Is this a scam- pet bird to give away

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:36 pm

^^^ The lad got all in order for me. I got 1,2,3,4 and 5.
2,3 and 4 show a nice pair of white legs in each shot. Smile

I'm currently waiting for the lad's delivery charges to have the bird flown into some ass-end airport in the middle of nowhere.

Edit. This lad works fast. It took him less than 2 minutes to get back to me with a price of $382.22. I must find out which courier company he is using as getting that information so quickly from them, proves that they are very professional.
I'm confident that this bird will be mine before any of you others get your grubby little fingers (or in GP's case - teeth) on her.

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:50 pm

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Thanks very much for the reply and sorry for the late reply..i have been in the hospital my wife had a car accident yesterday on her way to the office so i have been with her all day hope you understand...i most say am very happy the way you sound in your mail like honest people to do business with..in the attachment are recent pictures of Liza hope you are going to love (7 pics attached) ...Caper i like you get back to me with your address so that i can proceed with the shipping negotiations...
Waiting

I responded but forgot to add my address Laughing

Quote:

Dear State,

Let me express my sincere sympathy for your wife's accident. Is she doing OK? This is a terrible thing to happen so close to the holidays. Will she be out of the hospital by Xmas? Please don't apologize about such things. I'm sure the bird is well taken care of and family does come first.

I feel so bad discussing the bird knowing what you must be going through right now, but the pictures are beautiful. I've never had a bird before and am very excited.

Best wishes to you and your wife for recovery.
Caper

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:22 pm

7 pictures!!!!???

This cannot be. I feel cheated and dirty.
But never mind. I am making plans to pay as I write.
It will be mine!!!

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:47 pm

Hah!!!! You're all too late
This lad answers quick. 5 emails in one day.

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On Dec 2, 2007 10:05 AM, edgar <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi.

My details are as follows.

Edgar Quimbeast.
55, Monghead Road.
Lower Gooley.
Cornwallshire.
UK.

I hope to hear from you soon with details on how I should make the
payment.

And the deal clincher which means you're all going to have to settle for budgies. His reply:

Quote:

All you need to do now is to go and send me the money via western union
money transfer so that immediately i get the money,i will arrange the
papers for the adoption,book the next available flight and then get back
to you with the flight details.You will use the address below to send the money.
NAMES......................SUH AMABO HERIBERT
COUNTRY....................CAMEROON
STATE......................YAOUNDE
CITY.......................DOUALA
ZIP CODE...................00237
TEST QUESTION..............WHO IS GREATER
TEST ANSWER................GOD
When you are done with the transfer,you will get back to me with the
money transfer control number(MTCN) and the senders first and second
names.so i will be waiting for you.
Thanks and my regards.

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:07 pm

Dagnabbit, the pictures of Liza he sent me were all BLURRED beyond recognition and bloated to over 20 megabytes each. At least they were when I sent them back to him with my complaint.

Anyway, the bird will be mine. My poor crippled children will love her especially with cornbread stuffing.

EDIT: Apparently the wife's accident was quite bloody, but this transaction comes first!

Quote:

Gerry,
I am so sorry to hear about your wife's car accident! You need to attend to her, so perhaps we should wait to do this transaction at a later time.

I can hold the shipping money aside and perhaps get the bird for little Tim@ntha's birthday next year. Tim@ntha is severely crippled by h1ngitis but she should survive at least through next October. I have a box under my bed for keeping cash for future gifts for the children and the $382.22 will go in there right away.

In the meantime, please go take care of your poor wife. When she was run over was there much blood and squishiness? Yucky! Give her my best.

L'Chaim and remain blest,
Herb

Quote:

Thanks very much for the mail and thanks very for the concern..she had the accident two day back...well the condition is not as bad as you thing...well have the problem with that she is fine as let go ahead with transaction i really ned to send Liza to a new home..try and understand...there was blood all over the place but everything is fine now...
I will be waiting for your mail...

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

here's a suggestion- ask them if the bird talks and ask them to put the bird on the phone....threaten to nix the deal if they don't or something....I backed-off because I broke the numero uno rule....I mistakenly use a 'good' email address....

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:53 pm

You do all realize that there are myriad forms to be completed before a pet bird can be shipped into the United States? Evil or Very Mad

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/vs/e_forms/

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

well....get him to do em

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:18 pm

Of course, but after he sends me a veterinarian's certification (with RSOT?) that his bird is free of diseases that could endanger my h1ngitis-crippled children.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:19 pm

I have other plans for this Macaw rustling asswipe rather than filling in forms.
I've just bounced a couple of WU payments on him and am going for his bank details. Hopefully, he should be good for a couple of accounts.
Then I'm gonna chop his dollar. Twisted Evil

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:06 pm

I can now watch the birdie.

I had to slap her for not sending me all of the birdie pictures.

I now have all seven.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:40 am

I got this response:

Quote:

Thanks very much for the compliment and sorry for the late reply i been all day in with my wife in the hospital she had a car accident on her way to the office..i have no problem with that the doctor taking care of my wife has just call me so i am herding to the hospital when i come back am going to scan then and sent to you ...
Thanks...

We have been going back and forth a couple days, when I asked for the vet papers that is what I received. He hasn't given me a price yet, but I keep telling him how it would make my kids Chirstmas

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

any news?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:43 pm

I'm just waiting for him to get back to me with alternative payment details.
Damn my picky Post Office for refusing to send WU payments to Africa. Mad

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:50 pm

Haven't heard from her since December 4.

I think the birdie has flown away.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:28 pm

Sucka is being recalcitrant about filling in REQUIRED (though slightly altered) US Dept of Agriculture importation forms, but at least I'm still hearing from him. He knows I have money set aside for the shipping but we haven't even gotten to WU yet.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:24 pm

Well suckers!!! He loves me.
Say "Bye-bye birdy". Laughing

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Thank very much for the mail and for the information..i like honest people..i want to believe i had let you know i my wife had a car accident some few days back..she is fine i just came back from the hospital with her...Thanks to God i have been praying for that...well concerning the transaction you had with the western union you don't have a reason to be angry with your post office went i was in the states i heared about that also in Nigeria...well is just a matter of trust but let me ask you a question do you really trust me??
Please am not that kind of a person just go ahead and send the money if you are really in love with Liza am not going to fail you i have never don't that.. i proposed western union because since i came to Cameroon western union and Money gram are the most reliable means i have been using to send money to my Mother back in the states..so if you are not comfortable with the western union then go ahead and send the money through Money gram i will will be very comfortable with that all i want is a safe and faster means were we are not going to have a problem..so i will want you to get back to me if you are comfortable with that.. get back to me if you wish to send the money through western union or Money gram...
Thanks...and waiting to here from you ...
Kindly regards...

See? He likes honest people. That's where you guys are going wrong.

And then, as an afterthought, he sent this:

Quote:

Please all i want is your trust just go ahead and send the money and you are going to have Liza in your arms before you know it..i promise.....Thanks...

All you gotta do is trust the lad. Wink

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

sounds like a real gem.....

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:33 am

Little bugger.
Looks like he's dropped me. I asked him for bank details and he's told me he's sold the parrot to someone else.
He's not getting off that easy. Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:00 pm

Bastidge dropped me too. When I submitted my complaint he replied

Quote:

God bless you for your insult.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

this one's suspect also

found it today...note the languae is very similar to the original

http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-pets-birds-for-sale-Healthy-talking-African-grey-pair-parrots-for-rehoming-W0QQAdIdZ31858280

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

If planning on bait do it fast 'cuz I'm going to notify the site

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Posts: 75

ads. gone already...

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:53 pm

It's good you asked, here it is:

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:38 pm

When he dropped me I thought I'd abuse him from another baiter account. Instead it's turned into a rinse and repeat.

My multi-Babelfished abuse:

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Start of his lengthy response:

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Hello,,,
Merry Christmas to your entire family in advance.I Have a Beautiful Baby Hand Fed Blue & Gold Macaw . She is very cute and playful.she has been hand fed since birth and is very accustomed to human contact.i work with her for hours each day. <clipped>

Excellent.

EDIT: This char being exceptionally lazy, I just edited his original email to express my interest. I feel like the old interactive conversation program ELIZA.

Quote:

Hello,,,
Merry Christmas to your entire family in advance as well! I would love to have a Beautiful Baby Hand Fed Blue & Gold Macaw . It is nice to hear that she is very cute and playful. How amazing that she has been hand fed since birth and is very accustomed to human contact. Do you really work with her for hours each day? I am sure the hand feeding process has made her to be a very tame bird. Is it true that she is not born tame like most domesticated animals? Will I have to work with her for hours a day or else she will quickly revert back to her natural instincts which are not human friendly? I guess I will have to think about it before I get into the whole stuff.
<etc etc>

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