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- Plainfield, IN, USA
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I contacted Lester from his website lesterhomes to adopt a nine-week old maltipoo puppy. I have never bought a puppy from out of state but his website seemed credible and the reviews seemed reputable. We got in contact over gmail where we discussed the payment process. We called on the phone only once, but he seemed to be normal and genuine. I was told that the overall fee for the maltipoo puppy would be $900 (700 for the puppy, 200 for the shipping). I was then given a contract to sign that confirms that I will take care of the dog, get her checked up at the vet days within her arrival, and also be refunded the money if I were to receive her late or not receive her at all. I signed and sent the $900 over Zelle. Unfortunately, that should’ve been red flag number one. After payment, I was told she’d be ready to ship in two day. Two days later I was contacted by the pet transportation company WPCARGO Premier Pet Transportation. I was given a tracking number to track the order on their website, premierpettransportation.com. Everything went smoothly until I was emailed from the shipping company that an urgent crate replacement for the dog needed to be replaced, unfortunately I fell for the excuse they gave about the weather conditions and the original crate not being well ventilated, and paid the money they request, 1,050 over Zelle. I was told that I would be refunded with a 75 percent reduction once she arrives to the final destination. Then an hour later I receive another email from the same company requesting an unexpected vaccine fee they had to give the dog because of her age and her exposure to other animals in the plane. $700 with a promised refund. It was only until the last email they sent me that requested an insurance payment before for $500 was I smart enough to step back and realize I’m being scammed. There was no dog and the designated airport had no affiliation with the pet transportation company. I have all the emails and transactions through Zelle saved and screenshotted

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We had a small group of people, including my mother and a family friend, that were interested in purchasing a few Maltipoo puppies for ourselves, and after searching around we stumbled upon the website in question, https://darryl-family.com/. It's a fairly well put together website, so everything looked really good initially. They had pictures of various dogs on their site and were fairly good in terms of communication. After some back and forth, we decided to go ahead and push through with the deal, and three deposits were put down on three dogs, $350 each for a total of $1,050. All of the deposits were made through Zelle. We set a date and time to go pick them up, and from there everything seemed well. We drove from Colorado to Cody, Wyoming, about an 8 hour trip for us, early in the morning, and ended up at the address that was provided by this breeder. We went up and rang the bell, and after a brief conversation with the homeowner realized that this wasn't the appropriate address. We didn't jump to any conclusions initially, but after numerous calls and texts were either ignored and the realization that one of the numbers provided was no longer in service, we came to the conclusion that we were scammed.

We had searched the name Darryl's Maltipoo Family before any money was provided, and we didn't receive any negative hits or anything suspicious about them at that point. During our drive back though, we dug into the reported scams in Cody, Wyoming and saw that there are quite a number of dog and/or puppy related scams reported in the area. All of the scams that were reported had a lot of similarities with our personal experience:

-Located in Cody, Wyoming (Not sure about all of them, but a big chunk of them were reported specifically in zip code 82414, including ours)

-Regular communication, though usually in odd hours of the day

-Requested payment through Zelle or Google Pay

All of the websites that people reported all seem different as well. Based on some in depth research on BBB, I would assume that there is a group of people that are just making these websites under different names until they get caught, and when they do they just dump the site and start over with a new one.

I would implore anyone reading this to assume that ANY event involving purchasing an animal in Cody, Wyoming is a complete scam, unless otherwise proven by yourself.

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- Port Washington, NY, USA
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I paid for a kitten $900 after long conversations where this person made to feel like ligit. He then attempted to keep asking for more and more money for carriers and different transportation. He scammed me and now ghosting me. Had me zelle to a few different accounts… Horrible

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- Fort Worth, TX, USA
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I was looking for a puppy for my daughter and came across this website https://paquinfamily.com/ selling Maltipoo puppies. The website seemed legit, so I reached out and the supposedly owner reached back out with information about the puppy. He told me what dog food to purchase, signed a contract, and then set up for the puppy to be flown here through Premier Pet Transportation. I did have to Zelle $900 to him, which should have been a red flag as the name on the Zelle was Luke Silverman and he called himself Mr. Paquin. I got one email saying the puppy was pending delivery and then a few hours later I received another one saying it was on hold due to needing an electronic thermal crate. That’s when I started looking on the internet about this and found the same website homepage picture as this one, but with a different name. I tried to reach back out to both the “breeder and transporter” and heard nothing back!

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The same address is using a name of Talerby Mccroy. Hes a scammer. And almost scammed us out of $850. Thankfully we didnt go thru with it.

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- Shelbyville, IN, USA
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Purchasing a puppy through a “rescue”. Very legit …..until they kept coming up with more excuses for more money! Then NO puppy…. I believe in Karma..unreal how horrible this world has become!

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- New York, NY, USA
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They said they had pure bread ragdoll kittens but took my money and never delivered. Claimed to be a reputable breeder and had a lot of information to mislead someone into believing they were legitimate breeders

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- Fairfield, CA, USA
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Wallace Family Multipoo is a family owned - small breeder who has an elaborate website and adorable underpriced puppies. They also have puppy training classes and lots or references of happy customers as well as a “meet the parents” tab. After you get through their on line application they send you a contract and you send it back and decide on shipping or pick up. We chose shipping and they gave us an estimate on shipping of $250 - to our door. We send the money via Zelle or money order. Then they send us the shipping info and tracking and date of delivery. On the day of delivery we get an email from the shipping company that there was a problem. Puppy was I. Vegas but the crate was not safe and they need a $1500 refundable deposit to complete the safe shipping of the animal. They only accept Zelle. There was a phone number and several back and forth conversations with the shipping company. We emailed the breeders and they said that was atypical and requested we worked with the shipping company. The breeders refused to call us. We said they had to correct the shipping problem. And it has been radio silence since. Their website is still up and running with the same pup available.

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- Ellendale, MN, USA
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Supposed to ship puppy using premier pet transfer

She had me Zelle payment

Her personal email is

[email protected]

Shannen Garner

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- Yonkers, NY, USA
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After I paid the scammer said $750 for the teacup poodle but then she kept adding on doctor visit, transportation, Kennel cost

delivery and said it would be refundable. Even though I paid everything and waited for hours for

delivery. She would call

and say I has to pay

another $250 which I foolishly paid. That the delivery person would say she can't bring her the next day. Then she would say she had to charge me another $250 because she had to feed and take care of the puppy. This went on, and on and on. I never got the puppy. When I asked for all my money back she said No that they did a lot of work taking care of the puppy and it was a waste of time. And they needed to get paid for that. MY bank could not help me because it was through zelle. I am disabled and I have 3 kids with special needs. The puppy was for them. This has put a hardship on me and by boys. I am still suffering financially and need my money back. Please help me. I can't even get in touch with Facebook.

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- Worland, WY, USA
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Contacted company via email to buy a puppy. Asked questions and got replies. Noticed some odd spellings and the way the sentences were structured. Didn’t think too much about it. Red flag!!! Was presented a contract. Agreed to it and signed it. They then sent a Venmo request. Had explicit directions like say “I love buddy” in the description. They asked for friends to see purchase in my feed to be turned off in venmoe. Another red flag!!! Then sent a confirmation email saying f they would contact shipper the next day. We never heard from them again. Even tried different email addresses to try to get them to reply to someone else buying another dog. They never replied and were we out $1000 and no dog.

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- Newark, NJ, USA
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They have puppies for sales

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- Oxford, MA, USA
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The scammer was selling maltipoo puppies. I did research so if I could find any sources that would help me determine if this was a scam or not. Since it was a small family business there was nothing found online. I called the person and they spoke with an accent even though the picture of their child online was Caucasian. The person said it was their child. They sent tons of photos a s videos that I could not find online so again, made it hard to tell if it was a scam or not. They sent a contract over that looked legit. I even consulted a lawyer to look it over and they said it looked legit. These people k ow exactly what they are doing. They make sure they do all they can to get you. I even asked to FaceTime and they said they couldn't due to some issues they have had in the past? Since I couldn't find anything regarding a scam, I went through and paid for the puppy. 950$. This included shipping to my house. The day they were supposed to ship the dog the reached out to update the crate. They wanted us to pay by zelle. Which I did on the first payment. That was my first time using zelle so I didn't realize alot of scammers used that app. Once they wanted more money, I knew it was a scam and said no. I think called my bank but now they cqn not assist me so I lost money. Their contract said if I didn't have the dog in 2 business days, I would get a refund but since this is a scam, i know that contract is not legit. Please beware!!!

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After many emails back & forth and getting info about the puppy. I paid (through Zelle) $900. $700 was for the puppy & $200 was for Premier Pet Transportation.

I received (From Premier Pet Transportation) a tracking number for the transport of my new puppy.

Then the transportation company called to say the crate was not adequate & I needed to pay $850 for a thermal pet crate, but that 98% would be refunded upon pickup.

Again I made a payment through Zelle. After that another email came through from Premier Pet Transportation telling me I had to pay $850 for vaccines, but that would be refunded upon pick up. At that point I realized this was a scam and did not pay. No more contact had come from my attempt to contact the puppy seller (Gillet Kuzawinski) and the Premier Pet Transportation.

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I asked the owner to please send me email addresses and phone numbers of past customers also the vets contact info to verify but never heard back

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scammers appeared to sell maltipoo puppies. Inquired to purchase puppy for $700 and $200 for delivery. Scammer advised to send Zelle Payment to him at [email protected] which is registerd under Kendal, then the remainder of the payment to his "wife" at [email protected] registered under Krystal Martin. The contract says the sellers name is Marcus KJ Wies with a phone number of 307-336-7906 and address of 2101 Heart Mountain St Cody WY 82414. Sent the shipping info with a tracking number for premierpettransportation.com (bogus site as well). That same day that the puppy was supposedly sent the tranportation scammers say then need to to ship the puppy in a thermal crate and it is $995 to rent the crate. non of the numbers on the site work it is all a scam. The whole time I was emailing the supposed seller to call and he never did not even before when I requested they call. I texted and called with no answer. The transportation scammer is horrible too sent a bogus email about needing to send a zelle payment and calls from a North Carolina any Wyoming phone number. Asked to speak to a supervisor and he said to email my request. These people are sick! When asked what his name is he say "paul"

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My wife and I were looking to adopt a new maltipoo puppy when she came across their website. She liked how they appeared to be family oriented and not like a puppy mill, plus the price seemed very good. We attempted to find any scams, and at the time none were linked to them. They had us sign a contract which we thought was legit, and was asked to pay through Zelle. Then the day the puppy was going to arrive we were contacted by Premier Pet Transportation who was presumably shipping the puppy, and they told us we needed to upgrade the crate for an additional $1,150 or more since the puppy was still young, and to again pay through Zelle, instead of a legit business payment. This was when we confirmed it was likely a scam.

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1/22/23 found a puppy to buy on Facebook through the name Jessica Leadbetter. Made contact thru Facebook, found out they were supposedly in Rock Springs, Wyoming. They wanted $650 for puppy but with a $500 deposit and remaining $150 upon delivery.. I indicated I would not consider that as I would not give that amount of money to someone I did not know. After several conversations I indicated my susp[ssions regarding this transaction but they continued to supply me answers to questions I asked. They gave a phone number, address, Paypal info, pictures of mom/dad of pups, etc. and after them giving me the information I requested we agreed to pay $100 for the deposit and $550 at time of delivery on Tuesday, Jan 24th at 11 am. I sent $100 but to the address of [email protected] which I cannot reach now.

1/24/23 I receive a text message from a Richard R Tune from Global Pet delivery service saying they had our puppy to be delivered to us but the puppy had been held on board due to weather conditions and several checks in Wyoming the puppy could not proceed to us because the crate she was brought in was rejected and they wanted us to purchase a heat/air conditioned crate for anywhere from 300 to 1100. we said no way as that was never discussed; we {assumed} they would be driving here themselves as nothing was ever discussed about a delivery service. By this time we were very confident this was a scam. I sent a text to the number I had and indicated we would not continue with this charade. A male with an accent then called me. When I heard his voice and accent I asked who he was. He said Jessica's husband. I countered by saying you are not who I talked to the other day and they were her husband. He said oh probably my son. I said no....there was no accent, etc; They said if we were no longer interested to let them know and they asked how to refund our money. I indicated PayPall but by the time I responded to him they had removed the name Jessica Leadbetter from Facebook and we were unable to contact them. Yes we are out of $100 and no one wants to lose money, but that is not the reason for this report...there are these people put there who are preying on us all and we need to be smart about this. I had .

Address

221 C Street

Rock Springs, WY

82901

email

[email protected]

phpne

210=348-3373

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Small dogs are very popular. This guy Mr. James had a website that will fool you. He has small puppies all for 700$ (red flag #1) including food, toys (ok awesome guy) and a 5 year health guarantee (red flag #2) 30 day money back, if you nothing able to bond with the dog, you realize having a dog is too much ect..(red flag #3) . You fill out a mini application on the puppy you want. He sends you an email. Then a text message letting you know that he sent you an email. He ask simple questions to act like he's concerned about where the (invisible) puppy going. Then say he can skip the dog to you for additional $400.00. He only take Zelle payments or Google pay.. He replies back quick, professional and caring. He also states that you are welcome to come pick the puppy up at his home. To make you feel comfortable, I guess. Once he told me my total price. I agreed. I waited for him to send me the contract. And then something (my gut) told me to look harder and really pay attention to every email and text message. Then I seen that his website had been up since 2019. So he definitely should have some reviews beside the ones just on his page. I found nothing no reviews. I kept looking being in denial still. Like no this guy said we can come to his home to pick the puppy up. So then I checked here BBB. And this one lady started EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAPPEN TO HER. I was like omg that happen to me.. So I just stopped communicating. I thank God i didn't send him $2200.00. I would have been devastated. When something is to good to be true. It probably isnt!!! Follow your gut!! The page looks legit. Below is the picture of the one of the cute puppy I was looking to get.

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I saw multiple ads with adorable poodle puppies and a very professional website. The website boasted daily live chats, which helped convince me that this company was legitimate. I requested information and received a quick response with details including the supposed company’s owner’ address, policies, and next steps. Initially the emails I received were from a woman who called herself Emily T. She asked all the right questions about the home where the puppy would live, etc. Here is a copy of the first email I received, which includes what I believed was the breeders address:

Dear Elizabeth,

I hope this email finds you well! I'm writing with respect to your interest in our poodle puppies. Our aim from the start has been and still is to breed soundness and good temperaments into our dogs while making families happy by giving them the opportunities to welcome our adorable, healthy, smart and well trained puppies with a price range of $500 - $1500. We’re located at S 23 St. Kansas City, KS 66102; we’re open for pickups but will ship in case you can't pickup in person.

Kindly get back to us with the following information so we will know how to proceed;

1. Are you a breeder?

2. Have you been keeping puppies or any other pet?

3. Do you have kids at home?

4. Who will be the primary caretaker of the dog?

Hoping to hear from you... Thanks in anticipation!

_____

Emily T.

All of our communication was via email. I continued to receive emails confirming that the puppy would arrive this coming Saturday, and that I would receive a receipt within 5 minutes of my electronic payment. I was told to send money for the puppy and an extra fee for shipping. Knowing some other people whose puppies arrived via airplane, this didn’t seem like a red flag. The scammer pushed me a little bit to make the payment via Zelle and gave me an email address that seemed legit, and so I sent my payment-$600 for the puppy and $200 for air fare! As an aside, I made this payment under the mistaken belief that Chase protected all customers’ transactions, but have learned that Chase essentially treats Zelle transactions like cash. Once I sent the money, I received an email thanking me with a promise to send me all of my pending documents right away, and another promise to ship the puppy this coming Saturday. That was my final communication. stopped. I subsequently discovered that this company is a known scammer, and that this follows a known pattern for scammers who prey upon dog lovers. Not only am I out a lot of money, but I am afraid because I filled out their initial form to request information, which included my complete address and phone number.

This company used several different email addresses:

[email protected]

poodlepupsforsale.com, [email protected], which they used for the zelle transaction.

Subsequently we looked up the company on whois, which showed the following information:

Registrant Name: Wils Anderson

Address: 237 Bonaberi

City: Doula

State: Littoral

Postal Code: 00237

Country: CM

Phone: 237.650814028

Email: [email protected]

Whois shows that the above data was updated on 2023-01-13

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- Lake Peekskill, NY, USA
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I was looking for a kitten and noticed there with the same pictures and ages as kittens from a couple months ago when I started looking originally. I confirmed the old address which was Royal munchkin kittenhome.com and saw all the scams. Obviously that's why they changed everything! They have my phone number email address and I think that's all so hopefully they don't try anything.

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