AIR CARGO EXPRESS "SCAM"

lilou91 -  
 Kiki -
Hello,

Be careful of scams and cars at attractive prices!!!
I almost got caught myself!
I found a superb C3 Pluriel for 3500 euros on Annoncejaune.fr, I contacted the seller by email to get information about the car. He replied that he was in England and that the car was with a shipping company. He said he was not handling the sale of his car but that I needed to give a first deposit of 1000 euros to this company, and then pay the rest upon delivery of the car. I found that a bit suspicious, so I asked him for the vehicle registration number. He couldn't provide it and gave me a plate number; since I know people in the police, I had an investigation done on this plate. I was able to talk to the actual owner of the vehicle, who confirmed it was indeed his registration number but that he was in no way selling it...
I am going to file a complaint against X, at the BEFTI (Brigade for Investigating Fraud in Information Technology) 122/126 rue du Château des Rentiers 75013 PARIS Tel: 0155752619
I therefore advise you to do the same if you don’t want others to get scammed!!!
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sarah
 
I almost got scammed today too...
I found an ad on leboncoin.fr where a woman posted an ad for a chihuahua.
So I sent her an email to ask how much she wants for the chihuahua and she replies that she is now in Africa with her 4-month-old puppy and that he can't stand the heat, so to avoid leaving him to die, she is giving him away...
I already found that a bit weird!
So I sent her my details so she could give them to her shipping company.
And then I received an email from the shipping company expresscargo delivery saying they have the puppy and that I need to send 97€ for the puppy to be delivered.
It clicked and I remembered that I had read about scams like that before.
So there you go, it's ridiculous because it gives false hope to people like me who have dreamed of having a chihuahua since I was little...
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sarah
 
Hello, my name is also Sarah and I have been a victim of the same scam.
I was offered a 3-month-old female Chihuahua puppy for free, supposedly named LISA.
The person asked for my details and then we received several calls from BENIN.
They told me that the puppy was ready to go, but that I first had to pay 97 euros to complete the ownership transfer, whereas these papers are completely free in France. They are harassing me to send a money order to a personal account starting Monday morning, which I refuse because if a legitimate company needed something, it would be to a company account!
In short, they told me the puppy had to leave tomorrow morning and that I could pay upon arrival, but then they insisted that I had to send the money before the puppy was sent, meaning at 8 AM, and that the puppy would arrive at my home at 2 PM.
I did some research and it is strictly forbidden to send any animal by parcel or otherwise from one country to another!!!! The person is named Mlle MIGNOLET LINDA NELLY, but in fact, it’s a man living in Porto Novo in Benin.... They don’t realize the harm they are causing us because I have also dreamed of a Chihuahua for several years! I empathize with your sorrow...
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Melanie > sarah
 
Same for us with an English bulldog, 185 euros to pay. So happy to have seen your message, we were about to do it too!!! And yes, it hurts when you can't afford one!!! And when you've promised it to the kids!!!
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Babel
 
Me, even better !! I reply to an ad for an apartment with rent that defies all competition, and I receive an email saying they acknowledge receipt, and they are giving me a female Jack Russell puppy, 3 months old, but I have to send money via Western Union to a private friend in order to receive the poor little dog who can't stand the heat of Africa u_u !! It's deplorable !!! If we are attracted to this kind of ad, it's because we probably don't have a lot of money !! It's just ridiculous !! Be careful, this type of scam also exists for apartments, in addition to vehicles, animals, and digital and computer devices !!
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Kiki
 
I too almost fell into the trap today.
The person had 2 chihuahuas, 1 male and 1 female, and she couldn't keep them because her daughter was hospitalized in Nice. She herself is in Nice. My daughter also contacted this lady for the second dog and strangely, she is now in Brest.
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