Scams selling or giving away non-existent animals, often Puppy Scams.
#79597 by wolfman65 Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:39 pm
Was almost swept in by the too good to be true price for a Hyacinth Macaw listed on http://www.birdsnow.com. The listing is pictured with a beautiful bird, named Kaka and a woman, from Miami, Florida. The seller SUSAN was unable to keep the all too well trained young bird due to an unexpected painful pregnancy. She was just married and on their honeymoon willing to ship the bird from their location of Ohio. We received a well written generic email stating the reasons why she could not keep the bird and would only give it up if we promised to send pictures to keep her updated. It was funny that the birds name had changed from Kaka on the web listing to Shaxy in the emails. Further emails from SUSAN became sharp rude and very poorly written. Sounded like someone uneducated and angry. We got suspicious, SUSAN wanted us to pay $300.00 for shipping, no company was disclosed just that her husband was the one taking care of that. Suddenly there was an immediate flight available and SUSAN needed all the info now. hmmmm. we asked for shipping company and were given http://www.pettaxi.com, whose minimum for shippping is $495. We emailed SUSAN to talk on the phone and haven't heard from her since.
I googled the birds name Shaxy and found other scams relating to the listing we found.
I've heard these scammers ask for small amounts of money so it keeps them under the radar.
Thank goodness we were careful and checked it all out.
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#79638 by AlanJones Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:34 am
Here is a response from the scammer to an enquiry about the Macaw

Hello Dear,
just saw ur message regarding the hyacinth
macaw parrot that we want to give out.Its a female called Cindy-shaxy. ..Due to
extreme personal reasons and life changes, I must find her a new home.
It has nothing to do with shaxy. shaxy will not be the right bird for
most homes, she needs a really special home. If you are looking for
that special bird, please read more about her. If you are interested
in her, I would be happy to talk about her with you, but only after
you have read everything below.
Shaxy is is going through her first molt –
hence the little white feathers - Sorry!. I have been training Shaxy
since she was just weeks old. She was hand fed and raised and trained
to be a “PR” bird. What I mean by this, is that she was raised and
trained to be in the public, and handled by the public. She has been
featured in many photo shoots, and has been used for educational
programs, nursing homes, exhibition shows, and much more. I raised her
to be comfortable in the “public eye”. Due to her extensive training,
she is very social and very friendly. she has a wonderful comical
personality typical of macaws. she is quite the goof when you get to
know her. she has none of the bad habits associated with most “older”
birds.
Shaxy can talk, likes to lie on her back and to be
cuddled. she is very affectionate and loving. she likes to be
scratched on her head and under her wings. she steps up every time you
ask. she has been well trained. she will do well in just about any
home where she will get constant attention. she does not scream, and
is very quiet for a larger parrot, again this is due to her training.
Unfortunately we are unable to keep this great
bird due to serious changes in our circumstances.we want to give her
out coz my husband and i went to the hospital some days back after i
have been vomiting (approx. thrice a day) and also noticing general
body weakness and the Doctor discovered that i am 3 months
pregnant.Though good news to my husband and i, we weren't prepared for
this as we had left Florida and are presently in OHIO for our Honey
Moon.Had it been we knew earlier of the pregnancy, we would have
postponed our honey moon and stayed back in FL.More so, the
pregnancy has been causing much weakness in me so much so that i do
not have that required time and energy to devote on Shaxy.for us
continue keeping Shaxy is like preventing her from her rights as a
pet.I feel like she's not having that required time from us to cuddle
and pet her.Besides, i want to concentrate more on my pregnancy as
this is the first baby that we are expecting as couples and won't want
any extra load on me.We are enjoying Ohio and do
not want to return back now, else we will just fly
back.Besides, i do not like traveling when pregnant as it endangers my
unborn child...''HONEY THIS IS OUR FIRST BABY AND I DO NOT WANT
ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO HIM'' says my darling husband...she's already
wishing for a male child...OHH men... LOL...
My husband and i have decided to re home her to any gentle and loving family that
is willing to usher the full required time to her.Hope your family is
gonna be the best for Shaxy if and only if,you can provide us with
some info about your home...that will help us better understand your
home.That's your family composition, their reactions towards pets in
general, whether or not you've owned pets before and how do you
intend welcoming blue into your home. Well, i will be willing to give
out the baby to your home provided you are going to give her all the
necessary care and attention that she deserves in the world.i am not
very much concerned about money now, all i want is to ensure that she
finds a good home.
Shaxy is on a pelleted diet. she also eats fresh
foods daily along with a couple of shell nuts every day. Shaxy needs a
home where she will be out of her cage most of the day, getting lots
of attention. That is what she is used to. If you think you are
interested in Shaxy, please contact me. I will also include all of her
toys and food samples. she is still a baby, and would make an
excellent addition to any home. she’s better than getting a tiny bird,
because she’s already trained. It will break my heart to part with
her, so I would really enjoy a home that would keep me up dated on how
she’s adjusting. I’m not asking to see her, that would be too hard for
me, but an update now and again and pictures would be good.
N/B, since you are not located around us, we will
have to arrange for shipping of the parrot okay...so, do tell us the
name of your state of residence in time.regards


Susan

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