I have recently received a very suspicious email offering to purchase a horse unseen. The horse was to be shipped overseas and payment was to be by PayPal. On further enquiry I find that this type of scam is common, can apply to a range of items and payment methods offered also include Western Union.The common factors seem to be:
- The rather quaint use of English. (When they sort this out there will be one less red light)
- Overseas (no country specified) shipping
- Online payment required and possibly an attempt to discover information that would enable them to use your account.
If you have experienced this scam please comment.
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