I just received the following text email.  I believe it to be a scam.  When I went to the website, it said the page was frozen, so I'm guessing it really is a scam:

Hi, I am Dr. Jennifer Allen ( Veterinary Medicine), I own a veterinary Service where I practice both exotic and companion animal medicine. We are looking to donate some pre-used items in our clinic as we have recently acquired new medical supplies and a new mobile van and now offering to donate a pre-used " all purpose" mobile van and the veterinary equipments below. 1 Ultrasound 1 Autoclave Are you familiar with these? Let me know if these contributions Would be beneficial to your work?. Regards, Dr. Jennifer Allen D.V.M.,Veterinary Medicine. Tel/Fax - 662-216-3730 www.allenanimalcare.webs.com

scam offering van and vet equip !
not impressed !

Received the same email today, but without the website link. We have an online lab service and would have legitimate use for the equipment. So it seems they're going out of their way to seek targets in the medical community. Probably just a coincidence though. I think they're just phishing for contact info and the medical angle was best idea they came up with. It works though. Targeting a specific industry does add credibility. Alot more convincing than the usual phishing spam.

To: allenjennifer282@yahoo.com

Hi,

I am Dr. Jennifer Allen ( Veterinary Medicine), I own a veterinary Service where I practice both exotic and companion animal medicine.

We are looking to donate some pre-used items in our clinic as we have recently acquired new medical supplies and a new mobile van and now offering to donate a pre-used " all purpose" mobile van and the veterinary equipment below.

1 Ultrasound
1 Autoclave

Are you familiar with these? Let me know if these contributions Would be beneficial to your work?.

Regards,

Dr. Jennifer Allen
D.V.M.,Veterinary Medicine.
Tel/Fax - 66-2-216-3730

Received this email...got that 'feeling" something wasn't on the up and up with it.  Glad I Googled.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Jennifer Allen [mailto:animalhospital1@inMail24.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:50 PM
To: animalhospital1@inMail24.com
Subject: Donation Inquiry.



Hi,

I am Dr. Jennifer Allen ( Veterinary Medicine), I own a veterinary Service where I practice both exotic and companion animal medicine.

We are looking to donate some pre-used items in our clinic as we have recently acquired new medical supplies and a new mobile van and now offering to donate a pre-used " all purpose" mobile van and the veterinary equipment below.

1 Ultrasound
1 Autoclave

Are you familiar with these? Let me know if these contributions Would be beneficial to your work?.

Regards,

Dr. Jennifer Allen
D.V.M.,Veterinary Medicine.
Tel/Fax - 66-2-216-3730

Thanks everyone for the research. I just got this email too and was wondering if I need to be polite and respond. I guess I'm off the hook.

I got the email too.  This is the second one.  There was another from a Lucy Leigh back in October that I had suspected to be a phishing scheme.  Whatever you do don't visit the links or go to the website!!!

We got the email also. Obviously a scam.

I hate this scam! I get the same messages via email. A little detective work reveals:

Zyworld.com IP address is:
212.24.80.46

Host name:
h46.zynet2.co.uk

Domain host -- refuses to get involved!
Tucows, Inc.

Domain Registrant:
Zynet Ltd. (Also known as "Zyweb" and "ZyWorld")
Minerva House
Pynes Hill Exeter, Devon EX2 5JL GB,
Phone:  +44.1392209500
Fax: 01392 421 762

How to contact the email abuse folks at Gmail and InMail 24:

gmail-abuse@google.com
admin@inMail24.com
admin@zoner.com

The phone number belongs to the Pathumwam Princess Hotel. The address posted on the website belongs to the Silom City Inn. (Both hotels are in Bangkok and appear to have been chosen at random!)

And don't expect Tucows, Inc, the domain host, to get involved. They send an automated message that they cannot possibly track down or be concerned with spam.

Prefix is for Thailand  But what is stranger is the questions of whether or not you are familiar with an autoclave and ultrasound?  Coming from a vet?
Scam is certainly on my mind.

I got this email too. I think it is overseas. So I would not be interested .

I received this email as well.

I got the same email message.

I got the email, too.  Web site still frozen.

Vet scam

So here is a scamer trying to act as if he/she is the victim. ignore this post ppl and move on

Got an email:
Hi, I am Dr. Jennifer Allen ( Veterinary Medicine), I own a veterinary Service where I practice both exotic and companion animal medicine. We are looking to donate some pre-used items in our clinic as we have recently acquired new medical supplies and a new mobile van and now offering to donate a pre-used " all purpose" mobile van and the veterinary equipments below. 1 Ultrasound 1 Autoclave Are you familiar with these? Let me know if these contributions Would be beneficial to your work?. Regards, Dr. Jennifer Allen D.V.M.,Veterinary Medicine. Tel/Fax - 662-216-3730 www.allenanimalcare.webs.com

I just now got this email, so I checked around before responding (am grateful folks posted their experiences).

Because I have been involved in wildlife rehabilitation, run a pet Budgie group on Yahoo eGroups, etc., I looked this over carefully.  But, the (former) probation officer in my began to smell something funky, so I started investigating let me here and other places, all with the same reports and information.

It occurred to me that the person sending the email was possibly trying to dispose of stolen items, trying to establish a phone number, name and email with an email account in order to commit some later scamming, or something in that order.  

Here's what else I found for Tel/Fax - 66-2-216-3730:

http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3370

Thanks.

I did not (yet) receive a call from this number, but I did receive the same e-mail message. I responded via e-mail and received the following e-mail (note the new website address):

Hi,

My apologies for not getting back to you sooner as the daily activities have kept us very busy here at the clinic, your efforts for a good cause is very much applauded and I encourage you to keep it up. The ultrasound, autoclave and the mobile are all available in good working condition and the ultrasound is a 100) DEMO Acuson Cypress PLUS portable diagnostic echo ultrasound units that include: * Revison 20 software * Color Doppler * Stress Echo * Harmonic Imaging * PW/CW Doppler * Cardiac/Vascular/Abdomen. It comes with 4 probes, the probes are an E8C-RS Vaginal Probe, 8L-RS Vascular Probe, 3S-RS Cardiac Probe, and a 3C-RS Probe. This item will also come with a carrying case for this system that is hand-carried convenience.

The model of the autoclave is the Sanyo Personal Series Portable Autoclave, Sanyo MLS-3780 and comes with two stainless steel baskets. The mobile van is a 2006 model of  GMC Savanna 3/4 ton cargo van with 2500 Duramax Diesel engine.

The mobile van is compatible to US roads and standards as the van was originally built and designed for the US market and then sold to Asian market with a drive permission. Shipping is feasible but  I would need the complete information of your location to check on the logistics of shipping.

Click on the website below my signature to visit me.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Regards,

Dr. Jennifer Allen
D.V.M.,Veterinary Medicine.
Tel/Fax - 66-2-216-3730
http://www.zyworld.com/vetcare2/Home.htm