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Scammer's email [email protected], [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Initial means of contact Email
DO NOT SEND MOENY THROUGH QUICK PAY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT ASK IT FOR BACK!
How did I identify it: I have lost $1000 to order a munchkin cat (which I didn't notice at first, only to think about this is a great deal).
The I was asked paying by Zelle which I just regard it as a normal payment, but then they asked me to pay another $1575 for the airline insurance, I found it abnormal, so that I ask them to send a picture of they carrying the kitten to the airport, then the phone number is no longer available to me.
How did I identify it: I have lost $1000 to order a munchkin cat (which I didn't notice at first, only to think about this is a great deal). The I was asked paying by Zelle which I just regard it as a normal payment
Scammer's website munchkinkittens.company.com
Scammer's address 920 KENWOOD RD BARTLESVILLE OK 74006, Bartlesville, OK 74006, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Country United States
Victim Location OK 73505, USA
Type of a scam Online Purchase
So I started delving further into their website and researching how to identify scams. It took a long time because these guys clearly did their homework but here's what I tracked down.
First, the phone number was for a skype or google number. While that may be a way to preserve the seller's privacy, it didn't sit well given the other information I was getting. I googled the phone number, and found it listed on another website claiming to sell sphinx cats. Again, does not bode well.
Second, I couldn't find any information about the seller using the name he gave me on the contract. He also spelled his own email address wrong in the contract. Not an article, or
Third, I searched on google maps for the address on the website. It looks to be a regular suburban house near Tulsa. It's certainly possible that a small cat breeder could live in a house in a neighborhood, but it just seemed a bit off that a breeder with supposedly several kittens to sell didn't have that much space.
Fourth, I searched for the name of the website in relation to scams but didn't find anything. Then I searched for scams near Tulsa, OK and found seven. I looked through the reports and looked at what others had reported. While none of them were related to munchkin cats, nor did they have the same, name, phone number, or address, there appeared to be some similarities. I copied the "client testimonies" and searched for them on google, but didn't find anything similar. I searched the website for information about the breeders (how long they had been operating, what vet they used, the names of the supposed "champion bloodlines" listed on their website). I noticed that nothing on the website had been posted before November 2019, which seemed odd. And it didn't sit well with me either that the cat was listed as 10 weeks old on the website and in the contract. Why wouldn't you just put the birth date so you didn't have to routinely update the cats age?
Furthermore, in our messaging, he didn't talk about the things I would think you would want to discuss if you were selling a kitten. We didn't iron out the details of the delivery before signing, he didn't talk about its personality, or what food or litter to use.
Finally, I selected a cat, and did a reverse image search and saw that the cats photo was posted on other websites. I did this with three other photos and found that they were all on various websites, many of which had been posted before November 2019, which led me to believe they were the original source and not the person I was talking to.
As I delayed signing, he sent me a video of the cat playing in a large white warehouse looking area - an area that cannot possibly have been in the tiny suburban home listed as this business's "address".
Then, in the final straw, he asked me if I was serious about purchasing the cat. All of the other pet scam reports I had read on the ScamPulse.com talked about the person becoming pushy or accusatory if delayed or confronted. I said I had found pictures of all his cats on other websites and that there were too many red flags for me, and to please not contact me again. He immediately became aggressive, telling me that I was unbelievable, that was why he had sent me the video of the cat, and that he could send me other photos. I'm sure he could, because I found multiple pictures of the cat on other web listings but at this point I saw no point in engaging with him further. Be very careful about purchasing online. It seems obvious it was a scam now that I've outlined everything I've found, but it took a lot of homework to get there. I can easily see how someone more trusting could get taken in.