Internet horse scam
Warning:
A very serious matter has come to our attention and we feel it is our duty to inform our customers and sellers about an internet scam. The scam is usually but, not always from another country. They contact you wishing to purchase your item by email. They want to work out shipping arrangements and pay you by counterfeit cashiers check, or wire transfers.
Their is also a scam of a Southern California woman that ended up on television. She is allegedly defrauding horse buyes. Check out the news video online. News video and AWhitehorse.com discussion forum
These are some of the red flags about offers to good to be true: These are only guidelines and please use your commen sense.
- Bad english and misspelling.
- Too good to be true.
- They never give cotact information.
- Foreign country.
- Never ask to see the item
- Never come and see the item
- Third party arrangements
- They offer you more than the asking price and want you to send them the difference.
If a offer sounds strange and you feel uneasy about it then it probably is a scam. Those offers that sound to good to be true are usually just that, too good to be true.
Please be careful when giving your information to anyone.
- Never give out your banking information.
- Never send someone a check for anything you have sold them.
- Meet your customers before doing business with them. Their will be out of town buyers but, always make sure you have cash in hand or have cashed their check before your horse or item ever leaves your property.
Always get something in writing. You should never complete a transaction withoout getting it in writing and having both parties sign. If you cannot afford a lawyer to draw up this contract you should still write it down and both parties should sign. If anyone is hesitant or refuses to sign then that should be a good indicator that it is someone to be wary of. You probably shoould'nt be doing business with these people.
Here at Local Horse 4 Sale we will do our best to bring you any information that we find to help. Please if you receive a scam email let us know. We want to here about it so so we can inform our customers when new scams arise.
Here is a list of internet government complaint centers.
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