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- Dayton, OH, USA • Jan 28, 2026
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Have a website , Facebook page , and transfer of ownership for puppies . Scammer needs your address email for certificate. Have you Zelle 250 deposit. When time to meet family emergency comes up fake baby in icu picture . New puppies born and promise to have dog shipped. Use shipping company which is fake and ask for additional $500 to ship COD and you can take payment from remaining balance you owe him .

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- Beaver Falls, PA, USA • Jan 25, 2026
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Emailed back and forth, with the seller and the airport. About 100 emails. Paid for a pup that they wanted to fly due to distance. Needed more money to pay for a special crate. Sent that to the airport. And then the seller was to call me via FaceTime so I can see her before she got on a plane. Kept asking for call then seller sends me this store that her son was hit by a car on the way up to the airport. I finally figured it out and called them out regarding the scam. They have yet to answer me

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- Conover, NC, USA • Jan 23, 2026
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The company was supposed to be shipping a puppy from a Breeder. But "forgot" to get the insurance payment form from the breeder so they needed 820.00 for shipping insurance. After I sent then they started wanted money for other things and then threatened me with charges of abandonment for the puppy.

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- Conover, NC, USA • Jan 23, 2026
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Paid a deposit for a puppy that I never received.

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- Pearson, WI, USA • Jan 22, 2026
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I paid a $300.00 dollar deposit for a French bulldog puppy. 500 due on delivery. That morning was contacted by https://bluefreightlogistics.ltd/ they wanted money for the crate to ship puppy. Wouldn't take a charge card. Wanted Apple Pay. Chime, PayPal .

Finding out carrier was a fraud

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- Grosse Pointe, MI, USA • Jan 16, 2026
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EverHome Labradors posted on two Facebook groups advertising dogs that they are raising for sale, as well as specifically one of two dogs they raised which were subsequently returned back- Milo. The breeder requested that I complete an online form with questions about our home and routine, as well as answer some high level questions regarding my level of dog expertise. The breeder then requested 250 dollars sent via Zelle or Apple Pay to their accountant to hold the dog, with a total payment of 650 due at the release of the dog. They sent a contract and then later demanded a transfer of ownership to occur prior to the dog being released.

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- Surprise, AZ, USA • Jan 06, 2026
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Wanting to rescue a puppy but they kept asking for more money

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- Terre Haute, IN, USA • Nov 22, 2025
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I found a Shih Tzu puppy on a site with 43000 people and looked up the name of the breeder that was recommended! The name was Cassidy Wat. I paid $550 and was scammed.

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- Seminole, FL, USA • Sep 29, 2025
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*Labrador "lilly" 600.00 + ship by plane WS . Pay upfront.

*When asked to speak to owner by web. They texted she had a stroke and couldn't speak. No in-person contact possible.

*when asked for the vet # to verify the shots we were removed and blocked from further interactions

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• Sep 22, 2025
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Bought a dog and this person was supposed to be making delivery. The one I bought the dog from was a scam also that was Aspen shepherd Home. His numbers (614) 864-3944

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- Port Sanilac, MI, USA • Sep 15, 2025
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I had the same experience as the previous complaint. Even using the exact same language. I was hooked until the part about Apple gift cards and scratch off the number. That’s when I researched and found the previous complaint. Except the phone numbers were different they gave Zelle # as 872-463-3190. Name TaVonne Small and then or to use an Apple Pay # of 262-323-7525.

This seems to a sophisticated set up for scam. Do not fall for it.

Thanks to the previous person for sharing their experience, though sorry for you loss.

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- Winter Garden, FL, USA • Sep 14, 2025
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On September 13, 2025, I found a Golden Retriever puppy named “Duke” on the website claudiagoldenretrieverpuppies.com. The seller asked me to provide my personal details and then requested payment of $800 USD via Zelle to Yavin Jones ([email protected]

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They claimed the puppy would be shipped to me the next day through Delta or American Airlines. Shortly after, I received an email from a fake shipping company (Pets Shippers International Transport Company) with a nonexistent tracking number. The company’s contact information and phone number were invalid, and they requested additional money for a “crate rental” and a “caution fee.”

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• Sep 09, 2025
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Contacted lady about getting a puppy after sending payment for the puppy. She message back and said that it would be an extra 500 for the vet bills sent that then she said that the puppy would be delivered via air freight gave me the website and I suppose tracking number once there you had to contact a Chatbot who said that I would need to send an extra $700 for a ventilated crate to ship the puppy and that would be refunded once the puppy was delivered then I received another message two hours later saying that it was on hold because I needed to pay for insurance that would also be refunded that I did not sendthat’s when I knew it was a scam.

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- Coloma, WI, USA • Sep 08, 2025
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I had purchased a puppy through a so called breeder out of IL, and they were said to be using global logsistics transport express to deliever rhepuppy to my address. The seller of the puppy said that delievery was included in the price of my deposit. However upon breeder "dropping" puppy off at facility, they proceed to email me asking for another $500 or $800 to purchase an AC crate to transport dog. The business has no working phone number, no address for tge state of IL, the emails are full of typos with random links in them to try to get you to click on them. Once i realized the breeder was a scam this "company" continues to harrass you for payment. Doing further research there are many many claims of scam breeders using this company and scamming folks out of $2000+ dollars.

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- Palm Bay, FL, USA • Sep 04, 2025
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Contacted breeder Santiago Bordon of Divine Springers concerning a English Springer Spaniel puppy. Paid $1000.00 and never received the puppy

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- Satellite Beach, FL, USA • Sep 01, 2025
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made fake posts about golden retriever puppies they had for sale, stated they would try to meet us half way for the puppy, got a deposit of 250 dollars and blocked us on everything

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- Valrico, FL, USA • Aug 19, 2025
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On July 19 2025 we saw a picture of a puppy for sale on Facebook.

We were asked to PM the person on line. We proceeded to continue the discussion through text on messenger. We decided on a price and delivery. He asked for all of our personal information because he was going to pay a service to deliver the puppy. He then required a 50% deposit which we made through Zelle. We received the receipt that the money was received. Through our own stupidity the money was sent to a Keaneshia Fairley 681 661 8116 and that should have been a huge red flag. Wanting the puppy made us soooo stupid. We were supposed to get some additional information and pictures which never happened. Tried to contact Jordan on 7/27 on Messenger and all the page said was This person is unavailable on Messenger. The transaction ended there??

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- Jewett, TX, USA • Aug 19, 2025
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Advertising puppies for sale, gives bogus address for pick up of puppy purchased

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- Hattiesburg, MS, USA • Aug 18, 2025
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I just wanted a puppy for protection as a single mom. Now I’m blocked

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- Ladson, SC, USA • Aug 08, 2025
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Dollface Darlings Haven is a website that claims to sell Maltese puppies. I found the website for my mother, and she fell in love with one of their puppies. They sent my mother the application to purchase the puppy and paid them $800 with Zelle. The company was supposed to ship the puppy today to her. After the company was paid, they went silent and would not return any phone calls or emails to my mother. They are a complete scam company, and their website should be taken down.

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