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Scammer's address 83 steuben st springfield, Indian Orchard, MA 01151, USA
Scammer's email [email protected]
Victim Location CT 06801, USA
Total money lost $1,175
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
I ran into samsbengals58.com and contacted them. I did some minor checking (though not enough clearly), and they seemed legit. And all their initial info was bang on for a typical breeder. The website has names of people. Phone numbers that appear to actually be located in the area they claim to be. The hours they talk to you are typical of the east coast. And they send you a contract to digitally sign that included their “physical location” as well.
I was asked to send payment through zelle on my bank app. I have never used it before, but given that it was build in to the app of my bank I figured it was safe.
I sent them the initial cost of $665, and they said the next day the kitten would be shipped to me for pickup.
Next day came around and I get an email that there is a problem, and that regulations had changed, and kittens under 5 months old can only use certain crates, and additional “pet insurance fee”. It would cost me $380 for the crate, which if I gave it back on pickup they would return $350 to me, and $125 for the insurance. I attempted to call the listed contacts, the first number did nothing work, and the second number went to voice mail.
I asked if I could just drive to pick up the cat since I’m 90 minutes away. They said the arrangement for the air transfer was already set and it would cost money to change it now anyway.
Given their business was in selling kittens and they didn’t already know this stuff I immediately called BS, and called the bank to dispute the first payment. Which they tell me Zelle is more for people I “trust” rather than a payment system. They can file a dispute, but I likely won’t get my money back.
So that got filed and I then immediately went to the local police. I spoke to an officer and once the emails, images, signed contract was given to them, the office called the numbers given. And the person picked up. The name on the site and contract was “Jill” and the payment went to an account named “Andrea”. But a man with an Indian accent picked up claiming to be Jills husband.
The officer pretended to be an interested buyer. Asking various questions about several kittens. And when he got to the one I bough the person said that kitten wasn’t available, and that it was paid for the day before. But that the buyer might be having a change of heart, so he could check back in a few days.
The officer then tried to offer more money for the kitten and the person said no.
This made them seem more legit. So I called them and said I would pay the surprise fee, and asked why it was a surprise, which is when I was told it was a new regulation.
I asked other questions such as which airport the pet is coming from and was told “Logan”.
When it came time to transfer the money I had hit the 24 hour zelle transfer limit and was only able to send a partial. So I sent that, and they emailed with me for a while about things like the best time to have the kitten arrive on my end to pick flight times.
Next morning came. I had to do the rest of the payment. But before this I had a gamer friend of mine who lives 40 minutes from their claimed location call and try to buy two kittens. As a pet owner he was able to ask a lot of questions and got all the right answers. He asked for two snow bengals kittens, a male listed, and the female I paid for. When the call first started my friend was told “all the cats on the page were available”. But when my “cat” was mentioned by name again the person said that animal was already taken.
But when he asked if could stop by to see the kittens he was told no because of Covid. Then when they talked about the shipping my friend said he can simply pick up the animal because of distance and the guy hung up on him.
So at this point the person has me, two officers, my friend “local” to him, and 4 of my coworkers at a 50-50 and not sure what to think.
So I sent in the last of the payment, and got a email saying he will hurry with the final steps and get back to me shortly with the transport details.
5 hours later it was time for me to start going to the airport. I call several time and get voice mail. I then get in my car to leave from work and call again, and my number was blocked.