Is this by any chance a scam?!!

[CeeBee]

I saw this ad on Your Horse. What do you think?

http://yourhorse.oodle.co.uk/view/nice-friesian-gelding-ready-to-go/1566609386/uk/

I made an enquiry and this is the answer I got...

Hello there,thanks for your reply towards my lovely Horse.My Friesian Gelding is stillavailable and very ready.He is called Tim and is a very tall,nice moving Friesian gelding.He has an attitude that will take him allthe way in the show ring. It is difficult to find a poor picture ofhim, as he is so photogenic.Although showy with attitude, He is veryeasy to handle and just eats up any attention he can get.He was grownin a lovely homeraised and riding pleasure horse i have ever seen.He isblack, huge, healthy can take voice command and can stand on his twoback legs. This gelding is registered and he weight's 610 to 900lbs.He is very good with other horses in pasture and will as well comewith all tacks,hand book.He is ready for a price of £600 Disciplines: Dressage .................Trained Halter ......................Prospect Reining........................Trained Working Cow Horse............Prospect Jumper .............................Trained Riding Pleasure...................trained. Breed: FriesianGender: GeldingAge: 8 y.o.Height: 15.2 hands He loves the company of other horses.i will like to know the following from you:

He loves the company of other horses.i will like to know the following from youo you have kids?If so,are they good with horses?If Not then Do you have some one that will always play with him?Have you ever raised (Owned) a horse before?Do you Own Other Pets?How is your Working Schedule?Will you be able to keep me update with his pictures from time to timeso that i can know how he is doing with you??Are you getting Him For your Self or for Some one Else?Do you own a house? if yes,then do you have something like aplayground(Back Yard) where you can take him to play on?If not then is there some where like a A Park Near Your Home Where Youcan take him On rides?Do you want to Breed him?How Soon Do you Want him?Where are you located? I will be happy to get these details from you so that it can guard mein making a manual which Tim can take along which will guard youon basics of taking care of him and also basics on feedingand all you need to take care of is his delivery fee to your home.For more information, you can call me on 07055164643 or 07055187454and do get back to me for pictures of Tim Thanks and waiting to read from you

Think I will ring for a laugh and then post on Scam O Rama!

 

[190789]

."He is
black, huge, healthy can take voice command and can stand on his two
back legs."
Hilarious!

 

[CorvusCorax]

Er, just a bit.

Careful the numbers don't charge you for calling them, I was told off for daring another member to call a dodgy add number.

And do Fresians normally take part in reining and roping?
Much cattle roping going on in London these days?

 

[BroadfordQueen]

"my friesian gelding is still available"



"Do you want to breed him?"
Lol, good look with that!

 

[Doris68]

Good heavens - surely not!!??

Apart from anything else, the person who wrote it is illiterate and probably not from this country.

 

[Angua2]

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He is very good with other horses in pasture and will as well come
with all tacks,hand book.

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handbook.......????????????????

 

[SharerSarah]

Yep defo a scam! No actual person would ask if you want to breed a gelding!!!

also the bad spelling/grammar and the "delievery fee"!!

 

[Cavblacks]

Must be dodgy but has made me chuckle and alleviated me from boredom in the death hour of 5-6pm on a Friday afternoon!!

 

[TS_]

If you google image search Friesian the images come up that are in the add

Defiantly a scam!

 

[Enfys]

[ QUOTE ]
."He is
black, huge, healthy can take voice command and can stand on his two
back legs."
Hilarious!

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What about the two front ones though?

 

[Natch]

Twas a good'un though. Had me wondering if it was just bad translation up until the breeding bit

 

[My_chestnut_mare]

[ QUOTE ]
Do you want to Breed him?

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Duh it says he is a gelding so would be pretty hard would it NOT

go phone for a laugh

 

[Natch]

In fact I took the trouble to disect it for its best bits:

He has an attitude that will take him allthe way in the show ring. and out of it at double speed.

It is difficult to find a poor picture ofhim, asI don't own him, google images does

Although showy with attitude, He is veryeasy to handle and just eats up any attention he can get.This especially includes fingers and small dogs

This gelding is registered and he weight's 610 to 900lbs.This depends on if I am starving him to save money or feeding him up for the fat farm

Do you own a house? if yes,then do you have something like aplayground(Back Yard) where you can take him to play on? Because he does get bored sitting on the sofa watching TV 24/7

 

[moocow]

http://www.irishmarket.ie/index.php?a=2&b=1707

I just googled the number and it comes up on anirish website too. Just could be a coincidence though as they didn't give you for the international dialling code.

 

[PinkFairy]

Link doesn't work now

 

[black_horse]

[ QUOTE ]
Do you own a house? if yes,then do you have something like aplayground(Back Yard) where you can take him to play on?

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yes i have a rope swing set, he can join me on that

 

[SharerSarah]

I'm guessing someone reported it as fake, at least we still have the OP to read and laugh at! hehe

 

[JanetGeorge]

[ QUOTE ]
http://www.irishmarket.ie/index.php?a=2&b=1707

I just googled the number and it comes up on anirish website too. Just could be a coincidence though as they didn't give you for the international dialling code.

[/ QUOTE ]

I doubt it's a co-incidence - the puppies offered are "All shot up to date. my puppies are all well trained in all accept and so friendly to kids and order pets at home so just mail back for more pictures and info" Do you think the RSPCA would be interested in puppies that are all shot up to date?? The 'English' sounds very similar!

 

[qwertyuiop]

I think you all have nasty suspicious minds! This adverts sounds perfectly genuine to me. I would contact him myself, but I am busy sending some money to the son of the late Nigerian finance minister in order to release $65M from an offshore account.

 

[martlin]

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I think you all have nasty suspicious minds! This adverts sounds perfectly genuine to me. I would contact him myself, but I am busy sending some money to the son of the late Nigerian finance minister in order to release $65M from an offshore account.

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PMSL!!!

 

[michelleice]

images of a fresian on a roundabout and u pushing him lol

 

[michelleice]

http://www.horsewizard.co.uk/component/option,com_marketplace/Itemid,62/adid,2061/catid,9/page,show_ad/

LuLu

 

[michelleice]

same horse? http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl...sa%3DN%26um%3D1

 

[michelleice]

nah im being thick

 

[MrWoof]

You really must have a sense of humour for even asking this question.
However, I just love the reply from Halloween - perfect.
My opinion - totally.

 

[qwertyuiop]

I sent a text to my best (but slightly dippy) friend last night about a scam ad for a "friesan gelding...good for breeding" and she texted me back "What is wrong with that?". My reply was "what do geldings not have that would be useful for breeding?". She then got it!

Naturally I felt obliged to mention this 3-4 times as we drove to Blenheim today!

 

[Pedantic]

[ QUOTE ]
I think you all have nasty suspicious minds! This adverts sounds perfectly genuine to me. I would contact him myself, but I am busy sending some money to the son of the late Nigerian finance minister in order to release $65M from an offshore account.

[/ QUOTE ]

Brilliant

 

[burtie]

Whatever you do don't phone them, the scam is often in the number. Look up 070 number as you find they can be charged back to you at a very high rate.