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Inquiry Warning! Lorral bih is kinda fishy

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I didn't complete the transaction with Mr. Bih, but I believe that he is a scammer.

I contacted Lorral Bih about some kimberly rock monitors and Storr's monitors. He has an ad on locanto.

Here it is:

NOTE: Read from top to bottom.


No Luc i can`t just send you the animals without that you have send any funds.
I don`t need the 10%, what is it for,i don`t want money i haven`t work for okay,
Either you will do as i say by at least sending $600.00 USD or all the funds
to my son or no deal,i told you before that i have once been a victim and i never be
again,i really wanted you to have these animals but you are the one complicated
the situation,the technician said they will finish work my home line today i will call
when they are through cause i love to talk with you also.So you have the choice to
make either my way or i will wish you good luck to look for this animals else where.I`m sorry Luc i can`t do otherwise
think about it well.
My regards,
Lorral.



--- On Wed, 6/10/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 3:25 AM

No Lorral I do not trust you. For you to expect me to trust a name on the internet that I have never met nor spoken to is ridiculous. If you do indeed trust me send the animals to me and then I will send the funds plus 10%



Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/09/09 05:06 pm

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors




Luc i will appreciated if you can send the money to my son,
I`m to busy in my monitor farm,please,hope you have a child,
I`m a God faring person and i promise you all will be well with
the delivery.
Look since i want you to send the money to my son and that i trust
you very much and i will like you to take my words and trust men too
Luc send just half of the money which is about $600.00 USD.
Have a great day Lec.
Thanks and God blessing upon you.


.


--- On Tue, 6/9/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 5:50 PM


Hi Lorral,



Good to here back from you!



OK I will only use paypal. I will pay the extra fees.



Also do you have any pictures of the female kimberlys? The storri look good.



Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/09/09 01:35 am

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors



I`m just from calling the home line you gave me on your last mail,but is not going
through ,there are asking to live massage.But i`ll keep on insisting cause i really want
to talk with you on phone.Hope this is the number 541-896-3090 ?.The total cost of every
is $1,190.13 USD which is approximately $1200 USD like you said.
Luc is not that i don`t want the funds ship to England but rather,i want to make things
easy for both of us,shipping the funds to England will cost some money right that`s the charges you will pay to ship me the funds,then me shipping the money to West Africa Cameroon to my son will still cost some money ,so what i`m saying is that you should understand and lets reduce the charges of sending the to England and from England to Cameroon to my son,hope you remember i told i talk with my son and he said they are no pay pal services in Cameroon where he is,so that`s why i`m asking you to use Western Union post.
Take the funds to the closest Western Union post in area and send directly to my son in Cameroon so that we avoit spending much money on the charge ,i prefer you remove the charges it will cost to send the money from the $1200 cause here in England it cost alot,hope you understand me well.
I have attach larger pictures this time take a look on them,and let me know if they are okay ,you said the storri is okay right?
Many thanks.

--- On Tue, 6/9/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 5:39 AM


541-896-3090 is my home phone, we can talk on this line.



Also the first two pictures are really small. Would it be possible to get some larger one to me? I cannot make out the second picture. The storri look very nice.



May I ask why you don't want the funds shipped to england?



Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/08/09 06:38 pm

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors



Hello there Luc.yes they are captive bred and i`m a breeder.
Thee total price will be $1200.Attach on this mail is the picture of these monitors.
My son in Africa told me that in African they is papal service.Luc my land line is having problem know but i will call you,just your give your phone # and resident address.The method i us for them is the natural method cause the male and the female are not living in the some apartment.I will ship them together with some hand booklet so that the book will help you growing up.
Thanks.
Bih

--- On Mon, 6/8/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:34 PM


Hello Lorral,



I do have some more questions, I hope you don't mind.



These are Captive Bred animals, correct? What method are you using to sex them? So the total for this order of Storri and Kimberly rocks is close to 1,200 USD? Finally could you supply me with pictures of the animals? Is it possible to use paypal?



I would like to contact you over the phone, if that is possible.




Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/08/09 09:43 am

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors



I am in England,and i do understand you well./
i have been in this business for 9 years today and i know
all the risk cost i have one be a victim,I`m managing my
breeding farm with my only son who he is is West Africa Cameroon now
to buy and collect some orders i gave from one of my friend who is a breeder there.
So this what we will do you will send the money for this animals to my son there in Cameroon,through Western Union i will inform him about the money so that he can pickup the money and add my order right,the total price for this animals are 450 euros,shipping will cost you 195 euros and change of ownership and other paper work is 210 euros.
Luc i have experience in this business don`t worry everything will work out well i have been shipping to US ,CANADA and the EU zones all this while.
So where are you located exactly?Let me know if you will be buying them so that i take them of the selling list at once.
Waiting to read from you.
Thanks.
Lorral bih.

--- On Mon, 6/8/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 4:25 PM


OK do you ship over seas? I can do all the work required and of course pay for the shipping. There is an easy site that you can check out here. I am very interested in this deal, but when doing payment over seas there is always a danger of the buyer or seller getting ripped a new one. So i think it would be best to find a holding account. Or something along those lines.



Are you in england?


STILL VERY INTERESTED!




Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/08/09 09:21 am

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors



Yes 1.2 kimberly rock monitor is 200 euros each while 1.1 storri is 250 euros each.
The kimberly rock is one and a half year old.
I do prefer cash ,not paypal.
thanks.
--- On Mon, 6/8/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Re: kimberly rock monitors
To: "Lorral Bih" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, June 8, 2009, 6:02 AM


Hello!



Great to here back from you!



Your ad said you have 1.2 kimberly rock monitors available and 1.1 storri. What are the prices on those two groups? How old are the kimberly rocks?



Also do you except paypal?



Thank you!

Luc Cauthorn







----- Original Message -----

From: Lorral Bih

Sent: 06/07/09 09:56 pm

To: luc Cauthorn

Subject: Re: kimberly rock monitors



Hi Luc,
Nice reading from you regarding my kimberly rock monitor and storri.
They are still available and ready for their new homes.So how many
kimberly rock monitor and storri do you want?what sex?
Thanks.

--- On Sun, 6/7/09, luc Cauthorn <[email protected]> wrote:


From: luc Cauthorn <[email protected]>
Subject: kimberly rock monitors
To: [email protected]
Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 11:44 PM


Hello,



I am extremely interested in your kimberly rock monitors and possibly the storri.



Could you let me know if they are still available?



Thanks!

Luc Cauthorn




I thought that he was probably going to try and scam me, yet there was that chance that I could have got a sweet deal on some Kims. :crazy03:
 
Well, reading from top to bottom does make it more difficult to understand (... hehhe) I read from bottom to top and as soon as it got to the "Cameroon" part, I "Pffffft"ed and stopped.

You should suggest that since his son is in Cameroon, perhaps he could just hop over to Nigeria and pick up the lottery winnings as payment for the monitors! Easy Peasy!
 
Hahaha yeah that would complicate it a bit...

CAMEROON! Seriously I think you would have to be stupid to send anything to Cameroon. I would rather use my money as TP than send it to Cameroon.
 
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