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Send cash or the puppy gets it
NIGERIAN SCAMS have a new twist that involves threatening the deaths of cute puppies and fluffy kittens.
Apparently Aussie animal lovers are being targeted in an email campaign in which the scammers hope to get shedloads of cash by selling puppies and kittens that don't exist.
Joanne Sillince, of the Pet Industry Association of Australia, said the scam was based in Nigeria and Cameroon.
The scammers nick the pets' names and photos from legitimate Australian businesses to advertise non-existent animals on a fake website.
They provide names of transport companies that will deliver the pets and threaten that the pet will be killed if not sold quickly.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Central Coast resident Jackie Murray placed a wanted ad for a goldendoodle puppy on a reputable pet website. A 'goldendoodle' is a cross between a golden retriever and poodle.
She was contacted by someone who was prepared to offer her his goldendoodle at a price that was a lot cheaper than others.
She got an email with a logo that had been knocked off from a legitimate pet transport company, along with a shipping tracking number and bank account details from Western Union in Cameroon.
She didn't go ahead with the purchase. Apparently under similar circumstances the scammers have threatened that the dog or cat will be destroyed if the deal did not go ahead.
It amounts to "Send us your dosh or the puppy gets it." This is probably the funniest Nigeran email scam we have heard since Haile Selassie's chauffeur tried to flog us his shares in Intel. µ
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Surprising that it took so long for them to resort to this.
Yet another reason to not allow riffraff countries on the internet.
toby was saved 3 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Toby
There is a sucker born every second of the day.
I always figured suckers were 60x as prevalent as ol' P.T. estimated...
National Lampoon, the magazine that gave us "Animal House" and "Vacation", did something like this in the 1970's. As a joke the ran a cover with a picture of a dog with a gun to its head and the caption "Buy this magazine or the dog gets it!"
How unoriginal.
It is with heart full of hope and gods wish that I write to seek your help. With animal euthanasia looming under the global credit crunch, now is the time for us to show the world just how much we care. It's just not right. Hungry puppies and kittens in our very own country are living at or just below the poverty line! Atrocious! And, as if that weren't bad enough, they will be deprived of bisquits. But now you can help! For about five thousand nairas a day--that's less than the cost of a latte at some resorts--you can help a cute puppie or fluffy kitten remain economically viable during their time of need.
Five thousand naira a day may not seem like a lot of money to you, but to a S. O. B. it could mean the difference between a flee dip or the gas chamber.
"HOW WILL YOU KNOW I'M HELPING?"
Each month, you will receive a complete financial report on the puppie or kitten you sponsor. Detailed information about his stocks, bonds, 401(k), real estate, and other investment holdings will be mailed to your home. You'll also get information on how he plans to invest the $5 million lump sum youhe will receive upon retirement. Plus upon signing up for this program, you will receive a photo of the puppie or kitten (unsigned). Put the photo on your refrigerator to remind you of other peoples' suffering.
First of all, you have to transcribe the letter below in to your letter headed paper, or plain paper, and send it back to me so that I will submit it to the INTERNATIONAL REMITANCE DEPARTMENT of the bank...
...I will require you to also send me your private telephone and fax numbers, I will submit this also to the bank, I want you to act as the real beneficiary of the fund in question. I will also want you to send me the front and back photocopy of your international passport or driver's licence...
If everyone started replying with bogus information to the nigerian e-mail scammers we could waste all thier time and maybe a save a few people who fall for these items.
There is a sucker born every second of the day.
lol, made me laugh.