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Just an FYI they are back again. They are replying to all my postings on Kingsnake. Here is the email I got from them yesterday.

I love tracing their IP address back to NIGERIA! What a wonder place...

For those of you that are new to posting, below is a common email they will send you. They will then send you a fake money order more than your asking price. Next, they will want you to wire transfer the remaining money back to them because of a personal emergency. By the time to send the money, the bank you deposited the money order will contact you to let you know it is fake. Then you will be investigated for giving them a fake money order!

Do not reply back to these idiots. The FBI is aware of the scam and they are trying to catch these losers!

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From: akinteye_7770@yahoo.com Add to Address Book

Hello
Greetings to you,My name is Mr gbenga,i saw your {item) placed on
advert,and it suits what i have been looking for since a very long
time,based on the description i have decided to buy it from you,i'll also like
to know your last asking price and also i have seen the pic,s and i,m ok
with it.I am presently not in the country ,i am in UK on a business
trip,So i will like to ask you if you accept to be payed with Via Money
Order or a certified cashier check?If that is accepted by you,kindly mail
me back with
details
full name:
address:
city:
state:
country:
zipcode:
phone number:
Best regards.
Mr gbenga
Baker's Boas

Yeah I heard about that. That is why I'm not shipping anything untill the funds are in my account.
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1.0 Columbian (BCI)
0.1 Suriname (BCC)
0.1 Longicauda (BCL)
0.1 Bolivian (BCA)

I just deleted them, I would rather not ship outside the US, it seemed like to much extra work, Glad I am lazy..lol
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"Life is a Safari"

i have seen this in other places too. how do you trace the ip address?
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www.theboahouse.com
www.myinfoservice.com

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This is one way to trace the ip address. http://www.globalpromoter.com/seo-tools/free-ip-address-name-lookup.cfm
Baker's Boas

The id*ot sent me a fraudulent Money Order issued through a
3rd party vendor.

The bad English is exactly the way he wrote. His grammer was so
bad I had a hard time understanding anything he wrote.

I knew something was fishy but I didn't think it was something
so obvious as a fraudulent Money order.

How can you prosecute? Someone mentioned to me that only the
Post Master could press charges because it was sent in the mail.

I still have the moron's E-mail's. They're hilarious...tc

More here:

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

i got to of the same replies to my ads ..one had the same name as u have the other had a different name... defitnetly a scam...

Just got one myself from marryjenny111@aol.com, you saved me from answering it:

Hello
Greetings to you,My name is MRS MARYJ,i saw your {item) placed on advert,and it suits what i have been looking for since a very long time,based on the description i have decided to buy it from you,i'll also like to know your last asking price and also i have seen the pic,s and i,m ok with it.I am presently not in the country ,i am in UK on a business trip,So i will like to ask you if you accept to be payed with Via Money Order or a certified cashier check?If that is accepted by you,kindly mail me back with
details
full name:
address:
city:
state:
country:
zipcode:
phone number:
Best regards.
MRS MARYJ
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.1 Ball python
0.1 BCI "Elvira" normal from 1989
1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats