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#1 Mack

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 06:06 PM

Hi folks,

I googled "super red arowana for sale Perth" and got a lot of links.

http://perth.aussiez...a...03&adc=4549
http://sydney.olx.co...e-iid-179738838
http://www.simpletra...-sale/800251840

I sent inquiry for two of them and they called me from +23795415222 and sent me these emails:

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from William Hanson williamhanson92@gmail.com
to [Available] Siamak Mianji <siamakmm@gmail.com>
date Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM
subject RE: AROWANA FISHES OF ALL BREED AND SIZES FOR SALE
mailed-by gmail.com
signed-by gmail.com
Important mainly because of the people in the conversation.

hide details 3:36 PM (2 hours ago)

Dear Mr Mack,
Thanks for the interest concerning my fishes.We can
ship Arowana fish to any part of the country without any problems
being encountered because all our fishes have all Documents and CITES
so can be transported to any part in the world without any problems
O.K. We do have many arowana fish farms where we get the fish from
before shipment.We do have arowana's like the golden x back, Jardini
arowana-chili red, the Red tail golden and super red not forgetting
the silvers and the blacks which are also available now. About the
exportation size,types and prices,they are as below and we have a
promotion going on now so the fish are far cheaper than before and
this will last just for a week.

*EXPORTATION SIZES: 3-20inches*

Super Red----------$300 including shipping
Asian red -----------$250 including shipping
Chili red---------------$250 including shipping
Gold------------------ -200 including shipping
Red tail golden(RTG)----$200 including shipping
Jardini arowana------------$200 including shipping
Golden x back-----------$200 including shipping
Green and blue-----------$200 including shipping
silver-------------------$ 150 including shipping
black-------------------$170 including shipping

*We shall be shipping the fish to you from one of our fish farms below*

William Fish Farm (Alaska USA)
william Fish Pond (Victoria Cameroon)
Willaim garoplanet (Canada)
William fishery(Spain)
Delivery Agency: Prompt by FEDEX

Guarantee:we will provide safe delivery of your fish and if anything
happens to the fishes as they get to you,send them back immediately
and have a replacement or refund. Packing: plastic Bags(air 50% : 50%
water)with maintenance for keeping manual.Well i have a few questions
for you before we can proceed
Do you or have you ever had any Arowana before?
Which type will you like?
Which exact breed/type do you want?
How soon do you need the fish?
Sorry for all the questions but i need to know these facts first. Mail back
with your address,Phone number and present location so we can proceed.
Waiting on your reply.
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
+23795415222 or 0123773172791
WILLIAM'S FISH POND
**Ceo/LTD*
*******************************
from William Hanson williamhanson92@gmail.com
date Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:18 PM
subject Re: Super Red Arowana (delivery address needed)

Hi Mack,
All you need to do now is just to send us an email with your
full shipping address so that we can get your super red arowana
registered for shipment and deliver over to you in Perth WA Australia
okay so below are the shipping address needed from you...and the small
size super red arowana is going to cost you $350 including shipping
Perth WA Australia...and your fishes is going to take just 24 hours to
be shipped and home deliver to your house...
Full names.................?
State/City........................?
Zip Code......................?
House address......................?
Closet Airport to your house....................?

Once you email us with the above shipping address above,We are going
to send you an email with our fish pond cashier's Western Union
information so that you can use in sending the money so that we can
shipped your fish over to you on time okay....
thanks and looking forward reading back from you....
Mr william.
*************************************


What do you think?

Edited by Mack, 30 November 2011 - 06:38 PM.


#2 dazzabozza

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 06:17 PM

Looks like a typical scam to me. Operating from a gmail account... Offering to ship fish to your door skipping quarantine... No mention of a website...

Same as the scammers in car sales and dating sites trying to get people to send them money.

I'll do some further digging.

#3 werdna

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 06:23 PM

Their address, 45 Dudley St, is the Flagstaff Inn Motel...

If it sounds too good to be true.....

Tell them you want COD terms tongue.gif

#4 Mack

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 06:29 PM

I found this thread in Yahoo Answers websie, same story for someone in US 9 months ago happy.gif
http://answers.yahoo...18222222AAuajOh

#5 dazzabozza

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 06:42 PM

Same response but different generic name "Morgan Williams" instead of "William Hanson" - http://answers.yahoo...18222222AAuajOh

Different email and generic name - http://alturka.org/p...r-sale-7501.htm

And here it looks like the same scam ad has been posted multiple times in the different flavours most likely a low security website via a bot - http://www.australia...tas-results.htm

Also get them to ship you a chimpanzee at the same time. Same mobile number different email addy -
http://www.asnclassi...ion-m25803.html <-- from USA
http://ezclassifieda...for-adoption-3/ <-- from Brazil

#6 Jules

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 07:06 PM

ask them to send you the fish for free then youll pay them.
thats what i said to the exact same guy he agreed to it then i realised it was all rubbish.

unlucky hey man? imagine a cross back aro for $300 id buy like 1 of each on that list ha ha.


even a silver aro these days are hard to come across.

#7 Peckoltia

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 07:13 PM

This isn't even a Scam. It's just junk.

#8 Bowdy

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 07:22 PM

Scam scam scam. Keep your $$$ man.

#9 theonetruepath

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 08:37 PM

This is not a scam it's good value.

You send your hard earned and in return you get made a little wiser. Bargain.

#10 Jules

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 08:55 PM

$200 for wisdom...... hmmmm
sounds like a good deal to me laugh.gif

#11 kamalau

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Posted 30 November 2011 - 10:09 PM

deffinatly a scam
xbacks sell for over $3000 in countries that are allowed to keep them
could only dream that's how much they cost though

#12 bigjohnnofish

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Posted 01 December 2011 - 01:12 AM

send a return email... i will pay you 10 x the amount listed for chilli red arrow... but i must have the fish sent first.... my customer for whom i am purchasing on behalf will pay me cash on delivery only.... unfortunately im not financial enough to cover the cost at this present time... i will be able to pay you 10 x the agreed amount as im on selling the arrow for a good profit...


see how that goes.... lol

#13 Mack

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Posted 01 December 2011 - 07:33 AM

Thanks guys, I think it's good to know about these sort of scams tongue.gif


This is a very good suggestion John. Cheers smile.gif
QUOTE (bigjohnnofish @ Dec 1 2011, 01:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
send a return email... i will pay you 10 x the amount listed for chilli red arrow... but i must have the fish sent first.... my customer for whom i am purchasing on behalf will pay me cash on delivery only.... unfortunately im not financial enough to cover the cost at this present time... i will be able to pay you 10 x the agreed amount as im on selling the arrow for a good profit...


see how that goes.... lol







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