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06-01-2006, 05:58 PM | #1 |
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| is this a scam? I was looking in my local newspaper for a yorkie when this ad came up. She only wants 300 dollars for her puppies. I emailed her and asked if this was the correct price and if she still had any available. This is the letter she emailed me back. I feel like it is one of those where they take your money for shipping and don't send the dog or it isn't a yorkie. What do you think? Here is the ad: http://secure.adpay.com/ClickNBuy.as...adid=DNA752496 Here is her email: Good Morning, Thank you very much for your interest on my puppies.However i would like to know if you have a very confortable home and a very large compound,and to know if you are prepared to take a good and proper care of the puppie.I am 39 years old,my name is Jessica Taylor and work with Royal Netherlands Consulate-General - Miami, Florida and have been move down here to Lagos Nigeria for my work promotional treat. Am aWomen with 4 kids,I work at U.S. EMBASSY in lagos nigeria Address: Plot 1075 Diplomatic Drive.Central District Area, Abuja, Nigeria Telephone: (234)-2-761-4200 Fax: (234)-2-761-4200 , have been here for 3 weeks now and i don deceided to come down with the puppies here in other to take good care of them myself,But my work do not permit on keeping a dog here so i have deceided to give them out to a lovely homes.i have as much as Question for you,b/cs not every human being are ready to stand on there words of saying and know body can be trusted as i was told at my Airport when i contacted the Airline that shiped them here to me,Will Your Home and Life Accommodate a Dog,Again are you very sure your kids and all the adults in your household should agree that you want a dog? Look down the road for the life of the animals which could be 10, even 20 or morethan are render helpless.Second Do you have the patience and commitment to train your dog and understand his ways of communication? Third How much time does your family spend at home?How old are your children?Also are you a good christian that knows relagions is been called,i really want a good human of God that will be trust or been who he/she is.I have very of the necessary ducumentation you may need or be required when shipping the puppies to you,they are Current on there shots and wormings,Health exam.Remember Once the puppy is settled securely into his new home, you can hegin to introduce he or she to your way of doing things.i will be morethan happy to ship he or she to you if you really care for a dog.I can give he or she to you free of charge but you will have to attached a full size of a pictures of your house first to me to see if you can care for the dogs and if you really have a good home,Remember you will have pay for the shipping charge only.the puppies are Available for adoption at No cost,shipping your new baby to your location airline would only take no more than 5 hours to the united states from Lagos Nigeria international airport,name of the Vet doctor is Philip Richard.Telephone:+221-8060332022,I HAVE FEW QUESTIONS Will this dogs be spayed or neutered? Or do you intend to breed this dogs? l know my pets are the right dogs and you will enjoy every minute with he/she because they are truly human's best friend. God Bless you and your family, Await for your Respond Asap. Ms Peggy
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06-01-2006, 05:59 PM | #2 |
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| most likely, she mentions nigeria- automatic bad sign
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06-01-2006, 06:02 PM | #3 |
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| That is so erie... sounds a lot like that scam the scammers thread not long ago. The Nigeria bit is a red light for sure...
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06-01-2006, 06:10 PM | #4 |
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| scam SCAM...SCAM, very popular Nigerian scam... I would contact the newspaper, many do not know of these scams... |
06-01-2006, 07:18 PM | #5 |
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| I notified the local paper and left it up to them to take it out. I told them I would hate to see someone loose a lot of money from an ad from their paper. I did my good deed for the day. Thanks for your advice guys!!
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06-01-2006, 07:38 PM | #6 |
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| Yes, its a scam, even the wording is the same as I've seen here before. |
06-01-2006, 07:51 PM | #7 |
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| Definitely a scam! First of all - if she can't keep her little puppy, she doesn't need to "give it away." Second - and most importantly - if she wants to give her puppy away to a good home - she can easily find a very good home in her immediate area. She certainly doesn't even need to advertise or go to the bother of shipping a puppy to some other area. How obvious!!! I have seen this same (or almost identical) ad before. Carol Jean **** About ten of us should contact her and offer to take her pup and pay for the shipping - I'll bet she'd tell each one of us that the pup is ours - just send the money! (I'd like to be waiting when she picked up her mail!!!!!) |
06-01-2006, 07:54 PM | #8 | |
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I like this Idea!!!
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06-01-2006, 08:07 PM | #9 |
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| Hahaha address her as Cindy in an email and see if she replies to that.... Cindy is so unorganized she cant keep up with her lies or the names used. If the scammers could just put their effort into something positive, but that would never happen. |
06-01-2006, 08:13 PM | #10 |
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| You know the worst part about these nigeria scams?? Yorkies are very rare and in some places not allowed in nigeria. I know someone who has been there and she was telling me of all the scams they try to pull. It is very hard for people there in nigeria to get a dog and usually they pay ALOT of money to keep them, there are very few who have yorkies there.
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06-01-2006, 09:01 PM | #11 |
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| Definintely a scam. They have all kinds of ad like this from Nigeria....
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06-01-2006, 09:41 PM | #12 |
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| it smells kind of fishy... |
06-01-2006, 09:42 PM | #13 | |
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06-01-2006, 11:22 PM | #14 |
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| SCAM!!!! and of the worse kind, she cant even spell or write good enough english and her name is jessica taylor? RIGHT dont let her confuse you with all those addresses and phone numbers, for all you know thats her boyfriend answering the phones or whatever.. is a scam no doubt |
06-02-2006, 03:16 AM | #15 |
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| It's def. a scam. Sounds exactly like the time when my breeder friend was selling a litter of bulldog pups. These 2 guys from other countries stepped up and was trying to buy the whole litter and was gonna have them send a certain amount of money back to them. It was obvious it was a scam then. The first sign I look for is in their language. I'm glad you reported it to the newspaper.
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