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Anyone ever heard of THIS guy???
I am posting this message to see if anyone else had a similar occurance. He sent me THREE IDENTICAL e-mails (suspicious), and they had strange literature in them (red flags all over). Those three e-mails were sent within 30 minutes of each other!
Could this be another one of those Nigerian scams in the making or what?
Here it is:
((( Greetings how are you and hope you are in a good health ,i saw your advert for the snake and i want you to give me your best offer ,I would arrangement myself cause i have a vet doctor that would come check on the snake for me .hope to hear from you .have a nice day
Eric xxxx
xxxx xxxxx )))

WELL: I checked the name and address; DOES not match!
Checked IP address; DOES not match!!!
Bottom line... He won't be getting MY address!!!
BTW: I DID write him back asking him: WHO are you? So far I received no responses (porbably not a surpise)!
Thanks for reading,
Signed:
NOT-A-SUCKER

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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Edited on October 4, 2007 at 15:20:14 by PHGinger.

Edited on October 4, 2007 at 15:20:40 by PHGinger.

Anytime they use the word "advert" just delete the message.

I get those all the time.
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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

Thanks Rainer!

Zee
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

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TomsSnakes.com

Get them to take pics of themselves with names like Mr. Brooks or Ms. Getula. Ask them for proof they are who they say they are.

Read this tutorial:
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/
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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

I was contactd by that guy... i entertained him for 1-2 emails

till i got the classic scammer request:

Please email me the following info so that he can send you the cashiers check, money order ,I will advice my shipping company to contact for the pickup at your address as soon as the money has been recieved.So send to me as stated below info so the cashiers check, money order can be sent to you immediately:
(1) Name that will be on the postal money order.
(2) Direct contact phone number
(3) Mailing Address that you will recieve the cashiers check, money order .
(4) Zip code.
look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks and GOD bless you abundantly.
Eric xxxxx
xxxxx xxxxx

Then i "kindly" told him to @#$% off...

there is alway poor grammer from these guys and they always use Yahoo...

~Z
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Royal ReptileZ

Edited on October 4, 2007 at 15:21:50 by PHGinger.

"Grammar" is the correct spelling--nice touch of irony!

look forward to hearing from you soon.
Thanks and GOD bless you abundantly.

Its really disgusting how they always use Gods name to relax people minds. ,,that is another way to tell, If they start spouting "God".
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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

Its really disgusting how they always use Gods name to relax people minds. ,,that is another way to tell, If they start spouting "God".

god is a title like mr. or mrs., sir etc. its not a name, sadly few know that.,,,,,,,thomas davis
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Morphs... just like baseball cards BUT ALIVE, how cool is that???

my website www.barmollysplace.com

Gog with a big "G" is thee supreme being, creator of the universe ect. Since "He" (again capital "H" it refers to a persons name derived from the greek and hebrew there are many such names for G-d. The jews revered that name so much they would not even say it or write it. Hence G-d.

God with little "G" denotes a title or "a" god. The scam artits used big "G" in God.
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"Yeah ya told me, and ya wrote it down too. But how the hell am I supposed to remember!"

I got those same responses. I told him I dont do third party transactions. I got one about two months ago very similar. I reported them to the KS classified admin. They said they couldnt do anything about it.
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We have a setting on your ads to only receive replies from registered users. If you chose this setting you can avoid 99% of the scammers. Seldom do they take the time to register. If they do, we can shut them off immediately when we find out.
If you chose to receive email from everyone, you will get them and there is nothing we can do short of censoring all your mail and that would be impossible.
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Ginger Sanders
Staff Director
Email PHGinger
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Hi Ginger!
Thanks for editing my initial message (at least it wasn't deleted). But I can assure you that name you edited isn't even real! I checked beforehand, which is why I posted the FICTIONAL first AND last name of the perpetrator. Had it been a REAL name I would have respected that person's privacy - even if he IS a scam artist (a bad one at that)!
Check the location of the perpetrator's IP address and it'll blow you away! Too funny!!!
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

Oh I know - believe me. But this is a case of equal treatment of TOS. Sometimes you even have to protect the bad guys.
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Ginger Sanders
Staff Director
Email PHGinger
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Understood!
Thanks & thanks for your time.

Carsten "Zee" Zoldy
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

I got that message twice within the hour.
Second time I got it, I blocked the email address.

Any email that I receive that starts off with Greetings...
And has the word "advert" in it, sounds like a scan to me, ha.

I just block all of them.
It's pretty easy to tell real from fake.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles Inc.
www.kingpinreptiles.com
^ Updated 10/4

i had this kind of emails before i simply never response to it. at one time i had email about my king and this person stated that he is out of country working and will have his carrier to deal with me that is in US.. hah! too wired so i pass. lol

I had an ad posted for my horse and got a "I'd like more info on your pet" email, and for my motorcycle it was "bicycle"... I like to mess with them just for kicks...
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~Maggie~

"Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious."
1.1 Cal Kings
1.0 Mali Uromastyx
1.1 Brooksi

As a Manager in the Post Office I see a counterfeit Postal Money Orders almost daily. Every time we confiscate them I ask the customer where they got them, and it's always either a bogus work at home scam or some ebay deal gone wrong.

I will never understand how someone would believe that a stranger trusts them enough to send a money order for more then the amount of sale, and in good faith send the balance back in the form of an actual money order.

Counterfeit Postal Money Orders are big right now, don't ship anything until you've cashed them at the Post Office and have money in hand.

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"The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think. Oh by the way, which ones pink?"

Yes, those simple things are exactly what most folks don't think about - AND YES I'm not excluded in that bunch. I have my slip-ups too. Just been fortunate enough not to fall into any stupid trap yet! A little common sense goes a LOOOOOONG way!!!!
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"I am an expert on everything, but I know so little and have so much to learn!" -Carsten "Zee" Zoldy-

you would think scammers would learn better english?
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jake barney

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