Trying to adopt your animal

[Honeysuckle]

I was anxious about rehoming my pets that I almost fell for this.

from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to ...@craigslist.org
date Sat, May 29, 2010 at 4:04 AM
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Hi,
I'm interested.Pls,tell me more about this animal's health and the re
homing fee.
Hope to read back from you asap.
Jenny.
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[Me being excited about my pets being taken care of a young couple with no kids. Maybe even a stay-at-home mom!]

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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to __________
date Sat, May 29, 2010 at 9:17 AM
Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me and I hope you're fine.I'm impressed
with the information provided and I will like to adopt them .I'll like
to inform you that I'll be using the services of a vet friend who will
come for the pick up on my behalf all because I'm currently on
honeymoon vacation with my husband.
Also i will like to inform you that my husband employers will
responsible for the payment of the re homing fee as our wedding
gift.They are aware of this and they have agreed to mail a certified
check that covers the re homing fee to your location through a
reliable courier company.
Please do provide me with your full address through which the check
will be delivered to you,and also the Name that should be on check and
finally a cell phone # .
Kindly delete the posting because am serious on this adoption.When you
have the fund then we can arrange for the pick up asap.

Thanks for your understanding.

Jenny.

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[I sent a long email about how to care for my pets and my address -stupid me]

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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to
date Sun, May 30, 2010 at 11:36 AM
subject Re:

Thanks for your response.I will get back to you as soon as possible
with whatever my husband's employers say about the payment.
Thanks.

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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to
date Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:19 AM
subject Re:

Sorry for the late response.My husband's employers will mail out the
check to your location by Monday and the vet will come for pick up on
Tuesday..
Jenny.
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[I sent an email asking them to pick up on the weekend]

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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to
date Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:42 AM
subject Re:
ok.
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[I smelt something fishy here and stopped emailing]

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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to <removed>
date Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 2:59 AM
subject Re:
Hi,
I just received the email of my husband's employers now telling me
that the check of $2000 has been issued for us as our wedding gift
which means you will have the check of $2000 with this tracking
#:_____ delivered your location as soon as possible.As
soon as you have the check just go ahead and have it cashed,deduct
the re homing fee for the fish.Then visit any western union money
transfer office in your location,deduct the western union charges and
another $50 as your running around expenses and have the rest of the
money sent to my vet so that she can be able to make arrangements for
the pick up.

Here is the vet information to send the money to:

NAME :Bette Lamb
CITY : Killeen
STATE : Texas
ZIP CODE : 76541

Once you get everything done,just get back to me with the following:

-sender's full name.
-amount sent
-western union Mtcn#.along with the best time you want him to come.

As soon as you get back to me,I will instruct the vet to get the money
and visit your location on Monday for the pick up.

Hope to read back from you asap.

Thanks.

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[I googled "Bette Lamb" and found out they were conducting rental scams as well. Very angry at this point. Also guess what is the gender of the "vet friend"?]
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from Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
to
date Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:06 AM
subject Re:
My husband has flu that's why it took me so long to get back to you.I
will like you to get back to me as you get the money sent to the vet
so that she can be able to come for the pick up as soon as possible.

I will like to read back from you with the western union transfer
details such as:

Senders name........

Actual amount sent.....

MTCN#.........Along the best time you want the vet to come for the pick up.

As soon as you get back to me I will instruct her to get the money and
visit your location for the pick up.
Also I will like you to ignore the shipper information included in the
check by my husband's employers as you know I will be using the
services of a vet for the pick up.
Hope to read back from you as soon as possible..

Thanks for your understanding....

[Honeysuckle]

The scammer is now texting and emailing me about the check. What should I do?

[Dodobird]

Simply cut off all contact. Ignore all emails and texts.

[Honeysuckle]

I'm annoyed by all the texts and emails, so I replied. After I emailed them that they are from Texas and can't pick up my pets, they sent me this email, asking me to wire money to a totally different "vet." I put their details here for reference:

Hi
I want you to go ahead and have the check cashed.Deduct the re homing
fee for the fish
and deduct another $100 as your running around expenses.Then have the
rest of the money sent to the vet who's coming for the pick up through
this information:

Name : Kathleen LaBrecque
Address : 8850 Long Point
City : Houston
State : Texas
Zip Code : 77042

As soon as you everything done you can get back to me with ;
-sender's full name.
-amount sent
-western union Mtcn#.along with the best time you want him to come.
Hope to read back from you as soon as you get it done.
Thanks.

[Honeysuckle]

Jennifer morris <josey004@gmail.com>
date Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:03 AM
subject YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO ME OR..........
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
hide details 1:03 AM (12 hours ago)
IN FACT THIS IS A MESSAGE OF WHICH AN USING TO EXPRESS MY NEGATIVE
FEELING TOWARDS YOU.YOU HAVE MY PAYMENT WITH YOU AND YOU REFUSED TO
GET BACK TO ME SO AS TO CLOSE THE ADOPTION AS i PLANNED..

LOOK I NOW GIVE YOU THE CHANCE OF TOMORROW FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU
GET BACK TO ME SO THAT I CAN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.....

IF BY THE END OF TOMORROW I DO NOT READ FROM YOU. THEN I WOULD BELIEVE
YOU WANTED TO CHEAT ME AND EXPECT MY LAWYER /THE FBI POLICE IN YOUR
HOUSE,....
YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF TOMORROW FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU GET BACK TO ME.
JENN.

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My reply:

You ****ing scammers. You don't have to call the FBI. I already did.

[JasmineParks]

Hi, my name is xxxxxxxxxxxxx and it appears that You and I are being scammed by the same person or people. My emails were the EXACT same as yours except my "certified check" was for 1500.00 instead of 2000.00

I am replying to your thread to ask what you have done to deal with this situation. My husband and I are going to the bank in the morning to report fraud. and will probably be taking it up with our local news station with a "call for action"

Thank You for posting your emails, thats how i found this out. I searched for a vet named "Kathleen Labrecque" and Your post popped up and to my surprise...the emails were word for word!. Thank god there are people out there that are not afraid to post information about scams or I would have likely fallen for it!

<removed by support>

below are the emails I received from Her.

From:jennifer morris (rmjjkkllm989@gmail.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Sun 6/13/10 6:42 AM
To <removed>

--
Hi,
I'm interested.Pls,tell me more about this animal's health and the re
homing fee.
Hope to read back from you asap.
Jenny.
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From:Jennifer morris (josey004@gmail.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent:Mon 6/14/10 7:25 AM
To:<removed>

Hi,
Thanks for getting back to me and I hope you're fine.I'm impressed
with the information provided and I will like to adopt them .I'll like
to inform you that I'll be using the services of a vet friend who will
come for the pick up on my behalf all because I'm currently on
honeymoon vacation with my husband.
Also i will like to inform you that my husband employers will
responsible for the payment of the re homing fee as our wedding
gift.They are aware of this and they have agreed to mail a certified
check that covers the re homing fee to your location through a
reliable courier company.
Please do provide me with your full address through which the check
will be delivered to you,and also the Name that should be on check and
finally a cell phone # .
Kindly delete the posting because am serious on this adoption.When you
have the fund then we can arrange for the pick up asap.

Thanks for your understanding.
Jenn.
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From:Jennifer morris (josey004@gmail.com)
Sent: Mon 6/14/10 1:52 PM
To:<removed>

I want both with cage.Tell me how much is the re homing fees?And also
get back to me with your full address so that my husband's employers
can be able to mail out the check to your location and the adoption
can be closed out asap.
Hope to read back from you as soon as possible.
Thanks
Jenn.
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From:Jennifer morris (josey004@gmail.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent:Mon 6/14/10 2:35 PM
To:<removed>

Thanks for your response.My husband's employers will mail out the
check to your location as soon as possible and then we canl arrange
for the pick up.
Jenny.
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From:Jennifer morris (josey004@gmail.com)
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent:Wed 6/16/10 8:19 AM
To<removed>

My husband's employers explained to us that the fund that covers the
vet charges will be included in the check though we've not really
known the actual amount they're sending but We hope it's likely to be
more than $500.I have to let you know all these so that it wouldn't be
a surprise when you receive the check by Thursday.
Hope to read back from you.
Jenn.
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From:Jennifer morris (josey004@gmail.com)
Sent:Fri 6/18/10 2:49 PM
To:<removed>
Hi,
My husband's employers just email me now that check of $1500 has been
issued for us as our wedding gift and the check is already delivered
at your location.
I'm so sorry if this sounds so rude but I hope I can still trust
you.So I want you to have the check cashed ,deduct money for the re
homing,also deduct another $50 as your running around expenses and
then visit any western union money transfer office in your
location,deduct the western union charges and have the rest of the
money sent to my vet so that she can be able to make arrangements for
the pick up.

Here is the vet information to send the money to:

Name : Kathleen LaBrecque
Address : 8850 Long Point
City : Houston
State : Texas
Zip Code : 77042

As soon as you get everything done,just get back to me with the following:

-sender's full name.
-amount sent
-western union Mtcn#.along with the best time you want him to come.

As soon as you get back to me,I will instruct the vet to get the money
and visit your location for the pick up.

Hope to read back from you asap.

Thanks.
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PLEASE DON':oT FALL FOR THIS SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Unregistered]

Here is a message she sent me after I put an add on craigslist. Now she is saying her husband died!!! Wow that's pretty low.


Hi.
I'm Jenifer Morris,a widow.I lost my husband last month and my only
daughter is right away in college.I'm all alone and i'm so tired of
loneliness that's why I really need this animal.I'm so impressed with
the information you provided and i promised to provide a good for her.
I will like to inform you that my husband's employers will be
responsible for the payment of re homing fees and they will mail a
certified check that covers the fees to your location through a
reliable courier company as soon as possible.Then I will send a vet to
come to your location for the pick up.
Please do provide me with your full address through which the check
will be delivered to you,and also the Name that should be on the check
with a cell phone # .
Kindly delete the posting because am serious on this adoption.As soon
as you have the fund then we can arrange for the pick up.
Hope to read back from you as soon as possible.
Thanks.

Jenn.


I sent her an email and asked why she couldn't come pick up the cat. Here is her reply. After i read this I had a feeling something wasn't right. I will not email her again.



Thanks for your response.I need to let you know for now i will not be
a able to come due to my health condition but i will use the services
of a vet for the pick up.Also i will be giving you opportunities to
see how fine she's doing after the adoption.
Hope you will get back to me with your full contact information so
that my husband's employers can be able to make the payment and the
vet can be able to visit your location for her pick up.
Thanks.

[Dodobird]

Hello unregistered,

What was the email address that was used by them?

[cjfell]

sharondiaz80@hotmail.com just posted several different dogs for sale on several different sites. Also I received an email that was the exact same as a previous posting on here. Thank you for posting these, save me $250. I knew a shiba inu that cheap was too good to be true :(

[Unregistered]

I was almost scammed by this person as well. She told me her husband had died and his employer would be paying the re homing fee, never ever have i heard of something like that, and that pushed my suspicions over the top I was already leery about her with the first generic message I got from her which was from a different e mail (jenniferm246@gmail.com)

Thank you everyone for these postings, if it wasn't for these I would have been scammed too.

[ThatGrrl]

Folks, first of all thanks for posting here.

Can you post the email addresses and phone numbers you were given too? This is really helpful as it helps others who may be being targetted by the same scammers.

Also, to those of you who got Western Union info and/or who went money, can you post those details here too? Including the name used, test question and test answer.

Many thanks

TG

[Unregistered]

We were emailing and my rehoming fee was 65 dollars. After talking to her though, I told her she could have the dogs for free, because she told me her husband had died and her daughter moved out and she is all alone. She even acted really religous, telling me that God will bless me, because I said that her husband is now resting with him. I told her that I do not want the money, and she kept insisting on it, so finally I did some research on her. Why would she not want them for free?
So I found this website, after I sent the information to put on the check and a phone number, but I just got done telling her/him that I am onto them and that God is watching; and that they should be mighty ashamed of themselves. I do not think it made a moral difference at all, but I do feel a little better because she did not completely scam me. She/he is just about as low as they come. I also read stories of her posting ads and trying to just flat out steal peoples money from right under their noses. That is simply pathetic.

[Dodobird]

Hello unregistered,

What email address were they using?

[Unregistered]

Just got the same message as well as the rest of you.
Hi,
Thanks for the information provided and i'm really satisfied with everything.
I'm Jennifer Morris,a widow.I lost my husband in a road accident last
month.I have no other pets and my only daughter is right away in
college.I'm all alone and i'm so tired of loneliness that's why I
really need this chinchillas.I'm so impressed with the information you
provided and i promised to provide a loving home for them.
I will like to inform you that my husband's employers will be
responsible for the payment of re homing fees(as a gift)and they will
mail a certified check that covers the fees to your location through a
courier company as soon as possible.And as soon as you have the check
cleared in your bank I will send a vet to visit your location for the
pick up.
Please do provide me with your full contact address through which the
check will be delivered to you,and also the Name that should be
written on the check with a cell phone # .
Kindly delete the posting today and get back to me so that we can have
this adoption moving on.
Hope to read back from you as soon as possible.

Thank you.
Jennifer.

ADDRESSES SHE WAS USING
josey004@gmail.com
xxxdrea2@gmail.com
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Hi,
I have interest.Hope there are no health issues.You can also get back
to me with more pics and tell me more about the re homing fees.
Hope to read from you asap.
Thank you.

[Dodobird]

Thank you for posting these unregistered! Hopefully, they'll help someone else to avoid the scam. ;)

[GetARealJob]

I originally posted as unregistered but now became a user... After ignoring some emails I just received this one today
I am so disappointed in your act for not writing back to me since you
have you have my payment so that we can have this adoption concluded
asap and i need to tell you this has Prompt me to contact my cousin in
the FBI and also my Lawyer.All our conversation has been forwarded to
them including your contact address.So my Lawyer has advised me to
email you for this last time and wait for 24hours to see if you will
respond or not after which she told me she will contact the ( Local
Police Custody and Secret Service and the US Marshall office ) in
your Area to check on you.My cousin also promised me to have the FBI
pick you up and check you out.
Though I do not want this to go this far but you left me with no
option,so i will be giving you the last opportunity to get back to me
so that we can have the picked up done ASAP.

[poirot]

@GetARealJob, the animal does not exist, it never did. I'm sorry you where scammed but you have to understand that these thieves are in Cameroon Africa where scammers operate freely without fear of the local authorities and where the police are more likely to ask for a bribe than actually arrest them.

[GetARealJob]

yes im aware of that. I never cashed the check and i know the FBI will not be looking for me. Just posting this so others may recognize what else they will try to say to scam you into sending the money.

[Dodobird]

Getarealjob, if you posted their contact information, like the email address used, this could help others to find the information. ;)

[Unregistered]

Just got an email same as other posters. Did an email search and found this website... please be aware!!! Thanks everyone for posting

From: "Jennifer Morris" <josey004@gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 11, 2011 5:19 PM
> Subject: Re: XXXXXXXX Puppy (XXXXXXX, CA) Date: 2011-01-11,
> 10:47AM PST Reply to: XXXXXXXX@craigslist.org
> To: "XXXXXXXX" <XXXXXXXXXX@XXXXXX.com>
>
> Hi,
> Thanks for the information provided and i'm really satisfied with
> everything.
> I'm Jennifer Morris,a widow.I lost my husband in a road accident last
> month.I have no other pets and my only daughter is right away in
> college.I'm all alone and i'm so tired of loneliness that's why I
> really need this puppy.I'm so impressed with the information you
> provided and i promised to provide a loving home for her.
> I will like to inform you that my husband's employers will be
> responsible for the payment of re homing fees and they will mail a
> certified check that covers the fees to your location through a
> courier company as soon as possible.And as soon as you have the check
> cleared in your bank I will send a vet to visit your location for the
> pick up.
> Please do provide me with your full contact address through which the
> check will be delivered to you,and also the Name that should be
> written on the check with a cell phone # .
> Kindly delete the posting today and get back to me so that we can have
> this adoption moving on.
> Hope to read back from you as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you.
> Jennifer.