP address and they go from there. Look at how clever our YT'ers are at researching people they suspect as trolls here on YT. I don't play with scammers. :thumbdown

Scam
 

Well, After reading this I believe its a scam. I was one of the ones that fell for it...Before I got Jack. We paid this guy 250.00 for a boy yorkie, Then they wanted us to get insurance and its was 350.00 and it went to Africia. Well they promised to have papers, blanket, crate, toys,.

There were e-mails back and forth, one time we left a message to call us and gave him our number well he called my husband could not even understand him. He got out of him he was taking the dog to the airport. Long story short there was NO dog. All the money went (?) I got some of my money back it went through Western Union. I cried for days. My husband was so upset. He told me HE was going to get me a yorkie if it killed Him.

Not, all the money but we found Jack locally. A scary thing was I had left a couple of messages at different places. Well one came back saying they knew me that I was the one who took the money back. That I was harassing them and they were going to tell All the breeders about me. (ha).

I mailed them back and played dumb and told them I did not know what they were talking about. Not a word anymore.

I have learned A Very Hard lesson.

Love
Cheryl:animal-pa

I'm so sorry for your lesson. But thanks for sharing. It will hopefully help someone else who might fall into a trap with their heart wide open. Bless your husband too!!

okay i just got this email today
 

From The Desk Of Dr Elvis Hany
African Developement Bank
Burkina Faso (adb)
Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso.
West Africa.

Dear Friend/director/ceo

I Am Dr.elvis Hany. And I Am The Director Of The Accounts & Auditing Dept. At The African Developement Bank Ouagadougou - West Africa. With Due Respect I Have Decided To Contact You On A Business Transaction That Will Be Beneficial To Both Of Us.

At The Bank's Last Accounts/auditing Evaluations, My Staffs Came Across An Old Account Which Was Being Maintained By A Foreign Client Who We Learnt Was Among The Deceased Passengers Of An Airline Crash On 6th Nov.2002.

Since The Deceased Was Unable To Run This Account Since His Death. The Account Has Remained Dormant Without The Knowledge Of His Family Since It Was Put In A Safe Deposit Account In The Bank For Future Investment By The Client. Since His Demise, Nobody,

Not Even The Members Of His Family Have Applied For Claims Over This Fund And It Has Been In The Safe Deposit Account Until We Discovered That It Cannot Be Claimed Since Our Client Is A Foreign National And We Are Sure That He Has No Next Of Kin Here To File Claims Over The Money. As The Director Of The Dept, This Discovery Was Brought To My Office So As To Decide What Is To Be Done. With The Few Personel In My Dept,

We Decided To Seek Ways Through Which We Can Transfer This Money Out Of The Bank And Out Of The Country Too. The Total Amount In The Account Is Ten Million Five Hundred Thusand Dollars (usd 10,500,000.00).

With Our Positions As Staff Of The Bank, We Are Handicapped Because We Cannot Operate Foreign Accounts And Cannot Lay Bonafide Claim Over This Money While We Were Contemplating On What To Do.

A Friend Of Mine Who Works With The Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Recommended Your Personality To Me And Advised Me To Ask You For Help, To Transfer This Money Out Of The Country. The Client Is A Foreign National And You Will Only Be Asked To Act As His Next Of Kin And I Will Supply You With All The Necessary Informations And Bank Data To Assist You In Being Able To Transfer This Money To Any Bank Of Your Choice Where This Money Could Be Transfered Into.

I And My Partners Have Decided To Give Away Thirty % (30%) To You For Your Assistance And Ten (10%) For Any Expenses That Might Arise During The Transaction Of This Transfer.

We Want To Assure You That This Transaction Is Absolutely Risk Free Since We Work In This Bank And That Is Why You Should Be Confident In The Success Of This Transaction Because You Will Be Updated With Information As At When Desired.

We Will Please Wish You Keep This Transaction Secret As We Are Hoping To Retire With Our Share Of This Money At The End Of Transaction Which Will Be When This Money Safely Hits Your Account. We Will Then Come Over To Your Country For Sharing According To The Previously Agreed Percentages. You Might Even Have To Advise Us On Possibilities Of Investment In Your Country Or Elsewhere Of Our Choice. May God Help You To Help Us To A Restive Retirement. Amen.

Please Come Up With Your Information Below Here.

Your Contact Cell Phone Number.....
Your Age .......
Your Sex .......
Your Occupation .......
Your Country And City. .......

Please Your Urgently Respond Needed So We Can Move Forward.
Thanks And Remain Blessed.
Dr.elvis Hany
African Developement Bank (adb

okay this is what i sent lol:

Oh good i will be going to Georgia on business and wouldn't mind stopping in north Carolina, and would like to meet you and the pups that way i can pick up the Yorkies. I'm not very fond on having them shipped especially since there still young. I have an adult yorkie myself so i know the breed very well so they will be very well taken care of!!!

when i know they are scammers... i usually like to mess with them... hahhaa they always give u the same *violin* story

Cool!!! LOLOL :p

this is her response what should i write back ahhhh she's good
 

:rolleyes: Okay, you will have to make a deposit payment to hold down the puppy.GET BACK TO ME ASAP

At first, tell them you don't want to do that b/c you are afraid of getting scammed. And that you will take your chances on the pup being available.

Then, if they still insist, tell them to give you their information. ;) Tell them you sent the money and make them waste a trip! LOL

My neice just got scammed on Ebay by a guy who won her auction, he sent her a check with extra $ for her to send back to his "friend", she sent the $ and the item and then the check bounced.
We told her it was a scam (sigh) but sometimes people don't listen. :(

Oh no. That's exactly what I was describing. :( JERKS! :mad: :mad:

Good idea!

oh that is awful! sorry to hear that! that's why you never accept checks!!!

this is what i sent....
 

I dont feel comfortable sending a deposit payment with out actually seeing the pups im scared i might get scammed, i will just take my chances on the both pups still being available.


hey here's an idea guys how bout i make them wait there time and money by asking for a health certificate to be emailed to me so taht i know the pups are healthy what do you guys think????

either that or you wait for the check to clear then send the item:D

You can try!!!!

oh yeah! that too!

you can try that... isn't it fun messing with those punks?

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do you think they have puppies, or none? I was thinking if they did they were probably stolen.:(

this is her response what should i write back
 

What Nonsense? are you trying to insult me?look,i am not after your payment. i am only concern on the health being of my babies. i want someone to give me them the best suppervision care and love.meanwhile, i am 64 years with grand kids.i am a good christian with good faith.i have being doing business for many years now without any problem.so, don't think i am concern aboute your payment okay. i want the best for this little babies of joy.

If she is not after your payment....then she wouldn't mind waiting!!!! :mad:

i know huh:rolleyes: i need to come up with something good to day back to that because this scammer is good any other person would have beleved her thinking she's an old lady lol but no us hheheheh

just tell her you are accoustmed to doing business by seeing the pups first then paying....it is the way it is done here.

tina

i just got this one in the mail wierd thing is i dont have an account with them
 

From: "NAFCU" <onlinebanking@nafcu.com> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Unlock Your Account
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:57:04 -0600



Unlock Your Account

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You also requested an Code, in order to unlock your account and reset your
passcode. We recommend that you do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Your Unlock Code is: A19FED

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SCAM!!!! Some people actually do fall for it =/

Can someone help me to learn how to use this sight? I am confused.

Hi loveayorkie. Welcome to YT.

Here's a link to get you started. Just some of the basics explained.
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/faq.php

To start reading through the different forums, click on the "forums" word at the top of the page under the yorkies head.

Just keep clicking around.... you'll get the hang of it quicker than you think.

welcome to yorkietalk!!! if you have any questions feel free to pm me