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Hey I received this today:

hi seller, i do like to purchase this reptile for keep in my private
zoo/home.i will sign out cashier's check or money order if you like it. get
back to me if you still have it available for sale and provide me with
your name and address to mail out the payment to you right away.here is
my email:xxxxx100@yahoo.com
janice.

(I X'd out the email address in case it is legit)

Anybody else seen this? I replied with :

Hi Janice, please send the payment in the form of a cashiers check or money order to:

Dave Colling
C/O xxxxxxx (x'd out for privacy)
xxxxxxxxxxx (x'd out for privacy)
San Jose, CA 95138

(this is my mother-in-laws address, I use it as my mailing address)

Or you could paypal me at this email address. If using paypal, please add $4.00 to cover the paypal transaction fee

For cashiers check/money order, will have to wait till the check clears both banks, Sorry for this but there have been a number of unscrupulous buyers using phoney cashiers checks and money orders lately. This could take 2 or 3 weeks

We'll see if this scares them off!! Hate to scare off a valid buyer but this note seemed wrong, no questions about the snake.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife
0.2 kids
4.12.136 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (OK, I'm only keeping a few of the 136, just tickled pink with my production this year)
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)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

It reads from bottom to top....complete morons.

Sorry. I don't deal like that. I need a number and a confirmed address before I send out my info. I have no idea who you are and this appears to be a scam. Like I said before, if you would like to purchase these animals, send me your name, address and phone number. If you don't follow my rules then there is no deal. It's very simple.

peter goodman wrote:
dont bother about my address that is available with my shipper.once the money gets to my shipper the reptile will be pickup ASAP.all my infos are with my shipper so you just send the money to him after you have cashed it and the reptile will be picked up.i give you my word.
so send yuor name and address to mail out the money order to you right away.
Brett Thacker wrote:
Do you have an address and phone number? I will accept a USPS money order. Please respond back with address to be delivered to and phone number. As soon as I get that from you and verify I will forward my address so you can send the MO.

Thanks-

Brett

peter goodman wrote:

i am sorry i dont pay with paypal.so contact me if you
are ready to cashiers check or money order.
--- Brett Thacker wrote:

> I only accept Paypal or United States Postal Money
> Order. You can paypal to my e-mail address.
>
> Thanks-
>
> Brett
>
> petergoodmans@yahoo.com wrote:
> hi seller, i do like to purchase this reptile for
> keep in my private zoo.i will sign out cashier's
> check or money order if you like it. get back to me
> if you still have it available for sale and provide
> me with your name and address to mail out the
> payment to you right away.here is my
> emailetergoodmans@yahoo.com
> peter.
>
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> Click on (or cut and paste into you browser's
> location window) the URL below to view the ad that
> this message is in response to.
>
>
http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?de=365075&cat=59
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------
> This message was sent by an unregistered or non
> logged in user.
> This person may or may not be who they say they are.
> The return address they provide may or may not be
> their correct address.
>
> Sent 08:05 AM, Nov 15th, 2005 from I.P. Address
> 64.201.33.57

This is a new form of scam everyone is doing. They get your address and information and sell it. I hate it, it happens to me on ebay as well.

I was sent a Certified check supposedly from England for an $800.00 snake the check was for $3500.00. He wanted me to hurry up and deposit the check and western union the balance. I called the bank that the check was drawn on which was in Texas (funny huh)! they told me it was a fake. I only except postal money orders (which have been faked also but easier to find out if they are at the post office counter make sure you ask them to check it each time because it will come back against you) Paypal and credit cards. Also, They all seem to use Yahoo as a provider. Be careful and very cautious good luck Scott

Talk to your bank when you get the MO. If the buyer offers you a lot of extra money to cover shipping etc, you know to stay away.
I had a check come in recently. My bank knows me well and we went through things as usuall, it even cleared. However, a week after clearing I was called that it was fake. I was suspicious so I left the money untouched for (what would have been) the recommended 30 days. By bank said they would check things out for me ahead of time from know on. Nothing bad happened, the money was obviously removed from my account by the bank though.

Yeah, usually when a guy doesn't want to give you his name, number and address I find it a bit fishy. Not too hard to spot these scammers anymore. They are dumber than dogs--t!!!

You can't assume that just because they give you their name and number that they are legit. I had one email me his name and a legit phone number but once I mentioned that I was aware of scams going on, I never heard from him again. The first "red flag" should come up once there is talk of sending more then the asking price. I also tell them that the funds must clear first because of te scams that go around and I usually don't hear from them again. The more we tell them we are on to their game to sooner we can get them out of here.

I had one person actually throw out a huge story about his ill father and such. This was the most believable one I've ever been sent. Nothing standard about it at all. But, after a few emails we got to the "my shipper will pick it up" part. Hmmm...now where have I heard that before?? Then the "Mo will be larger than the amount" part. All through this he keeps making small talk about his father's health. If I didn't already know and have experience with these scams, he might have had me...then again, the idea of anyone sending me more money than I'm asking and want the rest in return just sounds shady as sin.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

So where do you disagree?

I've received a ton of the "normal" type scams...but, the one I described above took a lot more thought than poo is capable of.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...