i received a email from a man in america wanting to purchase my dog i had for sale he had a contact in this country who would come and collect my dog he would be paying buy cheque which would be made out to the sum of 3200.00 pounds when my dog was only advertised for 450.00 i had to cash it and wire him the remaining balance. well i smelt a rat and told him were to go i posted a warning on the web site i advertised on and i most have had 50 replies from people who have been caught out buy this man and are now thousands of pounds out of pocket so please be careful. if any one noes were i can report this man to on the internet please let me no.

Not sure how this scam works

Is he bouncing the cheques or reselling the dogs or what?

Please join the forum and tell us about it - it's simple and free :)

The person doing the scam gets the dog and the cash and the person who fell for it gets sweet F all!!!
Don't know how anyone could think that it would be anything other than a scam though as it's so obvious????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This guy has been doing the rounds in America as well, it is a big scam he gets the pups you get nothing.

There is a goverment body set up to deal with internet fraud/crime.
Here is the link fraud
Regards,
Linda

The scam works by offering to pay you well over the odds for your dog (by cheque). They then ask you to send the difference to them (for whatever reason they give ) . People have returned the difference to them and then the original cheque has bounced leaving the owner out of pocket :(
I am actually surprised that some people are so niave as to go ahead with this transaction ?? Maybe I am just too cynical :rolleyes:

I heard the same post as this a few months ago? im sure of it

It comes in lots of guises - quite a lot of supposed "african" noblemen or oil people use this scam where they ask for your bank details and then basically fleece you .
I actually dont feel sorry for people who respond to these scams as they are so blatant :o

I know a wonderful sport called "Scammer baiting" - see here.
:)

wouldn't the easy answer be to wait for his cheque to clear before sending one to him? :)

What a laugh that site is Jeangenie. I've been reading it for the last half hour! They are a bunch of very funny guys. I think they would have to be on my "top ten to dinner list" just for the entertainment!!!
;-)

That site's almost my other home!
:D

Ebola Monkey man is my favourite ...have been following his exploits for a while ;) :p

Wonderful :p :p