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We tried to buy a puppy and got scammed. We paid $930 for the puppy then $900 for a crate that they were going to refund us when we returned the crate. Then they tried to get another $1200 for insurance. That's when we realized we were being scammed. When we told them we weren't paying that, they cut off communication.

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We clicked on an AD that came up on our Google search for Malitpoo's. The site looked professional. Once we contacted them they were prompt, professional, and asked the right questions and even interviewed us to see if we were a good home to sell a puppy to. They mentioned that they are in Newfoundland and preferred if we met them, so it appeared even more legitimate. They probably gambled that we would not make a trip cross country to pick up the puppy and mentioned that they deal with a pet shipping company that for $150 can ship to an airport or for $200 ship to your home. They asked us to e-transfer the cash. We did so but luckily our bank flagged the transaction and no funds were transferred. We contacted the seller and asked to speak to them instead of email. She said that she had reached her monthly limit and to email transfer her sister instead. She also said she was driving and to call a her husbands cell. He never answered and we wrote back that they appear suspicious. They wrote an email to try to convince us and they sent a Contract of sale to look credible. At this point we cut contact. They did text back with "hi" to see if that conversation would go anywhere.

Do not fall for this. We were lucky our bank stopped payment. The website says they have Google, Google+, Facebook, & Yelp reviews which do not exist. The phone number, 709-704-6875, if searched on the internet shows that they are selling dogs in the Toronto area as well.

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I'm looking to buy a puppy for Christmas. Find this website and start email with them. After everything done and I send deposit via Zelle, not the whole amount wanted, I was wonder way puppy's description haven't been changed to "Reserved or as they used booked). I ask in an email and answer was the web site manager didn't worked last days. Start to thinking I was scammed. Searching in the websites found, they do the same business 2 years before with the similar name on the website but same address and yes, I was scammed. So I contact to my bank and hope to get my money back...

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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I attempted to purchase a puppy and he requested a down payment of $350 by bank transfer but my bank identified it as potential fraud so I offered to bring cash and he declined the cash. He attempted to convince me to authorize the transaction with my bank but I declined.

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I attempted to purchase a puppy online and the shipping company requested and had me make numerous payments for insurance, crates, feedings, and paperwork. The payment showed pending, contacted my bank and they informed me this was all a scam

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Purchased a puppy for shipment. For 925! Then was requested to pay $~835 for a better crate for shipment. Was then told I had 40 minutes to pay $1300 dollars to the logistics company for pet insurance???? Told the breeders to cover that. Totally ghosted me and I can’t get any of my money back due to using Zelle

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After asking when we could pick up the puppy could get no answer from them

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A lady was selling mini dachshunds and told me I had to send a $275 deposit to reserve the puppy and if I sent the deposit then I would get videos of the puppy to know it was real but she didn’t send them. Couple days later she stated I needed to pay the rest of the price for the dog that week and if I did I would get their address to pick the dog up the next week but they sent me 2 addresses because she stated she was in Kansas but gave me a Missouri address. Then she said I needed to send her another $150 for papers that I have to sign as new owner of the pup. I sent it and she stated she never received the $150 and thought I was lying. Wanted me to send it again even though the payment was already accepted.

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They offered puppies. After paying for the puppy and delivery fee, the delivery company - https://newagepettransport.com - emailed us trying to get another 1500 to deliver. All seller contact was made from my wife's phone and my phone was used to speak with the delivery service. The delivery service said they could not contact the seller that hired them. Then the seller magically texted my phone saying the crate was normal but would not answer the phone. She should not have had knowledge of my number so the seller and delivery are the same person running a double scam.

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I have been looking to purchase a shiba inu and was looking at multiple web sites and social media. On Nov 19th I came across a Google ad that had the pricing of a shiba inu in the price range I was looking to pay. I visited the ad - https://akirashibainupuppy.com/ 8and submitted an inquiry. The next day I was sent a text message from the (402) 230-4224 number and an email from the email on the site - [email protected] thanking me for inquiring about Leo - the Shiba inu, I was interested in. I also received pictures. At first I was not sure if they were a serious contact so I continued to communicate with them. I decided to check further into this site on my own and decided to look further into the address on their website. I googled the home address and it led me to a home address located at - 17912 Margo St Omaha, NE 68136. At this point i was starting to feel comfortable. I gave the phone number on the site a call and i spoke with a Frank Matthew's at (402) 230-4224. Frank informed me that Leo was available and that in order to receive him the process is to pay via Zelle. This was perfect for me so I agreed to send money. Frank sent me the Zelle contact phone number associated to the account, which was a Melissa Howard - 401-599-3363. Frank also text me that the Zelle account is associated to the email - [email protected]. Frank text me stating that this was their private accounts and were not associated to the business. Being that Melissa Howard showed up as a valid Zelle account I agreed and sent the money. Frank then text me stating that I would receive Leo on Wednesday. Yesterday I reached out to Frank again to get new pictures of Leo and he sent them to me via text. This is when I became suspicious because the pictures were a mix of when he was young and old. Instead of recent pictures. I asked if I could get additional information on Leo and they sent me a copy and paste of the information. It was a text that had lots of detail sent within seconds. I said No one can type that fast. So I started inquiring further on Akirashibainupuppy.com and found a site that said that this was a scam. I read that Akirashibainupuppy.com was a scam on Petscam.com and now I began to really think I was scammed. I kept inquiring further and read that I would be contacted by the shipping service about the delivery the day of. Then later in the day I would be reached out about how the dog had additional fees that would need to be paid. This morning I received a text stating -

Hello Ricardo Gonzalez, good morning from NEWAGE PET TRANSPORT AGENCY, we are writing with regards to your puppy we have in our care to be delivered to 8128 Daisy Cutter Crossing Georgetown, TX 78626 today, we will need you to confirm this address and check your email for address confirmation and reply to it soonest as flight time is soon.

PLEASE GET BACK TO US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR ADDRESS CONFIRMATION

Shipment Tracking Code: TX0010436524USA

Website:https://newagepettransport.com

Give us a call at (773) 923-1707 OR

Email Us at [email protected]

NEWAGE PET TRANSPORT AGENCY. I called and a person with a thick accent answered. I confirmed the address with them and a told my scheduled pet delivery would be 18:40 CST. This was all going like the Petscam stated. I received a text at 9:05am that was informing me of an issue because the crate is not adequate. Below is the text.

Good morning from NEW AGE TRANSPORT, we regret to inform you  TX0010436524USA is on hold due to a lack of a special delivery crate to fly your puppy to Austin Bergstrom Airport, more information has been emailed to you at [email protected] read the email for instructions on how to get yourself an eligible crate for your puppy.

Note: This puppy cannot be transported without a special delivery crate, this is to ensure the health of the puppy and that the puppy is transported without acquiring any health damages.

As a result of all this being in line with what the scam stated would happen, I reached out to my bank PNC to attempt to see what steps I could take to have my funds returned.

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They have a website and are close to my house. You complete an application and then they request a $1,500 via Zelle deposit and get an appointment. I’m local so I requested to meet them and pay in full, but they became hostile. I communicated with them solely through email.

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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Went to the website to purchase a puppy, I submitted a interest form and got a text message from the “seller” asking what one I wanted and told me that the puppy was 550 and shipping was 200$ additional. Paid them from cash app then asked me when do I want them delivered, on delivery date I got a fake text message with a flight tracking info the. A hour later got a email saying I needed to pay them 1000 dollars to rent a dog carrier for the flight or he cannot make it on this flight

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We were looking to get a blue heeler puppy when my husband came across this website that was sponsored by Google and stated at the bottom of the webpage that they were an LLC. We reached out to them about on of their puppies and heard back pretty quickly. I emailed back and forth with the "owner of the business" for a while asking questions and answering their questions. They were asking $800 and wanted a $500 deposit. Everything on the website seemed legit as they had a back story of why they got into the business and everything. When they initially emailed me about my inquiry the man also sent me a text to let me know they had sent an email. In their original email they sent me 8 "updated" picturs of the dog we inquired about and a picture of her "parents". After we paid them they sent us a video of her as well. Everything seemed real and fine, until almost a week later when I had emailed them and texted them multiple times with questions we had in regards to her pick up. Both my husband and myself tried calling them as well and he sent them a message they responded saying they would call him back in a bit, but never did. We did some digging through their photos and through Google and Facebook and found the same exact photo of "one of their puppies" on a Facebook post from 2020 and at that point we realized it was a scam.

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A Doberman breeder in South Dakota called Felix Doberman, we contacted them re: a Doberman puppy. We emailed with them, filled out a contract and provided a payment for the puppy which we were directed to a third party for the documents and payment. When we sent further inquiries to Felix Doberman via text messaging, the responses were short and then ceased. My husband contacted his credit card company to stop the transaction but it was pending and he was told the merchant was the one who needed to stop the transaction by that point. He called the phone number and was directed to a voicemail because they were closed at the time. We are waiting to get a call back from them.

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Went to purchase an Australian shepherd online and we’re sent fake photos. Sent $1000 via Zelle

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have been in touch with "exoticminturepincers" with the intention of purchasing a puppy. After several conversation via Text, I sent a money gram (he insisted it be a MoneyGram) for $700.00. I began to suspect a scam when, after sending the money, I didn't hear from him. When I tried to go into my cell to retrieve messages from him along with his tele phone # all had been erased. When I tried to retrieve the pictures of the receipts I sent to him, they were also erased. I have e-mailed him twice so far asking about shipping information and he has not responded as of this writing. It's as though he fell off the face of the earth.

The name he gave me was IYALL MALCOLM. He was very clever about not reveling address or telephone number. I would suggest no one do business with this website or person.

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I bought a dog and the dog was supposed to be delivered to me by pawsexpresstravel.com. They never delivered my dog to me because they kept asking for more and more money and saying if I didn’t pay I wouldn’t receive my dog. They wanted me to pay for things that should hsve really been the breeders responsibility. No matter how much I paid they always found something I needed to pay for

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The scammer created a professional looking website online advertising dachshund puppies. I am in the process of adopting a dog, specifically a dachshund, so I reached out. I visited their social media sites, like instagram, where there were over 100 posts and around 17.5k followers. He sent me several pictures and videos of the dog in question, and spoke in a professional manner. The texts were well organized, and syntax and grammar were sound. I told him I needed to think puppy first. He happily agreed and asked when I could swing by, but stated he was in Norfolk, VA. I told him that would not about adopting through him, and asked if I could meet the work and that I still needed time to think. I later reached out and we proceeded with the adoption. He sent a link to what seemed like a legitimate safe courier business website, with reviews, emails, and phone numbers for support. I realized it was a scam after he had told me the travel agency had picked up the dog and would send me a confirmation email. I received emails of the dog passing various checkpoints at the airport, then I received a hold notice requiring $599 more dollars for "refundable temporal travel insurance". I reached out to the guy and he said it was only accepting a cash payment, so I would need to send him more money and he would take time off of work to go pay the agency so she could travel. I knew something was up, I did not spend more money, and I dug really deep in my research to confirm there was no scam, his website was fake and was targeting individuals in Australia before he targeted individuals in the US, and there was no further information on the courier agency. The dog never existed, I told him he would not receive further money, and tried to argue for my money back to no avail.

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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Puppy scammer. Paid for a puppy, then received shipping info. Was contacted by a person from Champi shipping Logistics saying they needed 650.00 for a special crate or puppy couldn’t be shipped. Attempted to contact seller Antonio Manassa and have been completely ghosted. Called Va PD and was told it was a puppy scam.

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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Contacted Ichika Shiba Inu regarding purchasing a puppy, but wanted to have payment via Zelle. Could not give any way to verify business like UBI number, AKC or breeder ID, BBB, and declined any other way to verify business.

Performed a reverse image search on images sent via text and on their website and found them online with the same pics and dog names different companies associated, and some had been reported for scams. It appears they create a new company name, website domain, email and contact info but re-use the same puppy and parent puppy photos and names for years. Other names of their scam business: Rosenberg Shiba Inu, Sakura Shiba Inu, and others that are near Omaha, NE.

Did not complete transaction or share personal data or send funds, but they stopped responding.

They could not give more details on dogs, carrier information, or paperwork info or other details as this is a scam attempt for phishing for info and scamming funds for a fake online purchase for a puppy. Buyer beware, do not use Zelle unless you absolutely know the business or person.

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