Comments on: Coronavirus Puppy scams increase during Lockdown

By: Anne Fleming

Anne Fleming — Fri, 13 May 2022 07:03:41 +0000

I have been scammed by oesoldenglishsheepdoghome.com said his name was Henry from Michigan. Arranged shipping with petmoverslogistics.com airpetzamerica@gmail.com – also scammers who registered their website domain with Namecheap Inc in November 2021. They kept asking for more and more money til I clued in!!
Pet Movers Logistics is completely false – the registrar is ATAK DOMAN 72 Chase Side, Suite 2, London UK N14 5PH.
domain@apiname.com phone +44-7520644531 and has 20.9 million domains!!!!
Must be making a fortune off suckers like myself. DO NOT PURCHASE PETS OFF THE INTERNET UNLESS YOU PHYSICALLY GO AND MEET THE OWNERS, SEE FOR YOURSELF AND CAN TAKE YOUR PUPPY HOME! Save your heart and your bank account. I have reported these websites and all relevant information to Namecheap/FBI/FTC/BBB/SCAMWATCHERS.COM and the ELLIOTT ADVOCACY. Won’t get my money back but hoping to have websites removed.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 22:25:23 +0000

Same thing just happened to me om Facebook but it was a “lady” named Jane Christopher. I have sent her 500.00 for a puppy and the agreeded upon price was 500.00 but she also charged me 100.00 for his shots. She was suppose to ship him today and said I needed to send the remaining 150.00. I said I would send once I got the confirmation that the puppy was on the plane. She got mad and said send the money now or I go get my puppy. She also asked me to send her money for puppy food but asked for a 50.00 sephora gift card. I am so mad at myself for falling for this, losing money we couldn’t afford to lose and not getting a puppy in the end.

By: Trista Neal

Trista Neal — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:46:06 +0000

Scammed by a guy who goes by the name Mark Raymond. Selling Shihz Tzu puppies on Facebook group Rehoming Shihz Tzu near you. Says he lives in Abilene Texas.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:05:37 +0000

Hooblu 2109559003
Scammer texted me doesn’t even give me a chance to text back. Sends a google code and has a bunch of symbols. Wants me to call them via the voice code. Then sends me an offer up code which is asking me to verify my OfferUp account. Hooblys site says not to trust anyone who says “I trust” in a sentence and they said that.
I blocked the number and deleted my email from my post looking for a pup.

Reporting scammer!!!

By: Mark North

Mark North — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:04:13 +0000

Have you had a videochat with them where they have showed you the puppy? Never make a deposit until that is done.

By: Lorri Curtis

Lorri Curtis — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 19:31:19 +0000

I’m trying to find out if Abby’s Cockapoo Puppies of Phoenix. AZ is a legitimate and trustworthy breeder.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 11:38:29 +0000

Was scammed by Augusto De Olivera at https://www.facebook.com/vomultimate. Sent $1500 for a german shepherd puppy + $money for shipping. He never replied. It was only after I shared on FB that someone sent me a link to where he has been scamming loads of folks https://www.facebook.com/TheTruthAboutGrffinShepherds/.

Be wary. He’s wanted in two states for animal cruelty and fraud. He’s now in LA trying to land a tv gig according to the folks on the FB group. I’m so heartbroken!!!

By: Janine Hunt

Janine Hunt — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 14:18:54 +0000

We backed out of buying two basset puppies from a website called Jackson Bassets. He wanted us to wire him $1680.00 via Western union, and told us to lie about what the money was for. Thankfully, Western union notified us saying that they would not issue the funds and refunded us the money. So then this guy wanted us to go to Walmart and do a money to money transfer. We really started to smell something wrong. I called this ‘Jackson’, and he sounded like he was possibly from Jamaica? ? I don’t know, but he didn’t sound anything like the guy on the website. I asked him for references, and he only gave me one. One out of allegedly 16 years of breeding Bassets? I called the man whose number he gave me and he sounded exactly like this Jackson! He started begging us to trust him – saying that was a good Christian and hard worker, etc. There were many other tip-offs as well, but we decided it had to be a scam. It’s sad, and I’m sorry we aren’t getting our puppies . I feel especially bad for people who lose their money and have their hopes dashed.

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:02:53 +0000

I was also just scammed samanthalance09@gmail.com.
Reporting her and hopefully getting my money back!

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 08:48:35 +0000

Hi Dore

I was also scammed by ‘Samantha Lance’ on 1 June 2020. I paid a deposit of R1850. I think she is using someone else’s ID. She tried to get a copy of my ID but I refused to send it through. Where can I get hold of you? We need to stop this woman from scamming others.

By: Dore Lourens

Dore Lourens — Wed, 20 May 2020 08:14:16 +0000

I bought/ordered a brown toy poodle puppy on 16/05/2020 from a Samantha Lance in Nelspruit via an ad on the internet. She only communicate via email. Samanthalance09@gmail.com.
I paid R2000 deposit via immediate eft.
An hour before the courier need to leave I received a mail to urgently pay R5000 for a heated crate via cellphone money transfer on the Sunday. Then again before the courier was suppose to leave, I need to pay another R5000 for insurance which the owner and the courier guy assured me is transferrable upon delivery
I refused to pay again and cancelled. They were both very angry with me and said they will pay me back, but nothing yet!! Scammed!!!
Elite couriers email looked suspicious and sent it via this Samantha Lance