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Below are some of the scams that have been tried. Make sure you don't fall prey to them. Personal info has been removed from these messages.

From: packer cole <packer_cole@hotmail.com>
Subject: XXXXX--- - $10,000.00

Hello Seller,how are you doing today and your health?On my searching on www.gahorse.com, i can across your ADs that you have a horse for sale and am so much interested in buying it,I will like you to Answer this few question below if its still available .

1. What is the breed
2. How old
3. Color
4. Gender
5. Age
6. Height
7. Discipline
8. How much are you selling it last
9. Let me know the pickup arrangement though i've a reliable shipper who use to take care of my shipment that can come for the pickup.
10.Payment by bank certified check will be fine for me.

Here waiting for your response.

Thanks and God bless,

Best regards

Packer Cole.


Later reply:
Thanks,i have to through the site and am okay with all what is written there,I appreciate it a lot.I am okay with all your words with the price just consider it sold to me and forget about any other buyer Okay....Please let it be on hold for me you can remove the ads from the website. As i am willing to make the payment before any other interested person.But because my wife is ill and i have to take good care of her and kids very well.I will instruct my client to issue the bank cheque for this amount plus the shipping fees which the total of the check will be $20,000 all together.once you receive the check and have it clear the bank as i know it only take 24 hours or 2 to 3 days for a check to clear,once it does clear,you'll deduct the cost of the Item and send the rest of the funds via western union money transfer to the shipping company for the shipping beneficary and the cost for transfer fee will be deduct from the balance as well ok so that they can prepare the necessary paper works and facilitate the pick up arrangement when coming for the pick up.

I have also spoken with Mr Michael King the person that will come for the pick up from your location and he has agreed to make the arrangement after you migth have recieved the payment.
Therefore,I will need the the following information for the payment to be made......

{1} Name that the check will be made payable to
{2} The address it will be sent to through a Fedex fast express courier service that will be delievered to you ASAP.
{3}I will also need your phone number so that the courier postman can call you on coming for the delievery of payment to you.

Here waiting for your response.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best Regards


What would have happened?
The horse owner would probably have received a certified bank check and deposited the check with no problem. Actual bank processing takes 7-14 days though. The money sent by money transfer would be in the scammers hands by then and the horse owner would be out the $10,000 difference. The scammer probably never would have come to pick the horse up.

 
Dear customer, i am Curtis Tony and i will like to know if you do carry (Horse Feeders) in stock if yes please let me know the sizes and the pricerange you do carry availble in stock so that i will make a selection of the (Horse Feeders) so that i will let you know the quantity of (Horse Feeders) that i need, this very urgent, also want to know if you do take credit cards for payment, i will be very glad if you can email me back with your contact phone number. Hope to hear from you soon
 
Scammer email addresses:
  paulsmith206@yahoo.it

More information on scams:
Bay Area Equestrian Network's Scam Info page
(Excellent!)
The FTC's scam info site
Scamming the Scammers


 

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