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09-21-2006, 05:08 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana
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| New Scammer Tactic!!! [CENTER]The following ad appeared in our local newspaper:[/CENTER] AKC FEMALE Yorkie, AKC registered, very thick black and golden color with excellent black point eyes. She come with health guaratee, up to date shots and worming. Very lovable and socializied. Vet checked and health certificate. She will make you a wonderfu pet and companion. 5 lbs. grown, for more information you can contact me via email: Smithintcoltd@yahoo.com This is my reply to the ad: Hello, I saw your ad in the Frankfort Times this evening. I wanted to know more about your Yorkie female. Such as: Ad said weight is 5 pounds, How old is she? Has she been spayed? Is she housebroken outside or peepad trained. And who is your Vet? How much are you asking for your female? I would need to speak with you by phone and in person. If you could answer those questions I would very much appreciate your reply. Here is the email reply: Thanks for the mail,Sure the puppy still available for sale,the puppy health is %100 OK! (+1year health Guarantee), 1st shots, 11 weeks older, AKC registered,de-wormed, de-clawed. Baby is so animated and will keep you entertained for hours. She really had her own distinct personality.Loving and very affectionate personalites are standard with other animals. She is very affectionate and like to give kisses all the time.I will have the puppy ship along with her certified health certificate, vaccination and worming record, copy of USDA paper, AKC registration application for the puppy, its pedigree, tips on care and training your puppy, and your puppy's guarantee.also the airline ticket, an approved carrier with a soft, comfortable bed, health certificate from my vet, a puppy pack including sample food your pup has been eating, a tube of nutri-cal,I also include special gift to your puppy from me.Everything you will need will be taped to the top of your puppy's carrier.All of her documents are upto date.Due to the nature of my job i am into international contracts (sales and supply of Fabrics) so I'm in Augusta Georgia United State Of America, the puppy is also here with me and because there is nobody to take good care of the puppy for me here, so I decided to sell the puppy. So if you are interested let me know by forwarding your full name and address so that i can arrange for the shipping and i want you to promise me that you will take good care of the baby and you will keep me update with current pics. Puppy will be deliver nextday after shipping, with express shipping service.Thanks again for your love and caring for my adorable baby. Cheers!! So now, not only are they answering ads, they are placing ads in local newspapers. SCUM!!!!
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09-21-2006, 05:18 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio
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| Oh my! They never give up do they? One question I have though, I have heard of de-clawing cats, but have never known anyone to de-claw a dog, unless they were trying to say dew claws? That seemed strange to me.
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09-21-2006, 05:46 AM | #4 |
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| tell them your in Augusta Georgia you could pick the puppy up and see what happens?!
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09-21-2006, 05:50 AM | #5 | |
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09-21-2006, 06:03 AM | #6 |
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| Tell them I am near Augusta and will pick up the pup for you. See what they say to that. Also, tell them I am in law enforcement (retired, but they don't know that) LOL
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09-21-2006, 06:46 AM | #7 | |
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09-21-2006, 08:44 AM | #8 | |
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09-21-2006, 08:51 AM | #9 |
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| This should be fun, do you guys remember the other thread when the lady screwed with the scammer, lets do it with this one.
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09-21-2006, 09:00 AM | #10 |
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| I'm still waiting on a reply. I sent the first email last night and didn't have a response by 10:00 PM, but did have it this morning. So...I'll just wait and see...let you all know as soon as I get it!!
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09-21-2006, 09:05 AM | #11 |
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| I'm with Sugar's Mom; I really don't see how that's a scam, anything can be a scam. I woudn't be so quick to point that out as one. Even with grammer and spelling errors, ALOT of people can't spell and write! As for knowing a lot of info...isn't that what you want when you buy your puppy from someone??? I'm not saying it's legit, but I wouldnt assume scam right away.
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09-21-2006, 09:22 AM | #12 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: N. California
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| They are pretty easy to figure out because they all kind of have the same wording in them. They are always away and the dog is always there with them. Then they say they will use nexday shipping, it's like they have a message already copied somewhere and when you e-mail them they send it to you. I bet if I e-mailed and asked them some questions they will respond with the same exact e-mail. Half the time they don't even answer the questions you asked them. They just send their pre-made letter to you. Oh, yea one more thing they always assume the puppy is being shipped they never ask if you are able to come pick the puppy up. All they say is they puppy will be shipped to you with a puppy pack etc., etc.., even if you are one city away they are going to ship it to you no matter what. That has SCAM written all over it.
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09-21-2006, 09:27 AM | #13 |
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| I don't know if it's a scam... He didn't say God Bless...LOL You can definately tell this is a scam. They are like all the other emails, only difference he is in not in Nigeria I'm sure they are finding out that most people have heard about puppy scams from Nigeria and need to find a different place to say they are from. |
09-21-2006, 09:46 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indiana
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| Thank you everyone who agrees with me It's quite obvious. I've received so many scams when I advertised my puppies and this is definitely one of them!!! Will someone else inquire, just to see if they send the same reply?
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09-21-2006, 10:29 AM | #15 |
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| Ohhhhhhhhhhh I hope you mess with this person BIG TIME!! Tell them your family member lives and works as a police officer in her town and they would be willing to pick up the puppy for you and see what they say...if its not a scam Id be shocked lol... Dawn |
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