Scam I just received

[cretahillsgal]

I thought it was funny how they forgot to change the "puppy" to "horse" in one place. LOL

Hello,

I am arslan Lewis, a respectable business man from Canada. I am indeed interested in your horse posted for sale. I want to buy the horse as a surprise birthday gift for my 23 year old daughter. I will like to know if the horse is still available for sale and will also like to know your final asking price for the horse. I have a shipping agent who will come over there to pick the puppy as soon as we have agreed on a price and the payment is completely received by you. Well, I want to know if you have the health certificate of the horse. Please let me know your last offering price of the horse, reason you are selling it and a recent photo of it(If available) so we can proceed from there.

The horse will be very well taken care of by my daughter and I.. My daughter knows how to train and take care of a horse, so you need not to worry at all. I promise and assure you that the horse will be going to a good home. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

 

[AppyLover2]

Well a good thing is, he said his daughter knows how to train a horse....not ride one. LOL

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Honestly, I'm just amazed how in 2011 this type of scam still works. Seriously? Who falls for this type of thing?

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Julie, that is too funny. The bad thing, is the let-down when you see the email, thinking a real person is interested, then discovering the scam.

My sister fell for something like this recently on another site. She had a trailer for sale and got the usual email about the Western Union payment and the carrier that was coming to pick up the trailer blah blah...

Fortunately, she called me about it and I was able to give her a headsup, since I had seen this very scam mentioned so often on the Forum.

 

[Little Hooves]

...when you have to say you are a "respectable businessman," it usually implies quite the opposite

It's funny how native speakers of English (normally) see through badly written scams such as these because we just don't speak that way!

Of course, if not for other clues, the "puppy" was the biggest giveaway!

 

[Miniv]

OMG......What a HOOT! Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Joanne]

I wonder how often they are successful ?

 

[HGFarm]

That's too funny and yep, someone forgot to copy and paste, LOL These scams are getting so old.... you would think they would quit trying. Does anyone REALLY fall for these?

 

[Katiean]

This kind of thing really makes it difficult for people that honestly are buying. My brother is buying Dashchunds for my niece and nephew. I contacted a guy in TX that seems to have good stock. However, I inform ed him of what I was looking for and when. That way I hope he felt more comfortable. Wasn't it nice when scams were limited to Bars, pool halls, Stocks and the mail? People!