is this a scam??

i got this email today very strange as ive not messaged any one about prices on ball pythons hmmmm.....



Hello and thank you for your e-mail, these ball pythons and related morphs are very healthy and have all their veterinary check-ups. These ball pythons and related morphs have all their legal papers for transportation.This is the price list of ball python morphs and related morphs below. The prices of these ball pythons includes their delivery costs to your location. Delivery will be well made to you by flight from my location, Spain.

Albino boa cost ........................................................£200,
Albino Ball Pythons costs ...........................................£350,
Piebald Ball Pythons costs ..........................................£350,
Axanthic Ball Pythons costs ........................................£350,
Pastel Ball Pythons costs............................................£250,
Caramel Ball Pythons costs ........................................£250,
Lavender Ball Pythons costs .......................................£400,
Snow Ball Pythons costs ............................................£450,
Pinstripe Ball Pythons costs ........................................£350,
Spider Ball Pythons costs ...........................................£600,
Ringer Ball Pythons costs ...........................................£650,
Platinum Ball Pythons costs ........................................£700,
Tiger python cost ......................................................£350,
Blue-Eyed Leucistic Ball Pythons cost ...........................£750,
Lemon Blast Ball Pythons cost .....................................£425,
Bumblebee Ball Pythons cost ......................................£370,
Pastave Ball Pythons cost ..........................................£438,
Super Pastel Ball Python cost .....................................£370,
Lesser Platinum Ball Pythons cost ...............................£259,
Cinnamon Ball Pythons cost .......................................£200,
Ghost or Hypo Ball Pythons cost .................................£280,
Mojave Ball Pythons cost ............................................£300,
Hypo Cinnamon Ball Pythons cost ...............................£1000.



With this price list you can please get back to me with your order. Thanks and waiting for your answer. Sincerely.




















what do you guys think???

Scam. Those morphs are far too cheap to be real.

Sounds like a scam to me, especially if you didn't contact anyone. And the fact that they're in another country throws up another red flag for me. And for 350 for a piebald, I'd swim the ocean to spain to pick one up myself. My vote is SCAM.

yeah i thought they were cheap to good to be true springs to mind


i replied to the email asking for website contact number etc... lol

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Originally Posted by JulieInNJ

Sounds like a scam to me, especially if you didn't contact anyone. And the fact that they're in another country throws up another red flag for me. And for 350 for a piebald, I'd swim the ocean to spain to pick one up myself. My vote is SCAM.

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those prices are in pounds. so 350 pounds is something like 550 US dollars. still pretty low for a piebald. but i still think its a scam also until they send you the info you ask for and youve properly vetted them.

It's goofy looking.

For one thing, in the general market males usually cost less than females, but that list doesn't reflect it. Ringers are priced highers than lavendars, caramels priced the same as pastels, snows priced lower than spiders--the whole list reeks of being compiled by someone that doesn't know jack about morphs and their pricing.

Could you post the e-mail headers? I can see where it's from (country wise)...

If it's from some country in Africa, well... :colbert:

heres the email address it came from



adalbertoreptiles@hotmail.com

If you have to stop and think, "hmmm is this a scam?" I would stay away from it.

Yep scam.and who would sell a ball python for 438.00 lol.

SCAM I have received info form the same email adress prices were in US dollars and when I asked for country of origin it was in africa. This scam has been around for alittle while so again I say SCAM:O

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Delivery will be well made to you by flight from my location, Spain

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This is Nigerian con artist speak for "please be a sucker"...scam all the way

Prices seem to match that of the US prices on most listed. But its still a scam

Lemon Blast £425 which is 668 USD.

Scam, a Spider is more expensive than a Tiger on that list.

This scam has been around almost as long as ball pythons have.

I've also seen it for exotic birds, spiders, lizards, dogs, rabbits and guinea pigs.

Any time you think to yourself, "Wow! That seems like a really low price for that {insert animal here} you can bet it's a scam.

And if the fact that you didn't ask anyone for the information in the first place isn't enough to convince you, the fact that they aren't in the same country as you are should!

Gale

The email address isn't the headers of an email. You have to get those from the email itself XD

Anytime you see a £ instead of a $ id be worried lol

Contact: e-mail: adalbertoreptiles@hotmail.com phone: 40/657300 hamburg, Germany

Well I see you guys got my EMails I sent out

but why dont you like my pricing :( ;)

there's a very old saying
'If it looks to good to be true, it probably is..'
this smells of major scamage to me :colbert:

Also a Bee is more than a Pied! Anywhere there is big money to be made, you will have scammers! First flag is them sending you a list of prices that you didn't ask for! I saw an ad about Ball Python eggs for sale and when I placed the order the guy sent me a bill for a higher price then listed and he said he would include a second egg free! When I questioned him about the price difference, he never responded again! If you don't know the person or if it's not a well known breeder, never send money! Always do business in person!!!

If I'm not mistaken, isn't this the same list someone received through an E-mail a while back? I remember someone making a thread just like this with this very similar or same list.

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Originally Posted by snake lab

Anytime you see a £ instead of a $ id be worried lol

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Considering the OP is in the UK, why?


To all those talking about price morph variations with the US market, keep in mind this scammer may have used the UK market, and it may be different there. Or perhaps the market is different in Africa, where they are from.

Scam, but still. You have to look past certain things and look more at the language.

you may want to look over your computer for infected files or viruses if you are getting weird e-mails otherwise i also vote scam