Victim Location 56379
Type of a scam Other
Looking on the internet for a pure bred Australian Shepherd puppy. Found several sites, this one seemed to have all the bells and whistles! We should have know it was a scam! We just lost our 9 year old dog unexpectedly. The scammers said they could wait for payment. We agreed on a price of $550 + $150 "professional pet shipping company"…
Suddenly, we get three emails asking us to send payment in full through "Zelle". We responded back to confirm payment August 3, and we started received nasty emails in all caps in red swearing at us and that money was all due now – they also swore with the "f" word, as well as many misspelled words and incorrect grammar. I let them know we reported this! BUYER BEWARE! My brother is a policeman and has taken reports from people who have been scammed by this exact scenario!
These people also have another scam site with the same puppy pictures! We are meeting two local breeders this weekend to get our precious new fur baby- they have also had these scammers contact them asking for puppy pictures! Then the scammers take the puppy pictures and "sell" the non existent puppies so unsuspecting people!