Am I Being Scammed - African Grays

[robin3551]

Please help me. I answered an advertisement for three African Grays for adoption from a guy who said he did not have the time to take care of them and was just looking for a good home. He said I would just have to pay shipping which I agreed. He said that his job has just recently transferred to Africa and he was in the states. He wants me to send a money gram for $182 for each parrot, and he is giving me the king cage with them. He just asks that I take care of them and send him pictures from time to time to let him know how they're doing. He wants me to send the money gram to The Republic of Cameroon.

Please give me your opinions, I am suppose to wire the money tomorrow. Thank you!!

[Graehstone]

Gut feeling here says Scam and I would be very careful sending anyone any money that is not in the States.

[felisdomesticus]

that sounds like the Nigerian scam. Is the English really bad and they want their delivery merchant to carry out the transaction?

http://bustedupcowgirl.com/scam1.html

[Kevin]

Anytime you have no financial recourse your bound to get scammed...

Sending a moneygram, cashiers check, etc where if the deal goes bad you cant get refunded its not a smart move... Why else would he ask for that form of payment. Becuase there is no way to get that person, especially overseas. Our laws are not honored. And They Know That!

I deal with programmers, designers and etc from all over the world russia, india, philipenes, canada. I never pay any upfront deposits with anything but my creditcard, paypal or some form of payment that guarentees my money.

[Monica]

Sounds like a typical scam to me! If they tell you to mail the money to some place or some other country, it's a scam.

If you want you can check out:
http://www.parrotpro.com/birdhand.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
http://www.epinions.com/content_4360872068/show_~allcom

Some will say that they will send you an amount of money, and for you to deduct the amount that the birds cost them, then give the rest of the money to a 'shipping agent', and then for you to ship the birds off to them...

[SweetPea]

where are you from?

i know someone who is selling his sons' (his son moved out of the house) two greys for 1,000 for the two and their cage.

he wont deliver though

[felisdomesticus]

You could also always check out www.petfinder.com There seem to be many African greys who are in rescues and in need of homes.

[TooLover]

If it sounds to good to be true, it usually is!

[spectre]

It's absolutely a scam.

[Tiki]

Yup has scam written all over it!