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- Jun 5, 2006
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- Edmonton Canada
Has anyone heard of this? I just got this weird spam mail that someone needs to give away 2 (a male and female) fully vet checked Yorkie puppies. I thought it was strange that someone would send a mail like that to strangers, so I did a quick Google search and sure enough, it's another Nigerian scam. It's not always Yorkies, sometimes it's different breeds of dogs. I guess this scam has been around for awhile, I've just never heard about it til now.
I was reading that the scammers usually post ads online or send emails or whatever, sometimes they have pictures of a puppy or puppies, then when people contact them, the scammer says "You'll have to pay $200 to have them shipped to you" and the people send some money, then the scammer says they need another $100 for something and then another $100 for something else, and so on and so on. I was reading a couple people who had paid $500 - $1000 for dogs that didn't even exist.
Makes me wonder WTF these people were thinking - you'd think that as soon as the scammer said, "I need you to wire money to NIGERIA" that would be enough to make them think twice about whether that puppy was even real.
Also, every city and town I've ever been in has an SPCA or a pound or some sort of rescue organization where you can go adopt a pet. Although it's not free, it's probably still less than the cost of supposedly shipping an animal from Nigeria.
I was reading that the scammers usually post ads online or send emails or whatever, sometimes they have pictures of a puppy or puppies, then when people contact them, the scammer says "You'll have to pay $200 to have them shipped to you" and the people send some money, then the scammer says they need another $100 for something and then another $100 for something else, and so on and so on. I was reading a couple people who had paid $500 - $1000 for dogs that didn't even exist.
Makes me wonder WTF these people were thinking - you'd think that as soon as the scammer said, "I need you to wire money to NIGERIA" that would be enough to make them think twice about whether that puppy was even real.
Also, every city and town I've ever been in has an SPCA or a pound or some sort of rescue organization where you can go adopt a pet. Although it's not free, it's probably still less than the cost of supposedly shipping an animal from Nigeria.