Victim Location 02802
Total money lost $1,500
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was shopping for a pet and discovered that I could buy one online. I decided to go with a company called Swift Pet Delivery Company. At first, everything seemed to check out because the website looked very legitimate and everything seemed to be going well with my transaction. Afterwards, however, I was given the run around from this company. On the website, it states that you can use credit/debit to pay for transactions, but when I tried to pay this way online, I was unable to do so. I tried to call the number for the business and it didn’t work. I tried emailing, and I got a very prompt response. They told me to send money via moneygram for it to work, so I did, and they immediately gave me a tracking number and all the information I would need to track my transaction. When plugging this tracking number in on the website, everything comes up. By this, I mean my name, address, the dog I ordered, how much money I have paid so far, where the dog was being shipped from. It all seemed legitimate. However, complications began to arise, and I got calls from the company, telling me that the dog would need vaccines and I would have to pay, and also that they were worried about the crate he was in due to the weather. They asked me to go down to Walmart ASAP and send $950 for this crate, and if I got there within 20 minutes, they would ship him on the next plane as long as I sent them my receipt. This was a huge red flag. They also said that they were from Maryland, but wouldn’t tell me where, and then told me they were from Ohio, a completely different state. Every time I tried to call them back on the number they called me on, it didn’t work. I began to do some further investigating. On the website, there is no physical address for the company, and the testimonials do not make any sense, and the phone number does not work at all.