Victim Location 25425
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was looking online for Havenese dogs for adoption and their link came up as for adoption – not purchase. I had been looking for a while and not found one I could adopt, so I checked them out. I contacted them since they had a "make offer" to see if they had any young adult dogs that hadn’t been purchased that they might sell for less, especially since I did not care about the AKC registration – I just wanted a lap dog because I’m being put on disability.
They tried to sell me "Jack" on their website for $500, including airfare to get him to me. They gave me paypal information for me to transfer my money.
My daughter in law had been scammed like this before and checked them out. They tried to sell her Jack at the exact same time for full price. When I asked for their AKC certificate, they sent me a copy of a certificate for being a "Star Breeder", nothing on AKC.
I wizened up and went to the AKC website to find the breeders listed in Florida, and sure enough, these people aren’t listed. I hadn’t checked before because I did not care about the AKC registration, I just wanted a younger sedate dog to keep me company.
From them:
You will be sending the payment via our cashapp details bellow;
cashtag: $defredric
name: Defredric
momtive: FOR BUSSINESS
amount: $500
ZELLE ACCOUNT INFORMATION
email: [email protected]
name: James Evans
motive: for TRANSPORT