watch out for scammers.. an email i got (cl)

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Hello,

I must say you are a nice person and i believe and trust in you that you will take care of this animals and always keep in contact with me each blessed month.Sitted on a wheel chair means alot stress to me and i trust and beleive solemnly that GOD will come to my rescue someday though some people might have fun of me.

Adopting 2 of my Ball Pythons will cost you 445.00 US Dollars since its a direct flight to your home and 1 will cost 245.00 US Dollars.I will probably need the following informations from you which will enable me proceed with the transportation to your home.

How many of my animals are you interested in adopting??

I will need your Full Names??

Home Address??

Nearest Airport to your home??

If everything seems understood now then get back to me for my money transfer details asap so that we can proceed with the shipment.

Thanks once more and God bless your endervous

Below are the various animals on my list of adoption.

4 Piebalds

3 Albinos

4 Spider

2 Clown

1 Pastel.

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Boy did I see right through that one! :weirdface the original CL add was something very simple "i need to find homes for my Bp's" needless to say i was quite amused.

wow. For a second I was convinced he was the REAL DEAL!

:colbert:

what a turd.

They would be so much more realistic (and believable) if they would just learn to type proper English. :rolleyes:

The horrible English gives it away.

uhmmmm...yea.

what a db.

:rolleyes:

I think the bad english is supposed to make you think he's dumb enough to adopt out the high dollar morphs for "only" that small shipping fee.

I wrote one a real nice message the other day about adopting his ball python eggs,The kicker they come with there own incubators :O :8: :8: :8:.I told him his mother would become a goat when he read my message :rofl: :rofl:.Of course they fear goats so he must have passed out because he never replied back :8: :rofl: :rofl:

lol i have no idea y but i read taht with an english accent but wow people will say anythin for a buck

I'd take 2 Pieds for $445....

Better yet get one for free

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Hi there,Thanks for the mail. I have a male albino and a female piebald
ball pythons available to go out , They are hand raised and with all
papers,has been fully checked, captive breed and also tested and have
a good relationship with other pets and vet checked with up to date vet
records.they are ready to go for adoption with free snakes box.I am
looking for a good home and will meet up any requirements if need to be
shipped.their weights are 442g and 507g and each are a little over 2
ft. long, will come with a cites permit and 10months and 12months and
1year old respectively. They will be going out for free adoption and a
free box and all you need to pay is the shipping fee . I am giving
them for adoption because i am here for an
assignment and my job requires a lot of time so i immediately realized
that they are going to be lonely and as you know they are very delicate
creatures and need a lot of care and devotion and that is why i have
decided to give them out to a loving and caring home where they will be
loved and will be given all the time they need, so if you are
interested.get back lets see how they get home..
Where are you located and How soon do you want the snakes?,
how many? and if needs to be shipped, then get back to me with your full address and the address of
the closest airport to your location so that i should contact the
shipping agency right away for flight reservation.
Thanks and Waiting
for the infos

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^^^ Reply i just got back from a person

Hey, can you ask him for me if he has any Axanthics? :rofl:

i just got a email back saying they are being shipped from cameroon:rolleyes: Youd think they would get smart and pick a different location every once and a while.

Alright... they are getting a little better, but only by a bit. They just sent me their website, which i found amusing

http://animalsrescue.htmlplanet.com/photo3.html


BUT... it was from a different email address, and one heck of a story with horrible grammar about why they are getting rid of them.

Alright, here is the newest update( sorry for sorta highjacking the thread a little)

I asked why he had two different email adresses, and he replys

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My account there is having some difficulties sending emails.I don't understand why but we can proceed here OK.

How many of my morphs are you interested in adopting?

Best regards

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Yet at the SAME time I got this from the original email

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Am in Bamenda so can i send you some few photos?

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:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Ashley, we may have the same guy? Same prices

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Transporting a single Ball Python will cost you 245.00 US Dollars while adopting 2 Ball Pythons will cost you 445.00 Dollars which marks a discount adopting from 2 and above

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does anyone know who those pictures belong to?

No, but im almost 100% sure that I have seen that rack before:weirdface

found one stolen from ballpythonmorphs.com.

http://www.ballpythonmorphs.com/imag...os/fac/03l.jpg

Those are some Bad A$$ clowns, who's ever they are!

I knew I recognized Celia's pic and EBN animals

The Pastel

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/select_05pastelbp.html

The Clown

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/image.../clown/01l.jpg

And the rest of them

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/ballcollection.html

Has anyone notified the picture/snake's owners that this scammer is using their stuff to try and rip people off? Also have you notified CL that these are stolen pictures and from where they were stolen?

I notified the place where this guy has his stuff hosted. hopefully enough e-mails will take the site down...

http://members.freeservers.com/cgi-b...rt_a_violation

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Has anyone notified the picture/snake's owners that this scammer is using their stuff to try and rip people off? Also have you notified CL that these are stolen pictures and from where they were stolen?

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I emailed Sean and Celia about it!

I wrote them a LOVE letter :rolleyes: :rofl: :rofl:.

Thank you very much Deborah for passing this information along to us! Unfortunately, this happens all too often and all we can do is police it once someone becomes aware of the copyright violation.

I sent the following email to the host company:

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Hello,

One of your users has put together a website trying to cheat/scam innocent people out of money. The website claims that he is trying to "adopt" out some snakes for money and he has photos shown on his website of these snakes.

However ALL the photos listed on his website are copyrighted by us, Exotics by Nature and this individual does NOT have our permission to use these photos. He does NOT own these animals and is using the photos of them in violation of copyright laws.

All the photos he has shown on his website can be found on our website at:

www.BallPythonMorphs.com or www.ExoticsbyNature.com

Specifically:

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/select_05pastelbp.html

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/image.../clown/01l.jpg

http://www.exoticsbynature.com/ballcollection.html

There is also a discussion of this individual on another reptile forum...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=67243

I also have the original, full sized versions of all the photos as proof that we own the copyrights to these pictures.

I hope you will be able to remove this website before any innocent people get scammed out of sending this individual their hard earned money.

Feel free to contact us if you need any more information.

Thank You,

Sean Bradley
Owner : EbN

Celia Chien
Webmaster : EbN

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Then I sent this email to the scammer:

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To Whom it May Concern:

It has been brought to our attention that you are currently using photos that are property and copyright of Exotics by Nature without our expressed written consent. This is a violation of copyright laws and we are formally requesting that you remove our photos from your website IMMEDIATELY.

We have already filed a written complaint with the company hosting your website as have several other reptile enthusiasts. If this website is not taken down or our photos removed from use immediately, we will be posting threads on Fauna Classified's Board of Inquiry ( www.faunaclassifieds.com) and Kingsnake.com to warn others of your attempts to scam people by using photos that do NOT belong to you of animals that you do NOT own.

Your immediate attention to this matter would be in your best interest.

Thank You,

Celia Chien
Webmaster : EbN

www.ExoticsbyNature.com

www.BallPythonMorphs.com
www.BoaConstrictorMorphs.com
www.CornSnakeMorphs.com

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Originally Posted by monk90222

I'd take 2 Pieds for $445....

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Yeah, how about 1 female and 1 male of those? :rolleye2:

So sorry, Sean and Celia. Guess he agrees that you had the best booth at NARBC...? :rofl:

Seriously though, if he does not cease and desist, tell him your lawyer has been contacted. Meanwhile, keep up the good work.

Do I get no credit for posting the link:P Jk, I hope his site gets taken down, he is one of the smarter scammers.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

I wrote one a real nice message the other day about adopting his ball python eggs,The kicker they come with there own incubators :O :8: :8: :8:.I told him his mother would become a goat when he read my message :rofl: :rofl:.Of course they fear goats so he must have passed out because he never replied back :8: :rofl: :rofl:

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Oh my, I got that very same ad on our Craigslist down here. The kicker for mine was not only free incubators, but babies that had hatched out 2 weeks after they were laid. LOL.

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Originally Posted by spix14

Oh my, I got that very same ad on our Craigslist down here. The kicker for mine was not only free incubators, but babies that had hatched out 2 weeks after they were laid. LOL.

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Those are the EXTRA special ones :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I followed up on this today and tried checking the scammer's website and sure enough, there was nothing there except a "File Not Found" error page. SO, I guess the emails to the host company worked!

Thanks again to everyone on this thread!

Celia

Yep, I talked to him too and was like, "Ummm, no!" What name did he go under this time?

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Originally Posted by wetceal

I followed up on this today and tried checking the scammer's website and sure enough, there was nothing there except a "File Not Found" error page. SO, I guess the emails to the host company worked!

Thanks again to everyone on this thread!

Celia

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Same here! One scammer down! for now anyways:rolleyes:

The Fraggindragon has been playing with this guy here:http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=110849 for awhile. While they are scammer scum, at least we can keep them busy AND have some fun with them. K

I was on Craig's List (Danville, VA of all places!) and saw this:
"piebald ball python for adoption for good and caring home" at
http://danville.craigslist.org/pet/684527692.html. I emailed, like a naive dummy - and got the stand email you posted!!!! EEEKKK! I tagged it as spam.