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02-07-2005, 05:24 AM

I had posted this in the general buisness discussion and obviously it wasnt where the thread needed to be so i am posting it here.

Well i have a couple of red tails listed for sale or trade and recieved a few replies for things i wasnt really interested in,So after a few weeks i got a reply from a guy Fredrick Jones fredreach@fastermail.com stating that he is interested in buying them.After we exchanged a few emails pertaining to info about the herps he then informed me that he definetely wants to buy them and tells me he currently is living in the uk on vacation,But supposedly he is from maryland, And he supposedly has a wife in maryland.He then ask if i am able to ship internationallly which i am not,And he says no matter that he has an international shipper it wouldnt be a problem.

So anyways what he proposes is, he is going to have his wiife(in maryland) send me a Postal Money Order for 3000$ I am to cash it take my money out and then he wants me to take the left over 2500 and western union it to this international shipper of his and after the shipper recieves his money he will come to my location and pick up the snakes.Now this seems very odd to me,Why end up paying 3000 for a pair of boas,I mean there nice but there no morphs or genetic magic !I ask him why cant your wife just send me my money and the shipper his money,and he tells me that his wife doesnt like him having reptiles and exotics so he doesnt want her to know what hes getting so hes telling her hes buying something other than snakes,and doesnt want her to know what the shipper is shipping!

I also ask him why not just get herps over there in the uk, he never gave me an answer! I dont know what the laws are over there or anyhting with uk herps but surelly you can get snakes over there and not have to pay a few grand to ship.

I posted this on general buisness discussions and have gotten a few
replies stating it was a nigerian scam thats pretty common.They somewhat explained how it worked.they send you a fake cashiers check and then you cash it send money to there shipper they come get your snakes and a couple weeks later when the bank realizes that you had a fake check they back bill you for the balance.The one thing i dont understand is how you can get a fake usps money order and how come the bank cannot determine this just by seeing it,i thought there was a heat sensitive area on them if you breath or use some sort of heat to check them a mark shows up,got to be someway to tell if there real

The guys name is Fredrick Jones fredreach@fastermail.com and was wondering if this is a reoccuring scam if anyone on here has had this guy inparticular try to run it on them.

I dont really know what to think of all this,It just seems very wierd and thought id post and see what you guys thought! Should i or shouldnt I?He states my money order should be here this week LOL
But anyways any feedback or thoughts on this is greatly appreciated!!

02-07-2005, 05:24 AM	#1
tenneseejed	Looking for info on Fredrick Jones suspected scammer I had posted this in the general buisness discussion and obviously it wasnt where the thread needed to be so i am posting it here. Well i have a couple of red tails listed for sale or trade and recieved a few replies for things i wasnt really interested in,So after a few weeks i got a reply from a guy Fredrick Jones fredreach@fastermail.com stating that he is interested in buying them.After we exchanged a few emails pertaining to info about the herps he then informed me that he definetely wants to buy them and tells me he currently is living in the uk on vacation,But supposedly he is from maryland, And he supposedly has a wife in maryland.He then ask if i am able to ship internationallly which i am not,And he says no matter that he has an international shipper it wouldnt be a problem. So anyways what he proposes is, he is going to have his wiife(in maryland) send me a Postal Money Order for 3000$ I am to cash it take my money out and then he wants me to take the left over 2500 and western union it to this international shipper of his and after the shipper recieves his money he will come to my location and pick up the snakes.Now this seems very odd to me,Why end up paying 3000 for a pair of boas,I mean there nice but there no morphs or genetic magic !I ask him why cant your wife just send me my money and the shipper his money,and he tells me that his wife doesnt like him having reptiles and exotics so he doesnt want her to know what hes getting so hes telling her hes buying something other than snakes,and doesnt want her to know what the shipper is shipping! I also ask him why not just get herps over there in the uk, he never gave me an answer! I dont know what the laws are over there or anyhting with uk herps but surelly you can get snakes over there and not have to pay a few grand to ship. I posted this on general buisness discussions and have gotten a few replies stating it was a nigerian scam thats pretty common.They somewhat explained how it worked.they send you a fake cashiers check and then you cash it send money to there shipper they come get your snakes and a couple weeks later when the bank realizes that you had a fake check they back bill you for the balance.The one thing i dont understand is how you can get a fake usps money order and how come the bank cannot determine this just by seeing it,i thought there was a heat sensitive area on them if you breath or use some sort of heat to check them a mark shows up,got to be someway to tell if there real The guys name is Fredrick Jones fredreach@fastermail.com and was wondering if this is a reoccuring scam if anyone on here has had this guy inparticular try to run it on them. I dont really know what to think of all this,It just seems very wierd and thought id post and see what you guys thought! Should i or shouldnt I?He states my money order should be here this week LOL But anyways any feedback or thoughts on this is greatly appreciated!!