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Originally Posted by Megan
I have had several people from the UK trying to buy one of my horses on line, I dont know what to do just ignore them? or if I turned it in to somebody would something actually be done?.
They say stuff exactly like you are saying, " I was veiwing adds today and came across your horse, my client is interested to buy the horse and hopes the horse is in good health. My client is fine with the price of 5500 and will send you a cashiers check for $10,000 you are required to take the 5500 out of the 10000 and send the rest to the shipping company Via Western Union Transfer........."
Anyways yep thats almost how exactly every email is
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Yep, thats the scam. The worst part of it is that when you send the western union, there is NO way to get your money back; you can't stop payment, you can't see who picked it up at all, its like just opening up the window and sending the money on its way. Also, they are hard to prosecute as the over seas nature of the 'buyers' actually works in thier favors.
However, I would keep all copies of emails, keep any phone numbers, etc. and turn them over to the FBI. There may not be much we can do now, but every bit of info on these scammers that is collected can mean their eventaul prosescution.