Something seems fishy...

Oct 12, 2005 07:26

I have Ralph up for adoption on Pet Finder, and these e-mails seem a little fishy. What do you guys think?

These are two e-mails from John Cole.

Hello
Goodday!Just want to know if you still have your advertised PET for sale with the asking price tell me . Pls get back to me and let me know if it's still available and also i will like to know if there is a pic for it and a little discription of it will be needed so that i can know how perfect it is.
Regards,
JOHN

AND a reply to an e-mail I sent him describing Ralph...

Hello Kristen
Thanks for the email,concerning what you said is okay,the price is cool,but for payment i will like to give you a check,and when the check might have cleard into your account i will then inform my shipper to come for the pickup of the pet in your house.
Do get back to me with the details below,so that the check will get to you in couple of days.
Name...................?
Address................?
Phone number.......?
N.B:the check will be coming from my client that is owing me some certain amount so it going to be an over draft check okay.
Thanks.
john cole

And this one is from what I believe is a hack.

Dear Sir/Ma,
I am a Veterinary Doctor From Africa
with clients all over West African countries and UK
cities, we also run many zoo in some African cities
and London towns. I have Clinics in most west
African and UK Cities and I’m based in London.
I can assure you that your pet is not
going for an experiment or going to end up in Lab. testing.
I have a client who's interested in your
lovely pet and also willing to pay me anything i
charged to bring it to his lovely home, infarct he
would love it to be part of the family for
his birthday Party coming up soon, he's a pet
lover and we pay him visit every week for treatment
to all his pets. I will need to know some certain
things that get the pet annoyed and things that gets it
aggressive.

For Adoption fee, although i will have to negotiate the
Adoption fee you want me to pay. and In respect of
payment i have a client in the USA who he has agreed
to procure a Cashier's/Official check or USPS postal money
order for ($5,500.00US) which he's owing me to you.
All i need to do to make payment easier and faster is
to instruct him to procure a cashier's/Official check or
USPS Postal Money Order and mail it to you on the address
and name you want on the check or Postal money order.
But i would want to know if i can trust you to send the remainder of
the
funds to my shipper via Western union Money
Transfer after deducting your Adoption fee, as soon
as the check or postal money order
get cashed so that my shipper will make arrangement
for the pick up at your location to deliver it to
the Adopter’s home, he will need this money to secure
flight tickets to North and South America to pick
all the Animal i Adopted and deliver all to their
different homes in UK and wherever. I will like you
to mail me ASAP to enable me arrange payment.
Furnish me with the name you want on the check or
postal money order, your home address as in
zip code, city, etc and your contact phone number, so I
can forward it to my client who will purchase the
check or postal money order for the payment.
All you have to do is simple, if you received the
check or USPS Postal Money order, cash it at any
cashing centers nearer to you, deduct your Adoption
fee that we agreed upon, send the differences to my
shipper via Western union money transfer and my
shipper will come to your place and pick up the pet.
If you have any question or enquiry to make
concerning this transaction.
You can reach me on phone number +44 7031908798
please call before 6pm Britain Time
Thank you
Dr. Richard Yakes Kimberly

Note: Please i will need more pictures of this pet
to forward to my client, old picture when the pet was born
and present picture.
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