Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

[btfc]

“ Ontario family says it lost thousands of dollars in 'absolutely sickening' exotic animals scam “


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/o...-1.6420580

[testcase]

Scammer made a monkey out of them....... :boink:

[cbelt3]

1- nobody should own exotic animals as a pet. (*)
2- They are idiots to get scammed like this. At this point everyone should know that paying with 'gift cards' is the #1 sign of a scam.

(*) My sister is a zookeeper (well, curator of education now). She would bring baby animals home temporarily when they needed 24/7 care. Which is why my nephew can duplicate the cry of a howler monkey. Freaked their cats and dog out, but everyone got along.

[Tiangou]

I've heard of similar scams using puppies during the pandemic.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Needs more cowbell.

[Racer X]

cbelt3 wrote:
1- nobody should own exotic animals as a pet. (*)
2- They are idiots to get scammed like this. At this point everyone should know that paying with 'gift cards' is the #1 sign of a scam.

(*) My sister is a zookeeper (well, curator of education now). She would bring baby animals home temporarily when they needed 24/7 care. Which is why my nephew can duplicate the cry of a howler monkey. Freaked their cats and dog out, but everyone got along.

She still owes me 2 red pandas you know.

[cbelt3]

Racer X wrote:
[quote=cbelt3]
(*) My sister is a zookeeper (well, curator of education now). .

She still owes me 2 red pandas you know. Only if you work at her zoo. And only if you are a certified zookeeper. And only if you specialize in that species.

Properly accredited zoos are SUPER careful about animal care and species survival. My sister has started a side gig doing consulting as she prepares to retire. Zoo people at that level all know each other (Who's who in the zoo ), worldwide. I'm stupidly proud of her.

[RAMd®d]

Prado's partner, Cory St. James, says he tried to point out the red flags that popped up. For example, he says, the seller only accepted payment in prepaid Visa and Mastercard gift cards. He says the family had to go to several different retail stores to purchase all the cards — adding a couple of Walmart stores actually refused to sell them, saying management feared a scam in the making because the family was buying so many.

The seller also didn't provide pictures or videos of them interacting with the monkeys and would only communicate through texts or emails, St. James says.


You can't help those who don't want to be helped.

[Dennis S]

Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Needs more cowbell.

That’s the highlight of the song.

[Lux Interior]

The deeper you go
The higher you fly
The higher you fly
The deeper you go