Victim Location 33073
Type of a scam Other
Inquired online about a puppy named Zaggy. Received an email explaining the puppy was on sale for $700 along with a free shipping coupon worth $250 due to another litter of puppies coming soon. They also stated they only accepted payments by Western Union, MoneyGram or Zelle. I asked for their address, phone number, city, etc which they would not give. They explained shipping would be out of Little Rock, AK. The puppies supplies kit you would receive. Pressing them about information on their company they went silent. Researched online and found a scam report.
Victim Location 85033
Total money lost $620
Type of a scam Online Purchase
04/19/20
We looked at several sights online and finally decided to get a [censored]zu puppy from this sight Shih tzubreedershomes. At first we communicated thru email. He wanted to know about us and what puppy we wanted. Said the puppy was available and would be $620 which included the shipping as we are in Arizona. Said I would get airline information once I made payment. So I did the $620 payment thru Zelle with my bank. He wanted me to do Western Union online but told him I’d never done that. Well several hours later he texted me wanting to know if I heard from pet transport company. Told him no and wouldn’t you know fifteen minutes later I get a email from pet transport asking for more money, $995 which $30 was fee for caution crate and the $965 I would get back once puppy was delivered. Supposedly they said the breeder brought puppy in wooden crate which wasn’t approved. So being a fool I did the $995 transaction and my bank flagged it and put my account on hold till I could talk to them. Thank god!! Anyway, I texted the breeder and told him he’d have to wait. This was a Sunday so didn’t hear from him till mid morning on Monday and said two flights were going out that day and he wanted to know if I paid pet transport. Ar this point I was talking to my bank and voided the $995 but couldn’t get my $620 back. This person had sent me pictures and even a video of the puppy so we were so excited. In between waiting to talk to my bank late Sunday night I was looking on different sights getting ideas for puppy names. Well, I came across our puppy on YouTube. Same damn video and then found pictures also. This video on YouTube was posted 10 months ago. This so call breeder has no puppies at all. We were scammed!! We are so heartbroken cause we had lost our dog in November and finally decided we were ready for another one and this happens. DO NOT USE SIGHT!!!