Craigslist, Ebay and other online buying/selling scams.
#342256 by Iesdenh Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:51 am
People who have an add on a Belgium site, to sell their horse trailer. In the add she is said to live in Zaventem, Belgium, but in her first mail she tells that she actually lives in London.
She is willing to ship the trailer to Belgium. And sends more pictures of the trailer
Asks for your adress, driverslicence number and phone number.
Sends me a pic of ownership trailer, some kind of contract for ownership transfer and a pic of her driverslicence.
Then I got a mail from the transportation company (three times!), I googled the company, they have no base in the UK and they do not know a Armtrong Puckman. They told me this via email after I contacted the German based company.
I told her (Natalie) I didn't trust the company, she then asked me to transfer the money to her directly. As I didn't want to, she asked me to wire 500 via Western Union.
I looked for more adds on the internet for the same trailer model and came across an add with the EXACT same pictures as Natalie Smit send me.

If you want I can send you all correspondence.
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#342274 by Mike Wilson Thu Oct 19, 2017 10:40 pm
Hello and welcome to scamwarners.

Please post the email that describes the trailer, including the email address and telephone number(s) used in this scam.
Also post the contact information for the fake shipping company. This information will help others discover the scam before losing money to these criminals.

It is ALWAYS a scam
If the pet seller or shipper asks for money to be sent via Western Union, Money Gram, any brand of gift card. Walmart To Walmart , Zelle , PayPal friends and family option, or mentions Cameroon
#342710 by Iesdenh Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:12 am
ADMIN NOTE: The scammers are using the name of a real company to add credibility to the the scam.
This company is not connected to the scam in any manner.


G.K. AIRFREIGHT SERVICE - Armtrong Puckman
Trucking Service,
Aultmore AB55 2GJ.
United Kingdom.
Tlf: +44/8000868710
Email : ([email protected])
http://www.petshipping.com
http://www.gkair.de

(The company GK Airfreight Service actually is a legid comapny, in Germany, but they do not have a department in the UK, neither do they know any Armtrong Puckman)

The fraudulent seller:
Natalie Smit
Woodford Hage, Winchmore Hill,
North East London N21 1LE
United Kingdom.
Tlf: +44/8081890178.

Trailer info:
Make: Equi Trek 2011
Model: Space Treka L
Color: White
Gross Weight : 2500 Kg
Vehicle Identification Number : SBDRH1723B2701238
#345502 by Rememba90 Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:11 pm
I just encoutered the same scammer using a different name: Anne Petherick.
She was selling a friesian horse named Quoka (life no. 528220002873812) in Finland: https://www.ratsut.fi/ilmoitukset/ad/20 ... ruuna.html
The add says that the horse is located in Helsinki, Finland (the text was in Finnish, google translate was clearly used). The sellers address and phone number is exactly the same as with the trailer, the name is different. The tranfer company used is UK HORSE TRANSPORT (http://www.horsetransport-uk.com). I bet they have no record of the client.
This person has a lot of pictures and a long video of the horse. There is also a horse passport, vet inspection report and multiple x-rays that were sent to me. The story is built cleverly and is mostly quite plausible. There are little things here and there that sound fake. After finding out that the phone number used is a dead end and th given address cannot be found on map, I googled it more carefully and came upon this post with the same person. - Maybe I should ask if "Anne" could sell me a trailer with the horse as well. :D
The email address used is [email protected].

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