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I am posting an email I recently received. I have received them before and recognized the format. Summary: I have 3.5 100% het albinos that this "person" is willing to pay $10,000.00 for. Don't get suckered into this common scam:

Hello There ,i have seen the price and its ok by me then i
have instructed my client in{usa} to issue the cashiers cheque to
you.meanwhlie i also instructed him to include $10000 on the payment
so you should expect a cashiers cheque of $20000 the excess is for my
shipper that will be coming for pick up.the funds will be used for
the shipping of the {3.5 100% Het Albino - 2004 } along side 3 other CARS i placed order for in
care of my shipper.i'll imploy you to wire the balance via western
union money transfer to my shipper as soon as you RECEIVE the
cheque.My SHIPPER will come for pick up on a specicified date that
will be convenient for you.i hope i can count on you for my balance I
ALSO WANT THIS TO BASE ON TRUST CAN
I TRUST YOU?...
P.S i will like you to give me ur contact info..also as soon as u get
the cheque,cashing store will given to you for by me for the fast
cashing of the cheque.Hope this is understandab! le by you.
Name in full.
Adresss. .
City...
State...
Country..
phone#..
Zipcode..
pls get all this done for me so that i can fax it down to my client
that will send u the cheque..

RAY
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Jay A. Martin

I've had about 10 of these e-mails!

John Light
Pristine Pythons

The money order is a fake, and it isn't caught by the banks until already after you have wired funds to them. Usually they only as for a small amount up front to be sent back, then if they get that, they come up with some hard luck story of why they need more. What makes it worse is lots of times they end up with the goods, and money you sent, you end up holding nothing but your behind.
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0.2 Normal Adult ball pythons
0.2 Normal Adult ball pythons (on breeding loan)
0.1 Sub-adult
1.0 Normal ball python
1.1 Bell Line Pastel Ball pythons
1.0 Adult Het Albino Ball Python
1.0 Het Pied Ball Python
1.0 Het Carmel Ball Python
1.0 66% Het pied Ball python
0.2 50% Het albino Ball Pythons

I got the exact same email, only the numbers were different for some het pairs I am selling. Of course I called the bluff and got no response of any kind. Go figure. What half way sensible person would fall for this anyway? CAN I TRUST YOU?

Kyle Walker
Python Fever...There Is No Cure!

I was sent an email like this from a yahoo member in France and I saw that he was online....so I Instant Messaged him and asked about what he wanted to do...
I told him I'm not sending the snakes until I had the MONEY in my hand and for him to send me a check that is the amount of the animals....nothing extra....then he kept asking why I was so worried about it and all sorts of other questions....
I told him I have gotten scams through emails and stuff so he started asking who scammed me and how he had gotten scammed...trying to pull me to his side...but he hasn't emailed me back...guess he realized I'm not an idiot afterall.....
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Luke Martin
Bronze Serpent Reptiles

All you have to say is you won't do anything until the check clears. They you won't hear from them after that.
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Jay A. Martin

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