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- Orlando, FL, USA
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Sent in $500 for deposit and the rest in increments that was agreed upon. Randy Miller and Mason Trial were in constant contact about how the dog was doing and what I needed for the puppy’s well being. The scam is the same for the groups: they post fraudulent pics of pups in happy homes with captions like “thank you (insert breeder name) for the pup. I was skeptic at first but now (dog name) is here” they will also constantly post pics of pups asking you to directly message them for prices or information. Several members of group not labeled as admin will also “vouch” for breeder saying that they received or previously purchased a pup from the breeder

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- Saint Clair Shores, MI, USA
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Tried adopting a labrador from greatenglishlabradors.com, signed a contract with our adress and phone number along with his. We seemed skeptical wed be getting a lab for 500 dollars and having it flown in from Pittsburgh and delivered to brighton MI area for 200 more dollars. Since we seemed skeptical he said we could send $250 down and send the rest once the puppy arrived. Trade contract and website seemed legit so we sent half down. He (azyuna jones) than said he needed the 200 extra to ship the puppy. But to send that transaction through his daughters zelle accout instead of the original. Too many red flags made us back out and ask for our 350 deposit back, he has not replied to multiple emails, the website appears to be suspended, and hes not answering calls.

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- Edwards, CO, USA
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I inquired about a Vizsla puppy for sale on the Vizsla Creek website. They list "available" puppies. I was told the one I wanted was still available. I was told they required a $500 deposit to get the dog off the website. They also indicated the puppies were 50% off for a limited time as a new litter was coming in. I went back and forth stating my son had died, so we were looking for a companion and wanted to eventually breed these dogs. The person "James Smith" sent me an email stating they had approved me and he needed the money to reserve the puppy. He indicated he was in Colorado Springs, which I said great, as I was coming into that area for a soccer tournament and could pick up the pup Sunday.

He asked me to use Venmo and said he was using his daughter's account. I thought it odd he didn't have an account. Over the course of the week I was traveling and he kept asking for the remaining $300. I told him I would work on this when I got back home. I signed the "Bill of Sale" which has a CO Springs address on it. He kept demanding the money and I said I would bring cash on Sunday. I kept asking for a time to meet and confirmation of such. He kept getting more demanding on me making the next payment on Venmo or Zelle, saying the rest of the paperwork takes time to complete. I kept pushing back saying we could finalize the paperwok when I am there. Also, it is indicated on his site you can have a full refund. At one point, after such harassing, I said I was uncomfortable and I wanted a full refund via Venmo. He then indicated he could not refund me and I already took the spot of other prospects.

I tried the 2 accounts he gave me Friday and then came up "declined" on Venmo. These were different than the first account I had paid the money on. I then kept texting him saying let's call this off or establish a time to meet. He asked me to try Zelle. I then looked at the email he provided, a new name again, and took a screen shot of the warning Zelle has regarding scam, specifically fake puppy sales. After I put then in, he actually called me. Was yelling at me saying he needed me to find another way to complete the sale. I told him to take a photo of the puppy. He said he was at work. I told him I would wait until he did this later.

After this, I checked my bank and the original $500 had been deposited into his account. I texted asking to be refunded my venmo account. I also told him I would expose this scam and the website.

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- Fort Stewart, GA, USA
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I contacted a breeder about a bernese mountain puppy paid a deposit for the puppy and was told he would be shipped that same day. I was contacted by the shipping company who asked for more money for shipping insurance as well as an upgraded kennel for shipment. I sent the money not thinking about it they told me they did not recieve the funds and asked for it to be sent again and again

The breeder has told me they are a solid delivery service but he is not longer in contact with me either

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- Fort Stewart, GA, USA
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I was in the process of having a puppy delivered from a breeder i was told the puppy was dropped off with this comapny and they would send me shipping information. Upon the receiving of the shipping information i was advised that i needed to purchase pet insurance for travel which i did not thinking about it.... i was then told i needed an upgraded kennel for travel again not thinking about it i sent the money they told me the funds never went through and to send it again.... the money is pending from my bank.

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- Cassopolis, MI, USA
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The scammer had a very believable website selling tea cup chihuahuas. After contacting them they convinced us to send them $599 for the dog and shipment, which we did using Zelle. They gave us information Zelle needed for us to send the money (name: Rondell Newton and an email [email protected]). We could not retract the zelle payment.

After we got suspicious we looked up scams in the ScamPulse.com website. We found their website was already listed as a scam.

We thank the ScamPulse.com website for having Good home teacup chihuahuas listed as a scam so this will not escalate into what the previous scam victim went through.

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- North Bennington, VT, USA
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Went to the website to look for a cocker puppy. Website looked legitimate despite the absence of a telephone number or address. Requested to see info on an available puppy. Did a Google check on the photos and did not appear to be copied. He wanted to just correspond on email but when I didn’t reply fast enough he texted. Even offered free delivery of the dog. Requested name, address, nearest airport at first. Keep on pushing me to pay $800 for dog before he would send contract. Payment was to be Apple Pay, Google Pay or Zelle. I tried to wire the fee through my bank which offered Zelle. They immediately put a 24 hour stay in the transfer because they believed it was a scam. I then asked the scammer to call me which he did. He has a foreign accent and claimed to be from Australia originally. I told him he was a scammer which he denied still trying to have me forward the funds by stating he was a Christian man and would not steal money from anyone. I then asked for his address which turned out to be a medical center in Pittsburg. Thanks to my bank and further questioning I was able to determine the fraud.

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- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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This guys on Facebook advertising him self as a middle man for puppy breeders and he is selling puppies from all the reviews everything seem real and I made a deposit of 700$ to reserve a puppy be unfortunately I can no long get the puppy so I made it know to him and he said he would refund me it has been weeks and every time I contact him he comes up with all sorts of story as to why I have to wait and I can’t get my money back . I believe that he is a scammer

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- Ogden, UT, USA
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I was attempting to buy a puppy online. I submitted my name and phone number through their website. Then I began to get text messages. I kept questioning them about being legit and to provide proof. They thought sending pictures of the puppy shows proof. Not so much. They never provided proof and seems offended that I was questioning their integrity. Replaying with comments like I am the father of x number of children, am a christian and care more about placing puppies with good homes and making money etc. The cost was 1/4 of what other breeders were charging. After about 5 text messages back and forth I told him that I wasn't convinced and attached a link for AKC about signs to look for to determine fraud. I never heard from him again.

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Thank you for this. I was just in contact with them. Shared a picture of your post and viola … never heard from them again.

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My husband attempted to purchase a 10wk old dachshund puppy online from Varchase Dachshund. They are listed as being from Amarillo Texas. My husband filled out their online request form. Emails were sent back and forth. It seemed legit. My husband made a payment via the Zelle app. When he asked to verify a pick up date/time of the dog, Varchase Dachshunds quit responding. Repeated attempts have been made. My husband called his bank to stop payment but they said it had cleared immediately and there was nothing they could do.

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They pretended to be dog breeders and sell dogs online. Showed pictures and videos of the dog. When time came to ship the dog to us they asked for more money.

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- Harrisburg, NC, USA
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Was going to purchase a puppy, gave them name, address and cell phone #. They sent me information to pay via Apple Pay - 1 (240)784-3044 and Zelle - [email protected] Name Speranza. I tried to make payment and fortunately I typed in the wrong email address and was able to cancel payment. When he confirmed he had not received payment, he sent me another email address - [email protected] with the name of Abimael Ruiz. I question him as to how the first account was not valid and he said he was "old school" and didn't know how technology things work" I emailed him back and stated my concerns the neither name matched his of Charles Harrison. Haven't heard back from him

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- Newark, DE, USA
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On 5/15/2023, contacted this alleged Nebraska Chihuahua breeder to purchase a 10-week old Chihuahua puppy for $600.00, plus $230 for shipping. I spoke to a man named "Mark", who described their process for puppy purchases, which at that time appeared reasonable. He asked which payment method "can I handle zelle or cashapp." I told him that I didn't know about those ways to pay but could use my credit card. He agreed to take the credit card payment. I provided my credit card number, for a total payment of $830. Later that day, he contacted me saying the payment wouldn't go through, and to contact my credit card company to approve the purchase, which I did. Yesterday (5/16/2023) "Mark" contacted me, advising that he would need an additional $1,000 for an air-conditioned crate for the puppy, due to the hot conditions during the flight, and which 98% of that $1,000 would be refunded upon delivery of the puppy. I did not provide/approve the additional payment and requested that the puppy be shipped another day this week (weather permitting). He said he would get back to me. Something seemed fishy - I logged in to my credit card account. I learned that the payment (in Pending status) was being sent to Nigeria (NG). I called "Mark" back and asked why the payment was being sent to Nigeria, and he replied that he had "several accounts". I immediately contacted my credit card company to put a stop-payment/freeze on the account that I suspected fraud. That couldn't be done because the payment hadn't cleared their "Pending" statut, but the credit card company cancelled the card/card number, and once the payment cleared to file a dispute. I called "Mark", at "Rose Chihuahua Puppies" again, requesting to cancel the puppy order and provide a full refund, to which he advised that a full refund was not possible, because he had to pay for shipping out of his own pocket, and would only be able to refund $650 and "should" receive that amount by the end of the week. Also, I contacted the shipping company that he said he was using - "Blue Collar Transport" - (888.208.6669/bluecollarpettransport.com) - to ask if this breeder was a customer of theirs and about "air-conditioned" crates. The Receptionist at Blue Collar advised me that she had received several calls in the past week about this breeder and his shipping methods, further advising that her company is a ground-transport pet service - No air transport - and believed I (and her several other callers) were scammed, which I believe as well. Today 5/17/2023), checking my credit card account, I found that "Rose Chihuahua" had submitted another charge of $986.10 - I immediately called my credit card company again, and they advised again that I would have to wait for that charge to clear "Pending" status and to file a dispute.

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- Greensboro, NC, USA
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Purchased a puppy, I spoke with a seller and shipping company and it got weird with the shipping company asking for a very large sum of money after I had already paid for shipping and the dog. Then they almost threatened me and made me feel like the dog was being left at this shipping company even though I had told them I wouldn’t be able to pick the dog up until Monday and they tried to shop him the Wednesday before. Being an animal lover, I was willing to do anything to make sure the dog wasn’t living at a shipping place and then they asked for more after that when I was supposed to receive flight info. They used a name Adrianna bland (seller) and joe was the shipping company with a slightly heavy accent.

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These people has taken over $750 from my wife. There’s no telling how many other people are out getting scam by these people.

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- Salem, OR, USA
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Zelle accounts

JEREMY DAWATERS

[email protected]

Wilnafaite Dolce

[email protected]

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- San Francisco, CA, USA
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My husband I we relooking for a mini Schnauzer. I found an adorable one on a website that seemed trustworthy and profession. I put in a request for more info about the dog and was immediately contacted. After some back and forth, with them asking personal information, they said they'd let us adopt the dog. I signed a contract and gave them my mailing address and phone number. From there, they didn't respond the way they had been. I got a little worried and tried to look them up on the American Kennel Club's website, and they didn't show up. I did a reverse google image search, and the dog we wanted to adopt popped up from an older website that was listed as scam. It was the identical site with the same logo, just different name of company:

https://puppyscams.org/dwminischnauzers-com

I emailed the seller and presented this information.

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- Louisville, KY, USA
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Would never give me updates on the puppy. Then she message me on Facebook telling me send her $200 more that she struggling and when I didn’t give in she sent me emoji of ?????????? then she just completely ignored me after that. I didn’t get the puppy

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- Louisville, KY, USA
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Looking for a boxer puppy and she wanted $400 deposit and she kept harassing me asking me when I was going to send it to her.

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- Lindenhurst, NY, USA
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Advertised on Facebook that a puppy name Lily was for sale for $1,200. The fee included the delivery by a "pet nanny" I received daily videos of Lily and heard from the scammer several times a day. I paid him using Zelle $725.00 but because he gave me so many email addresses I was lucky enough to send it to the incorrect one and did get my money back. Once I realized this was a Scam I tried to get as much information as I could and I put it on my Facebook page. I reported him to Zelle with all the email addresses but was advised that these scammer's are so good at this they keep changing their emails & of course have burner phones. The address I was given is also vacant at the moment. Seller no longer responds to text or IM and it is just terrible that nothing can be done to stop him

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