Yesterday, I stumbled upon this posting in the Chambana craigslist:
“fine(Cute) English Bulldog Puppy
Reply to: comm-279116464@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-02-16, 1:17PM CST
awaiting any lovely home for rehoming”
Not that the McCuerda’s are in the market for a puppy right now, but I have grown up with English Bulldogs, I LOVE them, in an over the top unhealthy sort of way, so I naturally sent an email inquiring about said puppy and if a meeting could be arranged. I must say, that I was instantly visualizing bringing home the puppy, playing, chewing, cuddling, house breaking; all things uber-cute puppy oriented. I was stoked, and spent the next 24 hours thinking of almost nothing other than adopting this little guy and watching him grow up and torture our cat. I received this response today (with the insanely cute picture):
Hi there
Good Day and thanks for the interest in my puppy name Kelly.Kelly is
13weeks old and she is AKC registered,she would be coming along pedigree
and vet checked and including her coupons.She is very sociable with kids
and
other house hold pets(both indoors and outdoor pets.
I came from 100 N Front St Okabena Minnesota 56161 /United States to
Cameroon for a missionary
visit here and discovered that the climate here in Cameroon is too harsh
for Kelly,So I have complaint to the airport here in Cameroon and they have
giving me a free flight ticket for the puppy to be shipped any where and
that it would take ok.But the insurance company here in Cameroon has
charged the amount of $350 and the missionary that I worked with has raised
$100 so if you can come up with the remaining $250 then get back to me as
soon as possible with your full names,phone number,house address,name of
nearest airport from your home so that I can take it to the airlines and
ask them the flight duration that is the maximum time for the puppy to get
to you either at your house or at the airport,I mean which ever way is
convenient . As for the $250 you would be sending the money to Rev/father
Nkwenti Eric
which is the care taker of the missionary where I worked and also because I
have not made a national identity card or drivers license here in Cameroon
and I have only my drivers license from Minnesota that I came with and my
husbands own ok.
I am not intending to give Kelly to any kind of person,so if you would
promise me that you would take good care of Kelly and that you would
provide me with recent pictures of her when you get her then get back to me
as soon as possible,God Bless you thanks.
Regards.
Beth Mcnab
It’s a total scam, and a bad bizarre one at that. I did a little search for Cameroon Puppy Scams, and these scams are being run all of the time, and the sad part it, there are actually people who send the money. Humanity sucks sometimes.