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- Lake Placid, FL, USA
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My husband started searching for Vizsla breeders in Florida and Vizslas Creek popped up. He sent me the link so I can contact the breeders. I did and immediately received a text then an email. I had already selected my choice of the available puppies so he did send beautiful pics and even a video of the lovely girl. In my email I did ask about what guarantee we had and that i didnt feel completely comfortable sending money in hopes that I would be sent a dog. The reply was that i was an excellent choice for the dog and began to tell how to proceed but never addressed my major concern. I must say they have lots of information and ask the right questions. Not to mention all the pictures of the dogs. I started to get more suspicious this why I looked them up and saw someone complain about them. I also looked at the other websites they have with different dog breeds but funny how the story and name of dog is the same. SCAM, SCAM SCAM...

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- Paxton, NE, USA
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Scammer has a website posing as a miniature schnauzer dog breeder. Claim to be a wholesome homeschooling family but upon making a phone call to said “business”, it is a person from another country scamming for money thro PayPal. Insists it all be paid through Friends and Family and all upfront. Makes lots of contact with you through emails but has no dogs and when called out on the scan, promptly hung up and disappeared. We believed this to be a legit site and tried to purchase a dog but after several weird vibes after the initial few emails, coming from very poor language usage and insulting and pressuring texts, we realized it was a scam. Thankfully PayPal had lots of safety precautions in place and we also finally realized what was going on.

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- Jber, AK, USA
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Scammer has multiple accounts to send money to that is unverifiable through the business website. Very aggressive through text when payment wasn't fulfilled. I sent a very small amount of funds to confirm some type of payment made and they will continue to follow through with no confirmation other than pictures of the animal. I should have known due to the location provided (Not found) and the phone number provided (Landline traced) which is most likely a burner phone. Cash app is under Monserrat Heredia. The sales contract is a two page document with typos. Sellers information is nonexistent. Just a tactic to get your address and name and phone number associated with that address.

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- Wilkes Barre, PA, USA
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I have purchased a dog off of someone on Facebook. We both signed a contract and I also had a letter showing paid in full. It came time for the dog to be delivered and of course more fees that were refundable, well they kept playing us saying they didn't get it. So, there was no dog delivered.

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- Belgrade, MT, USA
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We contacted Bernese mountain creek via website. They only communicated through email. We paid $1000 to have a puppy shipped to us through a "reputable transport company". They are now saying due to weather conditions, delivery is delayed. Won't answer phone calls.

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I am in a similar situation with them. Did you ever get the puppy?

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- Wadsworth, NV, USA
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Selling puppies and then charging a large amount for a crate to ship them in. No puppies arrived.

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I was searching to buy a puppy from a breeder and the page’highlanddoodles638’ had 15k followers in instagram. Their both instagram and facebook page in the name of James Barren looked legit. I read each comments under their videos and pictures to see if anyone had mentioned scam but didnt find any. I have messaged them and they have replied genuinely. They said the puppy will be delivered through nanny service to my home or I might have to go and collect from airport. I have paid for a toy golden doodle. The date of delivery was April 26th 2023. And at the same day I found that they have blocked me. No response from them.

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- Reidsville, NC, USA
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Advertised on website and Facebook that a puppy name Lily was for sale for $1,200. The fee included the delivery by a "pet nanny" from a service called Best Delivery Agency. We paid a deposit of $600 using Zelle, received a tracking number from the delivery agency via email then another email from the delivery agency stating "due to current weather conditions" a special crate would need to be rented and used ranging in prices from $1,800, $1,500 and $950 and stating this fee would be refunded upon delivery if we did not want to keep the crate before they would continue with the delivery. Seller also sent me a text to ensure i saw the email from the delivery agency. I responded to both stating the seller could pay the additional crate fee and be refunded since their price was supposed to include the delivery fee. Seller no longer responds to text, email nor will they answer the phone and the delivery agency responded stating it was not the responsibility of the seller and they would not reach out to them for the crate fee. I have requested my money be returned multiple times and have not received a response.

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- Loudon, TN, USA
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The details of the scam are exactly the same as Scam Number 702752 with one exception. The amount I lost was $725. Even the name of the puppy (Lily) was the same.

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- Vandalia, MO, USA
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I purchased a puppy from Ms Hellen Magela in Louisville KY on 4/20. I was told she would be delivered on 4/21

[email protected] contacted me saying they needed $1200 for a insurance fee that was refundable upon delivery. I could not send that much money. I tried in small amounts and it would not go through. They had me buy gift cards and wanted the picture of the cards.

I did it.

Then I got another email saying my puppy has arrived in missouri but there is a city permit fee of $450 that is also refundable upon delivery. I paid it. They said they never received it. I had to buy another gift card for them, got confirmation from my bank that it went through.

Hellen never mentioned any of the fee's. She blocked me on Facebook and with her phone and email so I have no way to contact her.

I have the sales contract and I have the papers that she is registered in my name. I have Hellens address, phone number, email, her husband's email who said he would contact the delivery company and get back to me but never has. Nobody is telling me what's going on. Her tracking number still shows "Out for Delivery"

She has been out for delivery for almost 24 hours. I am furious. I am out $3k over all of this. That's a lot of money. I need help. Nothing in the contract states these fee's just agreed that she would have my puppy delivered safely. She has failed to have my puppy delivered.

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- Herriman, UT, USA
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Emailed with generic adoption info and did not ask about us as adoptors immediately wanted to set up payment through apps.

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- American Fork, UT, USA
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Pet scam selling teacup puppies. Texted us personally. Very nice and helpful. Went through similar screening process as other breeder to make sure pet goes to a good home. Posed as a family breeder with kids at home helping with puppies. Once we paid for the puppy they asked for more money to secure a special crate to ship the dog in. This is where they got lazy though- the shopping website was incomplete and the emails they sent were not professional. That’s when we realized.

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- Fountain, CO, USA
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I was want to purchase a puppy I saw on the website. I paid the initial payment. Then the shipping company MVP Logistics asked for 1200 for insurance. I asked them to send me a picture to prove they have the puppy. They sent the same one the breeder sent. They have threatened to turn me into the insurance police if I don't pay or come get the puppy

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- Shallowater, TX, USA
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They advertised a puppy online. The requests for payment were strange. They wanted a screenshot of everything. They were very pushy. I contacted my bank and they said puppy scams are very common. At the last minute, they told me I would need to buy a 995$ crate so the puppy could be shipped on a plane. I PAID 500$ OF THE 995$ FOR THE CRATE. I feel completely scammed. I refused to pay anymore. I said once the puppy was in my hand I would pay the remaining 495$.

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- Boulder, CO, USA
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My mom found a Pekingnese puppy through jpekes. She does not have zelle or apple pay so she asked me to pay for it. The email told me to zelle his wife the $700. I have a weekly limit of $500 on zelle, so I sent that and was going to send the additional $200 via apple pay. When I inputted the email it said that it was not a valid recipient. After I got that message, I started digging around and found an incident that was reported to the better business bureau regarding jpekes. I then looked up the names of the "happy customers" on the website and there was an identical website for Papillions. At this point, I knew it was fake and demanded a refund back for the $500 that I had already paid but he just insisted that he was legitimate. After that email he started getting rude and insistent that I send the remaining $200.

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- Pueblo, CO, USA
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This scammer used copyrighted information from a real breeder's website for their scam website. I filled out a contact form about a puppy that was listed for sale, the scammer then emailed me more information about the "puppy" including photos and video as well as texted me. The scammer interviewed me (like what real breeders do with potential buyers) via text message (the whole process seemed very legitimate). I paid for the "puppy" via Venmo and then was emailed a proof of purchase and transfer of ownership for the "puppy" from the scammer. I was given tracking information for a scam pet travel agency (which has an almost identical name to a real pet travel agency) and then was scammed thousands of dollars from the "travel agency". This scam agency sent me emails and follow up calls answering my questions and saying that I needed to purchase pet insurance and a new pet carrier and said that it would be refundable upon arrival of my "puppy". They continued to send me "tracking updates" until I realized that this process was not making sense anymore. I brought this to their attention and then the "pet travel agency" stopped answering my calls or text messages. I clearly never received my dog and they stole thousands of dollars from me.

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- Auburn, AL, USA
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The scammer offered a Doberman puppy for sale and required a ZELLE acct deposit. Deposit was made and upon arrival to pickup the dog we were sent to the wrong location.

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- Hinesville, GA, USA
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The start of this scam began on Facebook trying to purchase a puppy. The page was for Australian Shepherd puppies. The administrator of the page said that the puppy was only $600 and $200 for delivery due to the fact that the breeder and the victim did not live in the same state. The breeder claimed to be located in Louisiana. The breeder then directed the victim towards the shipping company called stateskcargo. The company then reached out to the victim requesting a long strain of money ( receipts are attached below). The company continued to delay the delivery for 3 days. The day the puppy was supposed to be delivered the company cut off all contact along with the breeder. The breeder then reached out a week later and claimed that the delivery person and puppy had died in an accident.

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- Shrewsbury, MA, USA
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We went on Instagram to look for a puppy to buy. This guy we saw on Instagram mentioned that he is a dog breeder, and he can sell this puppy to us for $600 we liked i.e. Cavapoo, and get it delivered to us at our home in Shrewsbury MA after a week. We agreed and transferred the money on 4/10/2023, signed the transfer document, and finalized the transaction via email TYLOR HUDSON <[email protected]>. A couple of days later we get a message on Instagram about the Air Freight delivery service tracking information i.e. https://flightnannydeliverys.com/ with tracking # WPC029859995966-PET19

During the delivery date, we get a message from him flight nanny pet movers flying out the puppy with a nanny. Then I get a call from flight nanny pet movers (+1 843-481-0812) for transferring $1200 for the crate for pet traveling which will be refundable upon delivery. We did transfer the $1200 for the same since it was refundable and got a receipt via text message. After an hour the pet movers asked to send $1100 for insurance which will also be refundable. This was the time we realized that this was a scam so we said that we would not transfer any more money and wanted the delivery of our puppy now. After this, they don't take our calls or no number exists after an hour.</[email protected]>

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Hello M.Christiansen,
I am so sorry to read that you were also taken advantage by "Tyler Hudson".
We also found him advertising via Instagram. After we reached out, to make us feel better he offered to Face Time to "ensure" this wasn't a scam.
We were wrong.
Step by step, all you have listed is the exact same that happened to us. Transfer of funds after signing a contract and all.
The day of delivery, Flight Nannys reached out and requested more funds- when we denied they became agitated and blocked our phone number from further contact.
I believe, in numbers we can try and put an end to this scam.
To note, they also listed and used the same phone number to contact us:
Flight Nannys Pet movers: 1-843-481-0812
If you don't mind- How did you end up paying, via Zelle or credit card?
Where did he say he was located?
Response is greatly appreciated as I have reached out to the FBI and the Police Department.
Michele R.
[email protected]

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- Fort Collins, CO, USA
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I came across EnglishBullyBreeders.com I contacted them about a specific dog through email. The website seemed legit and had (fake)reviews. They were quick with responses and questions. They had me answer some questions and once we both agreed it was a good fit they sent a bill of sign contract for me to sign. The puppy was a total of $800 including the nanny and plane. They let me know the paperwork and flight information would be available in the morning. As the morning came they never sent me the information So I reached out they said it will be delivered today without any of the details. As the morning progressed I called them and they wouldn't answer. I kept calling and the texted me back saying they would send a refund. Unfortunately there has been no refund and there phone is completely disconnected.

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