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- Houston, TX, USA
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Showed pictures of puppies even video then sent to a delivery shipment called clingo logistics then try to ask for 1500 more for insurance

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- Johnstown, PA, USA
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I paid this company for a puppy and shipping fees from airport to my home. They said they dropped the puppy off at the airport. I began receiving multiple calls from an unknown number and then an email popped up in regards to my puppy being shipped. I was told it was the wrong crate and the puppy was not allowed on the plane like that. I needed to send $1500. I said to call the owners and tell them to fix it because I already paid. He said the puppy is in my name so if I don't handle this hell report me as abandoning the puppy. I messaged the sellers and the airport guy said they paid $600 and I had to pay $900. Meanwhile, I had reached out to a friend asking him to pay for the dog. He owed me money and when I sent him the sellers Bitcoin wallet, he assumed it was mine and sent $4k. I contacted the seller and they said they hadn't received it yet. And as soon as they did they would let me know. I know they did and can prove it. The following day after I sent $900 more to the airport guy he sent me an email and said they were ready to send the puppy but 1 small issue to deal with. He would need $2500 to get insurance on the puppy. And I wouldn't let my child go without insurance so why would I do this to my puppy. And don't contact the sellers they don't know about this and it's my responsibility. Once I pay him that they will leave with the puppy and all of the money I paid is 100% refundable when they get there with the puppy. I said keep the puppy. I'm not paying you anything more. I'll let the seller know. And I want my money back immediately. I emailed the seller as well. No response. I emailed them both the next day. No response. And I have no money or puppy.

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https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068794382596&mibextid=ZbWKwL

These people have a Facebook profile I initiated contact by saying how cute the puppies were , They said the puppies were available for $500, but I didn't have that as Im ready to face brain surgery then they private messaged me and asked for $100 , they offered to deliver the pup. They weren't going to send any forms until after the money was received. They offered to drive over 4.5 hours to deliver the puppy for free even though the wife was sick . They had npo or 501 C affiliation thats what alerted me ,that and no paperwork . I hope this helps someone . Do not adopt from Cute and Adorable Schnauzers for adoption and rehoming

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They email me pics of this dog and a video. They sent me a contract please see uploaded file. They answered the phone and said the puppy would shipped the following day. They They stopped answering us I reported to my bank but they can't do much.

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The scammer presented as a Maltese dog breeder, and stated they had puppies avail. Their website showed me pictures and when I requested the all so sent me pictures via email. They. Gave me an a address. To pick up the puppy, e be n a contact to sign. Upon initiating payment the cash app name used ca us Edd me some alarm, and their request that I divide up the money into 3 increments was also a flag. I then asked them. For credentials and two ways in which I could verify their were a legit business. They became irate acting and rude, at which point I ceased all communication with them.

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I found this organization online that had teacup Maltese for sale. We negotiated for more than a week and I excepted to 10 week old puppies. The organization asked me to make a $600 deposit to hold the dogs although they continued showing them for sale on the web. When I was ready to go, pick up the puppies and pay the additional money required, they offered free shipping from Texas to Colorado, that they wanted all the money upfront, which I refused. I said I would not give them anymore money until I saw the dogs. all of a sudden I don’t hear from them anymore. I went online and check them out and they are noted to be scammers. I have alerted the ******** Police Department about it and will turn this over also to the Better Business Bureau and the FBI.

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I initiated contact after viewing their website. I filled out the contact form and was sent a text a little later. I asked the person named Tyler Simmons to call me. After the phone call, my wife and I decided to buy 2 puppies. He sent me texts about cost, shipping, caring for puppy, and payment instructions. He sent me his "financial cashier's" CashApp information. We tried to send the initial deposit of $1000 using the CashApp , but it would not go through. We then tried to send the money to the Zelle account he sent me and it got blocked as well. He went so far as to say his financial cashier created a new Zelle account because of all the inconveniences we were experiencing, but that failed as well. We contacted our bank to see what the issue was preventing us from sending the money. Our bank told us the transactions were actually being blocked by Zelle because of suspected fraud. Through all of this, there were obvious signs I should have picked up on, but my excitement blinded me and I ignored them. Thank God Zelle prevented us from losing $2000.

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Scammer promised a dog, but would not show current proof of the dog. A picture of the dog promised was found from another scam website from 8-22-22. It is currently 2-12-23. After the scammer was advised that I would be canceling all transactions they threatened to come to my residence, do to me sending basic info such as: name and address. The picture below is one of the scammers pictures.

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They acted like they were going to ship a puppy I bought from them. Sent me tracking information the shipping company sent email asking for $990.00 to pay for a heated dog crate. I payed for shipping in price of puppy. I tried to contact seller and they will not call me back or answer phone.

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I attempted to purchase a puppy, it was all a scam with a erys golden retrievers. When they asked for 950 additional dollars for a crate my dog loving self became aware that is was a scam and I called him out and received quite a derogatory response.

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We were looking for a German shepherd puppy and my husband came across Smart K9 German shepherd puppies website selling themselves as breeders of champion line German shepherd puppies for $500 or $700 to include delivery to our home. The website is detailed and seemed legit. Communication available through text, call and email. My husband text the number on website and no response. The next morning I received a text saying they were the breeder and wanted to know which puppy I was interested in. The person sent multiple pictures of the dog and description of personality of the dog. I expressed interest and only wanted to pick the puppy up myself, the cost is $500. Via text I was sent a link which directed me to the process of picking up puppy and amount of deposit required to hold puppy until pick up. Payment was only accepted through ZELLE and Cash App. Through Cash app I sent $300. After sending deposit I had more questions so I decided to call the number. The number rings and is answered by a female robot voicemail with no identification. Via text I asked questions about pick up location, veterinarian name where the puppy had shots and microchip placed because this is what is advertised on website. I also asked address for picking up the puppy. Then I was sent a generic contract to sign with the request of a copy of my drivers license. I never signed the contract. Then I received text stating signed contract received requesting remaining $200 be paid before picking puppy up. I realized this was not right. I was not getting my questions answered and unable to talk to anyone via telephone after asking to speak with someone. They were not willing to provide any proof and just told me when I picked up puppy I would get all the documentation. So, today I have received texts requesting remainder$200 for payment. I responded I was no longer interested and requested my $300 deposit back. I received the response “ok.” As of right now I have not received my deposit back. I sent a text asking how soon I should receive my deposit back and responded with “ok.”

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“Paul Lucas” was one of the administrators of a Facebook group, which looks like it has changed its name prior to the incident and after i told him i knew he was a scammer. Had a FB page with pictures of border collie pups and testimonials from people posting photos holding border collie pups - in hindsight, all fake accounts with fake photos he created. Never contacted me by phone, all business done on FB Messenger and email. Was suspicious from the beginning, something was just off, used a credit card on Cash App to pay the “deposit” so hopefully will get the 300 back. Was going to drive all the way to Atlanta from S FL to get the dog (14 hrs), but address he gave me didn’t make sense or check out that he was even the resident (white pages.com). “Contract” he emailed was full of grammatical errors and looked like an illiterate 10 yr old completed it…. In it he demanded another $200. Thats when i told him he was a scammer, return my deposit immediately. Of course he ghosted me and as the administrator of the FB page, blocked me so I can’t warn others.

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scammer offered to sell a puppy; provided website, adoption info. asked for $700 deposit which stated was fully refundable. traveled 4 hr drive to the Suffolk address; arrived to find out there was no puppy for sell and it was a scam.

According to the website Whois.com the company is registered out of Singapore with the registrar being Alibaba.com.

BBB notes: If you feel you are a victim of an online pet  or pet  transportation scam, ScamPulse.com encourages you to file a complaint and/or customer review at www.bbb.org/Norfolk, with the Virginia Attorney General's office at https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint, as well as report your experience to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov and the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov.

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The scammer is presenting to have a website to sell Australian shepherds. When emailing to inquire he will email back and/or text or call using voip. One of the dogs he was trying to sell “wiggle” is an Instagram famous dogs. Who is actually now grown. Attached is text and emails as well as a picture of the Instagram account which he pulled exact photos and saved as the Instagram dogs name.

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I WAS MESSAGING WITH ALICIA CARNEY ABOUT A ADD ON FACEBOOK ABOUT A DOG THAT NEEDED A GOOD HOME. SHE ASKED ME TO GET HER A NON REUSABLE CARD FROM WALMART WHICH I PURCHASED AND SENT HER VIA MESSENGER. SHE SENT ME TRACKING FROM A WEBSITE CALLED SAFE AGENCY DELIVERY. THERE WAS NO NUMBER OR ADDRESS FOR THAT COMPANY BUT I RECEIVED EMAILS STATING I HAD TO PAY ADDITIONAL $399 TO GET THE DOG. THE LADY BLOCKED ME ON FACEBOOK THE ONLY INFO I HAVE ON ALICIA WHICH I AM NOT SURE IF THAT IS REALLY HER IS SHE LIVES IN VERO BEACH FLORDIA. CENTRALPUPS IS THE FACEBOOK PAGE AS WELL UPON FURTHER RESEARCH THERE IS ANOTHER FACEBOOK PAGE ELAINE STACEY WITH SAME DOG PICS AND POST BUT IT IS WAS POSTED IN AUG 2022. UPON ASKING FOR MY MONEY BACK SHE BLOCKED ME...

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Put a 150 down payment for a teacup maltese and then he kept pushing me to pay the rest with a gift card which I didn't. Then a family member contacted him and he tried to pull the same scam showing pictures of the same puppy. He ask where you are located then will randomly tell you a city close to you and tell you to pick up at the fake address

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I wanted to purchase a puppy from Dachshunds re homing on Facebook and paid the deposit and then the rest which was 450.00 and then they started telling me that I needed a new crate for 900.00 and then 800.00 for a Nevada license and then 500.00 for Insurance and now they say that I need to send another 2200 for quarantine but all monies will be reimbursed when they deliver this puppy they say, but they keep asking for more.

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We recently lost our dog who was a Vizla. We started looking online for Vizla puppies. My husband came across this website: https://springsvizslakennel.com/

He contacted them and a guy calling himself Dove Foster told him that there were several puppies available and that they were on sale because they have another litter coming and need the space.

He sent a lot of pictures and a video and the puppy just looked beautiful and we were overtaken by the sentimentality of it and missing our dog.

He even sent a contract. But once I talked to him I heard a scammer. Just the way he talked and the way he was pushing for us to send him the money via the cash app. My instincts flared up and I decided to ask him for his AKC registration number. And that's where it got very weird. He told me that the FBI had advised him to never give out that information because people would try to scam him. And that was what really what told me that this guy's a total scam ***** I called the AKC to search for his name and they did not have him registered. On their kennel website they say they are a "state registered kennel". I asked him where he's "state" registered but did not reply. I asked him to send me the litter registration number and he did not reply.

So sad!

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I googled black gsd German shepherd puppies because I wanted to get a dog to train as my service animal. Their website appeared in the search and I browsed thru it. It looked like a legitimate site. I found a black puppy named ASTRO that I liked and clicked on buy now. I inquired about the dog and wanted to know if he was still available. The scammer then messaged me via text message and asked if I was still interested in buying a puppy. I said yes that astro had caught my eye. They said that he was a great choice and even sent me multiple pictures. I agreed to make a deposit to hold him so no one else would buy him. The scammer asked me for my shipping information and sent me information to use to send money thru zelle. I sent the money and I asked if I send the rest of the money would could I expect him to arrive. They said the next day. So I sent the remainder of the money. The email had said the puppy was being shipped and should arrive by 8 pm. I got an email from a delivery service saying the puppy was being held due to a refundable pet insurance fee of $500 not being paid. That it would need to be paid in order for the puppy to be delivered. I then realized I had been scammed. Also the acammer had emailed me what appeared to be a contract acknowledging the purchase.

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On. 1/21/23 found friendly teacup poodle puppies website searching for a puppy. Filled out information on web page and received a text from 704-741-0170. We exchanged text and he sent more pics of puppy. Asked us to answer questions like where we lived and had we had puppies before, etc. Afterwards he asked if we wanted to purchase the puppy. We told him yes. He asked if i had Zelle, Cash pay or Google pay. My husband has Zelle so he asked to send payment to [email protected]. The payment wouldn't go thru so he asked if we could get gift cards. He specifically asked for visa Vanilla cards. The puppy was $500 with a $150 delivery fee. So I purchased 2 gift cards for the amounts above and took a pic of cards and receipt and sent to him. That night we got a bill of sale with the name of seller being Michael Lynn. The next morning I get a text saying I would get a text from city express delivery service and they would be delivering my puppy. I did get a text from 214-428-6263 saying they were sending me an email with tracking number so I could track my puppy. They email came from http://cityexpressdeliveryservice1972.com. I got message saying my puppy was on the way. I later get a email saying the pet authorities in Louisville,KY wouldn't let my puppy go thru because he had no insurance. They wanted me to pay an additional $500 for insurance and send it to [email protected]. I refused to pay. I tried contacting the puppy breeder with no answer. I text and got a text back saying puppy had insurance. My husband called the next day and he answered. He was a foreigner. We never received the puppy.

I did call the number on back of the gift card to see if I could track it. The $500 card was spent at Estee Lauder/ Clinque in New York. The $150 card was used at Woww in New York.

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