Scam?

royaldakotabreez · 08-04-2008, 10:17 AM

I'm trying to sell my saddle, i've had a few people email me, usually just one liners asking for more pics, etc, but i opened this one today and am kinda unsure if i should respond or not.
i have a lady that's going to look at it today, but this email makes me kinda uneasy....
here's what it said:
Hello, I came across your ads via the internet and i'm willing to buy your Saddle.I will like to know the present condition ,the exact price you want to offer and payment by a cashier's check will be ok.Also,i will like to know the arrangement for the pick up at your location though i've a reliable carrier who will come to your location for the pick up of the Ad.I will want you to take the picture of the Ad using your digital camera if you have one..Get back to me immediately if you still have it for sale.Here waiting for your response. Thanks.

what do you all think?

oveywon · 08-04-2008, 11:23 AM

SCAM -- who pays with a cashier's check and uses a "reliable carrier" to pick up a saddle?

SpotADots4Me · 08-04-2008, 11:26 AM

yup. . . scam. . . its the "trying to sound professional but failing miseribly at it" wording that puts up my red flags

chukker4 · 08-04-2008, 11:29 AM

Agreed....totally a scam.

DoBeSassy · 08-04-2008, 01:23 PM

Yep, scammer.

Crookedblaze · 08-04-2008, 01:26 PM

Yep, that's a scam. It's worded weird and punctuation is horrible.

Myheartismyhorses · 08-04-2008, 01:32 PM

Definite SCAM! Reliable Carrier, cashier's check...come on! I would do a big DELETE on that email!

royaldakotabreez · 08-04-2008, 01:33 PM

thanks everyone...i didn't know whether to answer it or not. but i sold my saddle to someone close by so i wasn't going to answer either way. this was the first time i had tried to sell anything....so i just wanted to be sure

Slim Pikkens · 08-04-2008, 02:02 PM

I had one of those and we HTers had some fun with it and played along. I now have an envelope full of Travler's Checks for $400 ea to the tune of $5000. Genuine Traveler's Checks do not exceed $200 denominations.

sandy42345 · 08-04-2008, 02:14 PM

HAHAHA, SCAMMMM!. When we were selling my sons ditbike. i got all kinds of emails like that. Spelling and puncuation was horrible.

roguemare · 08-04-2008, 02:27 PM

When she read it to me I right away said SCAM...

Lady_MCSE · 08-04-2008, 02:33 PM

Rule of thumb with the internet - if you feel the need to ask someone else "do you think this is a scam?"

Then the answer is yes.

Wolfie · 08-05-2008, 01:42 AM

Perfect '"form" scam.

GreyDot · 08-06-2008, 07:04 PM

Oh YEAH. That is SO a true-blue scam. Crappy grammar, strange language, the use of the word "will" instead of "would", and the "reliable carrier" to whom you're supposed to pay... SCAM. Buddy is probably sitting in an internet cafe in Kenya, firing off emails to anyone with everything from a kitchen table to an elephant for sale.

Now, if you want to, reply to him, and have a little fun

reiningfan · 08-07-2008, 07:53 PM

That sounds like almost the exact same wording that was used by someone replying to an ad I have for a horse. I checked the IP address. It was from Lagos. I saw it for a scam from the second I saw it.

2manypets · 08-07-2008, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by royaldakotabreez

I'm trying to sell my saddle, i've had a few people email me, usually just one liners asking for more pics, etc, but i opened this one today and am kinda unsure if i should respond or not.
i have a lady that's going to look at it today, but this email makes me kinda uneasy....
here's what it said:
Hello, I came across your ads via the internet and i'm willing to buy your Saddle.I will like to know the present condition ,the exact price you want to offer and payment by a cashier's check will be ok.Also,i will like to know the arrangement for the pick up at your location though i've a reliable carrier who will come to your location for the pick up of the Ad.I will want you to take the picture of the Ad using your digital camera if you have one..Get back to me immediately if you still have it for sale.Here waiting for your response. Thanks.

what do you all think?

scam. totally.

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08-04-2008, 11:26 AM
SpotADots4Me Yearling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 623	yup. . . scam. . . its the "trying to sound professional but failing miseribly at it" wording that puts up my red flags __________________ oops, I did it again

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08-04-2008, 01:23 PM
DoBeSassy Seasoned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 4,966	Yep, scammer. __________________ There is none so blind as she who will not see

08-04-2008, 01:26 PM
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08-04-2008, 01:33 PM
royaldakotabreez Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: S. Dak Posts: 521	thanks everyone...i didn't know whether to answer it or not. but i sold my saddle to someone close by so i wasn't going to answer either way. this was the first time i had tried to sell anything....so i just wanted to be sure __________________ Saving one horse might not change the world, but it will change the world for one horse...

08-04-2008, 02:02 PM
Slim Pikkens Started Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,948	I had one of those and we HTers had some fun with it and played along. I now have an envelope full of Travler's Checks for $400 ea to the tune of $5000. Genuine Traveler's Checks do not exceed $200 denominations.

08-04-2008, 02:14 PM
sandy42345 Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: tennessee Posts: 435	HAHAHA, SCAMMMM!. When we were selling my sons ditbike. i got all kinds of emails like that. Spelling and puncuation was horrible.

08-04-2008, 02:27 PM
roguemare Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 477	When she read it to me I right away said SCAM... __________________ "Saving a horse may not change the world, but it will change the world for one horse." Melanie Bowles, founder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary

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Lady_MCSE Greenbroke Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Shytown, IL Posts: 3,504	Rule of thumb with the internet - if you feel the need to ask someone else "do you think this is a scam?" Then the answer is yes. __________________ Yes I can spell the way Webster tells me to. But why? I might spell correctly Tuesday thru Wensday tho.

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08-07-2008, 07:53 PM
reiningfan Yearling Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Western Manitoba, Canada Posts: 516	That sounds like almost the exact same wording that was used by someone replying to an ad I have for a horse. I checked the IP address. It was from Lagos. I saw it for a scam from the second I saw it.