Someone's offering me a piedbald for $300... could it be a scam?

He claims the $300 just mostly for shipping--He's practicly in the state next to me and claims that he has a more demanding job and he wants to find a loving home... He's making it sound like he's going to go first.. What should I ask him/think? I just asked him for some pictures...

I found him on a "piebald ball python for sale" google search...

More than likely a scam. Ask for three pictures of it on a piece of paper that has today's date on it.

BTW shipping doesn't run for more than $75 at the most normally, so thats a red flag right there.

Wow what an awesome deal! ;) Tell him since your so close you want to pick the animal up in person!

Also offer to do a pickup transaction...do not send him any money. It is almost quarenteed to be a scam.

I'm with Matt. That $300 for mostly just shipping sends red flags jumping up all over the place. Not to mention that if something seems just too good to be true, it likely is.

Okay! told him that! good plan. I was really exited but he kept dropping his price and it was really beggining to look like a scam...

you should pass on the info to some other members here , and see if he's telling everyone a different story.

You'd risk losing it by someone else buying it , but from what it sounds like you won't be losing anything because he sounds like a pure scammer to me too.

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Originally Posted by pliskin

you should pass on the info to some other members here , and see if he's telling everyone a different story.

You'd risk losing it by someone else buying it , but from what it sounds like you won't be losing anything because he sounds like a pure scammer to me too.

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okay. He's been responding within a day, so... I'll wait. If he chickened out of it and stopped replying, I'll make a thread.

If it looks to good to be true it is!

Why would someone sell a pied for less than $1,000 of what its worth?

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

If it looks to good to be true it is!

Why would someone sell a pied for less than $1,000 of what its worth?

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simple. If you don't own one. xD

There is no question its a scam! This same scenario has happened time and time again. I think it would be fun to hear what he has to say when you offer to pick the animal up, instead of have it shipped:rofl::gj:

tell him you'll trade him 300 garter snakes for the pied!!!

When I hear Pied and $300 in the same sentence, I automatically think scam. That's about what the Camaroon scammers were asking.

Tell the guy you will only pick up the snake in person, and no money will chage hands till you see the snake. That should run him off.

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Originally Posted by juddb

There is no question its a scam! This same scenario has happened time and time again. I think it would be fun to hear what he has to say when you offer to pick the animal up, instead of have it shipped:rofl::gj:

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ok now...maybe i jus believe that humans are over all good, but i think theres no question its a sscam or no way its real is just a little too far..maybe this guy really does have no need for money and would like to see someone whod give it a good home have it. Unlikely, but a very real possibility. Id explore till theres no question if its a scam/real then make up your decision about what to do.

If he won't do it in person then it is a scam.

Please let us know who he is so we can avoid him.

Mike

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Originally Posted by hoax

If he won't do it in person then it is a scam.

Please let us know who he is so we can avoid him.

Mike

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He stopped responding, so I'm guessing it's a scam. I'll give him one day to reply and if he doesn't I'll link you guys to his pages and email...

U sure its a pied and not a het?

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Originally Posted by azpythons

ok now...maybe i jus believe that humans are over all good, but i think theres no question its a sscam or no way its real is just a little too far..maybe this guy really does have no need for money and would like to see someone whod give it a good home have it. Unlikely, but a very real possibility. Id explore till theres no question if its a scam/real then make up your decision about what to do.

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Sorry but its a scam period! No person is going to give away a $1000+ snake for $300 not in this lifetime ;).

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Originally Posted by sg1trogdor

U sure its a pied and not a het?

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Yes, he was talking about pied.. He had a few pics

I got one of these from Kiiji...

First he had a pied for $300 in NY (says the ad). Then he says he needs to get rid of his collection (you have to buy all 10 of his pieds for $300 each). Then after I said, I'll pick it up, so where in NY to meet him? And then he said, oh, I will ship it to NY, but I can ship it anywhere. Then he mentions he has all the paperwork ready and CITES certificates. And so, I find out he's not in the US - he mentioned a place in Africa, can't remember the name. So then he makes out this spiel that he had to go to Africa for school and he brought all his snakes there... So, then we ask how are we gonna send him $3,000 then... and so then he says, give me your bank number... okay, so, if i'm sending HIM money, what would he need my bank number for... anyway, we kept it up for quite a while - like over 2 weeks - making it seem like we are ready to send him the money. So then, we ask for a picture of the 10 snakes all in one picture. Hah hah... no more replies...

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Originally Posted by THE EMAIL

Hello Joe,

Thanks for your reply,Shipping is not 100$,those people who take 100$ for shipping are not for real Ok, I am also shipping the piebald with a free transporting box,food stuff that will enable to piebald for about 1 months so that is why i am asking you 300$ Ok,So below are some pictures of piebald,

I will need the shipping address from you so that i can ship the piebald today,

Your Full Names

Your Phone Number

Your House Address

City/State

Nearest Airport to your home

Zip Code


If i have all this information today and as soon as you get my mail and reply me back,I will proceed with the shipping,I still want to assure you 100% that everything will work of well Ok,

Thanks and waiting your reply

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PICS HE INCLUDED:
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24775/pied1.jpg
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24776/pied2.jpg
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24777/pied3.jpg


He hasn't mentioned anything about payment... I'm confused. by the way, all ther photo's have '08 dates.. but they're this month... last year? o_0..

so..

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Originally Posted by Flicker

PICS HE INCLUDED:
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24775/pied1.jpg
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24776/pied2.jpg
http://flickcabin.com/pthumbs/large/24777/pied3.jpg


He hasn't mentioned anything about payment... I'm confused. by the way, all ther photo's have '08 dates.. but they're this month... last year? o_0..

so..

?

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I can't see any of the pictures..

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I can't see any of the pictures..

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I used a cheap hosting site. I can forward the images to someones email if that works... I'm at school and most all of the hosting sites are blocked.

http://flickcabin.com/public/view/24778
http://flickcabin.com/public/view/24779
http://flickcabin.com/public/view/24780

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Originally Posted by Flicker

I used a cheap hosting site. I can forward the images to someones email if that works... I'm at school and most all of the hosting sites are blocked.

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Just upload your pics in your BP.net gallery and than post them here :gj:

Food stuff to enable the pied for a month huh??:weirdface:weirdface Its a nigerian scum scammer for sure.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Just upload your pics in your BP.net gallery and than post them here :gj:

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okay. I'll try and figure out how to do that before class ends. I only have a few min. :P

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Food stuff to enable the pied for a month huh??:weirdface:weirdface Its a nigerian scum scammer for sure.

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And he says OK over and over...

The links I posted should work, by the way...

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Originally Posted by Flicker

And he says OK over and over...

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They smoke way to much goat manure ok :rolleye2: :rofl:

100% scam, he wants all your info to steal identity etc. To know if its a scam or not tell him you got great news and that you can pick up the pied in person, and get his number and all his info. and talk to him on the phone, and see what happens

On craigslist etc. never give out your full name or address for ANYTHING. there are so many scams out there is scary.

Didnt mean to bust your bubble, I know you are probably excited to get your hands on a pied for so cheap, but dont be quick to give your info out.

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Originally Posted by escomaya

100% scam, he wants all your info to steal identity etc. To know if its a scam or not tell him you got great news and that you can pick up the pied in person, and get his number and all his info. and talk to him on the phone, and see what happens

On craigslist etc. never give out your full name or address for ANYTHING. there are so many scams out there is scary.

Didnt mean to bust your bubble, I know you are probably excited to get your hands on a pied for so cheap, but dont be quick to give your info out.

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Yeah. The little red flag was already up and my bubble kind of burst yesterday. Thanks. :)

Since I can be a real pain :rolleyes: I would ask him what he means by

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food stuff that will enable to piebald for about 1 months

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that should be funny.

While I am sure it is a scam ask him pictures of the animals on today's paper ;), HIS precise location and tell him you will meet him in person.

At that point he will either answer like a politician avoiding to answer, disappear or tell you they are sold.

wait.. he did give me his number a day ago

"0023774846317"

That's not a texas number.... o.o

duh....................

In the pictures, those are 3 different pieds, and the info cards, have no info and where edited by a computer and a red pen, and have no actual info on them................fishy.....equals SCAM to me

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,Shipping is not 100$,those people who take 100$ for shipping are not for real Ok, I am also shipping the piebald with a free transporting box,food stuff that will enable to piebald for about 1 months so that is why i am asking you 300$ Ok,So below are some pictures of piebald,

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This is just like all the other scammers I come across.. I don't see how they can fool anyone, but I guess they do.

I guess I was scammed when I spent under $100 to have one of my Beardies shipped to me.. blast.

So what he's saying is that since he is including food for one month, it will cost $300?

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Originally Posted by Demon280z

This is just like all the other scammers I come across.. I don't see how they can fool anyone, but I guess they do.

I guess I was scammed when I spent under $100 to have one of my Beardies shipped to me.. blast.

So what he's saying is that since he is including food for one month, it will cost $300?

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Lol. He keeps dropping the price and asking me for my info. xD He's getting less and less believable every single time. It's funny.

The first mails were a little believable, But even I can see it's a scam now. I'm not THAT dumb. :P I made the board after the first mail.. lol

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Originally Posted by Demon280z

I don't see how they can fool anyone, but I guess they do.

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To be honest its because alot of people are unable to smell a scam and to quick to jump on a good "deal".Thats how they are still running the scams.If people would use common sense that god gave them these scum scammers would dry up and die.:mad:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Sorry but its a scam period! No person is going to give away a $1000+ snake for $300 not in this lifetime ;).

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well even though through reading the updates since yesterday i have to agree this guys a scammer...its still not out of the realm of possibility some rich guy wouldnt care about 1000, i mean if i had a million dollars shoot id sell a piebald to some lucky guy for like 300 dollars. Why not??

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Originally Posted by azpythons

well even though through reading the updates since yesterday i have to agree this guys a scammer...its still not out of the realm of possibility some rich guy wouldnt care about 1000, i mean if i had a million dollars shoot id sell a piebald to some lucky guy for like 300 dollars. Why not??

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Yea it could happen but not in this world :P.I think we have a better chance finding the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow :rofl:

Anyone want to buy a new morph? It's called the pirate ball and is wears an eye patch with a pirate hat......the super form has a parrot on it's shoulder. Just ship $400 to me at blah blah blah alabama. This is just to cover the shipping and clothing for the animal so he feel good while being in his cage instead of on the high seas.


Oh p.s. this is not a scam I can send photos to anyone that wants them.




Total bs......

Believe it or not, a lot of people actually get tricked into these scams, my parents believe it all the time, they are old school and new to the computer thing, so when people come across these scams they think its just the natural way of ordering things online.

I sell a lot of things on craigslist when I dont need/want them anymore. I get several scammer trying to get my info and willing to pay double. A stereo system I was selling for $200 or best offer, they said they need my info to send someone to pick up the item and deliver it for them, and that they'll send me a $400 check for my time/troubles. Be careful everyone. scammers are everywhere, they'll try to get money or your info anyway they can

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Originally Posted by escomaya

Believe it or not, a lot of people actually get tricked into these scams, my parents believe it all the time, they are old school and new to the computer thing, so when people come across these scams they think its just the natural way of ordering things online.

I sell a lot of things on craigslist when I dont need/want them anymore. I get several scammer trying to get my info and willing to pay double. A stereo system I was selling for $200 or best offer, they said they need my info to send someone to pick up the item and deliver it for them, and that they'll send me a $400 check for my time/troubles. Be careful everyone. scammers are everywhere, they'll try to get money or your info anyway they can

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Yea, any free classifieds is a good way to get scammers.

If its broken english, or from .uk or whatever, I tell them I am not interested in selling to them.

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Originally Posted by azpythons

well even though through reading the updates since yesterday i have to agree this guys a scammer...its still not out of the realm of possibility some rich guy wouldnt care about 1000, i mean if i had a million dollars shoot id sell a piebald to some lucky guy for like 300 dollars. Why not??

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Because, first of all, people who have a million dollars know the value of those dollars and would be hard-pressed to lose money on an obviously awesome snake. And second of all, if a millionaire would feel so generous as to give away a pied, they would go spend the extra $300 for the shipping, transport box and month's supply of food as well.

So, $300 for shipping and a month's supply of food... 4 rats for $200. Oh wait, I forgot the box... So 4 rats for... Oh what the heck, $100. That's for $100 for a box that must have been lined with a row of cubic zirconia... But even if that pied eats Russian Dwarf Hamsters, that's still a bit much...

I was really hoping it wasn't a scam... :P

"Thanks for the mail.I am located in Cameroon where i am going to ship the female piebald to your address Ok,so can you give me your phone number and i will call you and also get back to me with your complete address for the shipping
Thanks"

Not Texas *cough*

Ok, so give him the phone and address of the police station next door and see what happens.

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Originally Posted by southb

Anyone want to buy a new morph? It's called the pirate ball and is wears an eye patch with a pirate hat......the super form has a parrot on it's shoulder. Just ship $400 to me at blah blah blah alabama. This is just to cover the shipping and clothing for the animal so he feel good while being in his cage instead of on the high seas.


Oh p.s. this is not a scam I can send photos to anyone that wants them.




Total bs......

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I have been looking for one of these FOREVER :rolleyes:.I will take 2 and the check is being mailed out the second tuesday of next week :gj::rofl:

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Originally Posted by Flicker

I was really hoping it wasn't a scam... :P

"Thanks for the mail.I am located in Cameroon where i am going to ship the female piebald to your address Ok,so can you give me your phone number and i will call you and also get back to me with your complete address for the shipping
Thanks"

Not Texas *cough*

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Give him your local police dept number :P

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Give him your local police dept number :P

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Now that would be funny......

On a side note this reminds me of a friend that got took for some repair work on a car. He had to take the car back and was charged $200 more so I told him before he paid to write this in the little "for" box.

For : Erotic massage with happy ending


The check was never cashed lol

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Originally Posted by southb

Now that would be funny......

On a side note this reminds me of a friend that got took for some repair work on a car. He had to take the car back and was charged $200 more so I told him before he paid to write this in the little "for" box.

For : Erotic massage with happy ending


The check was never cashed lol

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i like that one I will ahveto make a note of that type a replay for any screwy bills I get ..