<font color="#000088">I was trying really hard to find a good, loving home for my little Nico. He's the cutest little dog you could imagine. He's really a good boy! He's just not getting enough attention from me right now, because I'm just too sick and only getting sicker. So he's feeling a bit restless, and that's understandable! So I put an add on petfinder.com in order to put him up for adoption, with a fair adoption fee! Now I got a response from this lady, claiming that she lived in Hartford, CT! She seemed a bit off, so I turned her down. Then I got another offer from a man, claiming to reside in Texas. He seemed to be a really nice man, said he had a couple kids, and it basically sounded like a good situation for my little Nico! So I agreed to let him adopt him. He said he would send my adoption fee immediately, and then arrange for the pick up of the pet!
So far,sounded good! Then I get another e-mail from him saying that the payment had been sent, and that it included the shipping fee, and that once I cashed it, to contact his shipping company to arrange solid pick-up of the pet! He left an E-mail address for a shipping service. Then first thing Wednesday morning,I get a check delivered by UPS to my door! And when I opened it, it was for $2,500.00! Now, that seemed like a lot of extra for shipping, after my adoption fee being taken out!
So I took the check to my bank, and had them take a good look at it, and make sure there was nothing fishy about that check! Well, they determined that it was indeed a fraudulent check, but that it would still cash. But then later, the bank would cancel it, and come after me for the entire $2,500.00, after the shipping people got off with most of the money. It was a scam!
So these people were not at all interested in my little Nico, they just wanted the money! Could you imagine what they would have done with my dog once they took him, and the money! They would have had to have taken him, in order to make it look like they were really adopting him!
So I did not cash the check, and instead, I let the bank keep the check for training purposes! Not 30 minutes after I walked in the door from getting home from the bank, I get a phone call from the Lady that I had turned down from Hartford,CT! She said that she sent the check for her pet! Then started going on and on about how I stole her money, and that I didn't contact her as soon as I recieved the check! Now I didn't even know it came from her, because I clearly turned her down. I thought it came from the family in Texas! I didn't even think to look at the address on the outside of the envelope from the UPS guy, I just opened it!
So, anyway, this lady just kept yelling at me over the phone, and I told her that I did not cash her check, and that the bank told me that it was indeed a fraudulent check! She got even more mad, and called me a liar,saying that I did cash it, and that I had her money. Then she said something really stupid, she said that her bank assured her that it was a real check!lol..Banks don't issue bad checks,so why would they assure somebody that their check is real? That really tipped me off that she knew it wasn't a legit check!
Then she made the biggest mistake, she threatened me, and said that if I don't send her $2,000.00 by friday (Sept.7th)that my life would be in serious danger, and that I had no idea who I was messing with!
Well, I responded by saying I think I do know,"A scam artist, that didn't get her way"! And I told her that I was not afraid of her, and that if she really thought that I stole her money, than to go right ahead and call the police! She got more mad and left an Oregon phone number, and just said goodbye, and hung up!
Now, because of the threat that was made over it! All the evidence, the envelope from the UPS truck, the check from the bank, and the Oregon phone number and everything has been turned over to the police to investigate, for a fraud investigation. And for the threat agains't my life!
All because I wanted to find a safe home for my pet! Why in the hell did this have to happen? Do people thing that I'm stupid enough to fall for that kind of %#@&#!?
What is this world coming to?
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