Craigs list add...tell me if this sounds fishy?

[BHReptiles]

Why would he not just ship the snakes? This is a scam...

Definitely a scam! It costs less to buy the shipping supplies and do overnight shipping. $80 versus something like $500+ for a plane ticket.

Run. Away. Now. Don't look back, just run!

[dr del]

Hmm lemmee think.

Giving away piedballs, has two pictures - one of which is a spider.

They have no details listed with craigslist.

Of COURSE it's a scam.

[Alex1989]

they say the ticket is only $65...ive never herd of a plane ticket for just $65.

[Alex1989]

Hmm lemmee think.

Giving away piedballs, has two pictures - one of which is a spider.

They have no details listed with craigslist.

Of COURSE it's a scam.

seems like it to me. i just thought i would get yalls opinions and show yall the add.

[BHReptiles]

they say the ticket is only $65...ive never herd of a plane ticket for just $65.

I've gotten plane tickets for $50 before...but it was only a 30 min flight on a puddle hopper plane to the middle of nowhere. They just want to take your $65.

Sometimes...I wonder why people buy into this stuff. It's clearly a scam. Maybe I'm just paranoid by nature, but one look at that ad and it has me running for the hills.

[Alex1989]

I've gotten plane tickets for $50 before...but it was only a 30 min flight on a puddle hopper plane to the middle of nowhere. They just want to take your $65.

Sometimes...I wonder why people buy into this stuff. It's clearly a scam. Maybe I'm just paranoid by nature, but one look at that ad and it has me running for the hills.

Good thing is i haven't paid for anything. I wanted to get yalls opinion first.

[Rob]

Don't fall for that scam!

[Artemille]

I'd say there are no snakes. And he might murder you.

[Pythonfriend]

you know this super-rich guy in africa that died and now a billion dollars need to be moved and you get a cut when you set up the account and forward maybe 5000 to set things up?


its basically the same scam lotteries are running, just with the difference that there never is a winner here. You scam people out of a small amount by luring them with promises of big profit. so old, so classic, so many versions. or like photographers selling overpriced but ultimately pointless photo-shoots to wannabe models. or all the "congratulations, you won!" scams.

same pattern. know the patterns and you wont fall for it.

You could call the bluff by offering to go there and pick up the snakes yourself. with maybe some hard cash involved when you pick up the snakes. And ask for an adress and how to get there. There wont be a response.

EDIT: Of course good deals still exist! And there are honest people. But when bogus reasons come up on why you need to forward money before getting anything substantial, that should raise warning flags, always. Especially when in combination with that feeling of "to good to be true".

[towelie4365]

Its definitely a scam. He found the pictures online:

http://eereptiles.wordpress.com/2010...d-ball-python/

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...-sale-MD-DC-VA


Also, you can't bring snakes on a plane...