NEW Nigerian Scam...When Will the Scams Stop???

I've received that scam in my email. I responded by telling the sender that I knew it was a scam and I was going to "help him out" by reporting him to the authorities, both in his country and mine. There is actually an International Fraud Unit in our own U.S. Secret Service. I don't know if they handle things of this nature, but I do forward those emails to them and I also forward them to my email server and have sent dozens of these Nigerian scam emails to the Nigerian government. What is done when they receive them, I don't know. But, I HOPE that my emailing the scammers back and telling them that I've forwarded their emails to the "proper authorities" makes them pull up shop and move in order to avoid being caught. It might help one naive and trusting person to keep their money and bank account safe. I can only hope so.

They have reached an all time low with this one. It just seems anything is fair game to these sick twisted people. Trouble is this one is more believable them some of the other scams. Thanks for the heads up on this one.

Of course you aren't lady M - It is deplorable the depths that these people will sink to to scam money out of people who usually can ill afford it! i wouldn't have anything to do with this type of scam anyway because I believe like was mentioned in that article that shipping a puppy is actually quite cruel and very distressing for a puppy but as you say I can imagine many kind hearted people who would only want to help falling for this! Hugs xxx

Ok, there have been many times in my life when I truly thought I'd 'seen it all', but this takes the cake!!!! But I've learned. So if I get an email with the words 'Africa, Dubai, Nigeria, beneficiary' and others like that, I just delete. You can't trust anything anymore, and just how soul destroying is that eh?

I didn't look at the link, I can't stand to read about or see animals and children being abused. There is nothing these scum won't do to part us from our money. I'm going to make that stew tomorrow! I'll be letting you know how it is tomorrow evening.

You are not alone. I think there are people who would fall for this because there are people out there that are active in animal rights and animal resuce. This makes me sad and mad all at the same time. Sad that people are gulable to fall for it and mad because some people just have no morals at all!!

This isn't just a Nigerian scam. My daughter had a puppy to sell and some one from Illinois wanted it. This person claimed to be deaf and he want'ed the puppy for his son. When all the logistics were worked out the person sent her a check for much more than was agreed up and the expense of shipping the puppy. She was ask to cash the check and hold the difference for some one to meet her and pick it up. She got suspicious and called the bank the certified check was written on and found it to be bogus. so she turned it into the law. The person kept e-mailing her wanting to know when she would cash the check. Any way this was one time they didn't get sucker

Fortunately I've never gotten this scam email and besides if I did wouldn't fall for it. Most of these Nigerian scams actually do admit to their origins so as soon as I see any in my emails to me I just delete it...but this really is an all time low as no doubt they are tugging at our heart strings with anything related to animals/pets. I would never fall for it.. Don't ask how many times I've reported to the FBI site to report fraud..they're probably fed up from hearing from me...LOL

They will never stop as long as people continue to fall for them. Law enforcement officials are powerless to stop these criminals from preying on innocent people. There will always be criminals, and there will always be scams. Hell politicians rob and scam us every day, and WE PAY THEM TO DO IT LOL

I think that anyone that is willing to start a scam has no morals anyway LadyM. Puppy, terminally ill relative, husband facing political imprisonment etc; they are all fair game to the sick mind that is the scammer.

Hi LadyM, They know how to pull people's heart string, but I would never be fooled by that as I know there is never a puppy there in the first place, and if I want a puppy I'll go to my animal shelter here near where I live and not in any other country especially Africa, these people should be proscuted. Tamara

umm. scam will keep happen as long as internet have no single stricker law ratified by all nations in this world. a universal law not just code ethic as today.

No you're not! I'm in shock to when I hear about all those scams! It gets to me that so many people getted scammed! Alot has to do with is,people don't do the research! They just jump right in! I once in awhil get e-mails that are scamms. Some have been so called Nigerian scams! I just delete them! I know better to send money to an organization I don't know anything about! As long as people are vunerable and naive theses scams will keep coming!

You a right. It is disgusting, these people are disgusting and they will only be enriching themselves.