Victim Location 94553
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Shiba Inu Breeders is a fake company. They attract by low price and provide thorough emails, but not available to reach by phone. The pictures of puppies are old, because they don’t have the puppies. It’s a scam. They request upfront payment by Western Union, Zelle or cash app to this person:
Receiver Name: Scott Poe
State: Oklahoma
City: Tulsa
Zip code: 74101
Amount…. $800
They want money upfront to “reserve the puppy”, even if you want to fly to pick up the puppy. Checking website, it doesn’t look like anybody ever was able to get a puppy from them.
Victim Location 23322
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was looking to purchase a black and tan Shiba Inu Puppy and by chance came across what looked to be a legit business website. Initially, I filled out the information requested in order to send the sellers an email. It requested my name, email, phone number, city/state and name of puppy interested in. In the email, I asked the sellers if the puppy named "Dolly" was still available for purchase. They sent a returned email stating that the puppy was available, but would need me to answer additional questions in order to prove myself worthy of adopting. The questions were repetitive of the first set above that I answered, but this time included: Where precisely are you located? Have you ever raised or owned a puppy before? Do you have a nearby vet clinic in your area? Does your environment accepts pets? How soon do you need her/him? Name of the puppy your interested in? Your contact number will be appreciated. Of course I answered the questions, but gave limited info as I did not want them to have my personal address. They had me up until the last email, when they stated that I could fly out to pick the puppy up or they could fly him in and deliver him to my doorstep. They stated that the puppy itself would be 650 and courier service would be 150. They said once I provided them with my full address and such, they would send me the banking info in which, I could transfer the money. Once that was accomplished, the courier service would contact me within 24hrs to give me flight information and a day the pup would be delivered. It seemed almost too good to be true. So, I conducted some more research on this family owned business which, included ScamPulse.com and google. I could not find any info on ScamPulse.com for them. Google search returned the exact same pup was being sold on "puppyforme", same pics and all. I then came back to ScamPulse.com website to look up any scams associated with the selling of Shiba Inu’s and to my surprise, found well over a dozen. Same scenarios and all. I am glad I went with my gut instinct to further research or I could be the one out hundreds or even thousands of dollars. I am reporting this because I do not want anyone else to fall victim, as I almost did. There has to be something that can be done to stop these individuals from repeating this offense. Thank you ScamPulse.com for letting me make others aware of this awful Scam. I would attach the emails, but they are too big.