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- Saint Augustine, FL, USA
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I attempted to purchase a puppy i saw on line. I initially sent them 950.00 which covered the cost of the puppy and the transportation to my home. I was contacted several times demanding money for…a temperature controlled crate, then more money for microchipping and vaccinating the puppy, then another demand for a city permit. Unfortunately i paid for everything but the city permit. That’s what alerted me … why a city permit. So i stopped all contact with these people. Unfortunately all of the money sent was Amex gift cards.

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- Lake Worth, FL, USA
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We needed an emotional support puppy and he said he needed a deposit of $200 and he was going to drive the puppy to us that Sunday and get the rest of the payment when he arrived. My husband zelled $200 to the email address he gave which was [email protected] this email may have been the second time he asked for money because the day before he was to bring the puppy he messaged again saying he needed the rest of the money before he left. We called him out on him going back on his word but in the end my husband agreed to send $150 more for him to make the trip. Sunday morning right before 9am I messaged him to see what time he was leaving and would be here and he said he was leaving soon. We didn’t hear from him again. No puppy no refund. I have some of the conversation.

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- New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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attached; not a legit company... puppy/ transport scam

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- Palo Alto, CA, USA
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March 1, 2023 I was going. Google searching dog breeders for a minute schnauzers for my children because we lost our loved family pet to cancer last year. Ready to move on and get a new family pet we came across

https://www.coolschnauzershome.com

On the site I made a request for an 11 week old puppy by the name of Pipper. After texting and emails for two days we decided to purchase pipper as a family pet. Maimouma Blade asked that I Zelle her the money in the amount of 910..00 USD. Zelle didn’t work so she requested that I use only Vanilla Visa. I made the purchase and sent photos of the cards back and front in order for her to take the puppy off the website and for me to secure the bill of purchase for the puppy. I sent 1 gift card in the amount of 500.00 USD and a second for 410. USD. Shortly after that I received a fake copy of a bill of purchase with the 2025 SE 44th Street address and a email address for shipping the puppy that came at a refundable charge of 1200.00 US

The company name was Live Pet Shuttle LIVE PET SHUTTLE 1122 5th St, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (321) 701-5975 [email protected] and www.livepetshuttle.com With a tracking number for the puppy as LPS2236CA. The contact person was listed as William Joseph Woodburn Manager. This is when he requested the 1200.00 USD for the refundable pet insurance fee. I sent that as well to 321-701-5975 to a Ashlyn. Communication ended and I became worried because I had not heard back from the breeder or the pet shipping company. With some researching of my own. I have learned that the Cool Schnauzers Home web site and the Live Pet Shuttle was the same person just using different names, phone numbers, websites, and locations to make the scale look legitimate.

I also came across another victim DadBallz

18 Oct 2021

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We were interested in purchasing a puppy from a place in Florida. They linked us up with this company for the travel. $1200 for refundable insurance which would be refunded as soon as we received the puppy. When you talked to the person, you could hear all kinds of cell phones ringing in the background and only 1 agent able to help people. The whole thing stunk of a scam.

When I asked the person's name, he told me it was Simon Miller. Not a chance. They only collect payment through Apple Pay, Google Pay and Zelle. I asked them so send the info for payment and it was a very odd Yahoo email address and the person listed was not Simon Miller. Asked them what airline they use and he said Delta. Knew it was a scam. The website seems light. This was filed on the website people finder. Using the phone numbers and addresses that the scanners provided.

I have been scammed for 2,200. Dollars, but that is not why am reporting this online crime they are a husband and wife team that both have degrees in Computer Science, Digital Marketing and program management. They are a threat to our country, communities and society and should be stopped and convicted as soon as possible. Please look into whom I believe to be the true criminals Aissatou Blade and her husband Alpha Blade many different names but are all connected and come back to these two people. Thank you for your time and the good work that you do. Please help remove both websites from google.

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We also contacted them on text and email. They are still sellling the same dog and called me a Karen because i am on to them and told them to give my daughter back her money

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- Jensen Beach, FL, USA
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Products offered were labrador retriever puppies. 1st transactions was for deposit to hold puppy. Second was for vet costs and paperwork. Website was very well put together with reviews and testimonials.

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- Evansville, IN, USA
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My husband and I were looking to adopt a puppy. I started following a cockapoo adoption and rehoming Facebook page where I met the “admin” of the group named Tarpley Constance. She reported herself to be a breeder of cockapoo puppies located in Nashville, TN. I spoke with her for a long while regarding the process via Facebook. She sent pictures of the puppies to me and I reserved one. I sent her a payment for $500 through Zelle. I drove 2.5 hours to pick the puppy up. The morning before I left she texted me verifying I was coming. When I got to the location, it was a vacant house. She then blocked me from the Facebook group and blocked my number.

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- Wilmington, DE, USA
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Claim to be selling mini Bernedoodles complete with photos & videos of dogs. Very responsive. Red flag was to send $$ prior to face timing with the dog

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- Wilmington, NC, USA
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They have a website with pictures of puppies for sale. Once u give your info and your email they email you to send the money through zelle with an email they gave and a name they gave to use to send it.

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- Fall River, MA, USA
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I met a women on Facebook that rehoming/adoption teacup yorkies. I was interested in the small dog for my son and I since this would be his first dog. We agreed for me to purchase the dog for $150.00 so I went to my local Walgreens to purchase a gift card. I still have the gift cards and receipts for proof. Everything was good from here. They said the would go to the airport at 8:00am to get the puppy on the flight as soon as possible. Supposedly while they were there the puppy didn’t have the right shots so I paid $500 to try and get this baby home safely. Well then I’m waiting on a txt message from the dog nanny and I paid another $500 for stamps and shots. For the nanny to supposedly leave the airport. The supposedly the nanny couldn’t leave because of the registration wasn’t correct. So they asked for more money of course in the amount of $1000.00. Then I offered to pick it up and told me to hurry before the baby got on the next flight to go back home. So I did and supposedly the nanny was on the flight already. So I’m out $2000.00 and no puppy to show for it.

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- Round Rock, TX, USA
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I found springs vizsla kennel when I was searching online for a vizsla. They had great pictures of the puppies and good testimonials. I emailed my interest and the supposed breeder (Dove Foster) emailed me back about the vizsla Bella we were interested in. We went back and forth with information about our family and I sent a picture of us and they seemed to do their due diligence in making sure we would take good care of Bella. He wrote up a contract and sent to us for me to sign and then sent me their zelle information. It wasn’t to Dove Foster, but to Matthew Scales?? We sent 900.00 which was for the dog and the shipping to us. Dove said he sent the puppy today and would receive today, but then I received a phone call from the shippers([email protected]) to purchase or rent an air conditioned crate for our dog for 990.00 which we would get back 970.00 of it. I tried to send the money, but my bank thankfully put a hold on it. I realized then I couldn’t get ahold of the breeder and that this whole thing was a scam, and we were never getting our Bella.

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- Jean, NV, USA
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Promoted a website selling English Bulldog puppies. Stated the puppies were going for $600 with a shipping cost of $150. When Zelle payment didn’t work , we used the prepaid gift card they asked for. 24hrs later we were expected to receive our puppy from the airport. An email from a “third party” stated we needed to send $1500 in order for the puppy to be in a safe crate. Only prepaid gift card is what was asked for. We realized we were scammed and did not fall for the $1500 payment. The $750 prepaid card now a balance of $0 as they used the money.

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- Oak View, CA, USA
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We contacted the seller on February 20, 2023, via email at [email protected] . Pictures of the puppy were sent Feb 20 and a price of $700 for the puppy plus $160 for shipping was agreed upon. Payment had to be made in either Zelle or Apple Pay. Zelle restricted daily payments so it was paid over 2 days, Feb 21 and 22. Once payment was confirmed, shipping was arranged, and information was provided that the shipper would contact us when the puppy was ready to be shipped.

We were contacted by the shipper on February 23. A call on Feb 23 AM was received requesting payment for Pet Insurance following an email requesting it that went into Spam.

The shipper's email address is [email protected], their PayPal email is [email protected], and the payment method was "friends and Family" in PayPal. The payment was to be reimbursed upon picking up the pet at the airport or upon home delivery. This was to ensure we showed up for pickup. The payment was made on Feb 23 to Nagata Enterprice, Bank Name, Chase, Routing number 02100021, Account Number 997975088. Shipping confirmation was received for delivery to Santa Barbara, CA airport on Feb 23. An email on Feb 23 indicated the flight was delayed and would get in too late to be able to deliver the 10 pets on the flight. Delivery would be on a flight the following day, Feb 24. An email on Feb 24 indicated a glitch that 4 pets, ours included, would require a special climate-controlled crate in order to be taken from Denver to Santa Barbara per airport officials. This would require us to pay an additional $2,450 for the crate to purchase one or $1190 to rent a crate. The rental would cover 90% of the crate cost or 100% of the crate rental through the insurance we purchased. We did not answer, and contact was cut off when we did not pay the additional fees.

We began looking up the seller and shipper info in a deeper dive and found scams tied to the seller’s address and the names associated with the puppy farm, the phone number, and the shipper. We contacted the only airline that had matching flights to what we were presented, United Airlines, and found that they did not have the crate restriction mentioned but also would not have transported 10 pets on a plane at one time. A check of ScamPulse.com complaints found an identical experience in a complaint.

We were lucky enough to stop when we did, but we likely will not recover the funds sent through PayPal after submitting them to their fraud division. Our Zelle payments will not be recovered.

Amicable Puppy Farm-Seller,

Arnold Jonas- Seller,

[email protected] Zelle email [email protected]

215-398-4007

234 Lytton Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

$860 dog purchase with shipping, Shipping Insurance- $1501.46

An alternate payment method that didn't work for the puppy via credit card was:

https://smoothkitties4you.com/payment

Shippers phone number 502-909-0029

Shippers email [email protected]

Payment address [email protected]

Shipping company website www.fastestexpressshippineline.com

The payment was requested in a bank transfer, Zelle, bitcoin or cash app

Home delivery Manager Mr. Molando Fred, Secretary Mrs Mitchell

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- Minco, OK, USA
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I was searching for German Shepherd dog breeders online and found riversidegermanshepherpuppies.com and found a dog that we wanted there and used their contact form to get more information. They emailed me several photos of the puppy and two videos along with a lengthy description.

They then asked for a description back of our family so that we can be approved. I sent back a description. They explained how delivery would work. The puppy is $1,100 and the delivery would be $275.00. They asked for payment by Venmo or Google Pay. I explained that I would rather do payment through PayPal and they refused. When I asked for proof of vaccinations records they became defensive and tried to deflect back to purchasing the puppy. I then explained I wanted proof of ownership and asked to do a video call to see the puppy. They responded by saying that if I thought they were lying then there is nothing they could do about it. Needless to say, I searched the number they texted from, reverse image searched the pictures of the puppy and it came back as a scam. The puppy pictures and videos were from an instagram page from 2020. Beware of this tactic, as they are using multiple websites with the same scam. Alway ask your breeder for vaccination records or to video chat to see the puppy before sending payment. Looking back I can see the red flags. The website did not list a location they were from, there were several puppies available that were a variety of coat types and patterns (which wouldn’t be normal for a single litter), and the backgrounds in the pictures were all very different.

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- Paducah, KY, USA
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The scammer claims to own the mom & dad of the pups she’s selling on puppy finder.com. She’s actually not even the breeder, but a broker for an Amish man who raises the pups. She sold us a pup for $1,200. She only gives a 5 day health guarantee if you have pup seen by a vet & it has a major issue within those 5 days. We didn’t find out that was the health guarantee until we drove 3 hours to meet her at a public place to get the pup. Our pup had an upper respiratory infection that started within 2 days. The vet put pup on antibiotics but she got worse over the next day & we returned to vet. X-ray showed an enlarged heart. We paid extra to have X-rays sent off to be read by radiologist. Report came back she also had a congenital collapsed lung. She will only live 6-24 months. Broker met us a week later to exchange pup for healthy one. She said she was going to give her to someone for free & be honest about her condition. We asked if we could have her & take care of her. She said she wanted to hold on to her awhile. She would call us if she did give her away. 2 days later I see that pup on puppy finder.com for $1,200! She’s going to scam some new owners. If they don’t end up getting an X-ray within the 5 days, they won’t know in time. The breeder gave the pup a med made for cows & horses to get her over the respiratory infection so she’d look healthy enough to sell. I have all our texts & the X-rays for proof.

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- Ocala, FL, USA
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I was referred to this breeder. Spoke to him on Facebook and saw puppy. Told me the puppy was $500 and send it to him in zelle or cash app. I sent the money and now he is holding the puppy Ransom until I send him more money.

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- Miami, FL, USA
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Purchased a female adult French bulldog . Unfortunately the dog was sick and was unable to communicate with Fernando Colon for my money back . I paid cash for this dog and he completely ignored me . I didn’t have the dog for 30 mins she was vomiting. She would not hold and food or water down. Within 48 hours the dog passed away . I have still 6 months later have not gotten a response from the owner .

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- Baden, PA, USA
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I was told I was purchasing a cane Corso that was 10 weeks old. Payed, and signed papers. Once papers were signed they sent a tracking number for the pet transport. The pet transport then had me pay to upgrade the kennel to a heated kennel. Within the same day I was told I had to pay $2000 extra for pet insurance. It would’ve added up to over $4000 in the end. While waiting for details I was blocked on everything and couldn’t get into contact. Happy tails County was the pet transport.

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- Rainsville, AL, USA
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Found a website online that was to good to be true reached out to the people about 10 week old Dachshunds for $500 they sent us a contract and we asked them for FaceTime or personal call and they would not do it. The personal information they have for us are cell phone numbers names and address. There are two websites with the same puppies with different names and genders. Smithdachshundbreed.com

https://orizedachshund.com/

They were persistent about us, sending the money and going forward with the purchase of the puppy. They were wanting to send it to the airport or home delivery and they also offered a pick up at their home address.

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- Bakersfield, CA, USA
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Paid partial payment for a puppy I didn’t receive

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