I found this on craigslist and knew it was a scam!!

I saw a free pied bald ball python on craigslist and knew it was a scam and he even had a lovely picture up there and so I emailed him and he never emailed back till today!! Well heres what he wrote.....

hi there
she is still available,what i am looking is a caring and loving home for the
her,a family that will spoil her with love and take her as part of
the family.the only thing you have to do is
to pay for
the transportation and delivery fees of the snake to your home and also
i will like to make you know is that with the help of your information
like full names,contact address,house address and your nearest airport
you will have the pie ball python at your home in time and on good
condition,in addition i will like to tell you that the python is
presently located in crm Cameroon which is just 8hours flight to your
location.the python will come with all her health papers, it will cost
you $140 for the transportation and delivery of the python to your
home so please if this is okay by you then make sure you contact me
back for further details okay, all i will like to have from you is you
to assure me that you will take good care of the pie bald and if you
do that then i can assure you that the python will be yours okay.
thanks and take care
What a idiot can't you tell he's a scammer!!

Sweet. Free Piebalds. Ill take 2.

I got the exact same response except it was for and African Grey parrot. I knew it also was a scam but didnt know they used other animals too!!

All these scammers always say they are from Cameroon. You would think they would switch up the country so it isn't so easy to know it is fake. I wonder if anyone has actually sent them money.

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Originally Posted by lmartelli77

All these scammers always say they are from Cameroon. You would think they would switch up the country so it isn't so easy to know it is fake. I wonder if anyone has actually sent them money.

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My cousin did for a dog. I think it was a preacher from Africa. Sent him like 500 dollars. What an idoit

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Originally Posted by mdjudson

My cousin did for a dog. I think it was a preacher from Africa. Sent him like 500 dollars. What an idoit

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Wow. :confused:

My Brother in law gave some guy $9000 for a boat that he'll never get. And my inlaws were bugging me about the cost of my new hobby at least I have something to show for it that was well under 1/10th the cost!

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Originally Posted by Darkice

Sweet. Free Piebalds. Ill take 2.

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I second that :D

it's almost mildly amusing...but enough people must fall for it since they're still around trying it :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by mdjudson

My cousin did for a dog. I think it was a preacher from Africa. Sent him like 500 dollars. What an idoit

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I got that same email for a dog!!!!
Rev. Colin Oakley in West Africa on a Christian Mission. He needed to adopt out a baby Yorkie. Cute dog in the photos he sent.
Man. Sorry to hear your cousin fell for it.

Ive seen similar things on a couple of the reptile auction sites , what kills me is if they were going to scam somebody , I would atleast learn to type the ncorrect language so they could understand what I was trying to say.