HAHA, its a puppy scam...

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 2

CALVARY GREETINGS,

MY NAME IS MRS.MARY BRIGGS, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE ON A CHRISTAIN MISSION TO AFRICA AND I CAME ALONG WITH MY PUPPY (YORKIE). AFTER A WHILE I NOTICED THAT THE AFRICAN WEATHER IS NOT GOOD FOR THE PUPPY AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER THE WAY I ALWAYS DO BECAUSE OF MY JOB.

I NEED SOMEONE TO ADOPT HER AND TAKE CARE OF HER THE WAY I ALWAYS DO.
IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF HER DO SEND A REPLY AND I WILL EMAIL YOU HER
PICTURES. I HOPE TO READ FROM YOU.
REGARDS,
MRS.MARY BRIGGS

This is weird, I wonder how she hopes to get money out of me?

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:35 am

She'll find a way. Of course you're willing to help Smile

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:39 am

Shipping fees, vaccinations, emergency vet care, the puppy will get stranded halfway and fees paid, etc. etc.
Puppy scams are fairly common, BTW. Wink

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

You might want to do a search, these puppy scams have been mentioned quite a bit. If you're going to bait it, you'll get some tips.
The money request will come in the form of shipping. It was going to cost me $350 to ship my adorable yorkie puppy here.

Master Baiter Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 139

Once you agree to help, they'll ask for your address to send the puppy. Then the requests for money come. The puppy needs shots in order to be able to leave the country, the government is demanding animal exportation fees (even though the animal is not native), shipping materials (hey, a pet carrier designed to survive air transit is expensive Rolling Eyes

), and of course while the puppy is in Africa it will need to be fed and looked after. Notice they say the puppy is not doing well in Africa. Eventually it will contract some disease and you'll be asked to help with vet bills. By this point you've spent about 300 times what a champion-sired purebred Yorkie would have cost you.

That's the way this scam works.

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:56 am

<br>Tell him you are opening a kosher puppy meat restaurant in North Korea and you need a constant supply of fresh Yorkie puppy meat.

You need the meat to be freshed killed by hanging it up side down and slitting its throat. You also need all the relevant paperwork plus photos of the product before and after processing.

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:59 am

I wonder how many differnet lads have signed on to use that particular letter. I think thats the 4th time i have seen it word for word, with the exception of a different name and email address. They didn't like me after I tried baiting them for the first time. If you want pictures of your puppy let me know. I have a couple of lovely shots already.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34

I got one like this the other day. Curiously, these puppies were a breed called "Chinchillas".. Laughing

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:25 pm

@derrick--it's bizarre that your mugus should refer to an animal--chinchilla--found only in South America.

Hi Tommo^--

My sentiments exactly but if you and I ever meet to have noon lunch in a nice bistro, please let ME do the menu ordering! LOL!

Seriously, up until 2-3 yrs ago there was a double-wide building in Northern California that was a Korean restaurant on the left side and a pet shop on the right side. I still cringe at the thought...

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 34

Jervis Tetch wrote:

@derrick--it's bizarre that your mugus should refer to an animal--chinchilla--found only in South America.

Yeah. I'm sure he meant chihuahua or something, but got them mixed up because he has an ass for a head. Whatever the case is, I found it humorous, so I'll help him save the "puppies". Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:34 pm

Email her back with a list of African spices and a recipe for grilled yorkie

EDIT: Guess I should have read the other replies before typing my own...

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:34 pm

Tommo Shanter wrote:

<br>Tell him you are opening a kosher puppy meat restaurant in North Korea and you need a constant supply of fresh Yorkie puppy meat.

You need the meat to be freshed killed by hanging it up side down and slitting its throat. You also need all the relevant paperwork plus photos of the product before and after processing.

Exactly what I was thinking... except I am running a hotdog company who specializes in grinding fresh meat to please football fans. Dogs are the prefered choice of meat because of the tender and moist meat. Wink

Make sure the owner obtains a health inspection for the animal with the health records and certifcation of clearance.

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:37 am

Mmmm. I hope it's a kosher puppy. I'm a gentile but I much perfer kosher dogs.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 28

lol i got one today aswell from the same Mary Briggs

pics can be found here:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=938458#938458

shes already asked for my address lol i asked for scans of its paperwork

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:50 am

I am currently working on her, although her email seems to be shut down. I am however toying with her shipping agent Du5t1n M1k3 at a hotmail address.

I was charged 350 pounds for shipping and now I've forwarded a phishing WU email to him saying that I entered my username and password into the (phising) website and now I can't access it, what should i do?? (hehe)

I suddenly got about 5 puppy emails in 2 days after I communicated with Mary.

The latest communique:

Dear Mr Du5t1n

I received this email below from Western Union about my account so I put my password in to activate the account.
Now I can't access the account and I can't find the money anywhere!!!! THe money I already sent you has been stolen as I can't acdess my account!!!!!!! Do you think you could help? Is it possible I could send you the money via express courier cheque or money gram as the email below seemed to have stolen my password and username!!!! I don't know what to do and I really wanted to help Miss Mary. Can I send you the money by Moneygram or the cheque as my friend used Moneygram before and recommended it.

Please what shouldi do?

Regards

Jud1th D3nch

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Western Union <[email protected] >
Date: Jul 12, 2007 2:00 PM
Subject: Account Deactivation
To:

We are contacting you regarding your Western Union account. Due to inactivity, your account has been deactivated from using our services.
Therefore, we invite you to update your Western Union profile in order to regain full access to our services.
Please go to our website by clicking here to confirm your identity and update your profile.

Please Note: If your account information is not updated within the next 24 hours, your account will be deleted.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:58 am

I played with these guys for about 3 months. Had great fun. So easy to get off script. I told them their shipping agent was crap, made them create a website for him, then refused to work with him as I thought he wouldn't care for the dog. (Dogs name was B3cky) Got the website closed down, then started all over again until my character had an unfortunate accident.
Managed to get a few bank account numbers off them too
Enjoy baiting these monkeys Wink

Not quite a Newb Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 28

she has not replied after i asked to see its papers lol

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 2:22 am

@Scam Buster

Mary Briggs just had her Yahoo address shut down by someone. I got her shipping agent to give me a new one. I'll PM you her new address.

Cheers
Lorissa

PS although i can't guarantee this is another person pretending to be Mary Briggs as well.

edit: PM sent

419Eater is my life Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 293

I want to do a puppy bait! Laughing

Anyone got a lad for me?

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:45 am

@Andronicus

PM'ed with 3 puppy addresses.

L.A.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:33 am

I love puppy baits, if anyone has some spare, let me know!

419Eater is my life Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 293

Red, I will send you one of the extra ones Lorissa sent me. I've got several baits going right now and can realistically only take on one more before I go completely crazy.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:08 am

^^^ Thanks for that, I got the PM, as I said, i'll let you know if I start working either of them so we don't use too similar tactics.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:10 am

had a bit of fun with the puppy scammers myself after the initial script and my expression of interest..

She wrote..

Quote:

hi there
well thanks for gettin along
as a matter of fact, we are having just two remaining now with the church, so if u are delighted having them, just let us know , by giving us a call throu our number we gave u last time.
these pups are two of which they are of male and female.
pleaseee, wat matters here is that they get the happiness from a true pet lover.
pleasee they are two of them, and for adoption fees, they will cost 300 pounds with other handling charges inclusive.
wat do u think of this, just get back.
thanks
stay blesssed

Dr Bunsen Honeydew wrote...

Quote:

No problem they need to be healthy and large otherwise they would not fit in well with the testing. A larger head is better as I am planning an number of impact tests funded by the UK department of defence..all top secret of course.

I am located in the UK at

Muppet labs Research Centre
Woolley Road
Alconbury
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire PE28 4HS

I can organise a pick up of the subjects and rest assured, they will recievce a lot of human attention and interaction and afterwards the animals will be sacrificed humanely when the time comes. How many can you supply and for what costs?

Still doesnt register there.....

Quote:

hi there ,
it was so nice to get from u over there
so pleasee i know i love the englishbull dog, he is named jackie, he is so lovely and very gorgeous.n he is vet checked and has all health registration papers. he comes along with one year health guaranteee.
he is housebroken wsith all and other house hold kids but he is known for its courage and its excellent guarding abilities. jackie is seeking out human attention and loving every bit it can get!! , but marty as u see, a lot of human attention is required for the breed's happiness.

The evil Dr Honeydew wrote

Quote:

Well that sounds like a good deal to me. I usually have to pay more for such good subjects for my experiments. I have spoken to the director of Impucol pharmaceutacals Dr Joseph Mengle and they are planning an extensive testing phase for the immunospuressant Dioxplas. This will involve the process of transplanting monkey kidneys into dogs and then testing the immune system responses. As the process is in the Phase 1 testing, the subjects should survive for several days afterwards and carful monitoring will be conducted. Unfortunatley it is not possible to replace the parts removed.

Please forward what is required from me to enable the procuements of the subjects.

Finally twigged....

Quote:

HI
WE ARE SO SORRY HERE BECOS WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION TO GIVE OUT PETS HERE TO FAMILIES THAT WILL BE INTENDING USING THEM AS TEST EXPERIMENT, PLEASEE WE ARE NOT FOR THAT, I AM SO SORRY FOR THIS.BUT WAT THE CHURCH WANTS HERE IS THAT, THESE PETS GET THE BEST HOME FROM THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS AND NOT FOR SUCH.
SORRY.
THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:58 am

^^^

the lad cares about the outcome of his imaginary puppies? Clearly he has lost the plot...

Offer him more money, I'm sure he'll come around Wink

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