Healthy African Grey Parrot

Catherine – Jul 27, 2020

Victim Location 78541

Total money lost $980

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I was trying to purchase an exotic bird online through a breeder. They made me sign a contract where I would be receiving the bird. They have a website up. I read up everything on the website and everything seemed legit. When it came to shipping my bird they asked for an additional sum of cash to change the crate due to weather conditions. I googled what that meant and realized it was a scam. I requested for my money to be refunded and I never got a response back from them.

According to the website Whois.com, the website for the company was registered on 5/1/20 by WhoisGuard, Inc. out of Panama.

If you feel you are a victim of an online pet scam, ScamPulse.com encourages you to file a complaint and/or customer review at www.bbb.org/Norfolk, with the Virginia Attorney General’s office at https://www.oag.state.va.us/consumer-protection/index.php/file-a-complaint, as well as report your experience to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov and the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov. 

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