From: Adoos.com
From: clara reeds
Hello and thanks for your interest in my capuchin monkeys .the monkeys are vaccinated and vet checked.They are in the best of health conditions,and veryhealthy.They come with all registration papers,adoption papers,health records,one year health guarantee,toys,diapers and bottles and a care andfeeding manual.They are all home raised and hand fed in my home.They are veryfriendly and get along with other pets.They are well tamed and trained fordiapers and bottles.They are non aggressive and love children.They are friendlywith people and are very playful babies.This baby is 11weeks old an she is afemale.They are wonderful playmates and companions,who are very sociable.There is no adoption fee for them,while the shipping fee will depend on your location.please where are you located?I am located in victoria in cameroon.I
ship with the best pet shipping company:airfrance.please send to me your full names and your complete home address for home delivery or the closest airport to your locality for pick up.The monkey will arrive the very day i ship.Here are pics of Pearly.Do you have any kids?we really love them and want them togo to a family where she will be loved and spoiled.I just want to know the kindof home my baby is going into and whether the parents and kids are pet lovers.we can ship her as soon as you are ready.waiting to read from you Best regards and StayBlessedClara
Ok...our first clue should have been all the misspellings in this email....and/or all the bad use of the English language...but as I said, we weren't educated to scams like this at this time.....
To: clara reeds
Hi, the pictures of Pearly are so adorable. We too are pet lover's...we live on a horse farm, out in the country, on the banks of a small river and also have small dogs, that are well behaved. The closest airport to my location is XXX North Carolina, USA. Could you please send us info asap so that we may decide if this is going to work out for everyone involved. I have wanted a monkey since I was a child. I am female, now 37, raising my youngest sibling, and have been in a commmitted relationship with another lady for almost nine years. We have decided we would rather raise a monkey together than a child, lol..We both look forward to hearing from you...Thanks Again...Donna
From: clara reeds
Hello Dona,thanks for your mail and correspondance.Its good to know you and the family are all pet lovers.Well we also hope pearly will be spoiled when she arrives.please the shipping fee to North Carolina,is $350.We just bought her shipping crate yesterday and it cost us $50.So her shipping including her crate will cost you $400.Please send to us your full names and complete home address for home delivery or if you prefer to pick her then i would send her directly to the XXXX Airport.Please there is no extra cost for home delivery so that will depend on you.I will be shipping her with the following items;feeding bottles,feeding manaul;care manaul,diapers,toys,adoption and health papers.please I am attaching my pictures as well as those of my husband Gerald for you to see and also know us better.We shall also attach pearly's pictures already in her shipping crate.please you can leave a contact number both cell and land line so Gerald can call you today.We are already ready to ship today or as soon as you are prepared to have her.We are also very excited as Pearly will be travelling to her new home.please waiting to read from you and stay BlessedBest regardsClara and Gerald
In this email you can see....these people couldn't even spell my name....nor did they ever spell it correctly after this.....oh well....we also noticed that in the picture of Pearly sleeping in the new crate that was bought "yesterday" there was debris and dirt around the opening of the crate, and it was held together with bread ties......hmm....
From: Donna >To: clara reeds
Hi Clara and Gerald,
The more we see of Pearly, the more adorable she is!! We just have a few questions for you....how long would the trip be? How do we finalize arrangements? We are very cautious due to the information we have read on the internet about scams involving purchasing monkies and we do not want to be heartbroken. Our home phone number is xxx-xxx-xxxx and you may also contact us at a cell number xxx-xxx-xxxx. Please ask for Donna or Dee...We are greatly anticipating your call, anytime this evening. We also have more questions regarding her care during shipping...we do not want Pearly to be traumatized or to suffer in any way (mainly we don't want her to become hungry during her trip!). Once again, we are eagerly awaiting your call. Thank you for your quick correspondance with us!
Donna and Dee
Rereading these emails pisses me off.....the fact that not only were we so uneducated to these scams, but that people like these not only takes advantage of unsuspecting people.......how can someone take a pet they suposedly loves and exploit it like this to make a buck? Anyhoo....since they had our phone number, we were contacted almost immediately by the person portraying 'Gerald'. You could barely understand him on the phone due to his thick Nigerian accent, although claimed to be from South Africa....I have a very good friend who is from South Africa and can understand him completely. Anyway, he was so persistant that Pearly would be shipped from Cameroon to Vancouver, Canada then into the US. We told him to call us back in about an hour and a half. Meanwhile, we had started finding all sorts of information regarding shipping non-human primates into the US....illegal period, from any country. When we talked to Gerald again, he assured us it could be done, and that to prove good faith, we could wire him via Western Union or Moneygram only half the money, then the other half when we received Pearly. Yeah....as you can see by the next email from "Clara" we did not respond the them for a while......
From: clara reeds clarareeds@yahoo.com>To: Donna Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2008 4:22:55 AMSubject: Re: free lovely capuchin baby for adoption
Hi Dona,havent heard from you.hope you and Dee are doing pretty fine.Gerald told me he spoke with you while i was asleep two days ago.Well yesterday we were so busy making flight arrangements and a delivery for Canada.please we just wish to find out what step are we proceeding in or whether you prefer Gerald to ring you sometime later today.please kindly get backregardsClara
Few more questions.....why is it always "Clara" that emails, although "Gerald" says he is the one checking all emails and responding. By the way, he stated his telephone was located upstairs in their home, and that their computer room is located in the basement, and due to time change, we could only call around a certain time, as he might not be upstairs to answer the phone until that time....why not, Gerald, too busy checking all your other potential victims? Don't want a phone call from one while talking to another? So anyway, my girlfriend Dee decided to give them the clue that we had started educating ourselves, but didn't give away the fact that we had found Clara Reed's email address listed on a scam list......
Clara and Gerald,
Hello...This is Dee. I am sorry that we have not been in touch with you regarding Pearly. I have really fallen in love with that little girl, and wish that I could have her with me to love and spoil to bits. Unfortunately, I have been looking at the United States Government websites and the Center for Disease Control websites, and quite honestly, they both say that non human primates (monkeys) are not allowed to be imported into the US as pets for any reason.....period. I know that the both of you have assured Donna and I that we will get Pearly for half the money for shipping now, and half on arrival of Pearly, but that is still alot of money to wire you without a rock solid gaurantee that we would receive Pearly. I would hate to think that she would be impounded at any type of customs, and not be allowed into our loving home. I know that Gerald has assured us this is not a scam in any way, but what rock solid evidence do we have? If I knew for 100% that Pearly would not be impounded or that we would even receive her at all, then I might change my mind. I do not want to go through the heartache of thinking I am getting Pearly and she never shows up. If you have any solutions, we both would be willing to talk to you (but we are going out this evening). Waiting to hear from you again....
Donna and Dee
That email was sent last night, April 5th. We got home with no reply on our email page. Then bright and early this morning, April 6th we had a message.....
From: clara reeds
Hello Dee,thanks for your mail.okay Gerald will call you later today as soon as we are back from Church.regardsClara
I believe this was the final straw for me. I could not even comprehend speaking with that man again as mad as I was at this point. So I just sent this.......
I sincerely suggest you check out the following information, if indeed you are shipping primates into the United States, you are committing a felony and subject to full prosecution under United States law.
The Captive Primate Safety Act (S. 1498/H.R. 2964) prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in primates as pets.
Further information.....
http://www.wwfus.org/trade/faqs_primate.cfm
You should be very aware of this,..and I am quite sure that you are.
Perhaps you should also understand that any further attempt to contact us via telephone will be recorded, documented as a solicit for nonhuman primates, and turned over to all the proper authorities.(we anxiously await to hear from you)
While we have decided to find a reputable person to deal with in the United States, I find it sad that unsuspecting people worldwide are scammed daily in their pursuits of furfilling their life long dream of owning or adopting a monkey.
P.s. Hope things went well at church and you both saids lots of prayers
Educated Americans,
Donna and Dee
Needless to say, we haven't heard from Clara or Gerald....and I don't think we will. On another note, we found a picture of a darling little capuchin female on the Internet, for adoption, named "Niki". It seemed odd that the woman feeding the monkey it's bottle had on the exact same bath robe that "Clara" had on in a picture she sent us of "Pearly"......and I must say, she really needs to change her nail polish between scam photos too........but we haven't heard from that advertisment....we will let you know if we do........
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