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He sent me this email...and I'm always weary to send stuff out of the country. Let me know what you guys think!

Hello,
I am mr joe jefferson a business merchant in the
selling and distribution of snake,venoms,reptiles as
whole in the UK,i receive an order from dubai
demanding some specific discription of some reptiles which i do
not have in stock and also in the region of the united
kingdom where i reside,i therefore
inform my customers in the dubain tourist co operative
society i will get it for them,that is the reason i am
extending the order to the united state of
America,kindly inform me if the product posted for
sale is still available
discription.....

Beautiful 06 Cinnamon Pastel Male

we will be glad to order for the product,send me the
cost and the i will send your information to group in
dubai which will send to you a US Money order or as an
alternative a certified cheque,get back with the cost
of the product,about the shipping i will arrange for
it knowing how it will get to dubai in a safer condition
and if you have an avenue to ship without endangering
the lives of the animals irrespective of the price you
are welcome cause my client are reay to issue a large
amount for the product which is very scarce but
available with you,get back as soon as possible as
soon
as you receive this mail.
JOE JEFFERSON
 
Forget it. Completely typical Nigerian scammer.

People from the UK typically can actually speak english, lol.
 
He hit me up this morning too - Not much for changing the wording of the e-mail around is he. :rofl:
 
What he is going to do is ask you to do him a big favor & accept a money order for a thousand dollars or more over your asking price for your animal.. This will be a fake money order that looks very authentic (i have seen one).

Then he will ask you to give his over payment to his shipper when you comes to your home ot pick up the animals... Then all you have left is a fake money order.. And, who knows what the "shipper" or whoever shows up at your home does with the animals???

It's a very old scam.. but, i guess it works sometimes because when i have ad's up on K.Snake i get at least one of these scam email a day..

~ Mike Russo
 
Actually.....the "shipper" never shows up.

You are asked to cash the money order, then wire the extra amount back to him by Western Union. By the time the MO bounces, you are out the "overpayment" you wired to him.

That's the one bright spot in this, they never actually show up to take the animals.
 
Yes i have been asked to fedex the overpayment back too... and, for my "trouble" he told me to keep $25.. Wasn't that so nice of my potential scammer?

I guess I never actually got to the point of letting the shippper come to the house... but, on several occasions I was asked to give the money to the shipper..

Same scam either way though..

~ Mike Russo
 
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