Victim Location 92841
Total money lost $850
Type of a scam Online Purchase
I was searching for a Yorkie puppy for sale and I decided to look on Facebook. The site name Yorkie Puppies and Teacup puppies for sale and the type of business listed was Pet Supplies. So I inquired about a puppy and I received a message on Facebook messenger stating the puppies were available. In the message the person stated they are not interested in the money but finding a good home for the two puppies. All in the message was that this person has just relocated to Chicago because of a new job and the job leaves her no time to care for the puppies. Seeing that the main concern was to place the puppies in a loving home and no money required I continued to the next step.
This requires to complete and answer some questions about me and my family. Example: do we have children if so ages and are they good with pets etc. there main concern was placing the puppies in a good home. After completing the questions I submitted to them I then received a message wanting my information name, address, telephone number and $350 for processing the papers for the puppy with the agency. That is what I was told after questioning why are they wanting money when they originally said willing to adopt the puppies out to a good home. I was informed that the puppy will have to have a veterinarian test done at the check point located in Denver, Co. Nothing was mentioned about possibly having to pay out more money if the puppy would require more shots. But via email we were being asked for an additional $1055 for 4 vaccinations and a special crate. The money for the crate would partially be refunded to us after the delivery of the puppy. $530 the. Rate cost and $350 would be refunded. Well I informed the person we were not going to pay that amount of money because we didn’t have that amount. A man calls me and says it’s his fault he has never experienced anything like this and he is willing to pay for the vaccines. He stated he would pay $750 and all we would have to pay is $250 which we would get back after the puppy has been deliver to us. So we paid $250 from our credit card. Knowing better we sent the card information to the owner of the puppy. My boyfriend check his card for the payment and notice a few transactions for $2 had been taken from Facebook he placed a hold on all transactions for that card and we have been calling and emailing these people for an update of the puppies location and no answer. The location of these people they claim to be at is Chicago, IL is the residence. Also Mokena, IL is the residence. The shipping company location Denver, CO. The name of the people involved Anna Rountree, Ani Mogan, Amanda Lynn Aldaba, Janell Harris, shipping company contact. Emails used [email protected], [email protected], telephone #s 347-913-0936 person, 970-648-0520 shipping company number. BE CAREFUL THEY ARE GOOD. THEY CONSTANTLY CALLED US TO MAKE SURE WE WERE BEING UPDATED BY THE SHIPPING COMPANY. Although we weren’t they were. After the people contacted us then an email was received with an update of the puppy. We could not reach a live person at the shipping company but they had no problem. We have many different documents they provided us but when we tried to verify the information results were not found. We are taking our information to the authorities for further investigation.