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Old 07-23-2007,
 
 
 
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Also watch out for people enquiring about your horse with the usual "I would like to buy your horse for the price you have stated, I have a shipping agency that will ship the horse for me, please let me know your details" - they then go on to say that they will send you a check with the asking price PLUS the shipping costs and then ask you to forward the SHIPPING costs onto their carrier - this made me go... "oh no way" - so out of curiosity, I got them to send a cheque and whalla, it was a fraud cheque which I mailed back to the FBI in the states.

Just be SO careful, but there are tell tale signs... like NEVER let go of your money without GOOD reason - if they want to send you money with shipping costs involved in it, DO NOT send out money before that cheque clears (guarenteed it won't)...

Made me laugh though, it's easy to spot them....

After all... how many horsey people say.. "I want to buy your advertised animal?"... I mean come on... "I would like to buy your QH gelding" would so sound so much better...

*rolls eyes*
 
 
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