Damn scam artists.

[Kyra]

I post 3 of my rescued cats on petfinder 2 days ago and I receive 3 of these lovely spams... I wish the morons making them would roll over and die. Who falls for this shit?

Hello,
i am mr micoud a vetenarinarian doctor and the director of
pethouse hospital i live at ,31 Natal Road,Streatham,London,England,SW16
6JA, my phone number is +44 70457 01375
i am highly interested in
your pet coz i want to take it to my house to live with my
family and I will like you to let
me know the condition of the pet.I'll be paying with money order
or cashier cheque which will be issue out by my client which will
be coming to your location for the pick up of the pet.I'll
instruct him to issue $3800 in your name .Immidiately you
receive this cheque , i want you to take it to your bank, cash it
immidiately and deduct your selling price and also deduct extra
$200 for your running around and you'll send the excess to my
client for the shipment of the pet alongside some other (pets ) i
placed in order in care of him.he will also use the funds you'll
send to him to settle some customs problem and for ticket fee in
other to get to your location for the pick up of the pets
immidiately you send the excess funds to him.
The excess
funds will be
send to the
client through
westernunion for him to come to your place for the pick up 24hours
after receiving the payment from you without giving you any
stress.So, i do hope i can have trust about the excess funds which
is meant for my client.I will like you to get back to me with the
price of the pet and send the following information for the
process of the payment.
NAME........
ADDRESS............
CITY......
STATE....
ZIP CODE........
PHONE # BOTH HOME AND CELL.....
I await your this info so that I can fax it down to my client that
will send u the payment.
THANKS

[Shari]

I would be APPALLED if my veterinarian sent me an emailed typed out like that.


I mean...I understand being busy/lazy. But don't people realize you lose credibility when you type like that and you hold a high ranking job where the lives of animals, or people are at stake?

Crazy.

[Tea & Strumpets]

I would be APPALLED if my veterinarian sent me an emailed typed out like that.


I mean...I understand being busy/lazy. But don't people realize you lose credibility when you type like that and you hold a high ranking job where the lives of animals, or people are at stake?

Crazy.

You realize this thread is titled "Damn Scam Artists" and that guy isn't a veterinarian, right?

[Skeeter]

:thinking: sarcasm detector must be broken because I swear it seemed like Shari took that letter seriously.

[Shari]

I did. :(

I don't understand what the scam is though. They don't pay and get the animal for free or what?

[Tea & Strumpets]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the gist of it is that the check is a forgery/fake. I assume the bank cashes the check, but doesn't realize it's a fake until they try to "cash" it.

You send the guy back $3300 minus your fee or whatever, and you're out the money when the bank calls you the next day asking why you are cashing phony checks.

I probably have a few details wrong, but that's the basic concept.

[Bobmuhthol]

It's a very common scam. Western Union is fucking retarded because they constantly allow it to happen.

[Kyra]

How are you doing?i was came across your advert today
concerning the pet adoption you posted for sale. am really intresting and this
item is perfectly specification requested by me. i like to know if the
pet is still available and the details of the present condition and
the last price you are willing to sell it to me.looking forward
to hear from you ........ thanks stay bless.
Regards

martins

Ugh, looks like I signed myself up for scam city. Thankfully aside from crap like ^ there is one person who was interested.

~K

[TheEschaton]

I liked how they referred to the pet as an "item", and asked about it's condition.

Edited to add: You're trying to sell a pet you rescued, IE, got for free?

-TheE-

[Kyra]

Hah, no I'm not selling her at all. Nice form letter, eh?

[Ignot]

Bob is right, this is a popular scam through Western Union. They are in big trouble for this by the way.