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- Redwood City, CA, USA
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I filled out a website submission form that I was interested in a puppy. Immediately John (Scammer) reached out to me via text and sent this general message “Hello, responding to your email on our website concerning the Minature Schnauzer puppy (Reese)” Hyperlink to schnauzermatters.com “Please do you wish to breed or just as a family pet? And how soon do you want her?” The conversation went smoothly throughout the text and seemed genuine with the statements “she is up to date with shots and comes will all papers and health records, a one-year health guarantee, potty trained to go outside, calm personality and socialized very well with kids and other pets as they are home raised in our residence” “we are in Cape Coral, Florida, what is your closest airport so I can calculate the shipping fee?” I will include all text messages to upload on this site so that way, no one gets into the same scam as I did. Also the insurance company I initially sent them $1200 for insurance which I thought was kind of weird as we had already talked about the price of the dog, air transportation and home van delivery. Also the name of the insurance company is “Apex Pet Shuttle” their website seems legit with all in the information, however I definitely new it was a scam when the person said that they needed another $2k for “City Dog Permit” which I felt total BS. At that point enough is enough, I called and text the both of them to rescind my offer and demanded them to refund my money, of course John was saying he was going to get to the bottom of that. I tried calling the both of them and both aren’t returning my phone calls.

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- Oceanside, CA, USA
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Hi, I was communicating with an Instagram account called R&K Dachshunds. We set up to purchase a dachshund puppy. I sent over 1350 via zelle, and "they never received it", but the bank confirmed it was complete and the funds left my account. (I have a dispute with my bank about these funds)Then i sent another 1350 zelle from a different account to them, and they received that one. Then the day the puppy was supposed to arrive, they tried to charge me another 1400 for a crate and said they puppy couldnt come unless I paid for the crate to some random zelle account.

I called the Stockton Airport and the private airline that shuttles dogs and there was no expected delivery or order of a puppy shipping that day.

Now the scammer is antagonizing me on Instagram saying I have no case against him and telling me I wont get very far. I have several other email addresses and numbers and websites I can provide for what seems like the fake delivery company they have set up as well.

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- Damascus, PA, USA
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I went online and wanted to buy a ragdoll kitten from this breeder. I sent the money and never recieved the kitten or a refund they were supposed to ship the kitten and never did i also lost over 4,000 $ dollars that alliance pet shippers of california scammed from me for a pet crate,pet insurance, pet vaccines and certificate and almost lost an additional 3500$ for quarinteen when kitten was to arrive. None of this happened.

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- O Fallon, MO, USA
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The seller had me

Pay $750 by PayPal using friends and family link. After suppose kitten was ready to ship apparently there became a problem of a new crate needed to ship animal. Then they wanted addition $1500. I told them I didn’t have it and wouldn’t be able to send it. Then came up with $800 if I could $200 for different crate. I have yet to receive anything

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- Tampa, FL, USA
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Seller wanted half of $650 per dog plus $200 for shipping. Would not provide live evidence that dogs existed and came up as a scam website when researched. All available evidence points to this as a scam but didn’t want to lose money to find out

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- Tampa, FL, USA
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Fake website https://johnsonspitbullpuppies.com/reviews.php they say it’s $650 plus $150 for shipping. Once you pay another fake company Pet Movers air cargo Texas email from a shaddy email [email protected] and want a crate bought or rented for $1800 only on Apple Pay or Google

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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This is a fraudulent website with a "breeder" pretending to breed Boston Terrier pups.

I knew something was off when the email correspondence changed -- what started off with a professional, warm email turned into short choppy messages with poor grammar and punctuation. It's almost as if someone else was writing the emails. I had to put down a deposit via Zelle (which my bank used so without doing my due diligence, I never questioned using this payment app). The "breeder" sent me a rude email a few days later accusing me of "not checking in on how the puppy was doing". I emailed back and said that I would need to speak to them on the phone to finalize any further details regarding delivery, etc. They refused to give a phone number at first and then said they called and I never answered which was not true. They finally called and I could tell immediately it was a scam. I tried to play along at first as though I was still going to go through with purchasing the puppy but eventually, I said that I had changed my mind and needed my deposit back. They acted as though they weren't sure how to do that and then said if they did get the money back to me, it wouldn't be for the full amount because I had cost them time and money for not being able to adopt out the puppy sooner. Things got heated and they hung up on me. They texted me telling me they would send the money back (which was a lie). The email address associated with their Zelle account is now "restricted" meaning they likely deleted their account.

Their website went down while this was happening and they told me they were "late" in paying their hosting fees. The address they claim to reside at in Tampa, FL shows that it is an apartment complex; not the 3 acres of land they claim they reside at and raise the puppies.

This website and fake business needs to be shut down immediately.

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- Land O Lakes, FL, USA
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Pet transport service co. trying to facilitate a french bull dog adoption from a foster in Mami. They posted her on Facebook. I commented and asked if the dog was available still for adoption they then in turn started a conversation with me in FB messanger. They want me to venmo or zelle them the money.

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- Oneida, WI, USA
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I found a website for a balinese cat. It was $500 and additional $200 for shipping. Payment had to be made on Zelle to:Zelle Email: [email protected]

Zelle: Esther D

I made the payment. Them the told me the crate they have is too small. I needed to rent one. The company was:OCEAN LOGISTIC MOVERS (Ltd)

https://oceanlogisticsflight.com. there number was:323-505-2484. The wanted me to pay $1500 to rent a crate and I would get 95% back. They wanted me to pay via personal pay pal:PayPal ……… [email protected]

Name..... luz hernandez

Amount …….. $1500. I told them I would not pay. They called me and said they would see what they could do. They said they would pay $800. I said no, I wanted all my money back. They said the would refund my $700 within 14 days. My Zelle payment was made on 5/11/23. I have yet to receive a refund. I kept all correspondence with them.

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- Roseville, CA, USA
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We want to buy a puppy for our kids and find the page “cocker spaniel for adoption” and after we speak with lady details and she provide us photo and confirmation with puppy we send via zelle money on number +1 (743) 238-1853

Next day I was reached from flypetsfor state.com that our puppy is on his way and they send us a tracking number but they ask us to send another 1600$ Via zelle or cash app, western union…for pet isurance, without any invoices or official site where to pay, when we ask a official link to pay they send me via email a document like invoice but very unprofessional with mistakes and very strange. Of course we didn’t send anything because it’s look like a scam

But they start to write us that the pet will be taken to quarantine and we will need to pay all pays for that

The number that try to ask us to send money is +1 (949) 414-8305

Email [email protected]

I’m afraid now what can happen, is this a scam and I will not see our money back?

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- Streamwood, IL, USA
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  The cat breeder made me believe they sell Balinese Kittens. They kept insisting to give them my information with bank info see below:

Your full names................

Full home address.............

State/City....................

Postal/zip code................

Contact numbers................

Nearest airport to your location...............

What Bank will you be using to make payment for the Kitten?.....

the two kittens are $900. I asked how much is shipping all the way to my door he texted saying 200$. (note the $ is at the end of the number that's red

Flag for me that they are not from Placerville, CA. And not from USA. The guy called me I answered and I noticed he had an African accent like he is from Nigeria or Cameroon. So I knew this is a scam. How can you ship two kittens with a human nanny for $200. It's a total scam. Please warn many people about this fake website and fake breeder

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- Odessa, FL, USA
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Ryan offered me a puppy for $950. He was out of state and said the dog would arrive by plane in a few hours. He wanted me to get the money right away through Zelle which I needed to go to my bank to transfer money. He said I could pay him in gift cards. He wouldn't answer any of my questions about the money or dog. He wouldn't even give me his last name. He is still online selling dobermans.

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- Lehigh Acres, FL, USA
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This lady said she had yorkies she couldn't keep. All I needed was to pay rehoming fees. I asked to see them and no response only to pay deposit. When I decided not move forward she wouldn't send the money back.

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- Franklin, VA, USA
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Supposed to receive a purebred AKC registered chihuahua. After paying a nominal fee for delivery of the dog, the people kept wanting more and more money. Also responsible is Thomas Blake and Mathew Justin. Additional information is as follows: [email protected] and [email protected] and 8016094276 and 2056778639.

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This website is selling puppies and saying they are going to ship them from California .

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- Opelika, AL, USA
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The scammer made everything seem really true far as shipping to pet to me etc. I paid for the dog and for it to be shipped and I haven’t received the dog yet and now I can’t get in contact with anybody.

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- Fayetteville, NC, USA
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I attempted to purchase 7 female dwarf goats. They wanted $1000 down payment. The company didnt want to issue a contract. Also gave 4 or 5 different zelle payment options. Inksquirrel85, premiumgaragedevice, johndavidparker333, and [email protected].

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Their website looked legit and asked for a deposit to buy a dog (corgi). On Venmo they had other public payments and asked for this payment to be public to look legit. They said they’d send paperwork after payment was received and stopped all communication

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- Normal, IL, USA
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The scammer has a website where they advertise Doberman puppies for sale. I sent money through Zelle to secure the puppy and shipping insurance. The day the puppy was to be shipped they asked for more money, it was at that point I realized no puppy would be sent. The website is still very active. I serve this country proudly in the United States Army and would like to see justice prevailed. At best the website shut down.

You can not contact them directly, you must inquire about a puppy then they will contact you. This should definitely be investigated.

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Buying a corgi at www.corgipuppiesvilla.com price 800.00 and shipped. Sent money thru PayPal said it didn’t go through. Told to get gift cards , vanilla Visa cards. Send pics of cards front and back. Then the carrier said I had to send 940.00 through Zelle for crate to transportation because breeder did have correct crate sent told me it didn’t go through either and get gift cards all of which came out of my account. Spent over 4000.00 for a dog I don’t have just shame on them. And the pet transportation co is Pet Runner Logistics. Both scammers. Check the site and same dogs are always for sale. I want them shut down.

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