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- Gouverneur, NY, USA • Nov 28, 2024
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So called breeder said that puppy would be shipped, they even made up a fake carrier service. when I went to the airport, there was no puppy. Even signed a contract for fake puppy.

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- Marlboro, NY, USA • Nov 25, 2024
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We were communicating with the person to purchase a corgi puppy. I asked to video chat with the person to see the puppy and he told me he was unable to do so. I ask a couple more questions and he was unable to show the puppy or the parents. He also got rude in the emails and stopped responding. He has a very beleivable website and I am sure he will be able to scam desperate people looking for a puppy out of their money. I was able to do a search on the property and find that it is a rental and any reputable breeder would be proud to show the puppy and meet the people they were adopting their puppy out to. I do not want to see anyone get scammed like I was almost. I lost my Corgi 3 weeks ago and I am in a position where they worked on my sympathy

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- Prairieville, LA, USA • Nov 20, 2024
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The scammer posted puppies on a FB adoption page. The arrangement was that a deposit of $300 would be made and the dog would be delivered the following day. The remaining $200 would be paid once the dog was received. First, she was going to deliver the dog personally. Then she said she was “shipping” it. She failed to schedule a delivery and couldn’t give me a name of the transport company. There were many discrepancies in the transfer of ownership she sent as well. At that point I was no longer comfortable with proceeding and I requested a refund. She ignored me for a while and then demanded the remaining $200 prior to delivery. These are not the terms we agreed upon so I asked again for a refund many times. Now I am blocked from the Facebook page.

In addition, she told others that the puppy was available even though I had paid a deposit.

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- Medina, OH, USA • Nov 18, 2024
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She advertise puppies for sale Yorkies she wanted $100 Apple pay gift card then the rest of the money when we picked up the puppy we chose to meet at the Akron Ohio police station so that everyone would be safe after we got there she demanded another $100 gift card which we told her no that she already had $100 and now she was to deliver the puppy she insisted on no more money no more puppy we called the AKC and asked if the registration number was legit and it was not she gave us several different numbers to send money to these are the other numbers501-290-9892 707-791-5799 509-499-3114 her name is Diane thomas

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- Milwaukee, WI, USA • Nov 18, 2024
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I bought a puppy for $800 and was told to do a bank to bank transfer, It went thru 2 days later through: deltatransportcourier. They wanted and extra $875 to $1250 to transport the puppy and I was told to pay with Apple gift cards. Turns out that it was fake so I didn’t pay. And so I still don’t have the puppy. I'm out $800.

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- Panama, NY, USA • Nov 17, 2024
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They were to deliver a Sheltie puppy to me on Saturday November 9th They requested 500 for a crate for puppy that was to be be refunded then for 700 for vet report and 1200 for insurance all to be refunded then they wanted another 500 to do paperwork cause I did not pay the 500 for paperwork they will not deliver puppy. Then they told me that the puppy would be going to quarantine and I would be fined for neglect. I don't believe they ever had him. The breed used the name Debbie and Taylor Reddick of Robinson Pa but may be the person involved in this scam. email [email protected]. Ph 224-935-4128 Gave her deposit of $300 and was to pickup puppy on 11/9/24. That morning I got a message that her mother passed and that she had given the puppy to Fast Track Logistics.

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- Miami, FL, USA • Nov 16, 2024
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There was a group page on facebook I asked to join: Blue Staffy puppies for adoption: Find your perfect companion to purchase a puppy. The breeder claimed to be located in New Orleans, LA. I agreed to pay $400 to hold the puppy, and $300 balance after delivery. When I received the tracking information to ship the puppy to me, the shipping vendor emailed me asking for $350 to insure the puppy during shipment. I knew it was a scam at that point, but the seller insisted the $350 insurance would be fully refundable, so I recommended the breeder should pay the fully refundable fee to insure the animal and another story as to why that would not be an option was created. The seller would also not agree to speak with me live. Additionally. after looking into the shipping vendor "International Logistics" the telephone on the website was not a working number {209-790-4627}.

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- Salem, WI, USA • Nov 12, 2024
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I found these puppies from an internet search for Bernese mountain dogs. I was told to send $1000 via Zelle and the dog would be flown to my friends address. A contract was signed and email proof of tracking was provided. The dog did not show up when expected and emails and calls have been sent. No replies.

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- Newport, TN, USA • Nov 11, 2024
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I was looking to buy a puppy and upon ready reviews this is a scam. They only accept 3 types of payment. Chime, Apple Pay and Venmo. Stating the dog would be flown to me for only $150

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- Colonial Heights, VA, USA • Nov 11, 2024
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I contacted the seller because I wanted to purchase 2 puppies for $500 each plus $100 each for transport for a total of $1200. I paid the $1200 and was contacted by the transport company and asked for a an additional $1550 for a crate for the puppy. That was for crate #1. There was an additional cost of $850 for crate number 2. I refused to pay that and contacted the seller. The seller offered to assist with payment if I would send $550 for transport. I told him no and now I cannot get anyone to respond nor answer the phone.

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- Glendale, CA, USA • Nov 08, 2024
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<p>Paid for a frenchie puppy was told i would recieve a tracking number

when in route. Once i got the # she told me i needed to pay crate fee to

transportation company which is refunded upon delivery. So i paid,

still no puppy.</p>

<p> Contract didnt have anything about crate needed. Shipping company told me to pay them in i tunes cards and here i am no puppy</p>

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- Paducah, KY, USA • Nov 08, 2024
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Puppies available for adoption

900 talked to the guy explained i want to train him to be a service dog as im disabled. We agreed on 300 including delivery which was to be the next day. Shipping was through prime shipping solutions. I was told at. This point i jeeded to pay 300 for crate rental which would be refunded in full upon delivery. I was then told i was required to pay 400 for international flight pet insurance. The dog is being driven 3.5 hours to my house. I was told thosmoney will also be fully refunded upon delivery. It is supposedly to prevent pet abandonment. Their phone number is out of Florida 786 520 5812 . When i contacted the shipper i got the same information. I asked the seller to just rwfund my money he said no this was my fault for sending the money goods and services which supposedly protects me with paypal where as friends and family does not. The shipping company also required friends and family for payment. If you have more questions feel free to call me 270 349 7307 thank you Phoenix

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- Lake Park, GA, USA • Nov 04, 2024
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I thought I bought a teacup chihuahua Bertsey sent me air line information Air pet replicators now they say I need to pay 1000 for a ac crate because of the weather . Supposedly, she is in Ohio Cleveland airport how true that is I have no clue no one's getting back to me not the breeder or the tracker system

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- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA • Nov 01, 2024
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Same name from the guy but going under a different website. Only found out through a reverse image search.

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- Bondurant, IA, USA • Nov 01, 2024
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I found this website looking for a boxer puppy and gave a $400 deposit and signed a contract and everything. found first post about individual who was scammed and learned the sad truth.

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- Independence, LA, USA • Oct 30, 2024
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At first they said the puppy would cost $500 plus $100 for shipping then when they got to the place to ship the puppy the airport they want another $995 refundable insurance to put on the puppy and when the puppy was delivered that money would be refunded. I told them I don't have that kind of money to cancel it and don't worry about it. The seller said that they'll put $300 towards it to where I would only have to pay $695. I tried to tell him no don't worry about it. Refund me my $600. I'll go elsewhere for me a Puppy then he continue to tell me that I will be charged with abandonment because the Puppy has already been transferred into my name and the puppy is my possession and I would be charged $5000-$6000 for Puppy of abandonment and Nicolette so my husband said go ahead and pay the 695 for the insurance in this way they can put them on a plane so they put them on the plane morning of October 29 2024 and at 3:30 my time they text me and told me that the Puppy was in Atlanta and it's a two hour plane ride from Atlanta to Louisiana and I would have to pay another $600 for dog licensing fee that's when I called my local shelter and asked them about it and the lady told me no that sounds like a scam because everything we have been paying with has been going Zelle and I found out the only thing when they boarded the dog onto the plane that they needed was a health record to make sure the shots were up-to-date. So as of now they have scammed me out of $1295. They're still wanting another $600 to ship them from Atlanta to Louisiana and I refuse to pay him. These are the phone numbers they were using to text me 740-825-5715, 804-634-1568, 813-258-2472.

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- Windsor, CO, USA • Oct 21, 2024
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i reached out to a website to possibly purchase a bullmastiff puppy. i received an email back telling me they were in edmond, Ok . they wanted to know if i would be picking up the puppy or having is shipped. I asked for a viedo of the puppy we were interested in and they said t told them I didnt think that at all, but we were just wanting to see they puppy and maybe 2 other puppies in order to make up our minds. they said again they didnt have time to take a viedo, but they could send me a picture of the litters paperwork. so I said yes please and could you also send just one picture of the 2 puppies? again they said no they could not do that, but they did send a VIEDO of the paperwork was mostly blank and very difficult to see.

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- Hamilton, OH, USA • Oct 19, 2024
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I found a puppy online from German shepherd puppy paradise. Contacted by txt message only, wanted me to send 1000 by PayPal, zelle or apple something. Told them it would have to wait until following day, the next morning they text telling me to let them know when it was sent. By then I had researched all the red flags. I informed them I had a relative in Winter Haven who would come pick up the pup if that was okay. After about 40 minutes they text back that that could be done BUT, before that I had to send a $300 dollar "hold" payment. That is when I ended the conversation letting them know that the phone number they had been texting from is registered to a car breeder with multiple complaints of scam and that the business address given belonged to AKC kennel farms, a dog breeder with the same scam complaints. People sending the money, never receiving the pet and not able to get their money back because their methods of payment do not consider puppies or cats and eligible for scam protection. Therefore no way to get their money back. I spent an entire evening following the scams. They simply changed the name from akc kennel farms to German shepherd puppy paradise. ScamPulse.com has given AKC kennel farms an F rating.

German Shepherd puppy paradise website was just created in August 2024. The person contacting me gave the name of Daniel William, they claimed to be the breeder..there is no listing in Florida AKC breeder registry for a Daniel William.

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- Groveport, OH, USA • Oct 17, 2024
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They sent me an emailing giving me all this information and showing me about the dogs and a receipt of what was paid and everything was made I payed them then they tried to get 490 out of me for a electric crate for the supposed dog but nothing and a whole arguing back and forth many reviews say they are a scam they used [email protected] as a shipping company that was supposed to bring the dog

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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA • Oct 06, 2024
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They are selling miniature dachshunds. They are using website of longdogdachshund.com, email of [email protected], phone number of 269-204-9825, and address in, Lansing, Ml 48906. There is a second group working this as well offering shipping services for the pet.

They are using website of ruanlogistics.com, email of

[email protected], phone number of 804-233-5490, and address of Crumptown Rd, Farmville, VA 23901.

They also used the following phone numbers for Apple Cash payments: 773-642-9886, 779-771-3502, 404-435-8679.

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