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Scam: the email out line they use, how to check if it's a scam!!

I applied for a sphynx kitten that was advitised and I got this reply to my inquiry from: mark Daniel email: [email protected]

MARK:
Hello thanks for your interest in adopting my

kittens,there is 1 female and 2 male sphynx kittens and

they are all 3 month 11 weeks old,they are home trained

and are well socialized with kids and other house hold

pets,they have had all injections and they have all vet

records and papers .They are ready to go to new homes

that can really take good care of them and before i let

them out into new families there are certain things i will like to

consider for me to be sure they are going to the

right family okay so i will love to ask you the

following questions;
Have you ever owned this breed before?

Why are you interested in this breed?

Do you want one or both?

If you are interested in adopting one will you like the

male or female?

When do you want the kitten(s) to join your family?

Do you have kids?

Are you kids aware of the coming of the kitten(s)?

Where about are you located?

I am sorry to border you with all the questions

it is just that i want to be sure i entrust my kittens

into good and responsible homes that can take good care
of them because i am very interested in their welfare
so that is why i had to ask all those questions okay.
and the kittens will be coming with all their needs so

please do get back to me asap so i can send you more
info. sorry my job is too demanding as it kind of make me very mobileso i dont think i can

come to check your home and properties for me to be sure my kittenswill be fine.and alsoits because of this job that i wish to send these kittens foradoption. because i think they

need love and time.
Thanks
Waiting
END OF MESSAGE:

After reading this it sounded to good to be true that a usually $1800 cat was free so I google it and found out what would happened next. I was hoping it might be legit and that I was talking to some one close by but after answering his question he sent back an almost identical email to one I had seen before: his response

MARK:
Hello ,
I am very happy to read from you ,sincerely i am impress
for your respond sincerely i must say with your present situation pets
should be your friends because the more you get to know them the more
they get to keep you company.you being at home always has make me
consider handing my darling female sphynx kitten to you and your house
hold as you can get to take proper care of the kitten. i call her
cocou.
the kitten will be coming along side with all details of vaccination ,
de-wormed and microchip.
Since i have made up my mine to let the baby into to your home you
will promise to to me that the kitten will be well looked after and
you guys will keep me updated with monthly pictures so i can know how
the kitten is doing withyou.
I just relocated to Adelaide due to the mobile nature of my job and will
be very happy if you can come for the view but if you guys are not so
close to us , we shall use the Pet courier service and they will get
the kitten delivered at your home
address that you will provide to me. i have read about their services
and i think they are reliable i love the service of a delivery company
because they are so fast .
But first you have to send me the following information so i can
get the kitten registered and do the transfer of ownership papers from
my name to yours okay?
The details are as follow.
Full names........
House address..........
City.......................
Zip code..........................
Home number...................
Mobile number...................
Incase there is a name you wish to give to her already you may send it
too.As soon as i have the details , i shall prepare the change of
ownership
papers before taking the kitten to the courier company for
registration and your home delivery . NOTE THE COURIER COMPANY WILL
DELIVER THE KITTENS AT YOUR DOOR STEPS
You will have to pay just $120 and that is directly to the
Currier company for transportation.And also I will send all the
relevant paper works via the Currier service so you will be paying
directly to them and not to me because my main objective is for these
kittens to have a lovely and forever caring family.
Cocou will come with the following papers;
# Health guarantee
# Vaccine record
# AKC registration papers
# Microchip Registration
# Pedigree
# Nutrition supplement
# Traveling Crate
thanks and waiting to hear from you soon.
I took this pics of them when they were two months about a week old

i wish you and your family a safe trip and a very happy new year
in advance okay
END OF MESSAGE

He also sent me pictures of the femal and the others and the female on her own the pictures where compleatly different.

I replayed with basically bugger off, it was very disappointing and from what others say the will try and get me to change my mind but I was told that the would use western union bank to transfer money to the courier and "mark" did try that.