Victim Location 06001
Total money lost $600
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Cat lovers, don’t trust this website. I wanted to buy a kitten for my daughters. This website provides many appealing photos. After I contacted with the info account by email (the number I called with no response), the seller replied, and recommended one kitten with photos for our selection. I decided to move forward and asked him to give me a contract. He did and I paid in a total price of $600 with cat at $400 and $200 shipping charges by Zelle to a strange mule email linked to account that he controls. According to the contract, the cat would be shipped in 24 hours. However the next day, I chased with him and he said a shipping company would contact with me. A couple of minutes later, a shipping guy with bad English called me and wanted to confirm my address. I did. A follow-up email in seconds just made me stunned- the shipping company asked for an additional deposit cost of $2990 for crate, which was included cost in the contract. When I got back to the seller, and asked him to either negotiating with the shipping company and shipping the cat, or, taking the cat back and refunding me. He said I had to resolute the crate thing. And if I chose not to do, I should go to police or do whatever I wanted. He refused to reply to any refund request.
Victim Location 63101
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
The kittens and cats advertised on the Best Persians website have been stolen from a variety of breeders who are not affiliated with this fraudulent company. They have taken images that are watermarked and attempted to market them as their own. Inclusively, various breeders have received similar phone calls from individuals who claimed were almost scammed out of $400. The kittens they are "selling" do not belong to them and are in no way available for that price. The scammers are using photos belonging to breeders from all over the United States, some are located in Missouri while others are from Arizona.