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- Honeoye Falls, NY, USA
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I researched kittens online. I located a breeder in California that had the cat breed i wanted. Talked for a couple weeks with the contact person (email only). then agreed to purchase the cat. Paid for cat and shipping and signed contract. Then a 'carrier' service reached out telling me i needed to purchase a carrier crate which was refundable - then the cat didnt arrive, then they reached out and said cat was in health quarantine in Pennsylvania and i needed to pay extra to get it vaccinated at which point i knew it was total BS

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- Downers Grove, IL, USA
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I am looking to purchase a Devon Rex kitten. These kittens usually start at 1200 each before shipping. I found Finex Devon Rex in a google search. Their kittens were gorgeous and only 1000 (including shipping,a bag of food, shots, a crate and microchipped). Too good to be true. Another red flag was that the site didn’t have an address of the cattery or names of the people who owned it. The available kittens were all 12 weeks old (ready to go to a home) and clearly didn’t have the same parents. Still I spoke with with them about a kitten. They claimed to be holding her for me for a few days. When I looked at their site, she was listed as available still. Finally I had the common sense to google them. These people have operated under the name Mackenzie Devon Rex Cattery and have since changed their name to Finex. They are using different numbers from a text app bc they used Chicago area numbers to text me (not the brightest criminals in the world).

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- Harris, NY, USA
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When I first spoke with the scammer they originally told me that the dog is $850 but since you’re out of our area you would have to send additional $400 for shipping. Then the next day they said to send $75 for documentation and $900 for insurance so the dog can travel on a crate. Then the same day I was originally supposed to get the dog they said they can’t give me the dog until I paid $5655 due to covid since the dog was coming from out of the state. Meanwhile the tracking was saying that the dog was in my state/ county

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Used Facebook to sell kittens. Messaged me on messenger and was very concerned about where kitten was going and what type of home. Said she shipped the kitten to me but then i got an email from a weird company saying I needed to pay $700 in shipping insurance which would be refundable upon delivery. When i paid that they started saying that the seller put the cat in the wrong crate and i needed to buy a crate from them which would cost $7,000. I have been arguing back and forth with both the seller and shipping company and they just keep telling me to hurry and pay it because the kitten is scared

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Pet scam. Kittens. Things got fishy after payment and they will not return my emails regarding arrival of my purchase

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I lost my pet. They reached saying the have her. The wanted to send me a code that I would share with them in order to confirm I lost my pet. I did a quick search and found information on the scam. I then came here to report it.

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Received request to purchase puppy, free shipping but that changed on delivery date. Couldn't locate any fraud/scam but realized this is not good. Hopefully I can get something back, maybe puppy cost. Very sophisticated website and airport info. Currently they are still asking for a nanny fee. I have text messages and phone calls and photos

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They were selling us a dog for$1100

Then added extra for transportation from the airport in El Paso to us in *********** **. We sent them the money & they sent us a certificate for the puppy. Then we got a call from the transport “Pet Movers” and wanted a deposit for the dogs crate. We lost the $1289 for the puppy. The website says they have 27 years experience with these dogs.

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Melina Adams sent me an instagram DM telling me that my dog would be a great fit for their VIP ambassador program and that they would love to collaborate with me. She said if I was interested to reach out to @scarfandtail. I did so, and immediately received an auto message with details on their collaboration terms. (I will be glad to share the terms along with all of our conversations, if needed.) They sent me a link to their instagram website and told me to put 4 to 7 items in my cart and let them know when I was ready to move forward by pressing the automatic response “I’m ready”. They then provided a discount code that allowed the products to be free and I would only be responsible for shipping. At this point, I became a little leery, but was curious to see what the shipping cost would be. However, I was unable to see it unless I entered in my credit card info first. I knew this must be a scam so I googled the company’s name and read several blogs where the same company scammed others in the exact way. All of them had been charged obscene amounts of money for the shipping and never received the product and many of them had reoccurring charges until they reached out to their bank and changed their social media password and information. Furthermore, while I was investigating the company, a second female, Aniyah Young sent me an Instagram DM, basically telling the same story and leading me to @scarfandtail yet again. This time, I dug a little deeper and learned by looking through her post that she never showed her face in any photos and each post had only 6-12 likes. I investigated 6 of the people who had liked her post, all of which were set up the exact same way but selling different products. 2 of the accounts were people who sold and swapped books, several who sold designer sunglasses & the others followed the same set up. I also learned that Scarf and Tail had a Facebook and TikTok account. All this info told me that these scammers were much larger than just selling dog attire. This is maddening and I am considering exposing them on instagram so that it might help prevent someone falling for their well organized scam!

I have not yet blocked the company or either females who intentionally reached out to me, so I’m able to keep communication open if needed. I am dedicated in shutting this large scamming network down, so please don’t hesitate contacting me, if you need help in your investigation.

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I signed a contract with Precious Kittens on 24 January 2023 for delivery of a young kitten on Friday 3 February 2023. Despite a series of e-mails to the supposed "Seller" no kitten was delivered and none of the e-mails have been replied. Last time I checked, the convincing website was still up and the same kitten "Luna) was still being advertised. I had previously sent $750 by Zelle, which I cannot get back.

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Sent a message on multiparrot.shop about purchasing a bird. I contacted via text (716-217-9084).

They sent pictures of the supposed bird I was purchasing. I sent the money throygh Zelle to an

Amanda Hulet in Norfolk, VA email [email protected] and they sent me a link and

tracking number to twinkleshippers.com. The website looked legit. Only when it got late in the day I

looked for the website and found an article that the shipping site was a scam. When I text the

person this information, they did not and have not responded.

BBB notes: If you feel you are a victim of an online pet  or pet  transportation scam, ScamPulse.com encourages you to file a complaint and/or customer review at www.bbb.org/Norfolk, with the Virginia Attorney General's office at https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint, as well as report your experience to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov and the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov.

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Lost pet scam. Asking to verify myself and to give 6 digit Google Voice verification code.

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On January 12, 2023, I purchased a lab puppy from a breeder, Monica Pearson in Sacramento, California. I paid the breeder $600 for the puppy, plus $150.00 for the delivery. On the day the puppy was to be delivered to me, the courier that Monica used was Global Pet Emirates, Javaughn Johnson. Javaughn called me and told me that aside from the $150 delivery fee, I had to pay additional monies before I can have my puppy. The fees were $800.00 for Safe Travel, $700.00 for vaccines and $500.00 for a permit to enter my city (Winnetka, CA). These fees were never disclosed to me by the breeder and courier in advance. I told Javaughn that I couldn't pay the extra $500 so he told me that he would return the puppy back to the breeder. I texted the breeder (she doesn't have a phone number listed) and told her about these fees and she told me to just pay the courier and I would get my puppy. Monica and Javaughn were both scamming me . Monica Pearson's address is 3100 Torland Street Sacramento, CA 95833. I wish there was a way I could recover my monies. Anyway, these people need to be put on notice and out of business. Note: I saw the breeder's advertisement for the puppies on Facebook. The $800 were paid with 2 Vanilla Gift Cards and the $700 were by Zelle. I also paid the breeder using Zelle.

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Thought a sphynx kitten was purchased on FB from a Janice La in early October 2022. Was told purchase price of $500 and delivery $100. Then told $250, and another $250. Beginning January 18 received emails from [email protected] charging $800 insurance, $1000 "crate", $500 vaccine. On January 19 email stating $2050 for USDA permit. On January 20 email stating $5550 for "prove of care".

January 23 they stated "$7000 overdraft protection" and then $5000 "overdraft".

Only wanting $500 cash cards or $500 payment thru cash app. Also saying "can pay with bitcoin"

Always saying "100% refundable "

Most text messages are in a demanding, controlling tone.

Have asked for their record of my payments. Will not give.

This has caused issues with several of my accounts.

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Victim completed online web form indicating interest in a kitten. Scammer began text and email chain with victim, exchanging photos of the kitten(s) and information about the expected business exchange. Scammer requested PayPal and insists on using friends and family. Several attempts to send payment for deposit were required and to multiple addresses. Scammer created fake 'contract' with buyer, and sent it via email in PDF format. Scammer made 'appointment' to meet for adoption and then digitally stopped communication altogether. Multiple emails, calls and texts from victim were ignored in days and hours leading up to agreed-upon time and location.

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This people stole pictures of my dog when he was a puppy and trying to sale him!

U can check my dog instagram here

https://instagram.com/aj_ccd

He is adult already and he is not for sale at all

That’s make me very sad people can do stuff like that and have a big website

I think all this puppies are face even reviews

Please help????

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Facebook group posts puppies for adoption. They communicate via messenger. John Hoffman is a site administrator and was the main contact for arranging puppy sale and delivery. Other administrators are Shehou Smith.

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I contact Betsy Barnson of Wildwood, Primo kennel through the website AKC Marketplace for a dachshund puppy. I looked through her page where she has many (old pictures, apparently) of a specific color and coat I wanted. We talked for 20 minutes and assured me she could get what I was looking for. Her site said she has a litter available and I needed to send her $500.00 through Zelle (to her brother's account!) to reserve a puppy. Well, no puppy was available for what I was looking for in that litter. She said another litter was due soon so let's wait. This went on for almost a year waiting for the puppy of choice. Finally I said I need my money back because I was looking elsewhere for a puppy. When I told her I found one she insulted that breeder saying she never heard of them so they must be a puppy mill! I've requested 5 times for my deposit back and now I'm being ghosted by her.

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They had a great website with puppies. I inquired and they emailed me asking for a $500 deposit before I came to see the puppy. I looked up the company name and saw someone else was scammed by them.

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- South San Francisco, CA, USA
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I have a lot more screenshots that I can provide to show more proof that I was scammed.

In the screenshot that is uploaded here, is when I become suspicious. I paid for a parrot and he said it can be delivered to my door. He sent me these messages that it can only be shipped if I pay insurance. I didn’t know anything about buying live animals online. This person gets easily furious when I asked for a proof of it, because they never mentioned that before. I sent the final payment and then they sent me incomplete paperwork.

I felt very uneasy about it because he never mentioned having to pay insurance so few hours later I did my research and read this article that I finally then realized I got scammed. I confronted to this scammer, and right away he/she blocked me. His CashApp name is Brian Ndansi.

On their website it says , they accept vemno, PayPal but turns out they only take CashApp. And their location on their web page says it’s in Los Angeles but their map does not match, it shows it’s in England. No real address on it and no phone number is provided. They’re definitely not located in wells, Neveda as they mentioned in the messages.

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