Below is the original email of a most probable scam, and my response below it.
> [Original Message]
> From:
> To:
> Date: 7/7/2004 6:10:31 PM
> Subject: Message about: Adult pair of Blood pythons
>
> Greetings,My name is AMY ANN,I hail from {canada} and i
> am highly interested in buying your {Adult pair of Blood pythons]ASKING price and also scan the pics for me forproper verifycation As forthe shipping,I have a liable shipper that takes goods care of all my shipping Cashiers cheque is the payment method.So pls email me back so that we can conclude about it. and i
> will like you to feed me outof this info...
> Name...
> Address...
> City. ..
> State...
> Country...
> Phone#
> I await ur this info so that i can fax it down to my
> client that
> willsend u the cashiers check.hope this is acceptable
> email me ASAP....... pls.
>
> AMY ANN.
My response:
Amy,
Due to all the problems with counterfeit cashiers checks lately (not that you would do this), I must hold them all 2 weeks, subject to clearing, and they must be for the amount of the animals and/or shipping; I am not a bank and cannot cash checks over the amount. If there are no problems after the 2 week time period, I can arrange to ship the pythons to you. Sorry about the waiting period, but we in the industry have been hit painfully hard and are forced to treat the checks like any other check.
If this is still something you are interested in, please get back to me.
Best wishes,
Laura VanAlyne
www.StarlightSpecialties.com
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I wasn't aware of this problem until people started posting about it. Aren't these forums wonderful? ;D Yes!