Spam email?? or legitimate person that cant spell?? help...

[Vicki_Krystal]

Ok so i have my horse advertised and received this email today.
Now the spelling isnt that awful but to me it just isnt ringing true....
Im thinking i probably wont email back - the price is on the advert as are pictures so why ask again?
Your thoughts?


Hello Mate,

I came across your ads and am so much intrested in buying it, so if it
still available, i would want you to get back to me with the asking
price,condition and why did you want to sell it and also get to me with at list
two pic.

Concerning the payment, i would be paying you with a banker's draft and also i
will
wait until the banker's draft clears before i can have it with me, so i hope you
understand me? so i await to hear from you soon.

Thanks alot and speak soon.

Kind Regards.

 

[Eira]

Spam

It concerns me that they use 'it' throughout the email like it was a desk/chair for sale

 

[piebaldsparkle]

SPAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[Smash]

The first mention of 'bankers draft' and it belongs in the spam folder.

 

[dieseldog]

spam!

 

[Chestnuttymare]

spam def.after reading it i actually checked that it was a horse you were selling.

 

[Vicki_Krystal]

lol -
tis what i thought guys - i just dont get why?
like i would let a horse go off my yard without waiting for clearance of money anyway.

do these people have nothing better to do?

 

[johannapage]

id avoid with a extra large barge pole, that s just dosent ring true!

 

[dun_in]

And avoid any email that uses the word condition, especially where used out of context. This is a key spam-mail word.

 

[LynneB]

I was about to say that too, anyone who emailed me about my horse calling her "it" all the way through would go straight in the junk pile anyway

 

[GinaGem]

Yep I'd say that's spam. Had one like that except they called the horse a vehicle!!!!

 

[Donkeymad]

As everyone else has said - definately spam

 

[Kallibear]

oooo, spam him back! It costs them time and money to contact people, so string him along - serves him (or possibly her) right.

Have a look here - def worth a read

http://www.419eater.com/

 

[Dressagebabe]

I also had this e-mail 2yrs ago when I advertised one of my dressage horses - its definately a scam. I asked them for the bankers draft 1 month before shipping the horse to see their response, guess what? I didnt hear from them again!

 

[Nudibranch]

Yeah I had a string of these when I sold my car, even 18 months on they occasionally turn up. They tend to have a totally made-up name like Mr David Tom or whatever, and say stupid things like they'll pay for shipping (Newcastle to Glasgow???). Or asking for pics when they are on the ad already as you've found.

I spam them right back as Kallibear says, one or two blank or sarcastic replies usually puts a stop to them. I have a feeling a lot of these people could be traced back to Nigeria...

Steer well clear!

 

[Divasmum]

The wording is almost identical to the scam emails we are warned aboout on several sites. be very careful.