SCAM - Page 1

hi everyone,

i want to WARN EVERYONE a person named NANCY JAMES emailed me about an upcoming litter i have listed in the classifieds "proven world champion bloodlines". please BEAWARE, this person is SCAMMING!!!!! she acts like she is interested in a puppy, but does not give any information about her intent for the dog. the second email i received from her she describes a situation that is as follows quote:

"Thanks for the mail, i am from carlifornia i am okay with the price 1500$ is okay by me for the payment i have a client of mine who is owning me 4000$ he has promised to issue you a cashier check as soon as you have it then you take it to your bank and deposit the money will be available in 12 to 24 hrs once you have the money then you take your money the dog and the rest of the money will be pick up at your house okay..I will like to know the name and address phone number so the check can be send to you this wee.
   Thanks.."
 

please BEWARE!!!!! i read information "avoiding scams" and this person FITS THE BILL TO A TEE!!!!!

people never cease to amaze me at how low they will go!!

regards,

cynthia

I got a e-mail from them too...But said they were from Texas...

This is a normal SCAM way of doing business...They never say what they want or what they're going to do with the dog...they don't even know breed of dog or what color...

This is from out of the U.S....If you notice they say 1500$...

They never want to give you their information...and if they do and you check it out it's not legit...

What you have given is exactly what I got except for the state they're in...Down to the "I will like to know the name and address phone number so the check can be send to you this wee."

Send your name, address and phone number so we can steal your dogs please.

Koots, its not the dogs the scammers are after. The 4000$ cashiers check is bogus. The bank credits the money before they know its fake. The scammer comes and picks up 3500$ cash and the pup and disappears.
Now the bank realizes the check was fake, and you are now responsible for retuning the 4000$ .

They operate from Nigeria and some other countries in Africa.They will send you fake Post Office money,and they send you more than you ask for the dog.After you confirm you received the money,they will ask you to send the balance back to them by Western Union asap because they are in trouble they always make up some story .The fake money you take to your bank will take 10 business days before the money is clear by the bank,and if they are fake than the bank will let you know.During these 10 days they will call you day and night harrasing you and asking for their money to be send to them.They will try to intimidate you,scare you,but don't worry they will not do anything.I went thrue this and i know how they operate,just ignore emails like this, don't respons,don't get in conversation with them,and most importly don't get greedy,they pray on human weaknesess.Many sellers go for it because they think they are getting more for the dog then they were asking for,and that is how they catch you.Saying that i am personally not affraid of them,and they are welcome to visit me in my house in Texas.We have lots of coyotes and other predatory animals here need to be fed.

Banks must operate a little differently here because they will verify funds are available before giving cash out, IIRC.

Koots things like postal money order, travelers checks don't do 'funds available'. Even if you 'deposit' the bogus check, then money is only pulled from your account covered by your balance prior to deposit. I n which case you are still out the money cause you thought the money was good from the check.

joanro is right,the postal money order you deposit in your account will show for approx. 10 days in your account,you can withdraw them if you have more founds in your account then you  deposited.After 10 days the bank will inform you that the postal money you  deposited were counterfeited and they are no longer available in your account,so the money you withdrew was your own money .Koots I think you did not paid attention reading my previous thread,it was ihow to deal and avoid this scammers not to teach the banks how to do business,seems to me like you are destinde to get burn.

I'm aware of those scams and am very suspicious of anything like that - heck I don't even give my credit card info when ordering online - I use the phone instead to confirm order and pay. I'm not naive about many of the cons out there and ways conmen try to get gullible people to part with their money, I was just looking at this one from a different angle than the money one. Good on the OP to warn others of this scam. Who else has had this one attempted on them?

thank you for the replies. and yes, i picked up on the dollar sign ($) being after the number like they do with euros for example. ;)

also, to let you know this persons email address is: nancy.james29@outlook.com

i just wonder what happened to these people as children or in life, to make them such a piece of trash. ticks me off because in my mind, they are "taking up valuable oxygen"!!!!!