# sounds like a scam
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 7, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933 "2008-08-07T19:52:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@imported\_Hero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Hero)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/1 "2008-08-07T19:52:08Z")
My wife was looking through some ads on Kijiji and saw one for an English bulldog for $400. She sent an email since there was no phone number.
She got an email reply from some person stating they were living in West Africa and the dog could be purchased with a $400 Western Union Money Gram. Once received, the dog would be pet freighted.
Freakin’ scammers.
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### Author:  [@slowcivic98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcivic98)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/2 "2008-08-07T20:02:11Z")
if it sounds like a scam it probably is and im not real sure i would want a dog from west africa all the shit they got over there lol
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/3 "2008-08-07T20:07:44Z")
Pure SCAM!
Africa and Western Union are the giveaway
[http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/puppy\_scam.html](http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/puppy_scam.html)
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### Author:  [@slowcivic98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcivic98)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/4 "2008-08-07T20:09:40Z")
> [@HAPPY BIRTHDAY POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/happy-birthday-poopra/37371/18):
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> Pure SCAM!
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> Africa and Western Union are the giveaway
i have a question i thought the reason they have western union is so you dont get scammed like how does this work?
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/5 "2008-08-07T20:12:56Z")
[http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/puppy\_scam.html](http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/puppy_scam.html)
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/6 "2008-08-07T20:15:21Z")
> [@WTH:Looking for fry person/sub maker for the approx. 4-8 shift](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-looking-for-fry-person-sub-maker-for-the-approx-4-8-shift/37387/9):
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> i have a question i thought the reason they have western union is so you dont get scammed like how does this work?
It’s untraceable, anyone can send/recieve money from western union
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### Author:  [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/7 "2008-08-08T05:34:28Z")
Would an animal from West Africa (or anywhere outside the country) even be allowed in the country without a lot of importation regulations?
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### Author:  [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/8 "2008-08-08T05:42:05Z")
That’s what I was thinking, you don’t just import animals on a whim. Who the fuck falls for that stuff?
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### Author:  [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/9 "2008-08-08T06:00:29Z")
Kill some time here
[http://www.thescambaiter.com/](http://www.thescambaiter.com/)
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### Author:  [@imported\_Hero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Hero)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/10 "2008-08-08T18:58:10Z")
I was trying to look for the actual email, so I could post it here, but my wife deleted it after I told her it was a scam.
We really don’t want another puppy right now, but a $400 Bulldog will make you ask questions.
When my wife told me there was no local phone number, I was suspicious. She sent an email via Kijiji simply asking where we could look at the dog.
Freakin’ scammers will always find a way.
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### Author:  [@Heart4Audio](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heart4Audio)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sounds-like-a-scam/198933/11 "2008-08-09T12:13:33Z")
any email from africa is FAIL