Does this sound fishy to anyone else?

[mynaughtybird]

On a whim, I had e-mailed a woman selling a pair of African Greys. Then I decided I don't have enough free time right now to share, so we got another Senegal instead. Anyway, this is her response to my inquiry. Sound fishy??



Hello, are you still looking for african grey parrots, i still have my african greys for adoption so if you are interested just get back to me.


Thanks for the response but pleas eif you know of any one who can take them just let me know, i need money for my daughters surgery, She has Kydney infections so will be operated for it. Please help out.
Thanks

[ray1457]

I'd be willing to bet:
daughter=none
parrots=none
location=cameroon (or somewhere similar)
scam=absolutely!

[kimtoo]

Originally Posted by ray1457

I'd be willing to bet:
daughter=none
parrots=none
location=cameroon (or somewhere similar)
scam=absolutely!

YEP!! Stay away, far,far, away!

[pinkparrot]

I agree you can just tell a scamer for the way they sound!

1. there something to do with O poor me. like huband death,surguy, ect. and a please help me.

2. you dident say the price so Im guessing its way to good to be true

3. there english sucks!

[Oscars Mom]

once I had to rehome my cockatieland listed it free to good homeand told people they could come see it to see if the bird liked them etc. You wouldnt believe how many people were getting it for their handicapped relatives.It was abnoxious.A bunch of people pulles similiar stuffwhen i had a yardsale. I was selling great stuff cheap cause I was moving and several people told me they were living on disabilityBLA BLA BLA I just smiled and said nice car.

[Irish]

Just politely tell them that you're no longer interested and leave it at that. If they continue to contact you, blacklist them from your email addy (so that you don't receive mail from them--it gets bounced back to them, instead of ending up in your inbox). That's what I do, anyway (then again, we have our own mail servers, so maybe blacklisting an addy if you don't run your own might be difficult?). Whether or not they're legit or scammers, being polite is usually the best idea. Sometimes the "sob stories" are true--ya just never know.

[Valo's Moirana]

Originally Posted by oscars mom

.....several people told me they were living on disabilityBLA BLA BLA I just smiled and said nice car.

good one - i should remember that... it's sometimes real annoying, isn't it, especially since it takes faith away in giving for those who really need it - but it's so hard to tell nowadays... anyways, like the response

[Sashagirl]

If you ask me I think it's a SCAM too.I was contacted by someone like that and I just deleted their email and have never been contacted by them again.
Buyer Beware!

[mynaughtybird]

Plus, she signed the first e-mail like this....Cheers, Grace. I don't know anyone in america who says that. Must be some other country, and that gets my red flags waving!!

[ROYJOY]

Camaroon i'll bet.