"Calgary" Scam

[Cirrus]

Someone emailed me about this:

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-other-pets/calgary/canadas-leading-arowana-specialist/1074329578

I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRST AROWANA PROSHOP IN CANADA IS NEAR FINISHED.

THERE WILL BE 2 ROOMS THAT WILL CONSIST OF 65 AQUARIUMS ALL 6FT TO 10 FT IN LENTH ALL FILLED WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY AROWANA FROM ---------

SILVER AROWANA
SUPER RED AROWANA
CHILI RED AROWANA
BANJAR RED AROWANA
FUFALONG AROWANA
PANDA RED AROWANA
BANJAR RED
HIGH BACK RED TAIL GOLDEN
HIGH BACK RED TAIL GOLDEN (GOLDEN HEAD)
SUPER HIGH BACK RED TAIL GOLDEN
INDONESIAN SUPER RED
BLUE BASE CROSSBACK
24K CROSSBACK
BLUE BASE GOLDEN HEAD CROSSBACK
24K GOLDEN HEAD CROSSBACK
PREMIUM CROSSBACK GOLD HEAD (BLUE & 24K)
CROSSBELLY CROSSBACK GOLDEN HEAD
FULL 100% FULL HELMET GOLDEN HEAD
ALBINO SILVER AROWANA
INDONESIAN SILVER BASE RED
ARAPAIMA GIGAS (ARRIVING SHORTLY)

SIZES FROM 5" TO 25" ON ALL COLOURS

THE LIST GOES ON!!!


PICTURE IN THIS ADVERT IS ROOM 1 CONSISTS OF 20 X 6 FT AQUARIUMS


ROOM 2 DOUBLE THE SIZE WITH OVER 40 AQUARIUMS AND NEAR COMPLETION

GUARANTEED THE BIGGEST SELECTION OF AROWANA CHOICE IN THE CANADA.


THIS IS THE MAIN HUB FOR EXPORTS FOR CANADA REPRESENTING LONGXIN UNIVERSAL PTE LIMITED SINGAPORE (THE BEST AROWANA FARM IN ASIA PRODUCING QUALITY NOT QUANTITY PLEASE VISIT PLANET AROWANA FOR A ONE TO ONE MEETING AND A GUIDE TO SELECTING YOUR FISH WITH INFORMATION AND KNOLEDGE FROM MYSELF AND MY TEAM WITH OVER 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AROWANA I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND GIVE A FULL POSITIVE AFTER SALES SERVICE NO MATTER WHAT QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE MAJESTIC DRAGON.

FOCUSING ON BRINGING THE CUSTOMER CHOICE AND SATISFACTION, PLEASE EMAIL OR MAKE CONTACT IF YOU WISH TO VISIT.

*****ALL PLANET AROWANA FISH COME MICROCHIPPED WITH FARM CERTIFICATION, AND CITES ARTICLE 10 LICENSE , I CAN ALSO SHIP ALL OVER CANADA VIA MY AGENTS.


PLANET AROWANA IS NOW ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR FURTHER DEALERS ALL OVER CANADA
PLEASE GET IN TOUCH FOR A TRADE QUOTATION I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP.


PLEASE GET IN TOUCH

I noticed that the photo in the ad (see attached) of the tanks had "planetarowana.com" stickers on them; knowing of this company from another forum member, I sent off an email to them in the UK. I just received the following reply:

Hi ****

Thank you for the heads up this advert is a complete scam , the image is my shop , the text is my advert from aquarist classifieds that has been edited/ stolen .

I really dont know what i can do at this point? There is no contact number? Things like this makes me so angry

Thank you

***** ****

Planet Arowana

So, there you have it. A new type of scam on the internet to be aware of. My guess is it is run out of Cameroon or Nigeria. People would likely be asked to send money by Western Union, which is almost always evidence of a scam.

Beware!