Possible Aquarium-related scam?

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Dear Gilead.
Thank you greatly for your very prompt reply.
While I appreciate seeing the entire range of fascinating and wonderful creatures you offer, I am only interested in a few very specific varieties of the Genus Polypterus. While they are extremely beautiful, the crabs, shrimp, snails and other curiosities you supply are of no interest to me as I only keep fish. Also the importing of live animals (other than fish) to our country is prohibited, so while fish can easily be renamed and slipped through the official channels, importing colourful crabs would require a complex smuggling operation requiring several boats, contacts in various countries, and an expert captain most likely with a pet parrot. Obviously crabs cannot be strapped to the body like birds, small mammalls and small reptiles, at least not comfortably enough to endure the long flight to New Zealand. They would most likely sell very well though and earn you a lot of money if they could be brought in, but I digress..

The fish I am interested in are;
Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri, especially specimen from Lake Chad
Polypterus endlicheri congicus, especially larger examples over 20" in length.
Polytperus bichir bichir, any sizes or vatients possible.

While they are not as rare or sought after, large specimen of P. delhezi and P. senegalus (wild caught of course) may still be of interest if they are over 12" in total length.

I am somewhat unsure as to why you require my company name and address at this point of the procedure though. No doubt you are aware of the large number of "scammers" present in your country who try to lure gullable old people into providing their bank details with false offers of millions of dollars. However, I already feel a connection with you as we are both lovers of the natural world and my gut instinct tells me I should trust you. Why else would God have led you to me?

I am greatly anticipating your reply, if you are able to supply the fish I seek. I need to see photographs of the actual fish you have available so I can pick and choose the individual specimens I like as there is a lot of variance with wild caught fish. I do not wish to pay top dollar for substandard livestock, although I have no doubt your quality livestock will not disappoint my high standards.

Regards,
Thanks,
Cheers,
Kia Ora,
Salute.


David
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Wonder if he'll buy it, or if he'll figure out he is wasting his time...
 
Lol. The site looks basic but believable on the surface but if you go to the price list it has no prices, the product list with no info and the catalogue that has no links or fish names. If you hold the pointer over each pic all that pops up is "friendship" for whatever reason and that is only a couple of the pics.
On the surface believable but if you dig a little further into their site it begins to stink. I wonder if anyone has fell for it yet.

It will be interesting to see how these "enquiries" go especially after basically declaring you are a sucker. I bet they think they are onto a winner.
 
A lot of those are scams, I get about 10 emails a day from my transhipping company I run. I never believe any of them, and some actually use pictures they got off google. The funny ones are the ones that actually call my cell phone. I can't even understand them, so how can I buy fish from them?!?!?!?!?
 
Ask for referrals. Who do they already sell to? You could also promise a large order, but only after you receive a free sample. :D
 
Knowdafish;4500868; said:
Ask for referrals. Who do they already sell to? You could also promise a large order, but only after you receive a free sample. :D
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haha.. would be f'n awesome to pull that of.. ripping of nigerian scammers..
 
THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS IN ON THE SCAM
This scam is often referred to as the 4-1-9 scam, ironically after section 4-1-9 of the Nigerian Penal Code which relates to fraudulent schemes. While the Nigerian government periodically makes grand statements that it is cracking down on the scam, it isn't -- for the reason that the scam was, according to some reports, the third-largest industry in Nigeria!!! This is just too large a business for Nigeria to crack down on -- it would be like Nevada trying to close the casinos.
There have been numerous reports of high-level officials of the Nigerian government and the Central Bank of Nigeria personally participating in this scam, even to the extent of giving dupes tours through government buildings and showing them piles of cash in the vault of the Central Bank!
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