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Scams - BewareDear Sir: It was a sincere pleasure meeting you finally! Thank you very much for
your generous time and consideration and for the opportunity to make things
right for you. Wishing you and your family all the best and many blessings
always! Thank you very much for your kindness in contacting Horse-Talk
and hopeful they will publish this happy ending! Respectfully yours, I would like to take back the comments I made about the business practices
of Liberty Hall Livestock & Equine Rescue. I was contacted by Martha
last Friday 9-18-09 and she assured me that they had nothing to do with
the sale of the trailer. She explained to me what had happened on her
end of the deal and excepted full responsibility for what had happen.
With that being said, Martha met with me today 9-22-09 so I could return
the trailer. She went as far as refunding me the purchase price of the
trailer, the money I spent on tires, and compensated me for my troubles
( which was not needed nor asked for). I felt that she was very genuine
with her apology and explanation of what went wrong on her side of things.
Again, I would like to clear the reputation of Liberty Hall Livestock
& Equine Rescue of any wrong doings and/or bad business practices.
Also, thank you Martha, for going through the great lengths you did to
find my contact information after learning of the situation. 9/23/09 Horse phone scam beware? I want to share this with other horse owners
and livestock owners. Never know what people will think up next. I get
many scam emails off Craig's List and not sure if this came from Craigs
List or just our website but wanted to pass on to others my perception
on it. Lady Called me today Sept 10, 2009 around 11am from a 630 area
code number said she was calling from Tivoli Farms in Pentagon City in
Washington, DC. Really she must live in middle of a mall was my first
thought or above the Metro. She told me they do horse acrobatics and put
on a carnival type exhibition show and are looking for young untrained
horses to star in the opening on their new show. First off bells and whistles
DING DING DING went off. She sounded upbeat and way too happy ( I have
been in sales for over 16 years nice try it was so fake) and she sounded
like a bad used car sales person trying to talk me out of a few horses.
I informed her that horses do not leave my property without meeting the
possible new owner in person, doing a barn check and them trying a horse
out. She insisted she could send her barn manager to my barn to see our
horses that they were perfect. She actually tried to argue in her upbeat
manner that she as a horse owner understood my concerns
blah blah
blah I told her to email me all their info and a proposal and I hung up.
But what if someone else falls for this? Would anyone? I would hope not
so I am putting this out there for all to read and hopefully her. #1 I
have no young horses listed on my website. #2 her incentive for me to
give up a few young horses for their show opening was that they would
give me and all my friends free tickets when the show opened. I thought,
Really wow cant wait for you to come and take my horses.
I knew once on the trailer I would never would see them again or know
what happened to them. Tivoli Farms as she called themselves would pay
the cost of shipping and handling to borrow them from us for their show
and of course they would get the best possible feed and hay available.
Anyways just sounded like such a scam phone call and was wondering if
anyone else had gotten a call like this? Michele email: mekill7155@yahoo.com
9/21/09 FOR YOU HAY VENDERS Just
for your information if you want to warn your readers we had a situation
where someone contacted us for hay and sent a check and we were suppose
to pay the trucker. I was concerned the check was fraudulent and then
if we paid the trucker we would be out the money. My husband called the
bank that was out of Chicago and it was a fraudulent check. We turned
it over to the Sheriff's dept. The mailing of the check came from New
York. There are a lot of scams out there. We advertised on your site and
one other. 8/12/09 Hi. I am warning people of this scam that I have recently come across. This person 'Anaya' claims to have a 10 year old 17HH Friesian gelding up for adoption for $1000.00 in Texas. This person does not give an address to actually go see or try out the horse or even email more pictures as promised in emails. This person has also stated that they have relocated from Texas to Maine and want to ship the horse. I suspect they will ask for the money up front. This person is advertising through 'Horsegalore.com. BEWARE!!! enovar@salud.unm.edu 5/8/09 Recently we posted several ads trying to sell a horse online. One of
the sites got a hit right away, it sounded a little strange that the person
didn't ask much info about the horse, but the inquiry came through the
site and was from someone in Iowa. The person called him/herself Anne
Tyson and said she'd send us a check via DHL overnight delivery and that
she'd include the fees for shipping and would send us the shippers info
so we could contact them directly to work out the details. We sent an
email back saying that a bank check or cash on pick up would be preferred
because our bank told us that it could take several days for the check
to clear. We didn't hear anything for a few days, suddenly we got an email
(from the same person) that asked for the bottom line price and payment
info. Now we really got suspicious because we had already covered that
in previous emails, so we didn't answer it, waiting to see what would
happen and the next day we got an email that had the subject "Payment
issued" that said the check was on the way and gave us a DHL tracking
number. We immediately did two things, checked the DHL tracking number
and did a search on "horse scams". Lillian Cole I live in Minnesota and had my truck on craigslist. The above mentioned party contacted me and said they would send me a check for the truck I had. I was a little leary about them since they would pay the full price without even looking at it. Since the area code for their number was 212 I was really nervous. She said she sent out a check overnight through FedEx and would set up a delivery person to pick up the truck. The person wanted to pick it up within a couple days. Well, I put off the delivery and of course no check showed up. I contacted FedEx and they said that the label had indeed been printed but, no parcel was dropped off. I contacted Lillian back and told her point blank they vehicle would not leave my yard until the check had arrived and cleared. I have not heard back from them. So yes, they are still at it. Jerome Just thought I would pass along a warning about a slick scam message
that came in yesterday: If you are looking for a horse trainer do not reply to the ad placed by a BJ in Sandusky, Ohio. I was ripped of by her in October of 2007. She will ask fo half the $ up front and the other half when finished then will give you a sob story about her mother and cancer and how she needs the rest of the $ for medicine. If you fall for this sob story and give her the $ that will be last you see of her. If contacted she will use any excuse from being in the hospital, waiting for a loan to come in, wait for a school loan, any excuse she uses you will not get your $ back. Ad posted by RickandDiDi" <rhicks3@neo.rr.com> of Ohio. 3/31/08 We recently hired Valley Veiw Equine Transport to haul two of our horses
from Florida to Colorado. We gave Hi, I was wondering if you could post this to your web site. This scam
is still very active, so please beware! This is the 2nd request (from
different email addresses) I have received in the last week. The stories
are the same. Along with the email address below, the first email address
was jennifer101@yahoo.com. Beware of this scam!! I have filed a complaint with the NC Better Business Bureau due to Affordable
Tacks unconcern for my patronage. The company says on their Web-site that
they are 'Member, Better Business Bureau, Southern Piedmont/Charlotte'
but the NC BBB says "This organization is not a BBB Accredited business."
This is a familiar scam, but just so people selling online are aware
that its still around: Someone sent e-mails answering a hay-for-sale
ad and said he would send a certified check and arrange for hauling the
hay. It sounded legitimate, but he sent overpayment in travelers checks
(which of course were counterfeit) and instructions to wire money to the
hauler. This scam is run on all kinds of products and servicesdifferent
story, same ending. NEVER send or give money to a third party in any deal.
Never refund money immediately after youve cashed a check. Youll
find the check or other form of payment is phony and youre out a
large sum of money. Nancy 6/28/07 I just wanted to warn people who have trailers and trucks for sale that there is e-mails going out that are scams. They claim to want to buy from you and then want to send you a money order or cashiers check for over the amount and have you send them the rest. They also say that they will send a delivery person to pick up the trailer or vehicle. We have been through this before and it is horrible. Please warn people of this scam. We have already received 2 e-mails on the trailer we have for sale from them. 9/16/06 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS WARNING!!!! Be very careful when buying or selling a horse from Johnny Garcia. He buys and sells in eastern New Mexico (clovis area), southwestern Oklahoma (altus, ok) and in Texas around Amarillo, Canyon, Hereford. Many of these horses are not or have not been paid in full by him even though too many people have already given him the papers. He has left OK owing a lot of people money with no effort towards making restitution. He talks many people into "business opportunities" of putting in money to buy a horse with him. He states he will train and sell the horse in a quick turnaround time and then will split the profits with you. He then disappears or just avoids any attempts on your part to try to get your money back. He has taken thousands of dollars from people. Also many of these horses are carried across state lines without the proper tests. He is not honest about how much training the horses have had, some only ridden once or twice. Very persuasive and aggressive seller. BE VERY CAREFUL OF BUYING OR SELLING FROM JOHNNY (JOHN) D. GARCIA. He was in altus, ok and is now in Fort Sumner, NM and Clovis, NM. ruffner2004@aim.com8/28/06 Warning, I was frauded out of $2000 for a horse trailer that was never delivered by Holly Kerns / Holly Fagerlund. She is currently listing a "Nice QH mare for sale" under the email address hollyf2009@hotmail.com on the Horse Talk site. She has also used the addresses crazydaisynm@yahoo.com and hollykerns2000@yahoo.com. Searches online revealed she has scammed other people, too. When she scammed me she used a P.O. Box in Corrales, NM. She repeatedly claimed certified checks and money orders were lost in the mail, and stopped responding to my messages. Buyer beware!!! maupin@pastrytech.com8/21/06 Hi I was told by an FBI agent that under no circumstances should no one
take a cashiers check. Just thought I would let everyone know. Jeanne
7/31/05 I was scammed with a buyer wanting my horses in africa for a religious leader. He was way better than what you guys have said so far. he responded back and forth a few times i will forward those to you next. He wanted to know all about the horses and if i knew who could start the shipping process. Here are all the emails. Thanks sarah 7/6/05 an e mail from a kristalfender007@yahoo.com stating that she will buy the horse and transport him out of the us. she would send me a check for the price and to cover the shiping expense which she would arange. she wanted me to send my address and phone # to complete the transaction. Is this for real ? Has any one else dealt with this person? Konzales@aol.com 5/14/05 I have a few things I would like to post. I have a sale ad for a 10 month old foal on horse-talk. In the last few days I have been receiving emails from suspiciousbuyers claiming to want to buy the horse, but wanting personal information such as bank account number to send a wire transfer. I'm sure this is some kind of scam because these people claim to want to buy the horse sight unseen! Also, people should be aware never to give out their personal info such as bank account numbers to anyone over the internet. I thought I should pass this info along to you so that maybe you could post a warning on the classified sectionthat there is a potentially harmful scam going on. If even one person falls for it, it is one too many. I would be interested in knowing if anyone else having an ad on horse-talk has had an incounter of this nature. I have received 3 emails from different yahoo accounts in the last 3 days. The names listed on the email address don't match the name of the personasking for the information.Sincerely,Debbie 4/13/05 The scam artist John Allex at allexstore@hotmail.com tried the ole please deduct shipping and send via Western Union on us this morning, too. 04/13/2005 I have a person hounding me named John Folls that has the bad grammar useage in his e-mails. He is trying to purchase one of my horses, stating that someone owes him money and he will send the check for the horse plus shipping, etc. So, if you receive any emails from a man by the name of John Folls, do not answer them. 3/1/05 This is regarding the ongoing scam where a seller is contacted and told that they will receive a cashier's check that is made out for more than the amount of the horse, trailer, truck, dog, etc., and that the seller should send the excess amount to them or their shipper or anyone else. It is a scam which is extremely wide spread and has been around for a long time, not just on this web site, but on others as well. When I advertised a client's horse, I received over 5 e-mail's from different name addresses at different IPs. None were signed. All used very bad grammar and the spelling was terrible. They demanded that I send all sorts of contact information to them and that they would send a cashier's check for twice the amount my client was asking for their horse. I was told that I should deposit the check and then send the overage to their shipper who would then pick up the horse. When you receive a response to an ad such as this, here are a few things you should or should not do: First of all, do not sign any e-mail you send back to them, with your name. Do not give out any of your contact information without knowing exactly who the buyer is, where they live (address) and their phone number first.Ask where the horse is going and what the horse will be used for. Most of these scam artists don't know the first thing about what they are "buying" and that will stop them cold. If you receive a check of "any kind", wait until it clears before you do anything else. Most horse shippers collect their fee from the buyer upon delivery of the horse. They do not get paid before hand. Relate this in any e-mail you send back to someone wishing you to pay a "shipper" first.Report any scams to the FBI. Also, use your head and don't be gullible. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Watch for red flags and ask lots of questions. Legitimate buyers will be happy to give you any information you want and will call you or come in person to look at what they wish to purchase. 1/10/05 Wanted to let you know about a "new" way to contact for purchase thathappened to me and was a scam. The day after Christmas, I had a phone call from a person using a "teleprompter" asking about a horse trailer I have for sale. A teleprompter is someone using a computer to type their message --i.e. a deaf person -- which is verbally translated by an independent operator. He asked about the trailer, condition, price. I responded. He then stated he would be paying with a cashier's check and his shipper would be picking it up. I responded, no, I will accept cash only due to all the scams going on. He then hung up. This was obviously another scam.We have also been contacted about a dozen other times via emails about this trailer and some horses we've had listed. All wanted to pay via cashier's check for a lot more than the amount asked, with me to cash the check and send them the balance. Needless to say, I didn't accept any of their "offers" and told them to take their scams elsewhere. Joy at wildwind2@plateautel.net 1/8/05 Just found out that this Dennis Law (dbestcar1119@outgun.com) person issued me a counterfeit check. Please let folks know that he is a fraud and to becareful. The authorities have been notified. 11/30/04 I just received a message which sounds like several other scams sent
in response to Horse Talk classified ads I have copied and pasted the
content of the message below so that other Horse-Talk advertisers can
be wary of such offers:We are interested in buying your above mentioned
Saddle at advertised rate. Saddle will be picked up from your location
for onward shipping to London. Cost and modalities of shipping to be born
by us. Payment for the purchase is by check through a debtor in US. The
debtor owes us higher than our purchase. He will therefore be sending
you a check for $5,000 to cover the cost of our order, as well as the
Shipping costs. On receipt of the check, you will cash and deduct the
cost of our order .The balance you will send as we would instruct you
to the Agency that will ship the Saddle to us. If this arrangement suites
you fine, please send us your address where to send the check, as well
as the name to be on it. Also send us your phone number for easy communication. HI, Hello, just wanted to let you know that I too was contacted by 2 different
individuals wanting to purchase my horse. One offered to pay by cashiers
check even though I specifically stated it would be a cash only deal and
he wouldn't tell me his location, the other was from Western Europe--right,
like someone would want to buy an old horse to train. I tell you, these
people will get you if you don't get defensive! Be careful and beware!!
8/28/04 Greetings, Reporting these individuals is the only way to make a difference! I also wanted to tell you to warn your users about a fraud that is occuring. People are offering to buy vehicles or horses and are sending counterfeit cashiers checks. We just lost $7200 to such a scam and I wanted to warn you that this occuring. The man who scamed us contacted me through your web site so I thought you ought to alert your users. I would suggest being leary of anyone saying they want to pay with a cashiers check or if they are not located in the United States. If they do accept a cashier's check they should wait at least 2 weeks for it to clear. Ours bounced after 3 weeks, so it is important to wait. If someone says they want to send a check for the amount greater than the sale of the item and then for the seller to send the change back, it is most likely a fraud. p.s. They are also running the scam on dog owners. I, too, received an e-mail offer this morning (Monday, April 5) to buy my horse with a cashier's check, made out for 3500.00 more than the purchase price which I was to send the balance back to them. They're still at it! |
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