Potential Scam...

[Kevin_Hornby]

I was wondering if anyone else has run into this. We rencently posted a few snakes on craigslist and received an email from a person claiming to be in the UK. They want me to ship the snakes to their broker service for transport to the UK. It seemed odd to me because I posted the snakes in OKC. Has anyone else encountered anything like this?

[Turbo Serpent]

I was wondering if anyone else has run into this. We rencently posted a few snakes on craigslist and received an email from a person claiming to be in the UK. They want me to ship the snakes to their broker service for transport to the UK. It seemed odd to me because I posted the snakes in OKC. Has anyone else encountered anything like this?

Stuff like this always comes up on craigslist.

Ignore it. And tell them you know a prince in africa too.

[LadyOhh]

Yep...

Scam.

[mainbutter]

If you want to play around with them tell them to pay you first.

[JeffJ]

that prince in africa is my uncle man, they want me to send 1000 bux so i can get his money when he dies lol

[2kdime]

Scizzam

[Jason Bowden]

My advice is to always get paid first. Also avoid "cheap" under priced snakes,etc. from the UK,etc.. They really do want your money and will gladly take it. I responded to such an ad before. to make the purchase, I was supposed to send money to a third party(in someone else's bank account), then the person that gets paid would tell the one with the merchandise to ship. SCAM!!!!!!!! Jason Bowden

[Kevin_Hornby]

No, this person is trying to buy my snakes. He says he does business with a brokerage service so he will cover all shipping responsibilities and once payment is made and received the brokerage will contact me.

[LadyOhh]

Righttttt..

And he is going to make sure CITES is covered as well?

That's another 2-6 months of paperwork right there...

[ChristinaP]

A lot of Nigerian scams actually come out of the UK. I wouldn't ship live over seas anyway.