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15-06-2010, 11:57 PM
Originally Posted by bugzy 
Ahhh but if you say you live in fort william I bet they would make up some excuse
Here is a link for another scam that uses fort william as it's fictional base http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcounc...9-02-10-03.htm
Originally Posted by Luchi
Contact them back, say you live in Fort William, and can come see the pups. You will get your answer. I have read the email again, there are no pups. Don't go there!!
I know you say they have not asked for the money up front, Not yet!! They will do. It is definitely a scam.
Originally Posted by MerlinsMum
DEFINITE scam.
I have applied to some ads like these out of curiosity, and had the same reply back virtually word for word.
Think I have some saved if you'd like me to quote?
ETA: Play along. Then say you wish to meet the pups' mother and the seller first (not unreasonable) and you will be up near Fort William in two days' time on holiday, as you have family nearby.... how exciting..... the seller is so near!
I'll bet you £5 and the left hind leg of a pedigree Cocker the seller says that's not possible and/or he has suddenly had to move to Northern Ireland/Shetlands/Isle of Wight at no notice due to taking a new job or his 'mother' has died.
love that quote you made
Originally Posted by DevilDogz
Reads like a scam to me!! Their questions make no sense! and its not a typical pup advert not even for a puppy farmer
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16-06-2010, 12:02 AM
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16-06-2010, 12:05 AM
Originally Posted by lozzibear
definitely a scam! the questions are ridiculous, and if i was selling a puppy i would ask so many more questions than that! it surely cant be genuine! i would email them back, and say you live in/near fort william
I will. with a false name and make out I'm loaded och aye tha noo
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16-06-2010, 12:06 AM
There aint no pups, and I would bet they dont live in fort bill either - just picked somewhere a little difficult to get to
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16-06-2010, 12:22 AM
Originally Posted by Ben Mcfuzzylugs
There aint no pups, and I would bet they dont live in fort bill either - just picked somewhere a little difficult to get to
Like all the advice says, and many of the ad sites too in their cautionary disclaimer - Insist on seeing the puppies with their mother.
I replied to some last year advertising pedigree Malinois and Tervueren pups for £150 each (as if!!!!!!!
) - one in Oxfordshire, one in Somerset. I said I would travel to view. Both - to my utter surprise! - after two emails said something terrible had happened in family/got new job and oh my goodness me!!!!! .....One had relocated overnight (with puppies in tow?) to Scotland, and the other to the Isle of Man! Quelle surprise!Oh and isn't it convenient - they always either have two male & two female pups available - (giving you a choice), never one or three of either sex, even in breeds that can have up to 11 pups at a throw.
What really got me giggling was one ad had a pic of the supposed pups at 6 weeks, showing them in a sunny leafy garden, when I knew the part of the country they were meant to be in, had been under a foot of snow for several weeks..........
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16-06-2010, 06:28 AM
Originally Posted by liverbird
My Daughter emailed someone on a adds site about an American Cocker Spaniel Puppy. she received this reply......
apart from the fact you don't get to see the Puppy with the Mum and siblings does this stink of Puppy farm to any one it does me
Yes it certainly stinks of it to me and one too certainly ignore,terribly written etc. Got to feel sorry for the victims of this--
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