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Offline predatorpro

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Wildlife removal scam?
« on: October 18, 2016, 11:24:14 AM »
Well not sure if I just turned a customer away or if this is a scam I told him I charge 50k an hour....no more responses....lol

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2016, 11:43:29 AM »
I got the same Email this morning word for word. I received a response back saying Email couldn't be delivered failed server. Pretty sure this is a scam of some kind or a PETA trick :chuckle:

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2016, 11:59:04 AM »
I got the same Email this morning word for word. I received a response back saying Email couldn't be delivered failed server. Pretty sure this is a scam of some kind or a PETA trick :chuckle:
Bahaha! Awesome! I like how he said he found my business in the yellow pages....I just got my business license 3 weeks ago....pretty sure I ain't I'm there yet!

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2016, 11:59:51 AM »
To many spelling and grammar errors to be legit.  We see these type of phishing emails all the time in banking.
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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2016, 12:27:25 PM »
obviously a scam..

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2016, 12:59:25 PM »
Yeah definitely a scam. I work in IT and we see stuff like this all the time.
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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2016, 01:02:50 PM »
Yep got the exact one friggin idiots

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2016, 01:04:52 PM »
Could be related to WDFW's loss of our personal information?

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2016, 01:06:07 PM »
English is not their first language. And who says cancer of the lungs?

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2016, 01:14:41 PM »
English is not their first language. And who says cancer of the lungs?

Probably the same folks who call to tell you your computer has a virus? :)
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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2016, 02:54:27 PM »
Yeah definitely a scam. I work in IT and we see stuff like this all the time.
Dang! I was really hoping he would have accepted my $50,000 an hour proposal at a minimum 8 hours....

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2016, 03:04:00 PM »
Did it ever say what type of animal it was to be removed? Maybe it's a wolf :tup: or a booner blackie :IBCOOL: ya just never know :chuckle:
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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2016, 05:25:34 PM »
Did it ever say what type of animal it was to be removed? Maybe it's a wolf :tup: or a booner blackie :IBCOOL: ya just never know :chuckle:
Lol! He never said!

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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2016, 05:32:29 PM »
Clearly a scam.
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Re: Wildlife removal scam?
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2016, 08:27:43 PM »

I got the same one too today.
I'm thinkin it's from over seas.   :cryriver: :ACRY:
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