| URGENT MESSAGE |
CAUTION! Breeders out there are extremely careful. There is an active con which, in brief, goes like this:
The con man contacts the breeder and orders a kitten. He/she sends a money order which covers more than the value of the kitten ordered
asking you to wire him/her the difference. The money order takes about a month to be verified and cashed out. The victim, if not nave, waits
for this verification but the con or one of his/her associates contacts you saying that the buyer has had an accident, he/she is in the hospital
and he/she needs money immediately. So the victim is asked urgently (before its too late for the poor guy) to send him/her all or some of
the money the victim owes to the con. Of course the money order is not covered and no money is going to be cashed out. Any money sent
will be lost along with the kitten, if sent.
More specifically: what happened to us (a real story):
A person, named Ken Louis, ken_luis001@yahoo.com, made a contact with me and show interest about a kitten for his daughter’s
birthday. He said to me that he lives in the U.S. but currently he is in Holland for business and he ll be back in the States in just a few days.
He sounded very polite and with no problem answering in questions that any breeder might ask. So he gave me, with no hesitation, a lot of
information about his family, the place that my kitten was going to live from now on etc. So I agreed in selling my sweet kitten Cecilia to him.
As it concerns the economic part he agreed (with not any argue at all) at 500 Euro for the kitten and 540 Euro for transportation fees.
He said to me that he was going to send me a money order with a bigger amount, about 4,750 Euro! He asked me to keep the 1,040 euros
(500+540) and to wire him back the difference (3,710 euro) with Western Union.
OK, I know that it was extremely stupid agreeing in such a deal but, believe me; he had his way with words.
When I received the money order I wrote him an email that I had received it and I asked him to send me the address in which I had to wire
him the rest of money.
He sent me an address in Great Britain (!!!). That made me suspicious. I read the money order more carefully and I noticed that it was from
a bank located in Dublin (Scotland)!
Immediately after this last contact with the con, another person (either the same person or a member of the gang) contacted me by email.
Her "name" was mrs Franca Cole, mrsfrancacole@yahoo.com. She wrote me that she was Mr. Luis client and that for now own and
just for a short period of time I would have to communicate with her instead of Mr. Luis since his wife had a serious health problem.
She sent me an address that I had to wire the money. This new address was supposed to be the office of Mr. Luis " wife's" doctor. This
doctor was supposed to operate Mr. Luis, wife. This time the address was in London, England.
She asked me to keep the money for the kitten and to wire the rest of money the very next day with Western Union as it was very urgent (a
matter of life and death).
So I went to my bank to cash out the money order. My banker said to me that a check from abroad needs about a month to be verified and
cashed out.
I've made a contact with the bank in Dublin (where the money order was supposed to be from) and they told me the very same.
After this new information I sent an email to Mrs Franca Cole telling her that I wasn't possible to wire her any money at all (neither sending
the kitten) until cashing out the money order.
The very next day the person with the name Mr. Luis wrote me back asking me to wire him urgently some money, about 300 Euro, since
his wife needed to be operated.
That was the final proof that I was dealing with cons.
I contacted the police (the branch specialized on Internet crimes) and I formally reported the incident.
I understand that the investigation may take a lot of time so I thought that I should warn all of you breeders out there.
Fortunately I didn't lose any money but, as I was informed, the very same gang has performed a similar con to a lot of hotel owners and a
many people had lost money.
ANDA KONDAKI
The con man contacts the breeder and orders a kitten. He/she sends a money order which covers more than the value of the kitten ordered
asking you to wire him/her the difference. The money order takes about a month to be verified and cashed out. The victim, if not nave, waits
for this verification but the con or one of his/her associates contacts you saying that the buyer has had an accident, he/she is in the hospital
and he/she needs money immediately. So the victim is asked urgently (before its too late for the poor guy) to send him/her all or some of
the money the victim owes to the con. Of course the money order is not covered and no money is going to be cashed out. Any money sent
will be lost along with the kitten, if sent.
More specifically: what happened to us (a real story):
A person, named Ken Louis, ken_luis001@yahoo.com, made a contact with me and show interest about a kitten for his daughter’s
birthday. He said to me that he lives in the U.S. but currently he is in Holland for business and he ll be back in the States in just a few days.
He sounded very polite and with no problem answering in questions that any breeder might ask. So he gave me, with no hesitation, a lot of
information about his family, the place that my kitten was going to live from now on etc. So I agreed in selling my sweet kitten Cecilia to him.
As it concerns the economic part he agreed (with not any argue at all) at 500 Euro for the kitten and 540 Euro for transportation fees.
He said to me that he was going to send me a money order with a bigger amount, about 4,750 Euro! He asked me to keep the 1,040 euros
(500+540) and to wire him back the difference (3,710 euro) with Western Union.
OK, I know that it was extremely stupid agreeing in such a deal but, believe me; he had his way with words.
When I received the money order I wrote him an email that I had received it and I asked him to send me the address in which I had to wire
him the rest of money.
He sent me an address in Great Britain (!!!). That made me suspicious. I read the money order more carefully and I noticed that it was from
a bank located in Dublin (Scotland)!
Immediately after this last contact with the con, another person (either the same person or a member of the gang) contacted me by email.
Her "name" was mrs Franca Cole, mrsfrancacole@yahoo.com. She wrote me that she was Mr. Luis client and that for now own and
just for a short period of time I would have to communicate with her instead of Mr. Luis since his wife had a serious health problem.
She sent me an address that I had to wire the money. This new address was supposed to be the office of Mr. Luis " wife's" doctor. This
doctor was supposed to operate Mr. Luis, wife. This time the address was in London, England.
She asked me to keep the money for the kitten and to wire the rest of money the very next day with Western Union as it was very urgent (a
matter of life and death).
So I went to my bank to cash out the money order. My banker said to me that a check from abroad needs about a month to be verified and
cashed out.
I've made a contact with the bank in Dublin (where the money order was supposed to be from) and they told me the very same.
After this new information I sent an email to Mrs Franca Cole telling her that I wasn't possible to wire her any money at all (neither sending
the kitten) until cashing out the money order.
The very next day the person with the name Mr. Luis wrote me back asking me to wire him urgently some money, about 300 Euro, since
his wife needed to be operated.
That was the final proof that I was dealing with cons.
I contacted the police (the branch specialized on Internet crimes) and I formally reported the incident.
I understand that the investigation may take a lot of time so I thought that I should warn all of you breeders out there.
Fortunately I didn't lose any money but, as I was informed, the very same gang has performed a similar con to a lot of hotel owners and a
many people had lost money.
ANDA KONDAKI