Yesterday hunden got email from one of breeders with attached email and asked for translation of it because she thinks someone is really interested in her puppies.
She was really going for nigerian email scam. I am sure most of breeders know about this type of nigerian email scams.
Here is email that was sent:
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From: Williams Ford
To: *******************
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 4:25 PM
Subject: Payment and Shippment of Ur Pups..........
Hello,
How are yopu doinfg topday? Hope all is well with u. am very sorry for my late reply.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Thanks for the mail,i'm intrested in just one pup. Actually i read through your mail and understood your comment. Regarding your mail,all i can promise you is that my family will actually take very good care of the Dog.We actually want you to start calling? the Dog Murphy! I stated earlier that i will love to get Murphy for my Son Frank as a gift on his B-day he is a strong lover of dogs as pet.He is a very good & intellegent kid i really want to love him the more and i know he needs a wonderful Companion.
I am a Citizen of the France but presently in Holland,meanwhile l have a colleague who is located in Usa and will be issuing out a cashier's cheque on my behalf for the payment.Murphy is only coming to be part of us as family.
We promise to be sending pictures as Murphy grows with us.I also like to inform you that l'm okay with your offer for 700Eutos.Meanwhile since i'm presently out of the states i will be having my shipper come over for the pick up at your location.The shipper will be making other arrangements for the pick up.Meanwhile my shipper will be responsible for the legal paperwork correctly for the trip.Just live those aspect for him to handle when he comes for Murphy.
Regarding the pick up,my Shipper will take care of? that at your location so you don't need to worry about the whole pick up arrangement you just have to get Murphy on the day the shipper will arrive.Meanwhile as soon as the payment get to you i shall be contacting my shipping agent who will be coming over as i stated earlier.I am very okay with your offer and i have promised to arrange and take very good care of Murphy,i will also be mailing you pictures as Murphy stays with us.Actaully i will be having my colleague? in the states issue out a cheque on my behalf including the shipper's fee.
Pls you have to help me out in making sure the shipper gets the money and come over for the pick up as well,he will meet you in person.My colleague will send out a check of 4500 Euros as soon as you receive the cheque deduct the cost of Murphy and the excess funds i've promised to give you and send the difference to my shipper through the Western union Transfer he will be using part of the money for the pick up and arrange some other Gifts with the rest of the money,pls promise you will help me out with this and be honest with me.I will provide you with the shippers informations as soon as the cheque gets to you.
If you are okay with everything,kindly get back to me with your Full Name and your mailing address and your phone number.once more pls make sure its the right place my Colleague will be sending payment to,I await your response.
Regards. Williams. ......
I hope no one fell for this trick and that no one ever will.
Bye, Raven
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Never seen such email before, but 4500 Euro is a nice price for transport flying a private plaine ?
Such people just looking for dogs as breeding machines to make lot of profit and you can wait for your promised money till your beard touches the floor.
On second link you will find few letters that are recived by people. When something is too good to be true it usually is. It is one thing that they get away with money but dogs are something else since you never know what fate of this dogs will be.
Bye, Raven
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I visit a forum calle terifficpets.com they have a whole page set aside for this. it's a scam. the check will be bad. and the person will have the dog. ther is name for the scam but i can't rember it.
Hello, We have had a few of these as well. Rest ashured that the scams we have heard of .The shipper has never come to get the dog..they just wait till you wire the money to their account for the difference. After they get your money through the wire transfer you never hear from them again. Then when their fake check is denied by the bank and comes back to you you are left holding the bag for the amount.
The checks are? printed with info from real banks so they look very real.
I have not heard of them ever showing up for the dog. Also if you send them your phone number and then dont send the money right away they will call you and bother you about it.
There is a site about a lady that trys to scam them back.
Just recieved interesting mail which cant be anything else but spam... adress to which it was sent was dongart@mail.dk (usually spammers send to hundreds of emails but looks like it was sent to one, usually not yours).
Here is content of email:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Breeder,
Am interested in getting a companion for my wife.
We recently relocated to Dubai,in the Golf region of the United Arab Emirate.....
Kindly get back if you have a puppy or an adult dog for sale.
how funny i just received that one to. I contacted the people from the email that it was there dongart@mail.dk . they also received it and have nothing to do with it.
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