is this a scam?

you will pay the fee darectly to the shipment airlins ok, so all i
will need from you is you complet names and address and then i will
tell the company to contact you and you will pay to them

On 10/20/10, jordan <jaawolfpak@aol.com> wrote:
> how do you want me to pay the shipping fee?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pythons home <pythonshome@sify.com>
> To: jordan <jaawolfpak@aol.com>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 5:49 am
> Subject: Re: ball pythons
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> Thanks very much for the respond.I am very happy to read back from
> ou and also very happy that you are a python lover who will take
> ery good care of the albino and the piebald pythons.All i need from
> ou now is the following address below, yes the pythons are for
> doption , all you are paying for is the for the shipping fee ok
> full Names
> ouse address
> ity
> tate
> earest airport
> hone number
> ip code
> If i have all these information, I will just go to the shipping
> irlines and proceed with the shipment and the shipping airlines will
> lso get in contact with you for confirmation.shipping fees for the
> oth is 400 OK.
> I am expecting your respond as soon as possible.
> est Regards
> On 10/20/10, jordan <jaawolfpak@aol.com> wrote:
> so i only have to pay shiping im in new york?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pythons home <pythonshome@sify.com>
> To: jaawolfpak@aol.com
> Sent: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 5:18 pm
> Subject: ball pythons
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> Hi there,Thanks for the mail. I have a male albino and a female
> iebald ball pythons available to go out , They are hand raised and
> ith all papers,has been fully checked, captive breed and also tested
> nd have a good relationship with other pets and vet checked with up
> o date vet records.they are ready to go for adoption with free snakes
> ox.I am looking for a good home and will meet up any requirements if
> eed to be shipped.their weights are 442g and 507g and each are a
> ittle over 2ft. long, will come with a cites permit and 10months and
> 2months and 1year old respectively. They will be going out for free
> doption and a free box and all you need to pay is the shipping fee .
> am giving them for adoption because i am here for an assignment and
> y job requires a lot of time so i immediately realized that they are
> oing to be lonely and as you know they are very delicate creatures
> nd need a lot of care and devotion and that is why i have decided to
> ive them out to a loving and caring home where they will be loved and
> ill be given all the time they need, so if you are interested.get
> ack lets see how they get home..Where are you located and How soon do
> ou want the snakes?, how many? and if needs To be shipped, then get
> ack to me with your full address and the address of the closest
> irport to your location so that i should contact the shipping agency
> ight away for flight reservation.I am just looking for any reptiles
> over who will take good care of our pythons. They are well trained,
> asy to handle. comes along with all accessories and will be able to
> o to any body willing to take good care of them. They are great
> aters and eats regular,they eats well and eats on frozen foods. they
> ill be ready to live with any reptiles lover willing to take good
> are of them, their parents where very healthy and they are and will
> ake a loving home pets for you Ok
> hanks and Waiting for the infos

Free Albino and Piedbald Ball Pythons? Just pay $400 shipping? Yeah sounds like a scam.

Airport and CITES? What country is this guy saying he's shipping from?

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That's my favorite part. You know how Ball Pythons hate to be lonely.

Sounds super dodgy to me, i would mail him again from a different adders and see what reply you get try and catch him out. it could be fun.

lol i will from my gfs email the post was on hoobly it said hes im washington state if i remember right i will find the ad and post it later

A very old scam.. steer clear

$300 USD
(4 available)1.1 Albino And 1.2 Piebald Pythons
Seattle, Washington
Pets & Animals: Snakes: Pythons
Ad 1501545 placed 2 days ago by nllypyt484 (member since Oct 13, 2010)
report ad email member Your Email: jaawolfpak@aol.com Not You? Message:
This ad is: ok | empty | a scam | conversational | offensive | overposted

1.1 Albino And One 1.2 Piebald Pythons
i have decided to give away my collection of albino and piebald ball pythons to interested breeders or python lovers who might want to start a breeding program or those who can take very good care of them. interested python lovers get back for more pictures and info.


this is the post on hoobly

Yes given the English (worse then mine :8:) and some of the thing said such as

Hand raised
Have a good relationship with other pets
Etc

You know you are dealing with a scammer.

Location: probably Cameroon

You wouldn't want those hand raised pythons to get lonely!

If you like you can go ahead and send me $400 also.

This scam has been all over the place for a loooong time. Check out the birds section, they're over there too. Same thing, ad listed in New York or some place - "can't take care of the birds because of new job, will have to give away free, just pay shipping".

So then you ask him - why do you need CITES? And they eventually say they're somewhere in Africa... so I tell them, find someone in Africa to adopt them then.

I'm surprised they still run these scams. You would think after all this time people would be on to them already. I guess there are just way too many people wanting free stuff that bad.

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Originally Posted by anatess

This scam has been all over the place for a loooong time. Check out the birds section, they're over there too. Same thing, ad listed in New York or some place - "can't take care of the birds because of new job, will have to give away free, just pay shipping".

So then you ask him - why do you need CITES? And they eventually say they're somewhere in Africa... so I tell them, find someone in Africa to adopt them then.

I'm surprised they still run these scams. You would think after all this time people would be on to them already. I guess there are just way too many people wanting free stuff that bad.

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People fall for them. I had a customer a year or so back who was telling me they were buying 0.3 Pieds and 1.2 Banana's. They got to telling me about this email and how they were going to wire this person money and were so excited because of the deal they were getting. I warned them this was a scam and explained the whole thing. Few months later they were calling me wanting to know if I knew of this "Breeder" in Cameroon that they could call cause they still hadn't gotten their animals.

Sent the person 2100.00 and to this day haven't even so much as gotten a return email.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

People fall for them. I had a customer a year or so back who was telling me they were buying 0.3 Pieds and 1.2 Banana's. They got to telling me about this email and how they were going to wire this person money and were so excited because of the deal they were getting. I warned them this was a scam and explained the whole thing. Few months later they were calling me wanting to know if I knew of this "Breeder" in Cameroon that they could call cause they still hadn't gotten their animals.

Sent the person 2100.00 and to this day haven't even so much as gotten a return email.

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It's hard for a jaded old guy like me to understand how someone could fall for this but it's very sad that anyone loses $2100 hard earned dollars to somebody like that.

Yep its the Nigerian scum scammers once again :mad:.If you play with him for awhile they get frustrated and tell you your mom will turn into a goat :rofl:.I would tell him i was local and will pick them up.I wonder if they can beg since they are well trained :8:

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

It's hard for a jaded old guy like me to understand how someone could fall for this but it's very sad that anyone loses $2100 hard earned dollars to somebody like that.

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Greed. You know it's too good to be true, but you want it to be soooooo badly you go with what you know can't be right because you'll, not you Dale, save so much and get such a great deal instead of using 2 brain cells and realizing that this just doesn't happen.

Ever.

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

It's hard for a jaded old guy like me to understand how someone could fall for this but it's very sad that anyone loses $2100 hard earned dollars to somebody like that.

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Agreed, even if I am not that old though ;)

Not long ago a woman in GA made the news for falling for a scam not once but twice.

She was contacted and told she won the lottery somewhere (not recalling where) and she needed to send money so the prize could be processed and money be sent to her.

When she did not receive the money she contacted the person, he apologized and said he would need one more payment from her to finalize everything and the worse is that she went for it.

Scammed not once but twice.

Scammers count on people's greed and desperation and in some cases apparently it works, from lottery scams, to online fantasy boyfriend having problem abroad & needing money to expensive animals/goods for a fraction of the cost etc

Bottom line if it's too good to be true it usually is!

I messed around with one of those lottery scammers for a week or so until he/she got really ticked at me and told me to quit playing games..lol. Told him that I was homeless with seven kids and living in Lost Springs, Wyoming (has a population of 1).

This is the email he sent me..I edited the four letter word he used at the end.

United Parcel Service Nigeria LTD
Plot 16, Oworonski Expressway
Gbagada Industrial Estate
Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234-8137053694


Attention: Harry Krotch,


Regards to your mail, well understood. Be inform that you are being requested by us to go and collect the money you sent to us back, cause in our data base still indicated INVALID western union control pick-up information in my office.

I therefore advise that do not play games with us, kindly proceed as we stated and go to the wheatland western union and pick-up your money back, then if you are still interested in claiming your funds you better go to genuine western union shop and reproceed with the require payment with the above name of CLINTON OJO in other to get this matter settle.

If you do not go and collect your money back, i guess you are playing games with us and do not border to email us any more, cause we have getting tired of you in this transactions and also know that no one $%*@s with my organisation just like the way you are doing.

Warm Regards,
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Edward Ronald
(Dispatch Officer)
Direct Line: +234-813-705-3694
Email: courfed2270@aim.com

This has been around for a while. . . these guys are in cameroon. DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY!!! They do not own these animals, nor will they send you animals. I had ran into these guys last year, and when I asked them to send me a picture of the snakes with today's newspaper, they just kept dodging me. Then they told me they were out of cameroon. Good luck on your search for real ball pythons from real breeders. I am very glad you checked here before you went ahead with paying them anything.