Sign in  

Pet scam

Sharing is caring! Are you having problems with Pet scam? Use ScamPulse to file a complaint.

Pet scam Reports & Reviews (369)

- Vero Beach, FL, USA • Mar 28, 2024
Report

I reached out to the person on a Facebook group where you can adopt/buy Siberian kittens. They told me that if i wanted the kitten I would need to reserve him for $600 so I sent the money via Zelle to Laniyah Curry her email is [email protected]. After that money was received the next step was to get the contract signed, once that was signed, I would send the next $400, I signed the contract and sent the money. The following morning, they claimed they never received the money and sent me a photo of an email they received from their bank saying the money can't come through. The Zelle information from that transaction was Shenine Ragland and her email is [email protected]. They gave me a replacement email to send the replacement $400 to which was Mohamed Ba and his phone number is 614-601-7818. After receiving that money they said they would keep me updated with photos of the kitten until he was dropped off. At drop off the final $300 dollars would be paid. I went onto Facebook today to ask for photos of the kitten and i could not send any messages or call, and all of their messages were no longer visible to me. I tried to call the number on the contract, and it is not real. I looked up the number that was linked with the Mohamed Ba Zelle account and it is listed in Ohio, the people claimed to be in Nebraska. The number belongs to a man named Jacquise Renee Hogan.

Useful
Reply
- Dayton, NV, USA • Mar 27, 2024
Report

I went on line and found golden doodles for sale. March 25, 2024 I put in a purchase for one of the dogs. Racheal Tanle[censored] contacted me. The dog was listed at $350 with free shipping, money back guarantee and a secure payment. I agreed to the dog. She then informed the dog was $600 due to including all paperwork to transfer paper, his crate, toys, food. I could put $300 down and pay the other free upon delivery. She then said she was taking him to the vet for a final check up. She texted me the vet bill was $700. I refused to pay. She said she would pay $300 and I could pay $400. I refused to pay for a dog I did not own. The vet exam was complete, she sent me a picture of a large intestinal worm. I paid #300 through my Pay Pal account. She then informed me that she would fly him from San Francisco to Reno but I would have to pay $500 for transport insurance. I checked the company. It was a scam company. I informed Racheal and asked that she find another company. She found Quick International Services. I checked on line and they had good reviews. I was to send $1800 to http://flutterwave.com/pay/fqptyjlemnfh in two payments which would be refund upon delivery of the dog. My first installment of $1000 would not go through so they offered for me to pay through Pay Pal to [email protected] (Steven Thompson) once they received notice of that payment then my next of $800 would be due, refundable. I tried to send it but Pay Pal would not allow me to do that. Meanwhile Racheal informed me I would also need to pay another $500, refundable, for an electronic crate to transport. I refused. After 3.5 hours of work I found Pay Pal had froze my account. There had been 9 attempts to access my account from 'unknown devices'. I then refused any more payment to either Rachel or the transport company. Rachel encouraged me to purchase a cash card and use that or go on apple pay. I refused. I encouraged Racheal to work it out with the transport company and crate. If the money was refundable she would be refunded and when I received a healthy dog I would be refunded my $1000 and pay her the balance due of $300. She refused and then sent me numerous texts over the next 24 hours begging me to pay the $800 but she found a crate so I would not need to worry about that. Then I received a fraud alert on the other credit card linked to my Pay Pal. It was an attempt for an addition payment of $1000 to Nigeria! My credit card company also stated there was a large payment plan on my credit card from March 25 - 27. We froze all those claims, destroyed my cards, and cleaned out any other bogus claims on my credit card. Meanwhile Racheal is still texting and begging me to send the $800 to the transport company. I had sent emails to [email protected] who appartently was the contact at the transport company. I explained the situation to Racheal and she continued to demand the $800. I did futher reasearch and found Rachel said she was in North Beach California but the website states the dogs are in Texas and the vet verification she sent me was from Idaho. She attempted to validate all. I asked Racheal to either send the dog or refund my $300. She said when she sold the dog she would refund me. I researched the company, there is not San Francisco address the company is in Eugene Oregon. I requested my $1000 to be returned. They denied it as Racheal had registered with them. I asked Racheal to clear it up with the company. She said she would but I don't know if she did as they are still denying return of my money as is she. I finally had to block her from texting me or contacting me through Facebook.

Useful
Reply
- Seligman, MO, USA • Mar 27, 2024
Report

I purchased a puppy from Anna Susan for 1300 that i lost as well but she hired the shipping company Statesk cargo. The shipper contacted me wanting 990 for insurance, then again 1500 for taxes and documents then another for 1660 that was for the us police then another 1900 for something else saying i will get fully 100% refundable then right before delivery they wanted another 5000 but in two installments of 2500 and i told them I couldn’t my bank account was froze from too many withdrawals. Then they wanted me in order to get my money refunded was to open an account with Meridian-holding.com and i told them i was not giving out my personal information because i didnt know the website. They told me to message the supposed refund company on WhatsApp i did and they wanted me too sign up as well and i said i didnt know them and never heard anything else.

Useful
Reply
- Charlotte, NC, USA • Mar 25, 2024
Report

They seem to have a fake puppy business for specific dog breeds. The website was launched recently and registered to the Netherlands. The scammer wanted me to put down a $400 deposit for a boxer puppy. I cannot find them on any breeder website. They are using a VOIP number

Useful
Reply
- Raleigh, NC, USA • Mar 21, 2024
Report

I fell for a scam while attempting to grant my cat with a companion. I’m not a typically gullible person, I hate that I fell for this scam. I spent $750 to buy a kitten from a site I had assumed was a legitimate cattery. The site itself made me feel comfortable with my purchase, but also a bit nervous that this option was too good to be true. In this case it was. It is incredibly upsetting that people are now in the business of scamming individuals out of money for a pet companion. After investigating myself with a bunch of reverse google image searches, my heart dropped. Whoever these people are, have a very in-depth scam in the works. They use actual photographs of kittens, cats, testimonials and courier services that they are able to tweak the contact information for. I have personally found the original pictures of a majority of these “kittens available” “our cattery” “our testimonials.” Below is all the information I have gathered myself about this “cattery” as well as the “courier” service they apparently use.

I had initially discovered this “cattery” on 04/14/23 while looking for available Siberian Kittens. I have always adopted my cats from shelters, this is the one time I decided I’d buy a kitten. I started my inquiry about a specific Lynx Point Siberian Kitten named Thor. He was adorable, the emails back and forth provided more pictures and even a video about this supposed purchasable kitten. I initially had no reason to question the authenticity of this cattery, they had asked the proper questions about cat ownership. I eagerly responded with my over 20 years of cat ownership experience. This cattery then responded that I had been approved based on my answers to their questions. Again, I was ecstatic. The person that I was in contact with said that Zelle was the way they took their payments. I use Zelle regularly for sending money to friends and family. It wasn’t until I was in the process of sending the money that Zelle wanted to verify who I would be sending the money to. I disregarded the question of whether or not the person I was sending money to was a legitimate company because, again, I was ecstatic to receive this kitten. I hit send without hesitation. I thought I was lucky to find this small cattery that was able to provide this kitten to me. The person I was in contact with then asked how soon I would like to receive the proposed kitten. I set up a Sunday delivery after questioning the health and safety of the kitten during its travels. The individual I was speaking to via email, guaranteed the health and safety of the kitten and assured me the courier service would contact me the following day (Saturday March 15th) I had mentioned to this individual that I do not answer phone calls from numbers I do not know and verified where the number would be originating from. This individual mentioned the courier service would be an Oklahoma area code, no further information. I personally do not know Oklahoma area codes off the top of my head, this is where my questions about the authenticity of this cattery started to take over.

From this point on, my enthusiasm about the possibility of receiving a new kitten slowly faded. I have found many pictures from this “cattery” to be linked to various other websites which include other legitimate catteries, pet grooming services and articles about pets.

My last communication with this “cattery” was on 03/17/2024 at 5:53 p.m. emailing the initial contact about all of the information I had found to discredit them.

To this day 03/21/24, I have yet to receive a response from that contact.

On 03/18/24 I received an email from “Coming 2 U Pets Courier Service” initiating the delivery of this kitten. Again, this was the following morning after emailing the initial contact that I had discovered the scam that they were involved in. They had a lengthy email that listed an individual “Linda” who I had never had any contact with. There was never any last name, no physical address other than city and zip code.

Looking into this company and the logo that was displayed at the top of the email, I looked up the real company.

The email address I received from this “company” was [email protected]

The actual email address from this company is [email protected]

I have already reached out to this company to let them know someone is using their name, logo and services to fulfill their scam.

The phone number they gave me was an Ohio based area code, even though the initial contact confirmed it would be an Oklahoma based area code. Red flags all around.

I have also reached out to the catteries that had photos stolen from this site.

I know I will never get my money back, I just hope nobody ever falls for this scam. It breaks my heart that this is what people are doing nowadays.

Useful
Reply
- Berkeley, CA, USA • Mar 20, 2024
Report

Owner described dog in the purchase agreement/contract as "fully trained, AKC level 2 canine good citizen titled", fully vaccinated with current, complete and accurate medical records. When dog was received, he was not properly vaccinated, medical records were deficient, the obedience title was not provided, and the dog did not show knowledge of even basic training, did not even know his own name. Through communication with owner, he agreed to reimburse for the vaccines and to consider partial reimbursement for the training and temperament of the dog that were not as described. However, every attempt to get this reimbursement from the owner was met with delay and postponement by him - always an excuse - he is ill, then his aunt died, then his business was burglarized, then he needed to get a form from a lawyer, etc. Weeks have gone by and still no resolution. A deep dive into reviews online show others who got got dogs from him that turned out to be sick and he agreed to reimburse for the vet bills, but never did.

Useful
Reply
- Asheville, NC, USA • Mar 19, 2024
Report

Scammed me out of puppies. I was trying to buy 3 pom puppies for 570. Females 190 males 180. I was contacted by a Daniel, asked was I still interested in a pom puppy. Was told she seen my ISO on Craigslist so I didn't think much of it. I sent deposit. Went to meet today, said phone was dying and asked could I send the other half so when we meet she could make sure we got it. She never showed up. Never called back never got in touch with me. And apparently I'm just out of 570 dollars

Useful
Reply
- Scottsbluff, NE, USA • Mar 19, 2024
Report

This site says they are selling Aussie puppies and will ship to anywhere. We paid $800.00 that they said would be $600.00 for the puppy and $200.00 for shipping. The next day they sent us an email that they were shipping the puppy but we needed to call the shipping company because they need us to rent a thermal crate for the puppy to be shipped in. That company asked for $1500.00 for a rental fee for the crate and that is when we told the seller we would not be able to afford the crate fee and needed a refund for the cost of the puppy. The seller stopped communication after telling me we would get nothing.

Useful
Reply
- Montville, NJ, USA • Mar 18, 2024
Report

Purchased a dog from a breeder who was also fake and worked with the flightnannypetcompany for shipping. They setup a confirmation page to show it was legitimate to ask for the money to ship the dog. Nothing was received.

Useful
Reply
- Roanoke, VA, USA • Mar 18, 2024
Report

My husband thought he purchased a miniture highland cow from a fake business named Miniture Highland Cattle Farm. The $1,600 was supposed to cover all costs, includong shipping. The representative he spoke with said his name was Prince Will, cell number 406-717-2415, email [email protected]. My husband sent him $1,600 through Zelle. Then someone from Black Ball Transport, website blackballtransport.com, said we had to send them another $2,500 to ship the cow to us. They would not send us pictures of the cow.

Useful
Reply
- Benton, AR, USA • Mar 18, 2024
Report

Told me that the airline required a thermal electronic crate after I was told by the cattery owner the total cost of delivery to my door from Oklahoma to Arkansas was 500 for the kitten and 250 for delivery. Then the supposed courier service emailed saying everything was good to go but the airline required a thermal Electronic crate that costed between $850 and $1300 depnding on which one I wanted. Once the cat was delivered and the crate reurned I would be reimbersed the cost minus $30 for the rental. Payment was supposed to be through Zelle. Once I told him I would not pay it I didn't hear another word from him or the supposed cattery owner whose $750 was made through Google Pay.

Useful
Reply
- Peru, IN, USA • Mar 17, 2024
Report

They were supposed to be transporting kittens to me in IN from a person in PA. And said that they couldn't transport them until I paid $1000 for pet insurance by Zelle. That supposedly would be refunded upon delivery.

Useful
Reply
- Meriden, CT, USA • Mar 13, 2024
Report

We wanted to purchase a bird online. This guy says wife passed away and had to get rid of her birds so we attempted to get the bird from the gentleman and he gave us all details. The whole 9 yards and then found out nothing was legit In the meantime, he took 300.

Useful
Reply
- Cedar Rapids, IA, USA • Mar 12, 2024
Report

I tried a purchase a kitten through Facebook. I paid money for the kitten. When it didn't arrive on Saturday, I followed up with them. They kept asking for more money instead of getting me the kitten. They sent pictures of the kitten. Some of the pictures later on didn't match the kitten I thought I was buying.

Useful
Reply
- Tucson, AZ, USA • Mar 11, 2024
Report

I was looking for Scottish fold kittens online and i saw a website that was sponsored by google which gave me peace of mind. We contacted them after finding a kitten we liked, they said her name was Gilia and she was 800 and that they do next day shipping to Arizona for an extra 200, we were skeptical so we asked how we know if they’re legit they said we sign a contract for extra peace of mind so we sent them $1000 then their “shipping” company sent an email saying that we needed to pay for pet insurance to proceed with delivery and that was $1495 but it was refundable upon delivery then the next day we got another email saying that the crate provided by the seller wasn’t safe and that because of new regulations we need to rent the kitten another up to standard crate which was $1190 which was supposed to be refundable as well. They told us she’ll be here Saturday and it’s Monday. But no one has told us any updates nor will the seller respond to any messages or calls. I would honestly just like my money back. I didn’t think to look more into the images and information provided on the website because google recommended them as trustworthy and even sponsors them but looking more into the website now it looks sketchy and I feel dumb for falling for it but google sponsoring it really made me blind. We sent money through zelle we sent $1000 to [email protected] and $2685 to [email protected]

Useful
Reply
- Whitetop, VA, USA • Mar 10, 2024
Report

1190 dollars plus paypal charges for beautiful miniature goat that never came. 49O paid via paypal for goat herself ; 10O for “foods and vitamins to get started and toys”; After declined proposed “required by vet “additional cost of 1400 for special capacious crate, accepted then offered 600 deposit via paypal (with promised refund upon delivery) for imaginary special-vet- required-for-transport (after supposed exam of goat) heated crate with vet approved design and ventilation. However the beautiful little goat in photos was never came. The seller did not answer calls via voice even once (never heard their voice tho paypal recipient was Carolina Gomez.) and they texted replies hours later if deigning to respond at all , with many hours delayed response & “sorry ma’am my phone was broke” or “sorry I was busy” and consistently failing to answer phone calls even the multiple times my call back was immediately after her text reply. A separate text from her number offered the goat for 2500 and stated that my (affirmed) paypal payments were never received. The imaginary delivery people keep emailing (but not responding to phone calls) saying why delivery was repeatedly delayed over two days.

Useful
Reply
• Apr 10, 2024
Report

Thank you for the post I was just talking with then via email. It seemed to easy and cheap that I started to google their email address hoping to find something on them since I couldn’t find anything with their name alone. But when they said $240 to ship 2 goats across country via plan then ground ship yeah right . Also $500 for a pair that have had micro chips debud all sorts of good things I’m thinking where are they making money . Yeah goats are cheap but basic vet care they really are over stretching I have knowledge of cost and if this was true they would be losing money raising goat kids

Useful
Reply
- Westbrook, CT, USA • Mar 09, 2024
Report

Bought 2 kittens from Siberian breeder online. $500 per kitten plus $250 for transportation. Paid with Zelle and Venmo. Breeder took kittens to Coming2UPet Couriers service, 8545 AirportPlaza,OK City for transportation to CT and next chapter of scams occurred. They wanted $1,300 deposit by Zelle but action was cancelled cause money wouldn't clear til Monday..Cats would sit in airport til they got the money. Money was for Thermal pet carrier for flights. Said money $ 1,250 would be refunded when carrier was returned. They drew up fake refund papers to be sent with carriers. Wanted payment. They wanted Apple Gift cards for payment. They got the cards and money. Cats were supposedly sent to Dallas Fort Worth Airport and waiting to go to Chicago then to CT first thing in am and arrive in CT at 11:37 by American Airlines. Sent tracking info & flight # on believable web sight. Thurs morning they wanted another $2,000 for pet insurance that "the US government required!! We yelled scam and called the FBI Senior Fraud division to file complaint. The transport people Coming2upetcourierservice told us we would be responsible for abandonment!! We feel that the Breeders and the transport Service were working together to scam us and there were never any Siberian Kittens anywhere! Coming2UPetCourierService, 8545 Airport Plaza.OK City, OK email: [email protected] Phone:440-345-6385 The pet couriers got $1,300 from us!

Useful
Reply
• Mar 06, 2024
Report

Contacted Facebook group "Golden Doodles up for adoption" on 2/16 messaged the admin about a dog that was up for adoption. They explained that she was still available and that the family had to give her up because of their health issues. The price explained to me up front was a $600 adoption fee with a $310 shipping fee. The dog was coming from El Paso, Texas to Phoenix, Az and they were aware they were shipping the dog. I then agreed to the total price of $910 and gave all info like email, etc to get information. They asked for to pay with cash app and I was unable to use cash app, so I paid with Zelle. They said great, we will get with you on Monday 2/19 and you should receive email then from the shipping place. I never received anything and the admin proceeded to be the middle person and letting me know what they were saying. 1st thing was they were wanting a $1000 insurance fee for shipping the dog on the airplane. I was skeptical, but was told I would get this money back once the dog arrived to me. I then paid the $1000 through Zelle to a different person. Next they said they needed $950 fee for a crate and that I would be refunded for that also upon arrival of the dog. I sent through Zelle also to the same person I paid the original $910. Next thing was I had to pay a fee of $920 because the dog did not have a resident permit. I told them I could not afford anymore money and the admin kept saying I will pay some if you can pay at least $550. Sent the $550 to a different Zelle account at this time. Then they came up with an excuse to say they couldn't use their Zelle to pay whoever because of limit reasons and wanted me to send at least $500 to a different account. I told them I had no funds left and they proceeded to ask me to get a money card from Walmart to cover it. I finally got the $500 and had to send thru apple pay to a random #. After thinking I had paid everything I thought she would be here on 2/20. She still never arrives and then next thing was I needed to cover expenses to a nanny that took care of her for 1 day because of the delay. They were asking $700 for the nanny and $50 for gas for the admin "driving" to this so called shipping place to get things straightened out. Paid the $750 through Apple Pay to original place I sent the first payment to. Then they said oh you need to pay another $500 for another crate fee since its a different day. I sadly paid the $500 through Apple Pay to the same account as of original. Thinking at this point she will get to me after so much money and emotional turmoil I had been through. 2/20 The admin of the group said I would have her by 2/21 that evening. The next thing on 2/21 they said the dog needed a microchip before traveling and it was going to cost me $850. I refused to pay the fee because of all of the other money they had taken from me. The admin said pretty much you will not get your dog unless you pay this fee saying they would pay $300 of it to "help" out with it. I still refused to pay and they just kept promising that, that was the last fee to be paid and that I would get all of this back only when I receive the dog. They kept begging for me to pay more money and then the next thing was on 2/26 the dog somehow got hurt and they wanted me to pay $500 for the expenses of that as well. I have yet to send anymore money than the $5,160 sent already and still have not received a dog.

Useful
Reply
- Middle Island, NY, USA • Mar 06, 2024
Report

they have kittens for sale on thier website , but theres no real information about the cats , and i also found mutliple photos of the same cat, and when i asked for more photos, it wasent even the same cat. they dont answer their phones , dont have a real google listing and claims to have lived in a apartment but owns the whole thing.

Useful
Reply
- San Jose, CA, USA • Mar 05, 2024
Report

I bought two kittens from https://siberiandreamcattery.com and they contracted https://coming2upetcourierservice.com/ to safely deliver them from Oklahoma to California. Having never bought a cat this way, I didn’t know what to expect. When the courier said the kittens needed a temperature controlled crate, that sounded reasonable to me, so I paid a refundable rental fee of $1300 dollars. Everything was good to go, the kittens flew out of Oklahoma to Seattle, Washington. I have a tracking number, everything looks legit. The kittens arrive in Seattle and the courier company contacts me again, and say, the kittens need additional insurance to the tune of $2000. Now the red flags are flashing. I call, we argue, they guarantee everything is refundable upon delivery of the kittens. I believe my kittens are sitting in an airport, the courier service is playing on my heart strings, against my better judgment, I pay the money. Then the courier service contacts me and says the kittens are stuck in a mini quarantine due to another animal getting sick, they will have to stay in Washington overnight. At this point, I’m fairly certain I’m being scammed, but I’m holding out hope because I want my kittens. However, the next morning they email again to say the kittens are out of quarantine and ready to fly, but need an additional $1000 in insurance. Now I know, I’m being scammed. To verify I called Seattle Tacoma international airport and asked about the quarantine; they said that never happened. Now I’m convinced. The cats never existed and the whole thing is some elaborate scam. On paper, it looks very real, nothing looked faked. I’m very upset and sad about my kittens.

Useful
Reply
Check fields!

Report Pet scam


Upload here Increase visibility and credibility of your review by
adding a photo, document or video
Submit

Pet scam Contacts

Pet scam associated photos:


If you know any contact information for Pet scam, help other victims by adding it!

Add new contacts
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | New