Hi!
Interestingly, we just had a litter of puppies and have been advertising them in several spots. The most prominent is www.puppyfind.com.
Within a couple of days we had successes with truly interested people. But then we started getting rather confusing texts from "Karen Matens", saying that she was deaf and didn't have many texts, and could we email her the details about the puppy deal.
Here are a couple of the texts that we received;
"ok I want u to know that due to my hearing impaired condition I can only be reach via email and here and I also want you to know that the problem is that I don't have access to text much that is why I want you to email me and I also u to know that I have already saw the pic"
Along with her number and email being:
[email protected] 903-732-6787
Fortunately, we googled the phone number and ended up here. Thank you to Cp for posting.
We did send an email, while we were trying to figure out what the story was, and this is the reply we received.
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"Hello ,
Thanks for your response..it was due to my hearing impaired that lead to the Email,and i would love to buy 1 lovely male puppy for my son,Concerning the payment i am going send you my check and i would need the following details for the check to get you fast.....Here is the information needed for the check to get you soon...
Your...Full Name
Your..Mailing address, no p.o.box please
Your...direct telephone number both home and cell.?
Final price....
Acceptance Of My Offer
Pls get back to me with the information so that the check can be sent out to you as soon as possible...Concerning the shipping company of my new family member which am buying for my Son gift,my shipping company will come for the pick up at your location so don't worry about the shipment i will take care of that and the check will be overdraft after you received the check you deduct the money that is accrues to you and will help me to send the remaining balance to my shipping company through via western union or money gram outlet for the pick in your location ,Looking forward to hear from you ..
n.b== i will give you extra $50 to reserve for me..
Thanks"
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So then we looked at the email we received back, and we found the source of the email's IP address. 41.150.196.223, Using this site; http://www.iplocation.net, we found out that the IP address happens to be in Johannsburg, South Africa.
This is certainly a classic scam!
Thank you 800Notes and thank you Cp!
Liz