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jnjreptile
10-28-2006, 08:51 AM
Just got this email today, sounds like another scam to me. Some thing about rock pythons being $50 less than a albino ball doesn't sound right.

You be the judge.

J&J REPTILES :reddevil:

Subject: just to help

From: Guim Lazarus <lazarusguim@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 28, 2006 7:55 am
To: sales@jnjreptiles.com


Subject: just to help
From: Guim Lazarus <lazarusguim@yahoo.com> To: sales@jnjreptiles.com



Good day sir
i am alocal breeder of snakes, chameleons and other minor reptiles in part of africa( CAMEROON).
Below is a list of various snakes i can get hold of;
piebald--------------------------------------------------$450
caramel ball-----------------------------------$250
python-------------------------------------------$500
black pastel ball python------------------$250
pastel jungle ball python-----------------$250
orange ghost ball python-----------------$200
albino ball python------------------------$150
normal ball python-----------------------$70
Axanthics---------------------------------$360

angolan python---------------------------------------$300
rock python------------------------------$100
carpet python----------------------------$100
tame:
albino boa--------------------------------$400
tree boa----------------------------------$300
madagascar ground boa------------------$250
and now other snakes follow:
common garters--------------------------$40
puff adders-------------------------------$50
candoia aspera---------------------------$50
I do sell geckos, lizards and tortoises.
Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks
joepythons
10-28-2006, 09:54 AM
Wow at these prices i want to buy everything he has :rofl: .Just to add a little more here.These people are also becoming members on various sites and asking to be educated as they need to be able to care for there pthons(this is how they spelled pythons) correctly.Problem is once they start asking questions they ask how to describe the snakes NOT how to care for them :rolleyes: .It seems everyone knows about there old scams so they are trying to get us to educate them so they can sound legit.
wcreptiles
10-28-2006, 10:11 AM
Yes, those are some good prices. Reply back and tell him you'll buy all his piebald BP's at double his asking price of $450 if he ships first! Offer to buy his entire stock at asking if he ships first.

Better not tip him off that his prices are so low no one should take him seriously. This has to be a scam.

Do they even have garter snakes in Cameroon?
joepythons
10-28-2006, 10:23 AM
Yes, those are some good prices. Reply back and tell him you'll buy all his piebald BP's at double his asking price of $450 if he ships first! Offer to buy his entire stock at asking if he ships first.

Better not tip him off that his prices are so low no one should take him seriously. This has to be a scam.

Do they even have garter snakes in Cameroon?I can not remember whom the person was from here that played email tag with one of these scammers a short time back.He told them that the animal just grew in there wings and were ready to come home to live with them.So i bet thats how the garter snakes are in Cameroon now they FLEW :rofl: :rofl: .I agree play it out with him and have some fun at there expense lol.
John E Dove
10-28-2006, 04:05 PM
Do they even have garter snakes in Cameroon?

The have snakes they call Garter Snakes but they are genus Elapsoidea and venomous.
John E Dove
wcreptiles
10-28-2006, 06:43 PM
The have snakes they call Garter Snakes but they are genus Elapsoidea and venomous.
John E Dove

After a little search, I see you would be in for a real surprise if you received a Black Garter Snake from Africa thinking it was a harmless species. Common names combined with a little stupidity can get you in trouble. Thanks for the info.

But this guys still a scammer.
The BoidSmith
10-29-2006, 10:50 AM
Not to mention the fact that they have albino boas, tree boas, and candoia aspera for sale in Cameroon. :(