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Hi there,
I am Mr mell based in Missouri.I am interested in your Snake advert placed on Kingsnake and i would be glad to know more about the snake including it recent pictures and also let me know if i can get it from you and the Snake mode of feeding .Are you the rightowner of the Snake so i can know where to start with the Snake Because i care for Snakes alot cos i deal with different Snake in my poultry .We would want the paymet to made via Certify Bank Check Or Money Order .Concerning the Shippmentof the Snake we have our own regular shippment agent that pick up Snake for us.They will there to pick up the Snake one you get your payment with out any delay. We would be very glad if this transaction is treated with care and urgency so we can proceed with your payment nextday.If you are willing to sell the Snake to me get back to us with your Full Name, Address and your phone number for the payment.Hope to hear from you now.
Thanks
Regards
Mell
Ya think it's really him?!?!?!?! Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

That's a scam to get you to cash a fake money order. They will send you a counterfiet money order for way over the amount then ask you to cash it and send them a real money transfer for part of the over amount.
The best thing to do is tell them you don't want money and would rather trade for a log splitter or a chainsaw or a pasta carousel.

I know it's a scam, but it is still funny, even if it wasn't Mel Gibson. My email boxes get bombed by stuff like this often but this is the first snake one Tom Stevens
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TomsSnakes.com

Ive even had one of those guys go as far as to talk to me on the phone.Scum bags!!!

I get a lot of crap e-mails from Africa and they always just refer to me as "cochran",I think whoever it is uses this forum to contact people.The reason I say this is because this forum is the only place I go by the name of cochran.I have cicked on my e-mails before thinking I have a message from someone on here. jeff

I'm pretty sure they get it from the classifieds here. If I don't post anything for sale I stop getting them. I haven't done it but I think you can set your acount so that only registered KS users can reply to messages. I wonder if that stops them though. Has anyone tried this?

Man i got a few of those last season but none with sum poor grammar... wow! i really wonder if that would really work on ANY ONE!

~Z
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Hey!, I thinks that's really him! Duh!!! lol

Hey Tom..

I know that you know it's a scam.. From the poor grammer and mispelled words it looks like the same guy who contacted me a few weeks ago.. I think i may have sent the email to you??

My scammer wanted to send his courier to my house with a money order for $2000 for an animal i was selling for $125 and asked if i would give the change to his courier??

I guess this silly scam must work on someone but it is not very well orginized and his poor english and writing skills are easy to spot..

Talk to you soon.. ~ Mike

These people can be so stupid.

Here is an interesting site that shows how to beat these people at their own game.

http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

Take care,

John
Link

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0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"

I've started stringing these guys along for fun. I have a collection of checks that they have sent me for various critters. If they were all real, I'd have over $50,000.00 in the bank. Usually you have to talk to them on the phone once or twice before they send you the check, but that's kind of fun too. None of them speaks English worth a darn, so I keep asking them to repeat themselves 4 or 5 times. This will hopefully run up their international calling fees and maybe beat them back a little.

Bryan
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Last night I was laying in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, "Where the hell is my ceiling?"

lol nice