Am I getting suspicious in my old age?

[orionstar]

Or does anyone else think this e-mail rings alarm bells

Hello
I want tell you lil about me and my family,As i said am Samuel by name a family of 3 (me ,wife and 12 year old son) i live in MANCHESTER,am into web design as a profession,we own a big farm land in Manchester,i own a horse named loom his 7 years old Arab horse,i vet check him every end of the month,i derive joy when ever me or my son ride loom on weekends,
I and my family as come to an agreement to bring in your horse to our family in addition to our own horse,i want you to know that your horse will be fully taken care of vet check and trained also shown more love as part of the family,my main propose of buying your horse is to have an addition horse in my family,i will like to confirm from you will you be selling your horse to my family if so kindly if so kindly give me a reply in return,i look forward for your swift reply.

Im expecting an e-mail mentioning a bank draft any minute! Then again I could just be synical!

 

[skydancer]

If its your age then its mine too - suspicious i am !!

 

[be positive]

This was posted about a few days ago, almost identical email,potential scam

 

[Kellys Heroes]

Hmm I'm a bit sceptical....
I'd be wanting a phone call and homecheck if they insist its genuine however!!
K x

 

[Tnavas]

Or does anyone else think this e-mail rings alarm bells

Hello
I want tell you lil about me and my family,As i said am Samuel by name a family of 3 (me ,wife and 12 year old son) i live in MANCHESTER,am into web design as a profession,we own a big farm land in Manchester,i own a horse named loom his 7 years old Arab horse,i vet check him every end of the month,i derive joy when ever me or my son ride loom on weekends,
I and my family as come to an agreement to bring in your horse to our family in addition to our own horse,i want you to know that your horse will be fully taken care of vet check and trained also shown more love as part of the family,my main propose of buying your horse is to have an addition horse in my family,i will like to confirm from you will you be selling your horse to my family if so kindly if so kindly give me a reply in return,i look forward for your swift reply.

Im expecting an e-mail mentioning a bank draft any minute! Then again I could just be synical!

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM. Got one like that when selling a horse a few years ago. Will they ever give up!

I wonder how many people do get sucked in though?

 

[Holly Hocks]

I would send an e-mail back telling them to Foxtrot Oscar!!

 

[TheEquineOak]

I'm 26, is my age to blame for suspision too?????

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Bad grammer written by someone whose grasp of English is poor, like all these cons. Its a tediously old scam.

 

[fatpiggy]

Yep, bargepole time. No more written by someone who lives in Manchester than Gaddafi!

 

[Bop!]

No, I think its perfectly genuine, can't understand why you would be at all suspicious?

 

[Nocturnal]

They own a big farm land in MANCHESTER, do they?

Scam

 

[skint1]

It really tweaks me when scammers can't even be bothered to make a decent job at it, does no one take pride in their work these days?! (see now that sounds old )

 

[spottybotty]

Manchester is nowhere near Nigeria

 

[Kaylum]

There was a fantastic article in one of the newspaper supplement magazines once where a guy had started corresponding with a scammer (obviously knowning it was a scammer) and the scammer was offering him loads of things and the guy was offering loads of stuff in return. It was extremely funny.

Ask for some pumpkins upfront. LOL!