Wow - that is a new goat scam

[Creamers]

Spammers and viral emails have gone to a new level of cleverness. . .


I got this email today that read:

From shamsah1@hotmail.co.uk

"To whom it may concern,

I would like to import 2 pygmy goats. I live in Dubai United Arab Emirates so would like to know if it is possible to export your goats abroad.
I am looking for a male and female tri-coloured goat,light caramel or golden white(pictures below) and not from the same litter if possible. I plan to home them within a stable area with 24 hour supervision.
If you require further information at this stage I will be happy to provide details.

P.S do you have goat colours like the pictures below? if so,can you send me pictures of them separately, so I know which are the boys from the girls and with their prices please.....

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Shamsah mohammed






Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from du"

It included an attachment of 3 photos, which I did NOT download but could see thumbnail of, Nigi does and Pygmy doe and a Nigi buck. . .

[Alice In TX/MO]

This scam is ubiquitous in the puppy business. The next step is an offer to send you a check for too much money, which you are supposed to cash, and send part of the overage back to them.

Do not fall for this. The original check they send is bad, but your bank won't catch it till about ten days later, at which point YOU are liable for all of the money.

Bad, bad, bad.

[checkitnice]

It's such a common scam, but REALLY? Like they don't have goats in the middle east? Do these scammers even realize what they're writing anymore?

[Alice In TX/MO]

They are relying on the 50% of the population that is of below average intelligence and greedy.

[Cannon_Farms]

and they couldnt have chosen a breed that is financially worth importing, Id write back that Cameroon has plenty of pygmies that we are running short of them in the US

[pookshollow]

I had a phone call from someone wanting me to export goats to Jamaica! Pretty sure they have lots of goats in Jamaica . . .

[Heritagefarm]

Originally Posted by Creamers

Spammers and viral emails have gone to a new level of cleverness. . .

Uh, no, actually that's a pretty standard scam.