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Received this email response to a classified ad. Wanted to get the name out there, as it sounds questionable. I recall seeing threads on similar scams, but couldn't recall the names involved.

Here is a copy of the email.

Hello Seller,
I'm jeff mcdonld and live in Oregon, I'm intrested in immediate
purchase of your particular reptile posted on kingsnake.com.But before
i proceed in this transaction.
I'm gonna pay you via money order .Okay?

The money order that will be issued will include the
money for the sales of your reptile + the shipping cost.Okay?I would like to
restate
clearly that this reptile will be ship to my reserve in the UK and I have a
private shipping agent who would take very good care of the shipment.Okay?

You are required to cash the money order same day you
recieved it.Okay?Thereafter deduct the sales of your reptile and wire the
excess funds to the shipper via western union money transfer in order
to pick up the reptile from your location.Okay?

Kindly get back to me,with your Fullname,contact address and phone.And
payment will be issue without any further delay.
Moreso,the final asking price? and picture.Okay?
Pls get back to me ASAP via ([email protected])
Thanks

Sound fishy?
 
My typing skills are horrendous

Must have hit enter before I finished typing! Anyway, the IP is 192.116.79.148

I was sure that I had heard of similar scams...it never ends!
 
That's a New York IP. I would have guessed Nigerian. Anyway, that's a scam. The check will be a forgery and you will be out the money.
 
Hello seller,

This has SCAM written all over it, OKAY? ;)
 
Yet another one...

Perhaps this needs another thread, but I received suspicious email responses to additional ads. They are not from the same person, but appear to be the same sort of scam. I received the following in response to 3 separate ads. All three emails were exactly the same.

Hello
Greetings to you,My name is ramond,i saw your {item) placed on advert,and it
suits what i have been looking for since a very long time,based on the
description i have decided to buy it from you,i'll also like to know your last
asking price and also i have seen the pic,s and i,m ok with it.I am presently
not in the country ,i am in UK on a business trip,So i will like to ask you if
you accept to be payed with Via Money Order or a certified cashier check?If that
is accepted by you,kindly mail me back with
details
full name:
address:
city:
state:
country:
zipcode:
phone number:
Best regards.
MR=ramond

The IP is 196.200.67.52

Should I start a new thread regarding Ramond?
 
Dwight, I received the same junk you did from two different names( Gerald Christopher & Robert) but they are using the same IP 196.200.67.52
and yet some more trash from Jeff McDonald IP 192.116.79.148
Gerald and Robert used the same letter word for word and Jeff wasn't any more creative.
I hope they keep looking "since a very long time"
Mike Derks
 
196.200.67.52 localizes to 'S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, FWIW.

No need to start a new thread. They aren't real names anyway most likely.
 
I got both of these emails. I also got another the classic "I'll send you a cashier's check for $1000, you cash it, take what you're charging, and send me the rest" fraud. The latter REALLY made me angry, because these people aren't interested in the product they are supposedly buying, and the fact that they were pulling this stunt with live animals was unforgiveable. I sent them a very nasty email in response.

But yeah, these are all scams. Seller beware!
 
snowgyre said:
I sent them a very nasty email in response.
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Actually if you really want to get them back, waste their time and money. Tell them since you are acting as their "payor" there will be an additional fee, haggle with them over it, and then insist that they overnight the "cashier's check". You can frame it after you receive it. :rofl:
 
Each of the persons posting in here has at least received one under a different name. They are showing-up like mushrooms after a fall rain. My concern is that if we are going to start a new thread for every one of these scams we receive, we are going to clog the BOI. If you have time and want to play with them for a while that’s fine, but IMO once the key words/expressions: item, advert, “last asking price”, “out of the country”, “certified cashier check”, etc., show up in an inquiry, delete the ad at once and move on.
 
One other thing. How many people that offer animals for sale are truly prepared to ship them overseas? When you recive a request of this kind, do you even consider the possibility of going through all the paperwork hassle of exporting and individual animal or even a group?
 
THis is what I got in my email today. 2 times really regarding 2 different adds I have up.


Here is the copy of the email:

Hello Seller,
I\'m Mike Cook and live in Oregon, I\'m intrested in immediate purchase
of your particular reptile.
But before i proceed in this transaction.
I\'m gonna pay you via money order.

The money order that will be issued will include the money for the
sales of your reptile + the shipping cost.Okay?I would like to restate
clearly that this item will be ship to son in the UK as a birthday
present and I have a private shipping agent who would take very good
care of the shipment.Okay?

You are required to cash the money order same day you recieved
it.Okay?Thereafter deduct the sales of your reptile and wire the excess
funds to the shipper via western union money transfer in order to pick
up the reptile from your location.Okay?

Kindly get back to me,with your Fullname,contact address and phone.And
payment will be issue without any further delay.


What is the final asking price?

Kindly forward more photos.Okay?

Pls get back to me asap.

With Regards.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/pp_classifieds/showproduct.php?product=10088



So its a scam right?
 
That would be a scam, anytime someone wants to send you more than your asking price and wants you to send the remaining balance to anyone, it's a set up to be ripped off. Also if this joker lives in the states (Oregon) why doesn't he want you to send your product to him and let him worry about shipping to son in the U.K.
I'd stay away, it sounds like a scam to me.
Mike Derks
 
I just read this. It is the same guy who scammed me!! 100% sure! Writes the same exact way and the same format and words even. Sure wish I would have seen it sooner!
Nicole Gustafson
 
Diego, that one from Mike Cook is the same one I got. Sure wish I would have known.
Nicole Gustafson
Coal's Constrictors
 
100% scam . I recently received a $3500.00 bogus money order in the same fashion in payment for a $400.00 animal . The MO looked legitimate , however , one call to the issuer proved it's worthlessness . I was supposed to deposit it into my account and wire them the "excess" funds . Yea , right .
 
My understanding is that all they want is the money. No one ever comes by to pick up the animal, so the animal is never in any danger.
 
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