Borneoblood151
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Hey,
A while ago, I received an email about a possible purchase of a B.C.C, that I had posted on the Faunaclassifieds from someone supposedly from the U.K. (Andrew?). This person recenty contacted me about the boa, about a month later. I initially told this person that I would sell them the snake once they arrive in the U.S.; he and his supposed wife. It was all bull! I recently received a payment of $4,000.00, from a complete stranger for a $200.00 snake, not including shipping, as I had no where to ship to as of yet. Not to mention, they were supposedly not in the U.S. yet. Anyhow, the person or persons involved in the scam, sent me all of this money, me, a complete stranger, and I was suppose to forward the rest to someone in Rome, who is suppose to be helping his wife move from the U.K. to the U.S. Well, my suspicions were raised as this whole thing sounded way too good to be true. Well, after thinking about this for a bit, I decided to tell this person that they would be receiving their money back in full, and that I wanted no part of it...and to please forward me an address to send it back to. He steadfastly refused to send me his address and instead wanted me to send the rest of the cash to someone in Minnessotta. It just didn't add up. Well I took one of the American Express checks to the bank to have it examined and low and behold, it is a counterfit bill. I just new it and smelled a rat. Well, after speaking to a bank representative for sometime about the story and how it evolved, and also, an American Express rep, they told me to turn them in to the bank. I handed over only one as that was all I had on me at the time. Well after doing so, I returned home and called the Feds, and they seemed very interested in the story and told me that they know about the scam and that I should contact the person and tell them that they are on to them and their scam. Well, as it stands, I still have $3,500.00 of the phony bills and am going to turn the rest in to the bank tomorrow. I thought you guys might want to know about this scammer that goes by the name of Andrew, and says he's from the U.K, or England. Anyhow, beware of the snake. He's a looser and a crook trying to pull the wool on unsuspecting dealers in the U.S, trying to get them to do his dirty work for him. Thought I would share.
-Angel
A while ago, I received an email about a possible purchase of a B.C.C, that I had posted on the Faunaclassifieds from someone supposedly from the U.K. (Andrew?). This person recenty contacted me about the boa, about a month later. I initially told this person that I would sell them the snake once they arrive in the U.S.; he and his supposed wife. It was all bull! I recently received a payment of $4,000.00, from a complete stranger for a $200.00 snake, not including shipping, as I had no where to ship to as of yet. Not to mention, they were supposedly not in the U.S. yet. Anyhow, the person or persons involved in the scam, sent me all of this money, me, a complete stranger, and I was suppose to forward the rest to someone in Rome, who is suppose to be helping his wife move from the U.K. to the U.S. Well, my suspicions were raised as this whole thing sounded way too good to be true. Well, after thinking about this for a bit, I decided to tell this person that they would be receiving their money back in full, and that I wanted no part of it...and to please forward me an address to send it back to. He steadfastly refused to send me his address and instead wanted me to send the rest of the cash to someone in Minnessotta. It just didn't add up. Well I took one of the American Express checks to the bank to have it examined and low and behold, it is a counterfit bill. I just new it and smelled a rat. Well, after speaking to a bank representative for sometime about the story and how it evolved, and also, an American Express rep, they told me to turn them in to the bank. I handed over only one as that was all I had on me at the time. Well after doing so, I returned home and called the Feds, and they seemed very interested in the story and told me that they know about the scam and that I should contact the person and tell them that they are on to them and their scam. Well, as it stands, I still have $3,500.00 of the phony bills and am going to turn the rest in to the bank tomorrow. I thought you guys might want to know about this scammer that goes by the name of Andrew, and says he's from the U.K, or England. Anyhow, beware of the snake. He's a looser and a crook trying to pull the wool on unsuspecting dealers in the U.S, trying to get them to do his dirty work for him. Thought I would share.
-Angel
