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Mary Ann and others,

 

generally these ads want to see your item. They read like spam mail. you can insert item here... it could be boat, car, jewelry, horse, whatever. Seems they want it.. (NOT).

 

The trick is they send you a money order for MORE than the amount of the sale. You cash the money order and send them back the difference, supposedly for shipping. They get the cash and you are left with a huge hole in your bank account when the bank realizes the MO is a phony.

 

It happened to a guy in a small town near where I live. Over a car. he felt pretty foolish after he realized he'd been had and I'm sure the way we all live from paycheck to paycheck (or most of us anyway) it was a hit he couldnt' afford.

 

chris

Steph Teeter <stephteeter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Be very very careful. I suspect that most if not all of the 'out of country' responses are scams. If there is anything the least bit suspicious about the ad, ignore it.

 

Steph

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mary Ann Spencer
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:36 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] horse ads responses....how does one know what is legit??

Anyone have any idea how to tell if a response from someone in a foreign country is legit?  Also, what would it cost to ship a horse overseas, say to Europe or UK?  I have NO experience with that.  Seems the ads here are really being hit by people from 'out of US' territory.  mas

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