Im in ur 419 rippin u off
Cute Puppies Being Used to Scam People Out of Money:
Apparently MySpace, and I would almost guarantee craigslist, are avenues for a new twist on and old scam. And of course we couldn’t have a scam without having the name Nigeria in the article…
Fraudulent Web sites, MySpace postings and print ads are asking people to help save puppies in desperate straits by sending money overseas, The Los Angeles Times reports.
The sites and ads usually show bulldog puppies that are said to have become stuck in Nigeria, Cameroon or other countries and are offered free to new owners. A variation offers the expensive purebred English bulldogs at vastly discounted prices, the Times reports.
Victims eventually were asked to send hundreds of dollars to cover expenses such as shipping, customs, taxes and inoculations.
Some reported paying more than $1,500. But no matter how much was paid, no puppies arrived, the Times reports. And even the pictures of the pooches likely are fraudulent. In the last couple of months, local business bureaus across the country increasingly have been getting complaints, Cox said.
I have to admit, that’s pretty clever. Appalling but clever.
Here’s some helpful advice. Do not do online business with third world countries, especially Nigeria.
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5 opinions for Im in ur 419 rippin u off
BelchSpeak
May 29, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Q: What is Nigeria’s leading export?
A: Spam.
katie
May 29, 2007 at 12:34 pm
LOL LOL LOL
Ain’t it the truth!
BelchSpeak » Cutest Nigerian 419's Evah!
May 29, 2007 at 1:01 pm
[…] From FoxNews here, with a hat tip to MyCrimeSpace. […]
Morgan Marlowe
May 30, 2007 at 12:07 am
I actually had someone attempt to scam me with some puppies, recently (I really want a French Bulldog). The individual asked buyers to send a money order to a suspect mailing address that was actually in a foreign country. However, I was able to PhotoShop and extract an American phone number from a PostIt in the background of one of the photos of the pups. I Googled the phone number and found a personal jet dealership. When I Googled the owner’s name, I found that she bred bulldogs.
Basically, the scammer had attempted to pass off her photos as photos of his own “imaginary” puppies. He was just too stupid to make sure he wasn’t using photos with the true owners’ contact information in them!
Bob
May 30, 2007 at 9:07 am
Why oh why are people dumb enough to fall for this?
I seen where they fall for those nigeria scams too.
People just believe EVERYTHING they read on the internet. And that is sad that people are so dumb
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