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- Southold, NY, USA • Dec 16, 2023
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Person pretended to be a small siamese cat breeder located across the country. They wanted $500 before I could see any paperwork or pedigree on the kitten I chose. And would not explain anything about the shipping process, claimed they used an outside vendor so after payment was received I would hear from the shipping company. I could not get any information about the business elsewhere. All of the people who left reviews did not even exist. Luckily my bank called me when I Zelle’d the money and said they could not link the account to any legitimate business and strongly advised me to cancel the payment request. So I did. Once I told the person they never text or emailed me back again.

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- Pismo Beach, CA, USA • Dec 12, 2023
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The scammer sold me a puppy which I paid for and then they hired another scam company to "ship" the puppy. Puppy website was very well done and looked real.

They answered the phone and responded to e-mails. The shipping company is "citezin shipper express" which has a website also. Citezin tried to get $1,300 out of us for a temperature control dog carrier. We were certain it was a scam once we got the ship notice from Citezin since it had errors in its website to look fake. We did not pay Citezin to ship the dog, we paid the McKimm's to ship her, which means they are working together. I only gave them my name, phone number and PO box address. I don't use my PO box on any sensitive information.

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- Escondido, CA, USA • Dec 11, 2023
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Sent money for purchased of Maltese puppy, after proof that puppies existed, via video, contract was sent and sign by Dr. Ryan Clint from 1629 Fairlawn Ave SE, Washington DC. Cashapp name for disbursement of funds was not Dr. Ryan Clint, which was my mistake for not asking why not.

I have sent and recived like 30 emails saying my puppy will be delived but no such thing, now I am not getting any responses.

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• Dec 06, 2023
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Selling pure bred kittens...man called lots of cat.sounds in background. His number showed Alabama area code.

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- Longmeadow, MA, USA • Dec 05, 2023
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Scammer has a fake website where they are selling puppy Shih Tzus. They claim to be family owned and were offering a Christmas special of 40% off. After email correspondence and text, I digitally signed documents requested. I have email proof if required. Since I was located in a different State, the puppy would need to be shipped by air so additional charges were added to the base price. After I performed the payment through credit card, shortly after, I recieved an email from INTERMEDIATE LOGISTICS ([email protected]) requesting a "90% Refundable Life Insurance And Crate Rental Fee of ($1455USD) for the insurance of the Pet Life Insurance Certificate which your puppy lacks and also to provide a Soft-Sided Crate or Temperature Regulating Crate in which the puppy will be shipped inside." At this point I did some research online and discovered that this was a scam and then contacted the CC company to report it. I am waiting now for my claim with the CC company to be filed so I can recive a refund.

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- Glenwood Springs, CO, USA
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Contacted based off of website looking for a puppy. They replied wanting all of my pertinent information and rushed me to give it to them. When asked if I could see a video or other pictures of the puppy they stopped replying. Did a Google image search for the picture they did send and the same dog with name tag is on several other sites.

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- Louisville, OH, USA
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I went online to this website to purchase 2 puppies

Went through purchase process through payoneer link sent to me from breeder .

Made payment then red flags started to come up

No message on receiving the 2 puppies i purchased

No messsges on delivery

Nothing

I paid for the 2 puppies but have not gotten them

Reported fraud to my Chase CC

They have filed a dispute

But i want to get this site taken down its fraudulent

How many times has he sold these puppies and scammed people out of their money and gotten no puppies

His name on contract

Richard Williams

2104 Savannah Terrace Washington DC 20020

This wedsite needs to be shut down

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- Newark, NJ, USA
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The merchant wrote me first complementing me on my dog. And I saw they sold puppies we exchanged some words about prices and if they ship to the tri state areas. Fast forward they told me the process and we went from there with putting a deposit down for the dog they even sent me their license as proof of that they’re real breeders. I was suppose to receive the dog today 11/25 and they ended up asking me for more money. Which totaled up to 1,250. And still was requesting more money after that. Once I told them I couldn’t send anymore because they refused to communicate with me about the insurance part they said they couldn’t help me anymore and refused to give me a refund on everything knowing it’s refundable. I have proof of the entire conversation including the payments and them admitting to receiving all payments.

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- Buffalo, NY, USA
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The scammer posted about Lagotto Romagnolo puppies for sale on her website: https://springlackhomes.com/ She asked for a down payment then continued to provide information about the puppy. She then asked for the full payment, which I paid (total of $700). She then asked for an additional $200 to have the puppy delivered which I also paid. The paypal address used was Communication then stopped after that point. All of her photos are from different websites. She told us she was located at 956 Memorial Ave Williamsport, PA 17701. The paypal addresses used were: [email protected] (she claims was her husband named Rodel Boco). The other paypal address used for the delivery fee was Mark Diosell Tambago, which she claimed was her son.

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- Mebane, NC, USA
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This is a website that selling Yorkshire terrier puppies. You give them your contact information and somebody text messaged us about the puppy, convinced us to use friends and family on. PayPal said we could come and get her or they could ship her to us, assured us that the shipping was incredibly safe, the next day we get a text message from a pet delivery service stating that she needed a special crate to be delivered in and it was gonna cost us $1500. This was a red flag for us and when we started to question it, they disappeared.

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- Holtsville, NY, USA
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Emailed regarding a puppy and they texted. Said they only ship the dog also the price was a red flag. They really kept texting back about sending $ before we come and get the dog.

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- Leesburg, VA, USA
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Via Facebook, a person I thought was a grade school friend posted puppies for sale. Thinking I knew this person, I sent them $400 via Zelle to hold a puppy for me. Minutes later I get a text from “Zelle” saying my money would be refunded and available within 24 hours. Once I confronted them about the odd text from Zelle they said the money will be returned and I shouldn’t worry. Well after 24 hours and no refund I confronted again which is when they blocked me on Facebook. I lost $400 and got no puppy. They have since posted the same puppy post at least 2 more times that friends and family have shown me.

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- Las Vegas, NV, USA
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The website displayed puppies that were available to adopt. Listed with the prices it also displayed adopted puppies with reviews. The seller sent an application by email to fill out. Contract to sign. The name of the air traveling company. The seller was very detailed about the care of the puppy when traveling. Once completed the shipment of the puppy supposedly took place. I was contacted by the shipping company with a very formal introduction in writing. Then the company began to ask for money that wasn’t paid by the sender but would be refunded for the insurance once the puppy was delivered safely. The text messages continued with the sender acknowledging by email that the charged would be refunded. The light bulb finally went off when I called my bank . Horrible experience

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- Owings, MD, USA
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The website listed and showed pictures of Australian Shepard puppies up for adoption and was listed as a rescue. There were 100's of pictures of people with the pups they had adopted along with great reviews. I looked her up on the Australian Shepard Rescue Sites and she was listed there as well so I thought she was reputable. We were to meet to pick up the puppy, and that morning she messaged me to say that her mother had died. She stated she would be out of town for several weeks, but had a transportation company (First Zone Transportation) that would deliver the puppies along with others being delivered along the way. She stated she has used this company several times in the past and they work with her because she's a rescue company so I agreed to that. I sent her the $250 deposit for the puppy and told her I would pay the rest when I got the puppy. She was fine with that. Around noon, the transport company called to tell me I needed to pay $100 as a deposit on the kennel they would use to ship the dog in. They would return the hundred dollars as soon as we handed the kennel back to them. I looked up the company and it was a major transportation company and had all the pictures, licenses, everything a legit company would have so I sent the $100. An hour later, the company stated they did not have vaccine records or transfer between states documents and I would have to pay $400 for that for the dog to be delivered. At this point, I really started feeling scam but my husband so wanted that puppy (we lost our last dog to cancer a month ago) and said to go ahead and go it and I regretted it as soon as I did it but it was too late. I didn't realize we wouldn't be able to get our money back from PayPal. I tried, but to no avail. I told them I was canceling and no longer wanted the dog and then I started getting the threatening emails from them. I blocked them and ended it.

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- Hickory, NC, USA
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Told me she was selling husky puppies for $550 but I had brought it down to $500. Told me on the first day that I had contacted her that the deposit will be $300 and I’ll pay the rest of the $200 upfront when I go and pick up the dog. Then 2 days later I said I can come and get the dog and she asked if I can send $225 for her daughter that’s in college and that she’ll give me $25 back when I get to the place. It was the wrong address and I had traveled 6 hours getting there and had to drive 6 hours back because it was a scam. Found out that the puppy she was showing me was from 2020 and had me send the money to a different phone number.

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- Washington, DC, USA
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I found Bernadoodle link on the Facebook Website Harrison Thomas stated he was selling them. I stayed in contact with him for over 2 months. As the puppy was being shipped, he shared the shipping number to Start Transit. During the transit, the transit company stated they needed an additional $500 for insurance and an additional $500 for a new crate. Then, the user disappeared and deleted the page on Facebook.

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- Broken Arrow, OK, USA
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Referral from a Mike J Douglas. 620-307-2129, from Jim Thorpe, PA. To purchase 10 week old Red Boston Terrier puppy. Send cash payments through Cashapp to 3 different people. First delivery day not completed and 2nd delivery day 10-21-23, vendor texted the transport was delayed, wanted me to pay another $138. I offered to have local family pick up puppy and got no further communication from vendor. I refused to pay additional funds and told them I was reporting them to local law enforcement, FTC, FBI, IRS and BBB. I have names of cash recipients if needed.

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- New York, NY, USA
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I purchased. Shih Tzu Puppy from this Scam Business. I was asked to pay for the puppy, Crate & Death Insurance, Feeding & Accommodation Fee & CITE Certification. I realized this was a Scam because they continued to ask for additional funds. They use [email protected] for Tracking this Puppy and Upwork for funds.

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- Staten Island, NY, USA
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I was promised a kitten for 725.00

I paid 325.00 as requested and never got the pet. The owner- vero Mironova has asked for 400 more before the actual delivery.

This company and woman is a scam

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- Canton, IL, USA
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Found website online selling Maltipoo puppies. Contacted seller through the website form. The seller text back at 307-224-2510 stating they had sent an email from Thompsonmultipoo family containing information on the puppy we were interested in named Milo.

We were asked a few questions like if we had time for puppy and if we were committed to care. We answered questions and they sent us contact that we reviewed and signed as it was straight forward. They asked for half down and the rest upon delivery. I was asked if I had Zelle or google pay. I had neither but did have Venmo so that’s the way pmt was sent. I received a fake tracking link stating puppy had been shipped and to track it with link. That afternoon got a phone call from a number in North Carolina saying they couldn’t guarantee the safety of the puppy and was put on hold until were purchased a thermal electric crate. That’s when I got suspicious so I text the seller back and he text back saying I had to buy a crate. I refused and I haven’t gotten response.

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