I love fake emails. Love reading them, love responding to them, love reading stories about people who mess with them and stuff.
What really got me was that people do it to people who are adopting/giving up their pets. I was in a situation where one of the dogs with back problems needed to find a home or to be euthanized within a week. I even posted on Craigslist (never thought I'd do but I did find some good people). You can only imagine how I got a little hopeful when I got 4 emails in response to a Petfinder ad I put up about him, ALL scams. Not so funny anymore
All followed along the lines of...
" Hello
am jenny cross i saw the advert of your posted pet and i am highly intrested in adopting your pet to my good home .i lost my pet few days ago so i will like to adopt your to reduce tragedy in my mind..i will like you to tell me the present condition of the pet including the food that the pet eat..i will also like you to tell me the adoption fees including the cage if available,as pet lover i will surely take good care of the pet...if you allow me to adopt your pet you can come for the visiting of the pet if you like....i will urge you to tell me the pet name and much more about the pet..
best regard "
(The dog's fine now. He's living in Texas
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