Macaw Cameroon Pet Scam Fraud

[myersashley48]

Greetings,

I was almost scammed by someone posing as George Santez <gsantez49@yahoo.com> who claims he works for the Navy as Chief of Navel Operations in Cameroon and thought you might like to know about it. There are two posts under that email account on pets.oodle.com. I realized it was a scam when I googled his information and hit fraudwatchers.com.

Please let me know if there is anything you can do/who I need to contact to get this properly reported to Cameroon authorities. He is actually waiting for my reply o phone call right now. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

1. Cuddly Tame Blue and Gold Macaw Parrot for Re-Homing. gsantez g. ... Gsantez G on Oodle - Charlotte,
pets.oodle.com/birds/for-sale/pet_breed_macaw/?o=275 -

2. Blue Birds for Sale | Birds for Sale on OodleHand Fed Blue and Gold Macaw Parrots Available. gsantez k. ... Gsantez K on Oodle - Herndon, VA pets.oodle.com/birds/for-sale/color_blue/

The scammer tried to call me from 591-625-81578, 403-886-25858 & 886-221-44320 an hour ago and wants me to return his call. I didn't answer but I wish I could get the Cameroon police to call.

I tried to attach the entire coorespondence but it was too large.

He offered to send the bird though Competent Airlines in Cameroon. "they told me that to ship Lola and her accessories directly to your Home address is going to cost a total of $320 .they also told me that there shall be a direct flight to your location on Saturday June12/2010 in the evening okay".

Below is my address which you can use to send the money.

NAME..........GEORGE SANTEZ ADE
COUNTRY.......... CAMEROON
CITY.......................... YAOUNDE
ZIP CODE....................... .. ........00237
ADDRESS..................... 501 AVE . KENNEDY

When sending the money, you might be asked a security question. Make it to be:

TEST QUESTION..................WHO IS IT?
ANSWER........................ .. .......LOLA"

[Dodobird]

Did he by any chance provide you with a phone number to reach him?

this guy is a joke he told me he would send me "zoeys" papers and proof of ownership and all her info before i sent any money when i replied and said i would take her suddenly hes in a hurry and wants me to send him $270.00 right away via western union and then he will send her tomorrow morning. he also says he is a chief naval officer and has been deployed to cameroon and has nobody stateside to watch the bird........... after realizing how he puts his words together i come to the idea that if he says he has a family shouldnt they take care of zoey????????????? news flash "george Santez" dependents are not permitted to go to cameroon......... but hey im an ex navy man what do i know?????? thank you for this site i googled his name and up popped this............... very interesting

[Dodobird]

Hello fireman6513 and welcome to Fraudwatchers!

What email address did he use?

his e-mail is jonathanhans@i.ua he called the bird zoey and left the cell# 00237-9634-7786 / 96347786 he is all over the net i was looking for a bird yesterday and saw another add that he placed but this time he is in ohio selling birds and he left the name george santez

He posted Bella Free to a good home and was in Texas.

Then it turned into $350, and would ship from Camaroon (he spelled it Kamaroon)
8 month old Cockatoo that knew a dozen words.

They loved it so much, but couldn't keep it, yet they had no problem stuffing it in a crate and shipping it to the US.

Only problem was they were too stupid to realize you need a license to ship animals into the us, and there is a 30 quarantine.

But you know what, people fall for this, otherwise they wouldn't do it.

[Curious Nelly]

Glad to see you were not scammed. Thanks for taking the time to post this scam.

[kesall]

Im also ten minutes off being scammed!! The people im dealing with have a website called cutie-puppies, they r trying to get me to send a western union payment to have a chihuahua delivered to my door by 5.30 today!! I actually believed them until i saw the Carmeroon bit!! Im disgusted how can people openly & uncaringly scam you for your hard earned money & not even care!! Thanks to this site i have kept my money in my pocket!! Good luck to everyone x

[Dodobird]

Hello Kesall and welcome to Fraudwatchers!

Please post your scammer's details, including the payment information they sent you. We like to give them due publicity.

Hi Amber,
I REALLY appreciate the interest you have in giving Lola a
good and caring home.i do not intend to get her back from you
when i return from my mission ok.
All i want from you is to show her extreme love and care.i
just spoke with a Competent Airlines here in Cameroon
and they told me that to ship Lola and her cage directly to your home
address is going to cost a total of 205 USD.they also told me that
there shall be a direct flight to your location on Friday
October 08/2010 in the evening ok.

She will be shipped alongside all her papers and accessories,
I will be very grateful if you can please send the 205 USD for
her transportation charges to us so that myself and my wife (Iisa Santez) can pick up the money and book for Friday's flight first thing tomorrow morning
before going to work ok

Below is our address which you can use to send the money.

NAME..........GEORGE.S.ADE
COUNTRY..........CAMEROON
CITY.......................... YAOUNDE
ZIP CODE....................... .. ........00237
ADDRESS..................... 9017 Akwa,Palace D'la
TEST QUESTION..................WHO
ANSWER........................ .. ..........LOLA

You can send the money using any nearby Western Union Money
transfer agency since it is fast and very reliable.please email us
with the money transfer control number which is abbreviated (MTCN) and
the full names of sender immediately you send the money so that we can
pick up the money on time and proceed with her transportation arrangements ok.
You can call or email me in case of anything.i will have
to get back to you with her detailed flight details and flight
number to enable you know when exactly to expect the baby
at home ok.

Stay blessed and looking forward for your reply

Our regards.

Lt C.George.S, Lisa and Family.
Civil Affairs Officer

P.S I will need the full names of her primary care giver so that i can
establish her adoption papers in his/her names today ok,



“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”




email i got so excited about getting this lovley macaw searched the name and now im soooooooo upset i have wanted a macaw for years and this is what i run into i hate the world....i was going to send the money tomorrow but this is stopping me for good

[SamBrez]

I was looking online for a dog and come across loads of these.

2 have replied with the following...

Hello thanks for your interest towards my lovely babies they are by
names Lisa and Lawson,so cute and vet checked and will make your home
so happy since you have choosed to be interested i will like you to
know that i am ready for any home that one to take them but you need to
proof to me that you are genuine and will take care of any of them that
you choose they are barely 13weeks old and have all shots and
registration updated.So before i hand any of them i will like to tell
you why i am giving them out as a you can imagine i am an engineer so
i travel a lot and most of the time out of town which i do not have
time to play with them and no kids to do i have so i will like you to
answer the questions below before we proceed
Where are you located...................
Do you have a big garden ...................
Do you want a male or female ..................
And are you sure that you will take care of any of them.......
Will you send me monthly pictures after receiving any of them ...
What do you think is the breed of the puppy .....................
Do you have kids and other animals at home to play with of them...
After the answers to this question i will know you are serious.And also
here is my number 07031882797 you can call me for any question.
Thanks waiting on your reply

Hello.
Thanks for your interest in regard of my lovely cuties Siberian Husky Puppies .they are still available to any one prepared to provide them with enough care and the love they deserve.They are 12 weeks old each and a very good temperament with kids cats and other pets and love to play around with toys .I have got 2 males and 2 females,And i have attach their pictures for you to see them and i hope you will love them .So please look at the one you will like to take and get back to me with the names.They are call by names Cindy the female, Max the male ,Naomi the female ,and Jeff the male,They are home raised, potty trained, KC registered,vet checked,come along with their health papers and vet records. updated on shots, well domesticated and well socialized. they loves to be carried around , cuddled and full of caressing and kisses and will come alongside with the following:

A year health guarantee
A KC registration papers
Pedigree papers
A delivery crate
Vet record
Food samples
Puppies toys
1 year health guarantee

I am giving them out for free adoption because of my newly acquired Job and beside i just lost my wife she was she only person taking care of them .and my newly acquire job which demands a lot of my time and entails a lot of traveling and i work 16 hours a day . As such, i have little or no time to spend with the puppies, So i have decided to give them out to a good and caring home,But before i assume that you are going to have any of them ,You need to promise to send me updated pictures for me to know how my puppy is doing,So i am given them out for free adoption,And all you will be paying is just the delivery fee to your home because i have been relocated from your location ok,Right now i am in ( Aberdeen,Scotland ) which is few hours flight from your location,And the delivery charge for one will cost you just £120 for one and if interested in both of them it will cost you £200 since as it will b moderate ,So just get back to me with answers to
this few questions
please:

Do You Have A Good Yard were the puppy can play?
Do you intend breeding ??
What is your name??
Where are you located??
Are you sure to take good care of the puppies??
When do you need the puppies to be deliver back to you ??
Which breed do you want ??
Do you have other pets??
Have you ever lived with a puppy before or any other pets?
Are you aware of the love and attention that puppies need?
will every one in your home be fully committed to the bringing in of a new pet?
Any vet in your area?
Do you promise to send me updated pictures when you have any of them? And also do get back to me with the name of the one you need? Thanks so much and Waiting for a quick
respond from you.
My Regard

I thought it was suspicious so my partner googled and came across a number of posts on here regarding this.

Email addresses are: brianwoomai@yahoo.com and andrewhenski@yahoo.com

I emailed back with info (Not enough to give anything out) and will re-post the replies.

I found loads on Oodle.com, that is where these 2 are from. I don't think I found one genuine dog for sale on there.

[Curious Nelly]

Sambrez, thanks for posting the above. Hopefully people will see the details and avoid the ads totally.

http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/...=fw_petsonline

Phone number 07031882797
The "070" numbers are very expensive.
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archi...01/pr41_01.htm

I almost fell for this, too! His grammar and misspelling of Camaroon were big hints to me that something was just off. I knew two free macaws was too good to be true! Here is the text he used this time:

Hello,
Thanks for the interest in my parrots, i have a male and a female,
named Charlie and Zoey, I'm sorry for the late response, it's because
i was deployed to west of Kameroon for work and i had to take them
alongside with me since i had no family member back home who could
take very good of them. i want to give out the parrots for adoption
because i work with the US military as Civil Affairs Officer and was
deployed to Kameroon for a mission that will last for one year, and
the nature of my job does not permit me to take very good care of
the them,since i am always very mobile,so i have decided to give out
the parrots to a loving home where they will be spoiled with all their
needs and treated with much love . You can learn more about my mission
from the military website at (www.navy.mil )

To talk a bit about Charlie and Zoey , they are so playful with a
very extended vocabulary , Charlie and Zoey are very lovely birds who
loves to talk proudly about themselves , their vocabulary consist of
sweet bird, feet fat zoey , hello Charlie, thank you , welcome ,what,
cracker, Caesar, shut up and many more in fact ,they are so funny ,
talk and dance with great personalities and will be the perfect
companions to your entire family .They are eager to learn new tricks
and play with kids.they are very cute,vet checked and DNA tested to be
a male and a female,they loves to be handled. Their feathers are
exquisite looking
feathers and colors , not screamers , of course they do have some
loud moments too, but that is normal and to be expected with big birds
like Charlie and Zoey,

They loves being outside and also love's their showers ,I put them on
a ladder in the shower with me and let the warm water run over their
feathers..their eyes just say it all, they love it! they also loves
table scraps.Once you earn their trust you can hold them like babies
upside down and play with their feet's,they will also love neck rubs
or for you to help scratch the casing off their new feathers.They are
18months old with good temperament with kids and other
household pets.

Well,i will be willing to give out the babies to your home provided
you are going to provide them with all the necessary love and
attention they deserves in the world. Get back for more details and
their most recent pictures and also tell me a little bit about
yourself and your family if you are ready to have this little babies
so that i can start making arrangements for their travel because they
will be coming to you alongside their papers,a comfortable travel cage
including some toys they enjoy playing with soo much.
I want to also guarantee a comfortable and safe delivery of the
babies back home since they will be coming along-side all their papers
and a HUGE Stainless Steel Cage which i am going to provide.

Thank you so much for your time and looking forward reading from you again.

In God I Do Trust.

Lt C. George.S Lisa and Family.
Civil Affairs Officer

[Dodobird]

Hello unregistered and thank you for posting this. Please post the email address the scammer used as well.

[n1kk180]

<removed> good morning,
Am back from the delivery service and i am done with the delivery registration,I was ask to pay 70 Pounds for the registration,And i paid the money using their director's details that they gave me,Because they said their director is the one in charge of all payment,So they said they will contact you via email and also by phone call to give you directives on how you will be paying the delivery charge of Ken as for them to change the ownership documents and also issue out a delivery ticket which they will use to activate the delivery of Ken,So here is their director's payment information that they gave me when i made the payment,


Payment Information

Receivers ,Names...................Musima Bohoh
Receivers,Country ................... Cameroon
Post Code.................................00237
Receivers ,City.......................... ..Douala
Receivers ,Test question..............To Who
Receivers, Test answer..................To Jeff

So when they contact you they will let you know as well,So all you need is to copy down their director's address when they contact and go to the Money Gram store at your location or a western union store and make the payment of 120 Pounds for the delivery of Ken,Because they said the Money Gram store or a western union store is the best means as for their director to confirm payment and proceed with the activation of the delivery ticket and proceed with delivery,They said the delivery ticket of Ken must be activated before they can commence with the delivery so that is why you must have to pay them for them to do that as soon as you can,They said when you are done with the payment all you need to do is to email them with the money control numbers which is the MTCN numbers or you give them a call,They said they will be using the numbers to serve it as the activation code numbers when activating the delivery ticket of Ken,So if you accept the terms and condition of their service just let me know,And if you are not willing to pay them just let me know so that i can go and collect Ken back .You can reach them at +447031843537 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +447031843537 end_of_the_skype_highlighting / +447031879936 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting +447031879936 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or you email them at ( ushipdeliveryservices@yahoo.co.uk ).Many thanks and please do stick to your promise to send me updated pictures ok,
Waiting.

Hi Juan, I just spoke with a Competent Airlines here in Cameroon this morning
and they told me that to ship Lola directly to your home address is going to
cost a total of $255 CAD .they also told me that there shall be a direct flight to
your location on Friday December 24/2010 in the evening ok.

You don't need to bother about buying a cage as i am going to
send her alongside her comfortable travel cage and some of her
favorite toys she loves to play with very much, i would have loved to pay
for her transportation charges without you refunding back my money but it is
rather unfortunate that i just paid my bills over here and i am left with
limited money on me right now and i will only get my pay check by the
end of the month.
I will be very grateful if you can please send the 255 CAD for
her transportation charges to us so that myself and my wife can pick up
the money and book for Friday's flight first thing tomorrow morning
before going to work ok

Below is our address which you can use to send the money.

NAME..........Enow Roland
COUNTRY..........CAMEROON
CITY.......................... YAOUNDE
ZIP CODE....................... .. ........00237
ADDRESS..................... 9017 Akwa,Palace D'la
TEST QUESTION..................WHO
ANSWER........................ .. ..........LOLA.

You can send the money using any nearby Western Union Money
transfer agency since it is fast and very reliable.please email us
with the money transfer control number which is abbreviated (MTCN) and
the full names of sender immediately you send the money so that we can
pick up the money on time and pay for the shipping charges first thing
tomorrow morning before going to work ok.
You can call or email me in case of anything.i will have
to get back to you with the detailed flight details and flight
tracking numbers as soon as i book for tomorrow's flight to enable you know
when exactly to expect the baby at home ok.

Stay blessed and looking forward for your reply
Our regards


Lt C.Enow Roland, Lisa and Family.
Civil Affairs Officer

I also almost just got scammed by this fraudster. he was using the e-mail address georgedell@live.com. Rather than the Navy he said he was living in the Sheltland Islands, the e-mails were pretty identical to those posted though.

I found the following ad online at locanto.ca :


Posted: one month ago Last edited: one month ago
Reply to: karolinehawood45@hotmail.com
Location: Map of toronto, Canada

we have our blue and gold macaw that we are giving out for any pet loving home if you are interested please just contact for more information on this parrot if your really interested in her.


So I figured, "Who knows, why not check this out and see where it goes from there?" I did and a few days later I get a reply back from 'a woman' stating a slightly varied story from those posted above, telling me that she works in the navy and that she was deployed to Cameroon but that her daughter died in a car accident there three weeks ago and that she and her husband couldn't even stand looking at the bird because of all the bad memories. So I replied saying that I was available to pick the bird up in Toronto (location stated in ad) that upcoming weekend. But the reply I received stated that they were in Richmond, Virginia, USA, that they would ship the bird to me, that they needed all my info (full name, address, etc.) and that I would have to send them $250.00 for the shipping costs. 'She' also sounded this time to be in a hurry to receive the money.

Almost as soon as I began reading the e-mail I thought to myself, "Sigh* I'm not getting this bird afterall..." What ever happend to "Toronto"? "Three weeks ago"? Then why was the ad posted "a month ago"? "$250.00 ≠ "giving out". It's sad to see how some people treat their fellow mankind...it really is.

[Dodobird]

Originally Posted by Saddened Canadian

It's sad to see how some people treat their fellow mankind...it really is.

You're right Saddened Canadian, it's sad indeed. Be assured that the vast majority of pets for adoption ads out there are scams unfortunately. You would have much better luck of getting a macaw by registering yourself on a waitlist from a local parrot shelter.

[rambo25]

Me and my boyfriend were looking to buy a Dogue De Bordeaux puppy, after seeing Mr 'Harry Whiteland' (nice and english) he sounded genuine through emails. When we telephoned him, he spoke some english we immediately thought he sounded a bit dodgy, but as he was selling his pups cheaper we thought we'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
He sent us plenty of pictures of 'our' puppy (which we found today were actually professional pictures and taken from genuine adverts, just copied and pasted) His telephone number +447031835857 just looked British, he told us he was in the timber industry in Northern Ireland.
Below is our email conversation:

- Hello,
Thanks for your swift reply.I will like everything to be agreed between both of us before i can go ahead with this tomorrow.Because i don't my little baby to be left at the Pets Courier Service.That is why i am telling you that you will make the payment first before receiving him tomorrow.You will have to pay the £250 first to the Pets Courier Service before they will send him over to your home address.Because they will not accept cash on delivery.That is why you need to make the payment first to them once they contact you tomorrow.Sorry for all this,i just want to make sure when i got him registered tomorrow,everything will be fine.Because if you don't make the payment first to them,they won't send him to your home.That is why i want both of us to agree with this before i take him tomorrow.Because you know this puppy is just like my kids,so i would not like him to be abandon at the Pets Courier Service.Can you please send me and email to confirmed this,and also let me know if i should go ahead with this tomorrow.

Here is the email for the 'pets courier service' ukpetscarriers@yahoo.co.uk, funny how his phone number was the same for the courier service!!

Here is the address they wanted the money wired to -

DIRECTOR PAYMENT ADDRESS:
NAME:.............Mr.SAMUEL OTIA
CITY:..............Victoria
ZIP CODE:........ 00237
COUNTRY.......... CAMEROON

It also had two other mobile numbers that you could ring the pet service on( which probably lead back to him)

this was the email he was useing to contact me -

harrywhiteland@yahoo.com

I feel such a fool for almost falling for this scam but when it came to paying it just didnt seem genuine. looking at all the post on here, its been going on for years and they'll try anything hope this helps.

we gave some info to him but no bank details, should we be worried? what should we do please could you give me some advise.