Strange e-mails about buying a puppy

[PowerPoint]

has anyone ever recieved a weird response to an add they have posted on gundogsonline? I got one where a guy wanted to send cashiers ck for amount of pup without askng any questions at all,then at the ens of the mail it startes talking about buting a horse,when I dont even have one for sale.i'l try to post it.

Thanks for your return email.... I think am willing to pay for your final asking price .... but Payment would have to be made out to you inform of a check/bank draft.... ok?.
The Payment that will be issued will include the money for the sales of the puppy + the shipping cost, Therefore, there will be an excess funds on the payment.This is so because i insisted to make the whole payment out at once.

I would have liked to handle the payment aspect myself but I am presently out of town handling a project hence i am requesting your assistance.

All you just need to do is to deposit the cashier's check/bank draft and when the funds clear from your bank, deduct the funds for your her, And the excess funds OR any difference in the payment you are to wire to the shipper via western union money transfer OR bank account that will be provided to you before you receive payment.

I would like to state clearly that this she will be shipped and I have a shipper who I will designate to pick her up for shipment at the your location. So you not going to be bothered with any shipping, all shipping duties and taxes will be handled by my shipper when he comes around for pick.

I will be willing to entertain more of your questions that might arise . I must mention to you that i will have your details considered for immediate payment issuance as soon as I receive a response from you that all is a go...

I await your quick response and make sure you confirm to me ASAP that you have gotten this email. I might not reply to your email immediately because of the level of work load on me but I will surely do later ....

Thanks for your understanding.
Anderson...
Remember that Your Full Name, Contact Address,and a Phone Number will be needed to send you payment.

[2britts]

This is a common internet scam after you send the excess money it will turn out that the bank draft is fake and you will be out all the money, as you will owe the bank the whole sum

[kninebirddog]

I posted one litter over there a few years back...and that was what i got plenty of ..scammer mails never posted there again ...

and now the new one is for those of you that post litters in the newspaper which are also done online...you now get phone calls from scammer offering the same BS

last one my buddy got i told him to tell the people he wanted 2000 a pup and paid in cold hard cash no money orders or chasier checks

[gar-dog]

Well, if you wait until it clears before sending the excess funds/shipping money, you shouldn't have a problem, right?

[vzkennels]

Scam don't fall for it,had them almost everytime I have advertised.If it don't sound right it's not.

[gar-dog]

I agree it is obviously a scam, I just don't get it. It's the equivalent of cashing a check for someone. You wait until it clears.

[PowerPoint]

HERE IS THE RESPONSE I SENT THE "bleep"- ENJOY!! WHAT KIND OF HUNTING ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING WITH THE PUP? BE VERY,VERY DESCRIPTIVE,SO I CAN MATCH WHICH PUP FoR YOU TO GET.IM SO READY TO SEND THE INFO FOR YOU.JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT KIND OF Rabbit DEER HUNTING WITH THE DOG YOU EXPECT TO DO..My dogs are from the finest were wolf hunting lines avalible from China.Also I need your full adress,and personal phone numbers,which carrier service you'll be using.I also will need to speak to you personally.Gosh I cant hardly wait.I hope you can afford the 5,500 dollars Im charging for my horse.He used to pull the Budweiser wagon at Busch gardens..Thanks-

[ohiogsp]

Yep a scam. Let me tell you how. First it is a way of money laundry or what seen personally when I posted there. A person is writing fake checks that a company don't know about and they want you to cash it. It will clear but a month or 2 down the road they will come after you for check fraud. Reason I know is I wanted to catch the person trying to scam me and told them to send the check. I then contacted the place the check came from and the police. They wont catch them cause they can not trace it to anyone. I told the person after I got the check that my name was spelld wrong and if they gave me a address I would send it back and they could send me anouther one, guess what they would not.

[markj]

So the 60 mil being sent from general wan in taiwan isnt coming? Bummer, we had some good emails there.

I saw a site a guy had them do pics and such, was a fun site altho xxx rated, cant recall it but it had something/monkey in it. The guys thought he was sending a porn star to make a movie... was a laff riot.

[wems2371]

I get these every single time I post a horse for sale on an internet site. The spelling and sentence structure has always been a dead give away on the ones I receive, and the fact they want to buy something site unseen! :roll: Denise

[tmoneysju]

definitely a phishing scam, looking for personal information, most likely bank information later down the line once they reel you in