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- Plant City, FL, USA • Mar 24, 2025
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My husband and I bought a kitten from Meow Paws heaven and decided to get it shipped because we lived in Florida and the kitten was claim to be in Texas after paying the Meow paws heaven, the shipping company associated with Meow Paws Heaven contacted us about the kitten and that it was required for the kitten to travel in thermal crate because of safety standards which was $1299, also said it was refundable, we paid then they sent us a tracking number which lead us to their website and the information but it said they were shipping the kitten from Baltimore, Maryland which was odd because the breeder said they were in Texas. We preceded to wait for them to respond when they sent us another email asking for 1k for insurance which they also said was refundable at that point I was fed, the shipping guy called claiming that his name is mark and that they have the kitten and just need us to pay for the insurance and I said no I’m not spending no more money to cancel the shipping and that I will book a flight to Baltimore get the kitten myself and he said okay and that I will get my money back when the shipper pick up the kitten. Contacted the Meow paws heaven told them to go get the kitten and that I will come to Baltimore to pick up the kitten myself and they said okay. I went to Baltimore, went to the meeting spot we agreed on and no one showed up and I never got the kitten nor my money back

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- Appleton, WI, USA • Feb 10, 2025
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I was looking for a Ragdoll kitten and this site was advertising on FaceBook. I used the ‘send’ on their page to contact them. They answered and asked me a bunch of questions..about my home environment, what kind of family, age etc. it was a woman and seemed very legitimate. When I said I was interested they asked me to send $150.00 using Apple Pay or chime. I said i wouldn’t charge it and could use only Venmo or PayPal. I started getting some pre canned responses and the person didn’t seem like the same person as before. Like he didn’t speak English very well. He/She gave me 2 different addresses to send money to them and neither would go through. PayPal messages came up saying this was a scam. I tried using Venmo then using a completely different address than before and I got the same message. I finally said that I would pay the $500.00 for the kitten when I picked him up. They said absolutely not and that I had to sign a contract first. Never heard anything after that. If this is a scam I’m sure others are being taken advantage of as Ragdoll cats are usually over $1200.00.

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- Gainesville, FL, USA • Aug 20, 2024
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The scammer made a post for a “low cost” kitten on Craigslist that had not been neutered or vaccinated. The location showed Tallahassee on Craigslist. They asked me to put my phone number in the reply if I was serious. They messaged me late at night with one of the pictures from the post asking if I loved it. I asked questions about its history and for more images and they avoided the questions but said it was $40 and sent images. They sent an address in Tampa and immediately after sending the message asked if I was still there. I knew it was a scam and blocked the number

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- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA • Jun 13, 2024
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I contacted the scammer by picking out the kitten I was interested in talking about. It was a Siberian kitten scam. He then text me and asked me if my name was one that was suspended online. I said yes. Subsequent emails went back and forth for about 2 weeks. After I purchased the kitty, he then sent me to a courier, which I suspect was his partner in crime. The courier said he could not send the kitty without a proper cage and then he told me about an expensive insurance. When I started to get suspicious, the accuse me of abusing the pet by aborting the deal and allowing the pet to be at the airport for a long time. I had just lost my sweet boo bear pet, very vulnerable, and the amount of emails that I received reassuring me that this was not a scam, and that when I got suspicious they would return my money I never heard from the breeder or the courier again.

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- Elroy, WI, USA • Apr 26, 2024
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This is a Facebook site that is offering kittens for a very cheap price. They claim to be “Just asking for a rehoming fee” I was caught by my love for kittens. Before I could see the kitten i had to pay $100. Of course it was refundable if I did not like her. I asked for additional pics, her address, etc. I did a reverse image search. Pics were stock images. I suggested she may be trying to scam me. I stopped corresponding, but she is still online scamming others.

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- Durham, NC, USA
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I was looking at different sites for breeders of Russian Blue cats, and I contacted this person through their website about advertised kittens they had available. We emailed, texted, and had phone call contacts with one another to organize a deposit on the kitten and a virtual meeting of the kitten. They told me to send a Zelle deposit of $400 dollars prior to allowing me to view the kittens - they said something to the extent that they need to be careful of "dishonest" individuals who would capture videos and images of the kittens to then post them for sale elsewhere. I was wary of this business, but having had phone interactions, they sent me a signed bill of contract/receipt, and promised to organize a virtual meeting with the kittens as soon as possible, and so I continued with the transaction.

I was informed that the individual would be back at the cattery in one hour after I sent the deposit money through a Zelle payment. I talked with them on the phone to confirm it was received and we set up a time (6:30pm EST) to meet with the kittens. I texted and called multiple times from 6:30 - 7 to try to get in contact and all texts and calls were ignored. I called my bank to report fraud and was informed that because it was a Zelle payment, I am very unlikely to get my money back.

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Siamese breeder site online. Ordered a kitten after using "contact me" and receiving text messages and emails. Breeder was to ship kitten from Colorado Springs to Las Vegas using Logistek Transportation (there is a website for this company). Transport company rep wanted $2599.99 for a thermal carrier for the kitten, supposedly refundable upon delivery of animal. The rep couldn't adequately explain how I would be refunded.

They would not use credit card, PayPal. Wanted to use Zelle, but Zelle will not transfer that amount of money in one day (animal was also paid for through Zelle). Then the rep wanted to use CashApp, which will not load that amount either. They recommended adding money $500 at a time, and sent a request the money be paid to "B.Boy". Could not get hold of the breeder. Cannot find a headquarters phone number for the transport company. Cannot track down info on the breeder. The address of the supposed breeder is a single family residence. The name, Daniel Liam, doesn't come up anywhere in an online search.

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Staffordshiretails.com is a sister website this phone number is also using. They use stock photos online as their listings.
385-381-1632
Scam!

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- Sutersville, PA, USA
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searched for adoptable kittens and Siamese Kittens for Adoption and Rehoming appeared on facebook. Messaged that i was interested in adopting a kitten. He sent me an imessage with the webs details. Continued conversation led to me sending him $450 to cover expenses including vet appointment. After not hearing back from him, i continued to imessage the site several times and he finally called me and told me to stop imessaging him and insisted it was not him who i made payment to. After searching the number he called from (904-606-5787), the number comes from a landline located in Middleburg, FL. Continued to search and found a post on this site, along with his name of Eduardo Marasigan, with the same situation I am dealing with.

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I advice victims to contact petaction @mail.co.Uk

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- Birmingham, AL, USA
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These people are fronting as Siamese cat breeders. There is no address or phone number on their website. You fill out their online form and they contact you with the information you’ve provided.

He insisted we pay a deposit for the kitten even though we would be driving over the next morning to look at them and purchase one. We agreed to send $300 through PayPal.

We texted once we arrived at the address given (after driving 2.5 hours) and were told that his mother was in the hospital and that we would have to come back tomorrow.

After a bit of back and forth communication it was obvious that we had been scammed. The address we were given was a residence but the people who lived there knew nothing of a cattery!

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I paid $80 down to reserve a kitten. I wanted to pick up kitten. She gave me an address in Williamsburg, va. I'm sure it's fake now. Because she basically ghosted me since. Answered just a couple times with little information. And she blocked me. This woman advised many kittens. Beware of her. Greg N
Linda's kittens for adoption linda's cattery. scam

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- Crescent Valley, NV, USA
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I contacted a person on Facebook Messenger about purchasing a kitten. I paid $450 deposit by Venmo to Lynn Sailor, with $450 due upon delivery. I was contacted by a delivery service via text message to pay $750 for insurance with 98% refundable upon delivery. I was unable to speak to someone by phone. I tried to send the fee but Venmo and Zelle would not process. I then called the number for fraud alert connected with my bank card and it had an invalid phone number attached to it. I’m not sure if it was because it was the weekend but I couldn’t get through to a live person to verify what charges had been tried on my card. I sent messages to the seller and transport company and have not received any response after I mentioned I felt like this was a scam. I researched the Facebook page where I first found the kitten and all the admins on the sight go back to Jennifer Ava even though they have different names. That pretty much told me it was a scam site.

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- Houston, TX, USA
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They contacted me by email, regarding the shipping of the kitten and that I need a special crate.

REFUNDABLE CRATE RENTAL FEE AND INSURANCE FEE NEEDED FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR SCOTTISH FOLD KITTEN.

Your Scottish Fold Kitten(Pistachio) is now at PET CONTROL UNIT office in Bakersfield ,California . After passing through airport security, your Kitten has been confirmed to be current on papers, with an approved CFA/TICA and a current life insurance benefit certificate, granting it full pet rights and other AKA/IPATA accredited benefits. The airport vet check department stipulates that the climatic condition is not favorable for your kitten Pistachio to travel so they recommend you buy or rent a new travel crate, to relocate your

Kitten home in good shape. Following the USDA/CA/EU Pet Aviation Commission, a scheme to safely transport and relocate pets

At a low-cost rate has been set up to sort the inconveniences involved. Before your Kitten to continues you are requested to either buy any of the crates below or you rent it, the rental fee is 97%refundable. The new shipping crate prescribed for your Kitten Pistachio the

(F-M-755) crate rental fee is $875, which will be 97%refundable since you might not have to own the crate except otherwise.

You are therefore to make a total payment of $875 for the crate rental for your munchkin kitten Eli but you will be refunded $850 for the crate upon delivery since as its refundable. You are requested to make a total payment of $875You will be making the payment directly to the account office IN charge for crate rental and Insurance. You are required to reply confirming if you have fully understood what is demanded of you and then we will email you back with the address of the secretariat of the crate rentals and insurance where you will have to pay the $875. Below are images of the type of crates that you will be paying for.

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- Senoia, GA, USA
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Went to website and inquired about a kitten. The text me back and said they would ship it to me. I sent them $500 plus $850 for shipping 2 days letter they said they were in Kentucky and needed $500 more for update crate. When I told them no they said they would charge me with animal cruelty. Then once paid they said it would be delivered the next day. The next day they said cat died and I owed $500 more for their lost

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I contacted the website about a kitten. The scammer texted me almost immediately. I filled out a form by email and when I was going to send money I asked for some sort of sign that they were a reputable business and she could not offer anything to me, and became very angry then stop talking to me, I searched and searched. The only thing I could find online was that their website was a scam.

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- West Wareham, MA, USA
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We wanted Siamese kittens and just feel so stupid for falling for too good to be true. Worst part is what it did to my children. And we do have expendable cash.

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- Brighton, CO, USA
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Scammer agree to sale Munchkin Kitten and cover all shipping costs. Kitten was not be shipped 6/13/2023. To date the kitten has not shipped nor has there been any evidence that the kitten exists even after several requests to do so. The sale says that he is trying to help collect money for the shipping company so that the kitten can ship.

According to the contact they sent, they could cover the shipping costs, medical costs and that I have ownership of the kitten. However, he is still on the website as available. The seller now will not respond to any text of emails. contact with supposed contact info is loaded.

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- Clayton, NC, USA
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The seller was selling sphynx kittens through the website. Wanted me to wire $650 for the kitten plus $150 for air delivery the same day. Money was wired via Zelle, although the seller also took Apple pay, cashier's check, and a few other forms of payment. Once I wired the money and it went through, the seller claimed to arrive to the airport for shipping and supposedly registered the kitten and sent the shipping confirmation. I then received an email from the shipping company US Express Delivery.com with the tracking number and asking me to wire another $900 via zelle for a special crate due to Covid requirements. The money was going to be fully reimbursed upon the cargo arrival. There was no contact information, such as a valid phone number or address listed for the US Express Delivery on the site. That's how I knew it was a scam.

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- Galesburg, MI, USA
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The scammer has a legitimate website. I filled out the inquiry form in regards to a russian blue kitten. Several days later, I was contacted via email. After answering questions and receiving pictures of the kitten, I was sent a contract to sign. Upon the completion of the contract, I was given information to send payment to secure the kitten and have her shipped. I sent payment via Venmo to a Mychelle Mosley. After the payment was delivered, I called the phone number associated with the business to verify the payment was received. A man answered and told me the payment was received and Mychelle is his wife. A couple of days later I googled the business and found that the website was reported as a scam. The website remains open still despite reporting the scam to the FBI and Venmo. Venmo has denied my claim even though no kitten has ever been delivered and money was stolen.

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