LD
Dallas,#2General Comment
Sat, December 29, 2012
I am just amazed at how many dummies out there are allowing themselves to be scammed by these folks claiming to sell dogs/cats/cars you name it. It's almost happened to me several times and the minute they said "Wire Money" I said NO WAY. I deal with CASH IN HAND and if you go to sites like Craigslist they tell you to DEAL LOCALLY.
You never know where the person you are dealing with is located. You are dealing with people FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD who appear to be right in your home town. They use Google phone numbers that let them change their number without cost or pick an area code of any place they want. It is no longer where you live. You have software packages now that allow spoofing. That means that you can make your number appear however you want and your caller ID. These things are not expensive and many people are using them including many debt collectors.
You have millions of people in Africa and Asia and India who place ads on craigslist and other sites or even create a fake website and sell anything they think Americans want. They are overseas and can't be touched by American law enforcement. The minute you wire money it is GONE. I have friends in Nigeria and they say the poverty and the job market over there is especially bad. I have one friend I speak to a lot through email and he stated many of the guys spend hours everyday in internet cafes where all they do is devise schemes to defraud Americans.
So let this be a LESSON. NEVER, EVER, wire money. Deal with someone locally or go to a pet store. You can find whatever you are looking for LOCALLY. Why don't people know that? You have breeders in EVERY CITY. That super cheap price you think you're getting on the internet is a RIPOFF if they want you to wire money.