Posted: 4/28/2008 5:23:45 PM EDT
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I have a feeling that someone was trying to scam me. They listed a free bulldog in TN on craigslist. I responded to the ad asking questions. Here is the reply. What do you guys think?  
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Next time I respond it won't be so nice. I told them that I was not interested and did not want to have a puppy shipped from a different country and that I hope they find it a good home. |
I know that is why I responded to the ad. I could not imagine a free bulldog. First thing I asked is why are you getting rid of it? |
Because the ad was under TN craigslist. They did not say it was coming from Cameroon until they were trying to get me to send money! |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
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in which the trickster would tell the scam victim that a (fictitious) rich prisoner had promised to share (non-existent) treasure with the victim if the latter would send money to bribe the prison guards.
Just got this email...haha!
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Now that you have caught one, it is a good time to have some fun!!!!! www.419eater.com/ It's a pretty fun hobby... you get bonus points if you can convince them to send you money for some silly fee you made up 
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Haha, actually I found some stuff one one of those sites where a lady with a similar name was giving her dog away for a shipping fee because it could not live in the African climate. This lady was giving her dog away because it could not live in the French climate.
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How about this Craigslist scam: http://huntsville.craigslist.org/zip/654695802.html Free ATV & Playstation 3 Reply to: see below Date: 2008-04-24, 12:48PM CDT I do not know who posted the add for the free ATV and playstation 3 because of a divorce, but I do not have this stuff nor am I getting a divorce. Who ever did this put it on here to try to make me mad. Sorry for the inconvience to anyone, but I did not place this add. * it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests PostingID: 654695802 |
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I love those african scammers, I hope they never get shut down, and these days anyone dumb enough to fall for their shit deserves it. There is a site out there were a guy details how he sold a bunch of busted laptops packed in old CD roms to make the boxes heavier. The african scammer had to pay shipping. All the laptops had " Anus " scratched into the screens. Damn that is funny. |
| I get stuff like that all the time for craigslist posts and just delete them. I don't even write back to say no or whatever because I suspect they flag my ads. If you want to keep it local, try putting something such as "Item is available for local sale only". That has cut down a little on the BS emails I receive. |
"Butch" sent 9 DHL deliveries to the lads in Africa reverse charges. The stuff he sent was hilarious. Washer, dryer, almost sent an air conditioner. |
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It is a scam. I have a client (older lady) who fell for that ad last year. They bilked her out of thousands of dollars and she never got her dog. First she paid the $120 for shipping (BS, airfare from Africa is way more than that), then they needed more money for the paperwork. After that it was more money to pay off the people in "quarantine." The issues kept coming a few weeks apart along with new pics of the cute dog to pull on the heartstrings. Run Away Fast. BTW: You would think people living in Cameroon would know how to spell Cameroon.
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