'James Jerry'

spollard828

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hi everyone,
im currently trying to sell a pony on this website and had a rather odd email from a 'james jerry' talking about being very interested in buying her etc but talking about shipping her which sounded a bit odd... very badly written... does anybody have any experience of said person and am i right to think it is a scam and to stay well away and just delete?
thanks
sarah
 

polly1976

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No experience of 'James Jerry' however in my own experience of spam etc if you are not sure delete it - if they are sincere they will call - an email is never a good way to buy a horse or anything for that matter - hope you have luck with your sale :)
 

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i agree with the above!

i always get weird emails like that when i sell my cars!! they always want to ship the because there in the army of somthing and want to use bankers draft !!

stay away!

x
 

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Hi, I too have been emailed by this man, I was taken in by him at first and asked him to phone me to discuss the pony I had for sale to see if he was what he was looking for. He did not call and instead emailed again with the response below:

Thanks for your mail back and also for the information of your
(horse) I must tell you am really interested about the (horse) and
also I hope the (horse) is good condition. I want the best that's I'm
saying this.

Concerning the shipment of the (horse) from your location to my
house,this will be taking (horse) of by my shipping agent, who will be
coming directly to your location for the pickup of the (horse). If
there are papers, he can use this for clearance and also for the
shipment of the (horse).This is all the requirements needed at this
time. The shipper agent will handle every other thing necessary when
he Arrive sour O cation.

So i will like to pay £2.000 for the (horse) plus an extra £100 for
you to keep other buyers off till it is picked up by the shipping
agent. So please get back to me, and also keep other buyers off. My
client who owes me will send you a bank certified cheque of £2,500.
Can I trust you to have it cashed, take £2,100 and and send the
balance to the agent, so he will be using the rest of the money for
the pick up of the (horse).?If yes, kindly reply with the following
payment details so I can inform him to make out payment to you.

Thank you.
FIRST NAME......
LAST NAME
ADDRESS.......
CITY.......
STATE....
ZIP CODE..
COUNTRY....
PHONE NUMBER (S).

Looking forward to your soonest reply.
My very warm regards to your family,..
Sincerely


I then emailed back and said I was not happy selling to him as did not know where he would be going and so he sent me his address:

James Jerry
58 BENTLEY ROAD
CITY.......HERTFORD
STATE....HERTS
ZIP CODE..SG14 2HE
COUNTRY....ENGLAND
447024081829

And i will like you to come back to me with the below details

FIRST NAME......
LAST NAME.
ADDRESS.......
CITY.......
STATE....
ZIP CODE..
COUNTRY....
PHONE NUMBER (S).

Thank you.

Looking forward to your soonest reply.
My very warm regards to your family,.
Sincerely


I am ignoring all further emails as he basically just seems to want my personal details. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
 

jopo570

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Just had an 2 emails from "James"!

Hello.
This is just to let you to know that i came across your advert on the website and I'm
very interested in buying it from you. I'll like you to kindly write back if you still have it
for sale and what is your final price? Also I'll really appreciate it if you can send me
some recent pictures. Meanwhile i live in England , but I will like you to know that I will
personally take care of the shipping of the down to my location.
Thank you.
Mail.st.james.jerry2011@gmail.com
Regards,
James


I asked him to ring me to discuss & got...

Thanks for the response,Okay i will like to know the final price of it all,so i make arrangement for the payment,your urgent reply is needed
regard James


Obviously a scam but might string him along for a bit. ;)
 

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I just have visions of a horse wrapped in bubble wrap and bundled onto a fedex van (do you think headroom will be an issue?)

I googled the postcode and there is a Bentley Road hope it isn't some poor unsuspecting old dear who has given him their address details!!
 

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All they want are your details, they will (they hope) be sent your address and then will ask for your bank details.. you can guess the rest. Its either identity theft or they will take your money, or, possibly, both.

I think these emails should all be reported, but not sure who to report them to. People like this, and like the ones who hacked my OHs computer last week and demanded money to unlock it, need stopping, it seems to be getting more and more common. (OH didnt send them money after they accused him of downloading child porn and state secrets.. he re-formatted his computer, lost a lot of photos but got rid of the nasty thing)
 

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All they want are your details, they will (they hope) be sent your address and then will ask for your bank details.. you can guess the rest. Its either identity theft or they will take your money, or, possibly, both.

I think these emails should all be reported, but not sure who to report them to. People like this, and like the ones who hacked my OHs computer last week and demanded money to unlock it, need stopping, it seems to be getting more and more common. (OH didnt send them money after they accused him of downloading child porn and state secrets.. he re-formatted his computer, lost a lot of photos but got rid of the nasty thing)

I agree it should be reported but also not sure who to. The computer thing happened to my cousin (he's only 15) they involved the police and they said it had been happening alot.
 
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