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Here is the first email from her.

Hello, Kindly interested in buyig your (Beautiful VPI Jungle Carpet
Python ) for sale.plase do get back to me with the details below.
1.asking price.
2.condition
3.more pics. As for the payment i ill be paying by a certified cashiers
check and i will also arrange shipping through my SHIPPING COMPANY..
pls let me know if this is ok so that we can go further......

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location window) the URL below to view the ad that
this message is in response to.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?de=254350&cat=33

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This person may or may not be who they say they are.
The return address they provide may or may not be their correct
address.

Sent 08:01 PM, Sep 20th, 2004 from I.P. Address 81.199.84.130



I then replied to the questions thinking it was a legitimate inquiry.

Here is the second email from her.

Thanks for the mail, i will like to see the pics if available.also the price is okay by me i will like to inform you that am having an associate in the state and that associate of mine that is owing me ($3000)and is willing to issue out a verified cashier cheque on my behalf i will have to instruct him to issue out the cheque to you then you deduct the said amount and send the balance to my shipping agent that will handle the shipping, if this is okay by you i will
like to have the following information in respect of receiving the cheque,to whom to address the cheque to,
full name,
full home address,
state,
city,
zipcode,
phone number,
cell phone number,
Now.hope the (Beautiful VPI Jungle Carpet Python ) is in good and better well cleaned up for pickup.
&n bsp; Regard.
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Another scammer!
 
I got 7 emails in a row on 7 different ads I have posted from this same scam person. In all of them I gave a reply of no, each one a bit more vulgar as I went through them. I get at least 5 or so emails from scammers like this everyday, just part of being on the internet nowdays.
 
Monica is a very active "Lady". Got the exact same e-mail from a ks ad last night. My reply was quite short and to the point.

Dogboa
 
I'm a police officer and I'm constantly amazed at how many people buy into these scams and get ripped off. I used to work with elderly abuse cases and I handled similar scams. However. in most of those cases, the victims were suffering from diminished mental capacity(Alzheimer's, etc.), or were taken advantage of by a "trusted" relative.

I'd like to think that nobody gets scammed by these jerks and their bogus "Cashiers Cheques" and personal shipping arrangements, but I'm sure it happens. If they bombard enough people with enough messages, someone will take the bait and make the scammers efforts worthwhile.

I've worked two cases where the victims were scammed on Kingsnake( pretty straight up thefts though, not frauds). Both of those cases were closed without charges being filed( I was able to get one guy's money back, and the other guy's tortoises back). The victims lost interest in pursuing charges once they recovered what they lost. I'm confident that both crooks probably continued ripping off other folks, since they didn't really get in trouble.

Sorry I'm babbling now. I'm not trying to come off as some scam expert, just relating some of my experiences. This forum is great for informing other herpers about scammers and thieves, although we will occasionally have to witness bulls@#$ flame wars and personal attacks. Sometimes it's fun reading though

:dgrin:

Dan Romanowski(Michelle's other half)
 
Start sending her offers to sell your animals to her. Animlas not even posted. Personally, I like to string them along. Or let her pay the price to ship you the check. It is money out of ther pockets!

I will add her email to my website. I think I might just start a little scammer email list so anytime anyone is bored they can check it out and have fun with emails....Nice ones of course!
 
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