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- Elk River, MN, USA
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To purchase a Newfoundland puppy, looked to be legit website and pictures and video and a contract with a guarantee.

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- Aurora, CO, USA
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These scammers are using puppies to scam you. They made it look like the site is legit, and the puppies are real. They send you documents that they have transferred ownership and a shipping plan.

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- Reno, NV, USA
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I was looing online for puppy, they reached out by text saying they have puppy available for $1000 ready to go home today. I said I will not be sending any money until I can verify the puppies either in Person or by Video chat. I asked to video chat they said they dont have the apps and can only send current pictures at this time. That I can send $1000 and they can send puppy by delivery. I again said I will see them in person, and pay cash they said they only take credit card. Would not provide address or video of puppies. I stopped conversation at that point and said they sound like a scammer and that I was going to report them. They said go ahead and thats it.

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- Gretna, NE, USA
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Received texts and emails with puppy pictures but no physical address location, or name of individual contact. The phone number provided from text messages only rings endlessly with no answer. The webpage states they are located in Cody, WY and the phone number is a DOUGLAS, WY phone number.

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- Perry, FL, USA
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Puppy, chihuahua, would meet me at a designated location. I waited and received a message to buy an Amazon card and read him the numbers. Then he would bring the Puppy.

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- Elmhurst, IL, USA
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I contacted AKK about a puppy adoption around August/September of 2022. I was told the adoption would take place 6-8 months from that date and I would need to put down a $500 deposit with and additional $3500 paid later. I paid the $500 through Venmo and then waited. Around February 2023 I contacted Regal AKK by email, asking for a puppy update and a new adoption day estimate. I received no response. I tried to contact via email again in April 2023, again no response. I sent a Facebook message to the business, no response. I finally commented on an Instagram post inquiring on how to get a hold of the owner, in which I received a DM to text. I sent a text asking for an update on 04/15 an was promised one by the end of the day. I did not receive an update. I texted again twice in the span of a week asking for the update with no response. On 04/23, I sent a final text asking for an update and stating my concern that I was being scammed. No update.

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- Miami, FL, USA
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Fui estafada por la compra de 2 caninos pomeranios con el valor de $1000 dólares el vendedor quedó de enviármelos a mi dirección de casa y nunca me llegaron lo contacté atraves de una página de Facebook que se hace llamar “completa tu familia con puppy’s” oh veterinaria a domiciliar LARA en su pagina tiene su número de WhatsApp’s 216-516-6035 es alguien hispano que tiene mucha experiencia robando le manda videos a uno sobre los caninos y el resivo de cuando supuestamente lo envió para la dirección de uno ise el envío de dinero por Xoom a República Dominicana porque el dice que es su hijo que se llama Brayan Rodríguez AYBAR, es un estafador demasiado experto usa muchas tácticas por las cuales uno no puede dudar de ellos

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- White Pigeon, MI, USA
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I tried to buy a puppy off the website mentioned. They sent me pictures of the puppy and said they ship the puppy the next day. The next day the person I talked to said sent me an email with the shipper insurance information. Which stated. Shipping insurance was $850. That when I said, I’ll just pick the puppy up. Then they never responded back. I tried to cancel my payment through PayPal but it was processed already.

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- Port Orange, FL, USA
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We are looking for two female West Highland Terriers and we chose Marilyn E Redlick from Facebook Westies group. She's the one who had puppies ready. She had someone else contact us (267)486-4443 named William. He made an appt with us to meet at the address 3150 Gulfstream Rd. Palm Springs FL at 2:00 pm. We drove 250 miles to no avail. No dogs barked but we did get a call from William immediately. He saw us from the camera doorbell. We were then told he was shipping them and gave us a fake shipping company World Freight Deliveries (845) 478-4550 Isiah is the name of the shipping guy. For two days he kept texting telling us we need more money to pay a deposit of $1,000 for the crate rental which we would get our cash back when the pups are delivered. Then he says we need $300 for pups insurance while in transport, then he said he would put in 1/2 so now we only needed $150 more. No $150, no refund and no puppies. I also have a cashier phone number which we never spoke to or sent money. That number is (502)496-4136. They all have the same phone message from Google. Please state your name. No other introduction. We contacted the property owner, and he says he knows nothing about this.

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- Charlotte, NC, USA
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I saw the exact ad that was listed here. We texted back and forth and they sent me a contract. I had my son look over all our texts and the site and he thought it was a scam. Asked them to do a video call and they said they were unable to do that. One of their sites had a warning and said to contact your bank if you sent any money to this site. If it wasn’t for my son I would have lost my down payment of $500 and the balance of $500. They originally wanted $1450 but went down to $1000

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- Franklin, NC, USA
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I was trying to buy a Pomeranian puppy. I paid the woman 500.00 for the dog. About two hours later I got an email saying I had to pay 940. For a crate then I got another email saying I had to pat another 650 for insurance for the dog. Then today I got an email from another person saying I need to send 800 so I can get the puppy. None of these costs were Ever discussed before I bought the dog. Now I am out 1440.00 and no puppy. Please help

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- Stone Mountain, GA, USA
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Advertisement for Yorkie Puppies for sale: $900.

A $400 reservation fee is required upfront, paid with Paypal using Family & Friends to avoid fees...using this method does not allow you to dispute the purchase, I found out after the fact.

I set up an appointment to see the puppy and went to the location provided. House with no answer, Facebook Messenger blocked or shut down, unable to message.

Notified by PayPal, it was a scam.

There are more than 20+ sites on Facebook with different websites; if you look at them, they are the same scam. I reported as many as I could to Facebook.

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- Bloomington, IN, USA
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This was an advance payment scam to reserve the pet. They wouldn’t share any pictures, veterinary records, or video evidence of the dog.

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I have 100 plus references that say differently, we have contracts and I ALWAYS send photos videos and offer FaceTime and vet records. I have looked in my records and have no adopter or even a an application by this person. I am a 501c3 rescue

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- Big Rapids, MI, USA
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Purchased two puppies that were supposed to be vet checked, shots and deformed. When asking for documentation seller was voiding giving proper documentation. When asking she jl forgot veterinarian records and would send in mail, hadn't received in a week through mail so she was contacting veterinarian to get paperwork again. Paperwork I received was she falselified and she forged the veterinarian signature stating treatment was done. She was caught lying about care. She was going to reimburse some monies back for service that wasn't done. She has blocked all communication. Have all correspondence saved from this scammer.

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- Daly City, CA, USA
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I saw their website and texted them to reach out about the puppies I’d like to purchase. John Arnaud replied and we followed up with email for more details. He called me so we can finalize the deal and asked me to pay for the dogs and shipping. I asked him if that’s all the expense and he confirmed. Gave me his Zelle account that is not enrolled so I had to verify and he confirmed he is legit. He gave me confirmation of my purchase with tracking number. He said the pups will arrive on the date and time indicated which was today. I didn’t know that the delivery company emailed me to ask for money for the crate so the pups will be safe during travel. I asked John why I didn’t get confirmation for tracking. He said check my email.

That’s when I saw they wanted more money. They confirmed it was refundable. I asked him why he didn’t mention about the crate and why he didn’t take care of that during our transaction so I only have to deal with him and not another vendor. He just said I will get my money back once they deliver the dogs and I have back the crates. So I paid $500 for it and then they emailed again that they don’t have that kind and I have to pay $500 more. So I told them I’m not paying anymore money and they can deliver me the dogs when they have the crate or they can give me a full refund. I didn’t hear back from both Pomeranian World and WWP who took another $500 from me.

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- Hartford, SD, USA
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I answered an ad for a bull terrier puppy requesting information. The person Josh Freeman immediately sent a text message to my phone with details around the puppy I was interested in. We corresponded via text and then I decided to drive to Colorado Springs from Hartford South Dakota to buy the dog. A deposit of $500 was requested and I made the payment via Venmo not Zelle as requested. Because of the back and forth around the payment and the different names being used I investigated the site and found using reverse imaging the puppy in question was actually in Europe and was several years old and had gone viral because of the unique markings. I cannot get my money back but this site needs to be brought down so others are not scammed by these people. There were red flags but I ignored them because of fell in love with the picture of the puppy.

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- Lilburn, GA, USA
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Scammer has multiple Facebook pages on Facebook seeking miniature dachshunds, Rottweiler, English cocker spaniel. I have sent money to 2 different account through Zelle. Here are their information and phone number:

1. Jasmine Royal (706) 306-1009

2. Detric Borum [email protected]

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- Cottage Grove, OR, USA
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My family and i were looking for a newfoundland puppy. We discovered Royalty Newfoundlands website, seemed very convincing. It was our first time getting a puppy this way. Puppy was 700 and the shipping was an extra 300. Total 1000. The puppy was to be delivered todad, last minute they called and said the "breeder" i bought the puppy from put the puppy in a crate that was not safe for the puppy to travel in, the breeder wanted me to pay another 1,000 to get the puppy a better crate because the airport policy changed(which the breeder should have known)I It not part of my contract to pay for a new crate if the one the breeder buys is not safe enough for the puppy. I refused to pay the extra fee, when i already had payed for shipping amd delivery. The "breeder" then was cursing at myself and my fiance because he wanted more money and that if we gave him the money he would then refund us back when the puppy got to us, to us that didnt make since. He tried to say i was legal owner and that i was responsible for it, when in reality im not since i have never had custody of the puppy and or have seen it in person. We only had picture proof of the puppy which he could have gotten from anywhere, we werent sure if the puppy was real or not. I asked for a picture at the airport and they told me no that it was impossible until I paid them another 1,000. Then i told them i wanted my refund since i would not be recieving what i paid for, they refuse to give my money back. They said i need to think about the puppy and that im not ready for the responsibility if i cant give them more money. I paid for the puppy over cashapp, i have reported scam to cashapp as well. The website says i can have a refund if i do not get my puppy but they will not refund me. They wont answer my messages or calls. They also were using other people faces on the website that i had found on facebook, i informed them and they were very upset since they did not give permission to pretend to be them and they happened to be actual breeders. The scammers had a very good website, application to fill out for a puppy, information on the breed, pictures, contract for health, how the process would work, until it got to the shipping part.

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- Oxford, MI, USA
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My wife was looking for a certain breed of cat and joined a private Facebook group. Nicole Schwartz is an admin and talked a really good game to my wife and even sending a document for her to sign. The fee was $700 to have it shipped to our home from Pennsylvania. The morning of having to go to the airport, we were told that there was a nanny service fee and a special carrier rental that was required for health safety reasons. We would get 98% back from the rental. Then, as we were sitting at the airport we we told that the stat of Michigan required a $500 fee to let the nanny off the plane with the cat. We asked for the plane itinerary and all communications went silent. The payments were made through cashapp to Larry William from San Francisco. We tried to stop the payment and cash app basically said that it wasn't their problem.

All of the admins here are fake.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100034047789101&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Address is an airport terminal.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100034047789101&mibextid=ZbWKwL

PETS TRANSIT

We Care For Your Pet All The Way To You

Enter the Consignment No.

Ex: 12345

Print Track Result

WPC025659007822-CARGO

Shipper Information

Nicole Schwartz359 Grace St Mount Washington, PA 15211 United [email protected]

Receiver Information

Heather Fidler725 Eastlake Tr. Oxford, MI. 48371248 804 [email protected]

SHIPMENT STATUS: PENDING

Shipment Information

Origin:

United States

Package:

Pet

Status:

Pending

Destination:

United States

Carrier:

Type of Shipment:

Air Freight

Weight:

1/3

Shipment Mode:

Air Freight

Carrier Reference No.:

19926255392726

Product:

Ragdoll Kitten

Qty:

1

Payment Mode:

CASH

Total Freight:

$450

Expected Delivery Date:

2023-09-30

Departure Time:

17:00 pm

Pick-up Date:

2023-09-30

Pick-up Time:

14:00 pm

Comments:

PENDING

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Piece Type

Description

Length(cm)

Width(cm)

Height(cm)

Weight (kg)

Total Volumetric Weight : 0.00kg.Total Volume : 0.00cu. m.Total Actual Weight : 0.00kg.

Shipment History

Date

Time

Location

Status

Updated By

Remarks

2023-09-30

10:00 am

Pennsylvania

Pending

Jay

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We are The Pet Transit Folk

Since 2013, our pet transportation business has been trusted by families to safely relocate their pets all over the world. We are a family-owned and operated business that believes that the pets who move with us are very special, and so are our values: we love pets, we are the experts in pet transport, we are genuine when it comes to our knowledge and care, and we strive to exceed expectations.

Meet Our Team

OUR MISSION

Whether you’re moving your pet by air or by ground, Pets Transit TM is committed to ensuring that we invest our expertise to handle all of your pet transportation needs. We offer a wide range of services, including pre-flight planning and preparation, in-flight care and support, and post-flight follow-up to ensure a smooth and seamless travel experience.

About Us

How Our Pet Transport Services Work

BOOK A TRAVEL CRATE

We can provide the correct size crate to keep your pet safe & happy.

GET PET ITINERARY & HEALTH

A broken down itinerary of your pet’s travel and shipping information / Your pet is given the all clear by one of our partner vets to take off.

TIME TO FLY

We take care of pickup, accommodation and transport to your destination.

OUR DELIVERY LOCATIONS

Moving your beloved pets can be emotional and confusing, especially when every country has their own set of rules and regulations. We transport pets cross country or anywhere in the world. And whether they’re going to Sydney, Australia, Florida, USA, or London, UK, we always ensure the process is smooth and seamless for both you and your multiple pets, no matter where you need them to go.

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WHY CHOOSE US

Our team of professionals is passionate about pets and committed to providing the highest level of care and support. We are trained in the latest industry standards and practices, and we use state-of-the-art equipment and technology to ensure the safety and wellbeing of your pet at all times.

HIGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE

Whether it’s juggling veterinary protocols, understanding the quarantine requirements of countries worldwide, or ensuring your pet has access to food and water while they travel, we have the information you need. We make the entire pet shipping experience hassle-free and are dedicated to transporting your family safely right to your front door.;

SOLUTIONS-FOCUSED

We find solutions, not problems. Our pet shipping services are comprehensive and suitable for any big trip. We’ve transported pregnant pets, handled breed restrictions, dealt with cancelled flights and managed it all through a global pandemic. We have a ‘make it happen’ attitude because we know how important your pets are to you.

CARING PARTNERS

We wouldn’t leave your pet transport needs with anyone who wasn’t as caring and supportive as we are ourselves. We’ve chosen to work with only the best industry partners, such as Pets Safe Travel.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

I would highly recommend Pet Transits as a pet transport agency. They were able to quickly establish a trusting relationship, persevere during tough times, and took great care of our dog. We could not have asked for anything more. It means the world to us to have our whole family together in New Zealand

EMILY THOMAS

New Zealand

My fur baby Jasmine arrived safely in Wellington yesterday and we are so, so happy to see each other! Thank you all for all your work arranging her trip over the past few months. I was very impressed with your prompt and thorough replies to my questions, and especially with your warmth and reassurance during the whole process. I found your company very reliable and professional and will recommend it to my friends if they ever need to fly a pet somewhere.

HELENA

Wellignton

Their ‘make it happen’ attitude and passionate understanding that Charlie is not just an animal, she is family blew me away. I received consistent and heart-warming updates during the current state of the world, flight delays, and personal workplace uncertainties. Despite the adversity, they juggled the constrains of veterinary protocols with love, compassion, and uttermost professionalism.

ABBIE CROSS

Denver

Pets Transit

Since 2013, our pet transportation business has been trusted by families to safely relocate their pets all over the world. We are a family-owned and operated business that believes that the pets who move with us are very special, and so are our values: we love pets, we are the experts in pet transport, we are genuine when it comes to our knowledge and care, and we strive to exceed expectations.

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Is this true? Because i think I have been cheated too. Gone $700.

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- Sarasota, FL, USA
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This place is a scammer website

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