Victim Location 30350
Total money lost $400
Type of a scam Online Purchase
The dog company I was using was https://miniaturesiberianhusky.com/ and they were willing to provide a contract and additional photos of the available puppy that looked to be in a home environment. They were willing to accept half the money up front and half upon delivery. Once the contract was in place I sent half of the money ($400) and "delivery" was to be scheduled. In retrospect, I notice that the name on the cash app an name on the "contract" differed – Shanice Young versus Sheryl Shuffler. I then got an email from [email protected] and text with a tracking number an information saying that I needed $1490 in insurance for the dog to travel. I then got a phone call from someone at Trans-live Courrie saying that I needed to buy the insurance for the dog, but I refused saying that was the sellers responsibility. I texted the seller and they said to forward the email to them (I was communicating with them using the email [email protected]). They then told me in order to complete the shipment of the dog, they required me to pay the remaining $400 for the dog ASAP. I refused and requested a refund for my $400 down payment and they continued to decline my request, telling me if I just send the additional money they will provide the dog. Eventually they stopped responding.