weird emails I got...(I am in Columbus, OH) There are five other emails similar to this saying they will have someone pick it up and deliver it EMAIL: My Nam is Marvell Wilkin . I hail from Salt Lake city ..{ Utah}.its just to tell you that am highly interested in adopting/buying your pet you placed in your ads for my daughter . cos she just last her per last month and she's not felling alright cos she dosen't have any pet to play arround with and she's the only child of the family . so i will be glad if you can let me adopt the pet for her. cos its within the state .. and you shouldn't be worried about the pet pick up . cos once that payment has been paid.. there is a pet pick up company in Salt lake city .. { Utah} that will come for the pet pick up .. I just want to know if the pet is in good condition and i will need to know the actual adoption price of the pet ,also to know if picture of the pet if available.. so i want you to reply me soon
2006-12-14 04:01:41 · 9 answers · asked by shana556 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
the response is a scam,usually they try to sound as much like a real pet person as possible but there is always tell tale signs such as would like to know last asking price of pet,and almost always the add response sounds impersonal they almost never refer to your pet as a he or she the response is usually referring to your pet as your animal or said pet the wording also sounds a bit off sort of like person had english as second language and doesn't quite know how to write complete sentences or something can't explain it but wording is off somehow,they will go through the whole don't worry about pick up of pet as they have an "agent" nearby who can pick up the pet, if you go any further and respond to this person they will offer you more money for your pet than asking price usually in a cashiers check,then will ask you to cash the huge check take your asking price for your pet and "trust" you to send the balance back to them most nice people would do this,the scam here is that the check is a really really good fake and a lot of banks think it is real,once you cash the check it is found to be a bad check you are left paying the bank back for the total of the bad check plus all the other added expenses of the bank and these people who scammed you have made a lot of money off you,it was done to a friend of mine selling a horse,she cashed a $4000 dollar check for her $1500 horse sent them the balance back and it was a fake check she had to pay all that money back to the bank usually on most websites were you can sell something there are scam warnings PLEASE READ them,they come out with new scams everyday and are getting smarter in their wording it is harder to recognize them,i raise and sell dogs i get one or two of these (at least ) every time i advertize DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS PERSON
2006-12-14 05:27:03 · answer #1 · answered by onyxpryzm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a scam, tell them you are not interested and the pet will be only for adoption with in the local area and you must meet the new potential adopter.
Its sad there are so many scams out there now.
2006-12-14 12:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by Krazee about my pets! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I listed a cat for adoption once, and a guy called asking me how much it weighed... Turns out there's a market for cats (and probably other animals) for laboratory research.
Now, I always require a small fee before adoption and meeting the people is mandatory.
2006-12-14 13:00:36 · answer #3 · answered by ez_cheez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called a "socially engineered" email prank. It is seemingly custom written to respond to your ad and make you pay attention, yet its total bullsh**.
So, ignore any strangely worded requests like above-- as these are people with a lot of time to waste. :-) Greg
2006-12-14 12:13:25 · answer #4 · answered by Gregory C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don get it???? did u place an ad that said u found it or did u place an ad saying u want 2 get rid of it? if u said it was a stray then they probly think it is wild and they want to adopt it...... weird though......
2006-12-14 12:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by animegurl757 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dude aint right dont give any info to this wierdo next time just tyake them to the humane society or get the cat fixed
2006-12-14 12:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My opinion is thats a scammer, be careful!
2006-12-14 13:52:24 · answer #7 · answered by hailey718 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't be responding to this person. at all.
2006-12-14 12:05:48 · answer #8 · answered by kerplunkuga 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what the f#$%@?
2006-12-14 12:05:17 · answer #9 · answered by melissa p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋