Please be on the lookout for several scammers currently targeting HorseYard users. Scammers are also now sending text messages asking users to respond to them via an email address.

For the latest information on internet scams, and to report scams, please go to the ACCC Scam Watch website (www.scamwatch.gov.au). You can also call them direct on 1300 302 502.

PayPal Scam emails may also now be reported to Paypal via spoof@paypal.com.au

Initial enquiry emails that these scammers send usually say something like this:
"G'day Is the horse still up for sale? Cheers [name]"

Many scammers are now sending an enquiry by text message asking you to email them back via an email address.
In either case if you respond to these enquiries the scammers will have your email address and can contact you directly. These messages will no longer be going through the HorseYard system. They will send a further detailed response asking to pay by PayPal.

Scammers targetting HorseYard users for the PayPal scam go by the names and emails of:

Norah James - norahjames1891@yahoo.com
Adams Johnson - adamsjay010@yahoo.com.au
Katherine Alan - katherinealan1977@yahoo.com
Jessica Mark - jessicamark1977@yahoo.com
Katie Hardling - katiehardling200@yahoo.com
Darren Norah - norahdarren1964@yahoo.com
James Minor - minorjames34@gmail.com
John Coogan - jjaussie@zoho.com
Josh Lucas - lucas.josh93@yahoo.com
Mark Kemp - markkemp200@yahoo.com
Michelle Steven - michellesteven1113@yahoo.com
David Sharner - dshar218@excite.com
Mark Riley - mriley40@zoho.com
Camila Stevenson - camilastevenson@gmail.com
Cherry Karle - cherrykarle120@yahoo.com
John Cochran - j_ohnnie@yahoo.com
Linda Wright - linda_wright01@yahoo.com
Kimberly Beck - kimberlybeck500@yahoo.com
Michelle Briggs - michellebriggs1891@yahoo.com
Jones Handres - joneshandres@gmail.com
Monica Taylor - monicataylor34@yahoo.com
Katie Doyle - katiedoyle38@yahoo.com
Dean Malone - deanmalone37@hotmail.com
Jenny Spence - jenny.spence4@gmail.com
Hallen Mark - hallenmark1890@yahoo.nl
Michelle Neslon - michellenelson200@hotmail.com
David Scot - davidscot1893@yahoo.com
Olivia Westbury - oliviawestbury@yahoo.com
Jerry Mark - jerrymark1890@yahoo.com
Alisha Jacuzzi - mrs_alisha_jacuzzi@yahoo.com
Paul James - pauljam8888@gmail.com
David walkins - oneman38@zoho.com
Munk Soren - munk.soren@rediffmail.com
Anthony Walsh - antwe10@zoho.com
Sophie McCarthy - sophie.mccarthy00@gmail.com
Chris Robey - chrisrob005@gmail.com
Daniel McConchie - dman00@zoho.com
Jason Rodwell - rodwell1@zoho.com
Dean Hayes - d.hays1@zoho.com
Gary Oliver - goliver18@excite.com
Michael Woodhouse - medal2@zoho.com
Peter Koller - pkollap0@excite.com
Bernard Anderson - bernard9999s@gmail.com
Domonique Ryan - dominicryan01@gmail.com
Domonique - dominicforseel@gmail.com
Andrew Harries - anddieoz@gmail.com
Rodney Hawkin - rodhwl@excite.com
Teressa Cole - cole.teressa@yahoo.ca
Christopher Adams - cedams2@excite.com
Mark Dell - markdell30@yahoo.com
Fisher Hunt - fisherhunt78@yahoo.ca
David Morey - oneaussie1@zoho.com
David - davegarry17@yahoo.com
Charles Hull - charles.hull38@yahoo.com
Brauer Craig - brauerg@yahoo.com
Craig George - craiggeorge97@gmail.com
John - johncasey1@zoho.com Matt - pvasilj@comcast.net
Andrew - andykrr@zoho.com
Steve - steve.au@zoho.com
Michael - mickav76@zoho.com
David Malone - d1aussie@zoho.com
Luke - lukemurnane@yahoo.com.au
Peter - peterday835@gmail.com
Chris Graham - cgraham1@zoho.com
Mills George - mills.georgeharold@hotmail.com
Adam - adnorman2@zoho.com
myjugs07 - myjugs07@zoho.com
Alvert - chalvert010@gmail.com
Justin Bale - sneaky1@zoho.com
Justin Bale- kc2b@hotmail.com
Bruce Smith - folk112@hotmail.com
Dennis Berdos - dberdos2010@hotmail.com
perkins - swperkins02@hotmail.com
Ryan Hughes - ryanhughes1965@hotmail.com
Jaime - jspezz11@gmail.com
Thomas Payne - paynetom122@gmail.com
Ben - btodman1@gmail.com
Corey Sally - corey_sally@yahoo.com
Darren - dw20051@gmail.com
Tony Hayes - tonyhayes92@gmail.com
James Konchesky - jameskonchesky@yahoo.com
Shaun - shaunwltrs@aol.com
Peter Day - peterday835@gmail.com
Garry Moore - garrmoore13@gmail.com
George - goergep04@gmail.com
Garry Moore - garrmoore12@gmail.com
Andrew Culshaw - andrew.culshaw1@gmail.com
Scott Parker - sctprkr@gmail.com
Jack - bjckby1@aol.com
Liam - lmdln25@gmail.com
Bruce - brcmnn3@gmail.com
Fred - fredbarry1@gmail.com
Frank Smith - fsfrank39@gmail.com
titua (craig) - craidfuller@gmail.com
mushin smith - mushinsmith@hotmail.com
Micheal Luca - michealluca@yahoo.com
Sean - sbsanbaron@gmail.com
Micheal Sanchex - michealsanchex@yahoo.com
Sharon Collins - shrncllns@gmail.com
Lea - lea.bassani01@gmail.com
Marcus - marcus20@gmx.net
Ray Colway - raycolway@gmail.com
Greg - gregculin@aol.com
Johnny -johnnybacon9@aol.com
Daniel Lancaster - danielan060@gmail.com
Ryan Bash - bedison12@gmail.com
Mikel - mikel1980@fastmail.com.au
Davies - anderson.davies@yahoo.com.au
Pualo - pualo.ferreiras1@gmail.com
Aaron - aarongram@aol.com
Dean - deanharry@hushmail.com
Nelson - nelsoncleverand@yahoo.com
Albert - albert_smithau@yahoo.com.au
Steve - steveboome@yahoo.com.au
Mikey - mikeyreid45@yahoo.com.au
Paul - pkmac84@yahoo.com
jakata (roberta) - roberta.sera@live.com
David - david-hara@msn.com
Jeff - jeffpaulson23@yahoo.com.au
Milton - miltonwayne10@gmail.com
Chris Reid - chrisreid2252@yahoo.com.au
John Soles - johnsoles1@hotmail.com
tata - leeanderson27@hotmail.com
Jamaes - jamaesbrown89@gmail.com
Tom - tomtom243@hotmail.com
Phil Patterson - cotreybay12@live.com
ttjn73 - ttjn73@gmail.com
John Owen - johnowen009@hotmail.com
Chat - poah8@aol.com
Dele - deljonson@aol.com
Ba (Frank Kirk) - bwtrs@aol.com
Ba (Frank Kirk) - bwtrs30@aol.com
Rob (Frank Kirk) - rwaysde7@gmail.com
Frank Kirk - rwayside7@gmail.com
Miss Mariam Kenzo - miramkenzo_01@yahoo.com
Miss Mariam Kenzo - mariamkenzo_02@yahoo.com
Miss Mariam Kenzo - tender_martino@yahoo.com
Frank Kirk - sha_hills@yahoo.com
Frank Kirk - fkirk1653@gmail.com
Frank Kirk - timaya.smith@gmail.com
londonderry02@googlemail.com
Frank Kirk - fk0230@yahoo.com.au
Frank Kirk - fk0233@gmail.com
Frank Kirk - fk0230@gmail.com
miramkenzo_01@yahoo.com
jeremyrees0011@gmail.com
mair0011@gmail.com
talk2monii@hotmail.com
ashley_pitu@yahoo.com
andrew.r205@gmail.com
bretheronphil@yahoo.com
breth01@yahoo.com
3kevjxkb1smhwrk@jetable.org
m.whit@live.com
jon-hopkins@weekendrush.net
whiteprone@jesusanswers.com
whiteprone@gmail.com
whiteprone@googlemail.com
neill19877@gmail.com

These scammers have briefly been registered members of the site and have now been blocked from accessing their accounts. Please note that most of these scammers are based overseas (Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, UK etc).

As above, once you respond to the first enquiry the scammers will have your email address and can contact you directly. These messages will no longer be going through the HorseYard system and we cannot prevent them from contacting you.

As soon as we become aware of these people we block their access. If you have been contacted by someone running a similar scam, who is not already on our list, please send us their email address and we will block them asap. By working together we can continue to discourage them!

This is a sample of what they are emailing:
"Thanks for the email,do let me know how much you are willing to sell him to me . I will be paying with my paypal account which is the safest online payment mode.so please do reply me asap with your paypal account or send me a payment request from your paypal account so i can effect payment to you rightaway. You can easily open an account with paypal if you don't have one at www.paypal.com.au its safe,simple and reliable also do get back to me so we can arrange for pick up as i will like him to be picked by my pick up agent due to the fact that i am out of the country now on job duties so i will not be able to come for an inspection, I await your reply."

Please do not respond to these emails.

The way the scam works is:

- Get you to agree to the sale and tell you they will pay by PayPal.
- They send you a fake PayPal email saying a deposit has been made to your PP account. These emails look very real, but they are fake.
- The scammer then says they have paid you an extra $800 to $1000 into your PayPal account and could you please wire it back to them via Western Union.
- Because you have seen the emails from "PayPal" you believe the money is there and many people will just withdraw money out of their regular bank account and wire it back via Western Union without logging into their PayPal account first to check if the money has actually been paid.

Fake Horse Float Ads:

The following are running a fake "horse float for sale" or fake "horse for sale" scams. The float or horses for sale by these people do not exist or are advertised elswhere by legitimite owners for two or three times the price! They will attempt to get you to commit to buying the float or horse site unseen.

equestrainrider@hotmail.com.au
wyconed@yahoo.com.au
everzingo@hotmail.com.au
mish3310@yahoo.com
ceastory@hotmail.com
koolspiices@hotmail.com
crosspony@yahoo.com
koolspiices@yahoo.com
ponypoo@live.com.au
calutmumos@live.com.au
olxx@live.com.au
iiceland@hotmail.com
hilden@live.com.au
renmon@live.com.au
macogicojacko@gmail.com
millieray6@gmail.com
monex@live.com.au
repels@live.com.au
boskx@live.com.au
dimplles1964@yahoo.com.au
debbiesmith1975@yahoo.com.au
cleansser@yahoo.com.au
relcover@yahoo.com
dorisjames022@yahoo.com.au
vdudu10@aol.com
rosyhary2@gmail.com

If you are currently communicating with any of these people we highly recommend that you cease communication immediately.

Please note, these people are also targeting advertisers who have included their email address in their advert.

We strongly recommend that advertisers DO NOT republish their email address within their advert.

Registered users can always contact advertisers by logging in and using the email contact form. This protects you from identity theft and being targeted by scammers.

NEVER give out personal information such as address, phone, date of birth, bank account details, passwords.

Once again, for the latest information on internet scams, and to report scams, please go to the ACCC Scam Watch website (www.scamwatch.gov.au). You can also call them direct on 1300 302 502.

If you need to update your email address on your HorseYard account you can contact us to do so.

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