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- Miami, FL, USA • Nov 16, 2024
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There was a group page on facebook I asked to join: Blue Staffy puppies for adoption: Find your perfect companion to purchase a puppy. The breeder claimed to be located in New Orleans, LA. I agreed to pay $400 to hold the puppy, and $300 balance after delivery. When I received the tracking information to ship the puppy to me, the shipping vendor emailed me asking for $350 to insure the puppy during shipment. I knew it was a scam at that point, but the seller insisted the $350 insurance would be fully refundable, so I recommended the breeder should pay the fully refundable fee to insure the animal and another story as to why that would not be an option was created. The seller would also not agree to speak with me live. Additionally. after looking into the shipping vendor "International Logistics" the telephone on the website was not a working number {209-790-4627}.

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- Salem, WI, USA • Nov 12, 2024
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I found these puppies from an internet search for Bernese mountain dogs. I was told to send $1000 via Zelle and the dog would be flown to my friends address. A contract was signed and email proof of tracking was provided. The dog did not show up when expected and emails and calls have been sent. No replies.

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- Newport, TN, USA • Nov 11, 2024
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I was looking to buy a puppy and upon ready reviews this is a scam. They only accept 3 types of payment. Chime, Apple Pay and Venmo. Stating the dog would be flown to me for only $150

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- Colonial Heights, VA, USA • Nov 11, 2024
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I contacted the seller because I wanted to purchase 2 puppies for $500 each plus $100 each for transport for a total of $1200. I paid the $1200 and was contacted by the transport company and asked for a an additional $1550 for a crate for the puppy. That was for crate #1. There was an additional cost of $850 for crate number 2. I refused to pay that and contacted the seller. The seller offered to assist with payment if I would send $550 for transport. I told him no and now I cannot get anyone to respond nor answer the phone.

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- Glendale, CA, USA • Nov 08, 2024
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<p>Paid for a frenchie puppy was told i would recieve a tracking number

when in route. Once i got the # she told me i needed to pay crate fee to

transportation company which is refunded upon delivery. So i paid,

still no puppy.</p>

<p> Contract didnt have anything about crate needed. Shipping company told me to pay them in i tunes cards and here i am no puppy</p>

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- Paducah, KY, USA • Nov 08, 2024
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Puppies available for adoption

900 talked to the guy explained i want to train him to be a service dog as im disabled. We agreed on 300 including delivery which was to be the next day. Shipping was through prime shipping solutions. I was told at. This point i jeeded to pay 300 for crate rental which would be refunded in full upon delivery. I was then told i was required to pay 400 for international flight pet insurance. The dog is being driven 3.5 hours to my house. I was told thosmoney will also be fully refunded upon delivery. It is supposedly to prevent pet abandonment. Their phone number is out of Florida 786 520 5812 . When i contacted the shipper i got the same information. I asked the seller to just rwfund my money he said no this was my fault for sending the money goods and services which supposedly protects me with paypal where as friends and family does not. The shipping company also required friends and family for payment. If you have more questions feel free to call me 270 349 7307 thank you Phoenix

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- Lake Park, GA, USA • Nov 04, 2024
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I thought I bought a teacup chihuahua Bertsey sent me air line information Air pet replicators now they say I need to pay 1000 for a ac crate because of the weather . Supposedly, she is in Ohio Cleveland airport how true that is I have no clue no one's getting back to me not the breeder or the tracker system

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- Saint Petersburg, FL, USA • Nov 01, 2024
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Same name from the guy but going under a different website. Only found out through a reverse image search.

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- Bondurant, IA, USA • Nov 01, 2024
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I found this website looking for a boxer puppy and gave a $400 deposit and signed a contract and everything. found first post about individual who was scammed and learned the sad truth.

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- Independence, LA, USA • Oct 30, 2024
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At first they said the puppy would cost $500 plus $100 for shipping then when they got to the place to ship the puppy the airport they want another $995 refundable insurance to put on the puppy and when the puppy was delivered that money would be refunded. I told them I don't have that kind of money to cancel it and don't worry about it. The seller said that they'll put $300 towards it to where I would only have to pay $695. I tried to tell him no don't worry about it. Refund me my $600. I'll go elsewhere for me a Puppy then he continue to tell me that I will be charged with abandonment because the Puppy has already been transferred into my name and the puppy is my possession and I would be charged $5000-$6000 for Puppy of abandonment and Nicolette so my husband said go ahead and pay the 695 for the insurance in this way they can put them on a plane so they put them on the plane morning of October 29 2024 and at 3:30 my time they text me and told me that the Puppy was in Atlanta and it's a two hour plane ride from Atlanta to Louisiana and I would have to pay another $600 for dog licensing fee that's when I called my local shelter and asked them about it and the lady told me no that sounds like a scam because everything we have been paying with has been going Zelle and I found out the only thing when they boarded the dog onto the plane that they needed was a health record to make sure the shots were up-to-date. So as of now they have scammed me out of $1295. They're still wanting another $600 to ship them from Atlanta to Louisiana and I refuse to pay him. These are the phone numbers they were using to text me 740-825-5715, 804-634-1568, 813-258-2472.

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- Windsor, CO, USA • Oct 21, 2024
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i reached out to a website to possibly purchase a bullmastiff puppy. i received an email back telling me they were in edmond, Ok . they wanted to know if i would be picking up the puppy or having is shipped. I asked for a viedo of the puppy we were interested in and they said t told them I didnt think that at all, but we were just wanting to see they puppy and maybe 2 other puppies in order to make up our minds. they said again they didnt have time to take a viedo, but they could send me a picture of the litters paperwork. so I said yes please and could you also send just one picture of the 2 puppies? again they said no they could not do that, but they did send a VIEDO of the paperwork was mostly blank and very difficult to see.

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- Hamilton, OH, USA • Oct 19, 2024
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I found a puppy online from German shepherd puppy paradise. Contacted by txt message only, wanted me to send 1000 by PayPal, zelle or apple something. Told them it would have to wait until following day, the next morning they text telling me to let them know when it was sent. By then I had researched all the red flags. I informed them I had a relative in Winter Haven who would come pick up the pup if that was okay. After about 40 minutes they text back that that could be done BUT, before that I had to send a $300 dollar "hold" payment. That is when I ended the conversation letting them know that the phone number they had been texting from is registered to a car breeder with multiple complaints of scam and that the business address given belonged to AKC kennel farms, a dog breeder with the same scam complaints. People sending the money, never receiving the pet and not able to get their money back because their methods of payment do not consider puppies or cats and eligible for scam protection. Therefore no way to get their money back. I spent an entire evening following the scams. They simply changed the name from akc kennel farms to German shepherd puppy paradise. ScamPulse.com has given AKC kennel farms an F rating.

German Shepherd puppy paradise website was just created in August 2024. The person contacting me gave the name of Daniel William, they claimed to be the breeder..there is no listing in Florida AKC breeder registry for a Daniel William.

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- Groveport, OH, USA • Oct 17, 2024
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They sent me an emailing giving me all this information and showing me about the dogs and a receipt of what was paid and everything was made I payed them then they tried to get 490 out of me for a electric crate for the supposed dog but nothing and a whole arguing back and forth many reviews say they are a scam they used [email protected] as a shipping company that was supposed to bring the dog

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- Virginia Beach, VA, USA • Oct 06, 2024
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They are selling miniature dachshunds. They are using website of longdogdachshund.com, email of [email protected], phone number of 269-204-9825, and address in, Lansing, Ml 48906. There is a second group working this as well offering shipping services for the pet.

They are using website of ruanlogistics.com, email of

[email protected], phone number of 804-233-5490, and address of Crumptown Rd, Farmville, VA 23901.

They also used the following phone numbers for Apple Cash payments: 773-642-9886, 779-771-3502, 404-435-8679.

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- Cerro Gordo, IL, USA • Sep 29, 2024
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I was trying to buy a chihuahua puppy and Brendaline told me that she had a puppy and could ship her to me via Glide Courier Express. I had a tracking number then the courier needed a special crate and then there was a 24 hr hold on the dog because I didn't do something right on the payment.

I tried to email the courier but my email doesn't show that it was ever sent or delivered.

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- Clearville, PA, USA • Sep 28, 2024
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I was told after I had to contact them, they were working on the shipping detail. My shipping was supposed to be free. They contacted me with this email of [email protected] and told me it would cost me $1640.00 because the airline requires a special insurance and a special crate. I told them my shipping was free and they needed to read their website. Then they sent me an email telling me the breeder would split the cost, and my share was 100% refundable at airport upon delivery of puppy. If I didn't, pay them I would be held for neglect. I said no more money because I paid $599.00 just for puppy. They have never contacted me back and I have tried several times to contact them, but no one replies back to me. Breeder is a scammer

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- Boynton Beach, FL, USA • Sep 25, 2024
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I was buying a puppy off of their site for 500 dollars i asked them about the cost of the puppy before hand and everything i needed to know before buying the puppy, she said yes that is all i needed and i proceeded with everything she told me to do she made me sign a fake documenr saying that i have legal ownership of the puppy with out sending me medical records, microchip documents or nothing just a document saying i am now the owner of the puppy, she then sent it to airlinepetexpress delivery which is in who another scamming company and theh told me last minute that I had to pay $955 or else the puppy will not be transported and sent to quarintine and it baffled me and It took me last minute to hit me that I literally got scammed out of 750 and then they were trying to scam me out of more money to trying to put fear in my heart she hasnt sent me pictures of the puppy in the cage nor has she sent me pictures of the puppy medical records or anything, i tried using their contact support and theg said that they were going to send my gf a letter saying thag she abandoned the puppy and is going to charge her which doesnt make sense cause they were the ones refusing to transport the puppy and for a refundable insurance which doesnt even make sense airlinepetexpress and homeyorkie are the biggest scams

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- Allen Park, MI, USA • Sep 22, 2024
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Created a whole fake Facebook page with fake people saying they received puppies from her. Only contacts by google numbers. You pay the deposit to joann Simmons, then pay the whole thing and she “ships” the dog and tries to get more money for shipping, vet fees, etc. sends you a shipping number to track your puppy but the shipping company is fake.

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- Battle Creek, MI, USA • Sep 17, 2024
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Add pop up on facecrook for bulldog puppies. I made first contact with them. We exchanged some talk and pictures, then discussing the price of 600 dollars, that is incredibly low for the breed. The scamer wanted a 300 dollar deposit only through zell,paypal, apple or some other electronic transfer. I offered to pay in cash in person apon viewing the dog. The scamer refused talking directly on the phone and became belligerent when I refused to send money in advance.

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- Camden, SC, USA • Sep 14, 2024
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First talked to Vivian was selling a dog a puppy same name same picture as by one previous told my sister in law was sold then she offered to me when I asked for one wanted a deposit but never sent instead tried to pay once I got there then was told Vivian did not have cause it was with owner the address is a trailer park not a business and the cash apps are fake then told me yo pay all yo a Zille acct plus for a shipping charge to send to me same happened to another lady who reported this person and she lost $900 fake pictures tells people it’s been sold etc example. I have screen shots

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