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- Greeley, CO, USA • Jan 23, 2025
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I was very interested in a cavapoo named Lily. The person trying to sell me her asked all the right questions to make sure she was going to go to a good home and sent me pictures through text and then emailed me a short video which i thought was odd. I made plans to go get her a week from now and the seller requested a 250 deposit to save the puppy. I then said I would not send a deposit until I saw the puppy in person. They then proceeded to say this

Well, i totally understand your concern ma’am.

We’re a small family breeder we breed strictly healthy cavapoo puppies for their new homes. We believe no amount of money can buy our babies so all we’re most interested in is their success in their forever homes.

I just want you to know our puppies are real and i am a real and honest person just looking for a loving and caring home for them If you have made up your mind to have the puppy home know that you’ll get the puppy,

I have no interest in taking your money without delivering ma’am, don’t get me wrong please , i work hard for a living and can’t hurt people for money. They may be some bad people in the world but certainly not everybody in the world is bad. I am a legitimate person and I do not run scams. You just have to put your trust in me and I promise not to betray that trust. On my own end, I need the puppies gone because I will be having another litter and I need space.

We only accept half payment upfront to enable us deliver and complete payment at delivery which is fair.

You can have a review on our website below for references.

Don't fall for this scam! I'm glad I looked up the number to find there was another person that experienced the same thing, with the same dog.

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- Coventry, RI, USA • Jan 21, 2025
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I inquired info on a puppy; put a deposit of $500 that he wanted PayPal, Apple pay or Zelle and I enter info on a Intasend web for payment w Apple Card, then requested another 550$ for transportation and remain for puppy purchase… made by ccard. Shipping website was boggus and day of delivery called me that I need it to pay 990$ on the shipping company. I said I can pay COD once dog arrives. He keep saying I need to pay or dog wouldn’t travel… I told him I already pay what we agreed on and I have nothing yet so I wasn’t going to pay until I received dog… Mark James, on PayPal acct said Henry Owens

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- Houston, TX, USA • Jan 21, 2025
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Purchased puppy online with free shipping total paid $850.00 then said I would get email with delivery confirmation I then got it with charge after charge totally $2000.00 which I paid due to being told by pet courier and breeder it was fully refundable then was asked to send another $2500.00 I then stopped n filed with FTC ( federal trade commission.

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- Cheyenne, WY, USA • Jan 21, 2025
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Hello Heather

Thanks for the interest you have in our lovely puppy "Sumo". Attached to this email are recent photos and videos of Sumo. He is playful and very friendly, weighs 17.8 lbs, good with kids and other animals. We are asking $700 for him. BUT WHY CHEAP? (We're giving a 50% discount because we're expecting our new litter in 5 weeks, so we want to sell all the puppies in our current litter in order to reduce the workload since my wife and I both have other jobs). He has a great temperament and a lovely personality. Sumo is a Bernese Mountain puppy.

He is affectionate, intelligent, loyal, calm and gentle. He is a good family pet as he gets along with kids and never gets aggressive. He loves to be around his family and also loves attention. He will come alongside all his shots, records, papers and a 1 year genetic health guarantee against any illnesses/diseases. He is 100% domesticated, potty trained, chipped and dewormed. We are located in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Before we continue with the adoption process, we would like to know more about you to ensure our puppy is going to the best home. Do you have kids? Will you have time to take care of this puppy? Have you ever owned a puppy before? Where exactly are you located(city/state)?

If you are local, we can set up a day for you to visit our facility for pick up. We appreciate personal pick ups but require a $500 deposit per puppy prior to that, then fix a later date for you to visit us and collect your puppy. For distant buyers, we ship all over the USA and Canada. We will have the puppy safely transported and delivered to your home through a reliable pet transportation agency that will have the puppy safely delivered to you. You will be paying an extra fee of $300 which is the shipping fee making it $1000 for the puppy and delivery. We would like to know if you will be picking baby Sumo up or interested in our safe shipping and delivery. If interested in the shipping and delivery, let us also know if you would like to pick him up at the airport or would like to have him brought to your doorstep.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SUMO:

Pet Name: SUMO

Breed: Bernese Mountain

Sex: Male

Age: 11 Weeks

Weight: 17.8lbs

Price: $700

PARENTS INFORMATION

Father - Billy - 87.5lbs (photo posted below)

Mother - Lola - 82.1lbs (photo posted below)

Expected weight: 82 - 97 pounds.

Attached here are some pics of him and pics of parents too

Management

King Bernese Mountain

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- Phoenix, AZ, USA • Jan 20, 2025
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Listing online for Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppies. Price for all listed puppies was $700 & $150 for air transportation. Asked for my name, address, phone number, & closest airport. Asked seller, Serigne Seck, for health verification, reviews, contract, & FaceTime video of puppy. Emailed back & forth & seller stopped responding after request of FaceTime call.

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- Olympia, WA, USA • Jan 19, 2025
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This person advertises boxer puppies for $600, plus 200 to deliver the puppy. The seller emailed me multiple times and sent pictures and video of the puppy. He also sent a sales contract and wanted full payment up front. At first, I was totally sucked in and ready to send the money, but then I read the contract and red flags were raised; there were many grammatical errors and misspellings, which seemed odd for a "legal" or professional contract. I emailed the seller with my concerns regarding these red flags and promptly received an email offering assurance that I would receive the selected puppy. The seller then asked for payment, but only accepted apple pay or chime, which also seemed odd. I asked to use paypal or venmo, which offer buyer protection and received a somewhat indignant email from the seller. At this point, I had significant misgivings, so did a deeper internet dive. It took a lot of time, but I found a previous scam alert on the ScamPulse.com website, regarding this same site/seller (scam ID 922224), Shams Delaney. I emailed the seller again with this info, saying I could not proceed with the purchase. I never heard back, despite Shams Delaney being extremely prompt in replying previously. I did not lose anything from this scam, but nearly did, and I wanted to share my experience in case others are tempted by Heaven Sweets Boxers and Shams Delaney. I was GRATEFUL to the person whose complaint I found on the ScamPulse.com site, for reporting their experience, which saved me a loss.

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- Muskegon, MI, USA • Jan 17, 2025
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I was supposed to get a tea cup poodle and payed her 200 in apple gift cards and then she wanted 100 more and I got a e-bay gift card for 100, then she wanted more money, I told her no that I would pay cash when she brought the puppie to me. I didn’t get the puppy and lost 300 dollors

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- Colorado Springs, CO, USA • Jan 16, 2025
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I was trying to buy a puppy. I wasn’t able to find the type of dog that I wanted in adoption centers. So I took to online. I found a site and it seemed pretty ligament. I did research and all was well. The person lives in Las Vegas Nevada. I live in another state and would be unable to drive to pick up the dog so we agreed to getting it shipped. They asked for $600 for the dog and $200 for the shipping fee. They texted me the shipping code to track. I looked up the flying company and it says online that it’s a 50/50 chance that it’s a scam. The people who were the transporters texted me and said there was a problem and to look at my email. It said that I need to buy a thermal kennel. I looked at the price and it said they cost $2k to rent. I wasn’t told about this price. I texted the people I didn’t have the money and they said they’ll charge me with abandonment unless I pay. I told them to take a picture of the dog and they sent me professional photos of the dog that just proves the dog wasn’t really there. I texted the dog seller and they told me they didn’t know about that charge and that I will need to pay for it to be shipped. I told them I wanted to call. They agreed and then they never picked up. Both the dog seller and the transporter have ignored my calls and messages.

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- Buford, GA, USA • Jan 12, 2025
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This website pretends to sell boxer puppies. They do not have puppies for sale but will charge you for the puppy and then promise to ship the puppy for an extra charge that you find about later.

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- Sheboygan, WI, USA • Jan 07, 2025
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The website was selling Bernedoodles puppies. It looked like a legitimate website so I emailed them. They responded with pictures of the desired puppy and full details of the puppy. They had a screening process to determine the best fit for the puppy and I was accepted. They then asked for payment before delivery of the dog. Fortunately my cash app did not work and identified the recipient as a scam alert. I then asked salesperson to do a video of myself and him along with the puppy. Salesperson got accusatory and did not respond in a professional manner. He did not say yes to video call with the said puppy. I discovered it was a scam.

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- Nashville, TN, USA • Jan 06, 2025
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Looks like a breeder site. Once you inquire about avail puppies, Donald starts to text you almost immediately. The texting is broken english and some important questions I asked regarding puppy weren’t answered. Donald was overnight pressed to ship me the dog within 12 hours of communicating. I sensed this was strange considering we did not talk about set up for dog nor did he even have my name outside of my email address, phone number and state I was in. Overall it rang some alarm bells and I did further research on this breeder and turns out others had similar experiences. Luckily I did not pay yet or sign a contract with my signature give away too many personal details etc but flagging this company as a scam as it’s one of the first to pop up when you search for this type of dog breed. so cruel to do to people! please investigate

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- Halethorpe, MD, USA • Jan 04, 2025
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My wife joined a Facebook group for Golden Doodles, the Admin for the group posted several puppies available for sale, she signed an electronic contract and paid $400 for the security deposit. We received information for tracking and everything seemed in order until the actual delivery date. They claimed the weather caused a reroute and then stated that a special crate was needed to transport the puppy requiring an additional $485 payment, only accepted Apple Pay due to issues on their side. After paying the amount there was another delay they told my wife it would be today for delivery. After the designated time of 8:50am went by without any update she reached out again and was told that due to city regulation a dog license is required to deliver the dog to our house. When we pushed back against paying more we were told we have nothing to worry about that this would be the final payment. I attempted to call customer service and spoke to a man going by Abel Johnson who claimed to be the manager in charge yet I have an audio recording on the conversation and could hear him being coached by another individual to say that the service is bad then the call was disconnected

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- Wisconsin Dells, WI, USA • Jan 03, 2025
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I paid $900 for a dog and then they demanded I pay an additional $1,540 for pet insurance at the airport to get the dog to me. I called the airport and no flights matched the flights she emailed me that the dog was travelling on. I used Zelle to make the $900 transfer. I am working on trying to get refunded.

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- Lynn Haven, FL, USA • Jan 03, 2025
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My wife had purchased a puppy for me. She had been putting back for a while to get it as birthday gift.. After looking a while we came across the website and contacted Donald. All the reviews I found were good except a couple. He kept contact with us thru everything with no issues. We paid $750. Thru Venmo for the puppy then had to put down a $1500 deposit for a temperature controlled crate for shipping which said to be refunded once the puppy was delivered to us. Which no one said anything about until the shipper got involved. Then it turned out that the shipper used all of the small crates and needs another 500.00$ to send the puppy out right away. Or it would cost 25$ per day for a nanny fee. Signed contracts and we also have receipts. This fee included a nanny delivery service from the airport there to the airport close to where we live. They seem to give a tracking number but never is anything ever shipped .The breeder said he was headed to shipping company to see what was happening. After a few more texts and calls he stopped responding. Does not answer the phone ever. It was a very heartbreaking and these people need to be found. Please help! I do not want this happening to anyone else ever again. It's crazy to think that anyone can do this to someone. If you do reverse search with the pictures on there site the pictures are coming from other websites.

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- Saint Johns, FL, USA • Jan 02, 2025
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I was promised a puppy for $500 down and balance of 300 plus 300 transportation fee. I became suspicious when phone number and name of breeder did not match original info provided. Also puppy still showed avail able even after deposit was made should have displayed as ‘reserved’. Became more suspicious when breeder could not video call me with puppy. Wish I would have checked here first. Will work with bank to hopefully recover funds.

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- Salem, OR, USA • Dec 31, 2024
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Selling puppies, that did not existe.

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- Oshkosh, WI, USA • Dec 28, 2024
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I paid for a pet adoption through Facebook, and the group admin used a fake shipping company.

They also use "luckysmallpawrescue.com."

The shipping company communicated via [email protected] with website of https://cargoexpressagency.com/wp/.

A fake shipping company a Facebook scammer uses lures people to pay additional fees using Apple pay, Zelle, and Chime.

Zelle account being used is +1 (346) 592-9724, Diamond Smith.

Apple Pay account being used is 1 (312) 866-4815.

Paypal account being used is [email protected].

Zelle payment of $600 on 12/26/2024

FTC fraud Report Number 181761880 12/28/2024. The website has no address or any otehr contact info on it.

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- Green Bay, WI, USA • Dec 27, 2024
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This is a website that is Sponsored on Google. No address is listed on their website but on Paypal they use this address: 2211 North First St. Glenwood Springs CO. This is a scam and must be stopped! They are claiming to be selling Teacup Yorkies and when you inquire they send you a questionnaire to fill out with your address, home environment, etc. They corresponded with me throughout the whole buying process and then once I paid they stopped communicating and never sent me the dog.

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- Bloomingdale, GA, USA • Dec 26, 2024
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Reached out to the website about buying a puppy. They sent very lengthy in depth emails about the dog and delivering the dog to me. Sent half of the money and said I would wait for delivery to send the other half of the money. He sent me pictures of the dog and seemed very transparent. As the day went on I never received any other pictures or any confirmation about the delivery. Found later that afternoon the dog was sold on April 30 from a different breeder in California, @************** and he was taking pictures from there page saying he had dogs to sell.

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- Akron, OH, USA • Dec 24, 2024
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the website offered boston twrrier puppies for sale and delineey. the website came qith testimonials waya to gwt the dog shipped to you. it was when we contacted the animal shipping companies that we fell victim to a scam.

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