| Title: | Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected |
| Notice: | purrrrr... |
| Moderator: | JULIET::CORDES_JA |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1079 |
| Total number of notes: | 28858 |
The local news had a bit on a horrid con game that's apparently
happening in various areas:
Pet is lost.
People put lost pet ads in newspapers, posters up.
Someone calls and says "I'm a driver for <foo> moving company, or
somesuch. I found your pet in the back of my van. please wire $$
to <cityname> so I can ship him/her back to you."
People wire money, drive to airport, no pet.
The recommendation was to deal thru a local animal shelter in
the remote city to avoid this.
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| 201.1 | MUTTON::BROWN | Mon Feb 24 1992 14:12 | 5 | ||
Or have the "finder" send the cat or dog back to you COD. Most of the
airlines will allow this, as I ship kittens and cats back and forth COD
all the time.
Jo
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| 201.2 | AIMHI::OFFEN | Thu Feb 27 1992 09:29 | 5 | ||
Another way to stop it is to *call* the office of that local carrier
and ask if they have a driver by the name of ......
Sandi
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| 201.3 | OXNARD::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Thu Feb 27 1992 10:31 | 12 | |
Re: .2
I think that might not work. I remember from when I moved, even "major"
carriers like Mayflower use a lot of contract workers. Some driver that
the local office doesn't know brings a truckload of stuff into town, and
usually picks up another order there to take some place far away. So, the
office would probably be able to tell you "Mrs. Foo's furniture is on
its way here" but perhaps not have a clue about the driver's name or
ever have seen him before.
Although, it couldn't hurt to try that.
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