Inquiry Steve Dale from Georgia

[rickyredfoot3]

I recently replied to an ad on Craigslist about tortoises. The ad was posted in Baltimore Md. I contacted the them through the anonymous email link and when they replied the name came up as Steve Dale on my email account. He listed several types of tortoises saying he is a breeder from Georgia. All of his prices are amazingly low which has me worried. Has any one heard of him or done buisness with him before? It sounds like a too good to be true type scam to me. I will try and paste the emails the emails and link to the list below.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/pet/3109597158.html

From

steve dale [email protected]

hello,
thanks for your mail. below is a list of what i have and their prices. are
there any particular species that you are interesting? what sex and age?
get back with the specifics so that i can sort out the pics for you.

radiated tortoise-geochelone radiata...........300&

egyptian tortoise-testudo kleinmanni..............300&
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western herman's tortoise-testudo hermanni hermanni......300&

eastern herman's tortoise-testudo hermanni boettgeri.........300&

galapagos tortoise-geochelone elephantopus.......400&

aldabra tortoise-geochelone gigantea................400&

marginated tortoise-testudo marginata.................350&

african spur tortoise-geochelone sulcata................300&

indian star tortoise-geochelone elegans..................350&

leopard tortoise-geochelone pardalis........................350&

spider tortoise-pyxis arachnoids..................................325&

gopher tortoise-gopherus polyphemus........................275&

elongated tortoise-indotestudo
elongata......................350&

russian tortoise-testudo
hosfield.....................................325&

greek tortoise-testudo
ibera.............................................350&

these prices are for the adults. however, they negotiable. i am
presently in Georgia where i breed these tortoises. delivery
time depends on your location. but it would not exceed 12 hours maximum.
i am waiting to read from you soon.

 

[David Scarboro]

The wording has me saying scam.

 

[flaggerhunter]

I would say %100 scam. The didnt use $. $400 for a aldabra adult.
Its a scam.

 

[rickyredfoot3]

That's what I was thinking, especially when I saw adult aldabra and Galapagos tortoises for only $400! Those cost thousands!

 

[zjammer78]

I tend to agree, this looks like a scam. Anytime someone tells me they breed here, live over there, ship to somewhere depending on where...RED FLAG! And the wording is a bit odd in the reply. Craigslist can be a bit scary, I have had a great experience once but after that one nothing but bad unfortunately. Not saying that I would never do business on there again, but I must be able to SEE what I am getting and meet with the person. Please be careful. I hate to see anyone get done over.