Emails Feb 12^th to Megan from Laura Torres in, London, <lauratorres002@gmail.com> (the scammer)

Hi Meagan, thanks again for your interest in my serval kittens.

I presently have 4 serval litters [ 2 males and 2 females] for sale now. They are 9 weeks old and weigh 6.2 lbs.

I am asking $1200 for one and $2200 for the female including all their accessories,documents and delivery charges.

They will come along with a transfer of ownership document, veterinary record , DVD kitty care Manual (to guide you on how to take care of the kittens), accessories (toys, blankets, food handling and health, sprays and costumes), a little more food and a cage.

Our Cattery is CITES Licensed and TICA Registered .We take all necessary measures for our kittens to race as well as the perfect form.

Our facility is under constant supervision by the County Veterinary Department of Livestock and Animal Husbandry, twice a month to ensure that we meet the standards of Exotic Pets husbandry.

Our Kittens have the following qualities : They are FELV & FIV Neg. Health Guaranteed Well Socialized Healthy Kittens Guarantee given For Your Assurance Pet Show/Breeder Quality Kittens Veterinarian Supervised Cattery T.I.C.A. Outstanding Cattery

My cattery is CITES Licensed and this permits me to import and export my kittens all over the world.

The Kittens will come alongside the following documents which you permit you own them without any problem :

- A sales Contract certified by the Council of Animal Husbandry here .

- A Certificate of Origin

- A CITES Permit Cover

- A Health Guarantee Certificate

- Veterinary record

- Transfer of ownership certificate as well as their Pet Passports.

With the aid of these documents you will receive your kittens everywhere in the world without any constrains.

I do accept 50% deposits per kitten after you must have signed a sales contract with us. This deposit will permit us to make your paperworks and for flight arrangements.

I will be more than happy to see pictures of our kittens after you must have received them, just to ensure that good with you, but in all cases where I find any forms of abuse on the kittens, I will refund you immediately and get back the kittens (I hope you understand what I mean).

We do arrange for the delivery of our kittens with international courier services here .

They do help us do door deliveries for our customers who do not live near their home airports , because they do have pet delivery agents .

We do accept 50% upfront payment for papers ,veterinary charges at the airport and flight reservation charges.

With all these details , you can see for yourself that sending this kitten to you will not be any problem,because the kitten will come accompanied by all legal papers certified by the Council's department here.

Thanks Laura and Jose Lord NelsonStreet,

Liverpool England, United Kingdom Tel: (+44) 70359-94892 Fax: (+44) 70318-38022

From: Laura Torres <lauratorres002@gmail.com> Date: February 12, 2010 2:24:25 PM CST To: meganhill

Subject: Re : Female Serval

Hi Megan, I just wanted to explain to you how the shipment of Kendy will be done .

- She will be placed in a Shipping kennel which will meet standards for size, ventilation, strength and design .

- She will have enough room to stand up and turn around . Kennel will be equiped with food and water cup .

Kennel will be marked with shipper's name , address and pick-up person's name , address and phone number ,

Live Animal Stickers will be applied to the kennel and the last time fed and watered indicated .

- A newspaper will be placed or absorbent material on the bottom of her crate. -

- Tim may not be exposed to temperatures of less than 45 degrees Fahrenheit unless there is an acclimation statement by a Veterinarian.

- She would not be brought to the Courier service more than 4 hours before her flight,so that she reaches you in a good health conditions.

- I will send her along with a "Health Record" (folder/booklet , pet passport) with information detailing the medical treatment he has received since birth , with dewormers, medicines and inoculations that have been given to him .

- She will also come with a 1year health guarantee certificate .

- she will not be quarantined, because the he will come with all her updated papers,as well as with a transfer of ownership certificate in your names.

As soon as I book a flight for the kitten, I will send you all shipment informations, bearing details such as departure and arrival time, departure and arrival date,flight number,pet crate numbers etc..

I hope with this details explanation, you can see for yourself that transporting this kitten to the US by courier services will not be a problem.

That apart we shall be using an express delivery courier service that will permit the kitten reach you within 7-8 hours by air maximum. See pictures of Kendy , my female outstanding female serval kitten.

Laura

From: Laura Torres <lauratorres002@gmail.com> Date: February 15, 2010 3:12:54 AM CST To: Megan <meganhill4@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Payment

My husband has already started making flight arrangements, so do not disappoint us.

On 14/02/2010, Megan <meganhill4@yahoo.com> wrote:

Is their another form of payment we could use?

We don't like using money gram or western union? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 14, 2010, at 7:40 AM

On 15/02/2010, Laura Torres <lauratorres002@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry, we prefer western union, because we do have a western union online business account that we use in making and receiving payments from our customers abroad.

I'm an American like yourself too, so i see no reason why you can give me your trust Megan.

You can pay a depsoit of $500 if you can afford the total deposit we require.

I did send you a copy of my drivers license, so that you could use the license number as payment reference.

Laura Torres <lauratorres002@gmail.com> wrote:

Okay , If you are in a haste to make the deposit now, you can use these information below to make payments through any western union money transfer agency in your location using my on line Western union business account details : Receiver's name --- Mrs. Laura Nancy Torres Moreno

Town ----------------- Liverpool

Country -----------England,

UK Address-----------Lord Nelson Street Amount.........

$600 Tel: (+44) 70359-94892

Kindly email me the money transfer number and the sender's name as soon as you make the western union transfer.

You can as well send a scanned copy of the money transfer receipt and send me a copy, if you don't mind.

Attached below is a copy of my US Driver's license . You can still use the license number as reference for payment.

Regards Laura

Laura wrote: Just wanted to inquire if you did receive the previous message i sent you concerning the flight reservation arrangement that is already at hand ?

Attached below are pictures of my serval pair of King and Queen.

I hope you will appreciate the pictures ? Laura <King n Queen 1.jpg> <King n Queen 2.jpg> <King n Queen 3.jpg>

From frustrated Mgan:
Well Mrs. Laura I am the one who is disappointed.. This scam isn't a very fun one to figure out, I was hoping to have more fun with this one- red flag

1. Western union- you can't get any of your money back once it is sent.

2. This is my third encounter with a scammer, this WEEK! You haven't done a good job thinking this one through.

3. How could you possibly have already made shipping arrangements- I haven't even told you the nearest airport or where I live.

4. Your pictures of "kendy"- they aren't even all of the same cat.. Also one of your pictures you copied off of google that's months old- there's no way the cat is as young as you say it is.

5. The line- " I will be more than happy to see pictures of our kittens after you must have received them, just to ensure that good with you, but in all cases where I find any forms of abuse on the kittens, I will refund you immediately and get back the kittens (I hope you understand what I mean)."

is WORD for WORD the same thing 2 other scammers I caught earlier this wk...

6. Last thing, nice job trying to say things like "don't disappoint us" and saying you have already made the flight arrangements blah blah blah

Anyways good luck scamming everyone else and thanks for wasting my time.