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| BEWARE OF THIS FRAUD!!!!
This guy "Tommy Eunice" contacted my friend and said he wanted to buy her horse....long story short; he wanted her to wire the "shipper" $ 1,400 in order for the transaction to go through ...RED FLAG!!!! He even sent a fraudulent message to her pay pal account; that the money for the purchase amount of the horse and the extra $ 1,400 was on hold in her account until he received proof of the $ 1,400 being wired to his shipper.
The whole thing was a scam trying to get her $ 1,400!
So be on the lookout for this guy.
Here is the initial email he sent. (below)
- He also called her and indicated that he is in the military (although he had such a thick foreign accent she could not understand him) saying that he was stationed abroad and he was buying the horse as a gift for his father and he really needed her to help him out with this...trying to appeal to her good faith! RED FLAG!!!
***Please feel free to share this around***
From: Eunice Tommy ;
Sent: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 7:59:16 AM
Hello,
I came across your ad and I'll like to know the following questions
regarding the ad.
How old is the horse?
what is its date of birth?
What is the Height and weight?
What is the last price ?
How many people previously owned this horse?
Why are selling the horse?
What is this horse's illness and injury history?
I would like to pay using PayPal,After payments has been made i will arrange for pick up of the horse as soon as possible,will you let my pick-up agent to come to you house for the pick up?Because i don't want you to worry yourself about the shipment.
Regards |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | It's like they don't even TRY to be legit.
Key word: "my agent".
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  Sock eating dog owner
Posts: 4557
Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Different Name same MO. Been going around for a long time. The last time I saw one was 3 years ago. Seller beware. |
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Location: Texas | I got one from him on a ad last night |
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 Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | pretty common.. sellers need to be smart these days .. use common sense.. |
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Blessed 
Location: Here | Bibliafarm - 2014-01-04 10:24 PM pretty common.. sellers need to be smart these days .. use common sense..
yep. seller beware op this type of scam has been going around for a very long time |
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: lone star state | These are nigerian scams and they are easy to spot if you read the broken English. Be very very leary anytime someone wants you to send money when you are the seller. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Scum bag scammers  |
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| I had one two years ago selling on here. I tried to tell my parents from the beginning, but they didn't listen. I knew right away by the change in font. I know a little weird, but to mesomething was off. What tipped them off was an email saying about a car then he sent an email correcting and saying horse. Same MO |
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Location: The Great West | Ive gotten fake money orders and the same story |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | Heck their still doing stuff via snail mail.....my 65 year old father got a letter claiming some long lost relative had left him money.... |
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