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WARNING TO SELLERS USING THIS SITE: If you add your email address to your advert, you are more than likely to receive emails which may appear foreign, offering to buy your horse, horsebox or other item. This is a scam. DO NOT GIVE YOUR BANK OR CREDIT DETAILS TO ANYONE. ONLY ACCEPT CASH OR CLEARED CHEQUES. The emails should be ignored and deleted.
And a similar warning has been posted on the Horse and Hound website....click here
BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF SCAM EMAILS OFFERING TO BUY YOUR HORSE, HORSEBOX, SADDLE ETC. Ignor and delete these emails and NEVER give your bank details or credit details to anyone!
Example 1:
Best Regards
Example 2: (Sender: mandilas lopez <alexlopez332000@yahoo.com> subject line: interested in your horse Rocky')
"DEAR SELLER.
I INTRODUCE MY SELF AS ALEX LOPEZ, A SUCCESSFUL
BUSIONESS MAN IN THE STATE,WELL, I AM PLAINING TO MOVE AWAY FROM MY FORMER HOUSE
TO A NEW ONE BUT WHILE BROWSING SEARCHING FOR A HORSE TO RIDE WITH TO MY NEW
HOME I FOUND THIS HORSE AND I WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE SALES SO THAT I AND MY
FAMILY CAN MOVE DOWN TO OUR NEW HOME WITH THE HORSE .PLEASE DUE TO MY
DREAM HORSE I WILL LIKE TO PURCHASE THIS HORSE .PLEASE EMAIL ME THE DETAILS
SO THAT WE CAN DISSCUSS ON HOW TO ARRANGE FOR THE PICK UP.
REGARDS."
Example 3: (sender: maufar banju <manufarban11@yahoo.com>, subject line: INTERESTED IN BUYING..........................ITEM.............................................GET BACK TO ME TODAY)
"Dear seller,
I hereby wish to inform you that i am interested to purchase your
items .....Kindly give me your asking price also the condition
as at now.Will you accept a certified cheque as payment?.I have a
secretary and colleague ofmine who will be ready to send you payment by
post when we both agree on terms.
1.YOUR FULL NAME THAT WILL BE ON THE CHEQUE...
2,YOUR FULL ADDRESS ............
3,YOUR CONTACT PHONE # ..........
4,YOUR LAST PRICE.........
5,YOUR ZIP CODE.............
As regards shipment, you don't have worry yourself because i have a shipper
who is ready on ground for pick up and shipments.hoping to hear from you
soonest.
manufarban
Kind regards
GET BACK TO ME .....ASAP"
Example 3:
This was from a James Williams
Hello,
I saw your advert and i'm interested in purchasing your{
horse }with the price of{offer}.
I will want you to get back to me with the following info.
1.It's present condition
2.An updated pics{if any}
3.Your last price. I will make payment with a cheque.
Hope to hear from you in earnest.
Example 4:
And this one was from a Nicholas Cage!?:
Hello seller,
Inrespond to your advert. I will like to
inform you that i am much
interested in your horse that you have for sale. I am located in uk
but now
i am in scotland for business. Kindly get back to me with the last offer you
have on it, also with the present condition of it.
I will be waiting to hear from you soonext.
Best regard
nicholas.
Example 4: The following is the dialog between a seller on the website and a prospective buyer from abroad - we believe this to be a scam due to the responses of the foreign prospective buyer, to the seller of the trailer. The script in red is emailed by the prospective buyer.
Hello,
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Hello, N:B:-I WAITING FOR THE CHEQUE TO CLEAR BEFORE THE PICK-UP.
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(Reply from seller of trailer): Thanks
for your email, before proceeding any further I would very much
like
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Subject: Urgent Reply needed with
your details for the payment as soon as Hello, |