Dog Scams
So we are looking to get a puppy. I know many people will say to adopt a rescue dog.
We are looking for a special dog to fill the void of our old friend Reggie. Reggie died in July and if you know me IRL and didn’t know that it’s because it was very hard for me to talk about him without tears. If you have ever loved a really good dog for 13 years – you know what I mean. Reggie was a very animated dog and he filled our home with a lot of excitement.
A rescue dog often comes with baggage and we aren’t sure we can trust a rescue with our other dog or with children. There are many cute rescue pups out there, but no dachshund puppies.
We contacted all the dachshund breeders in NYC and NJ. Going with a breeder is better than a puppy mill because that just encourages puppy mill owners. No one has this type of dachshund right now – they do have the short haired, the dapple and the long red haired wild boar doxies (like our Trallie, Reggie’s daughter)
I found the dog classifieds online. There are two super cute puppies. I responded to both with a junk e-mail account. I got two responses……both of them scams (see below)
How do I know they are scams? Besides the poor grammar, a google search for the e-mail address below shows they apparently have thousands of dogs that they want to help find homes for (they even claim to have horses).
Their e-mail tries to make them sound very concerned about the puppies and where they are going. A google search on dog scams shows that this scam has been going on for years. There are also delivery fees for the dog and that’s how they scam people by collecting those fees before a dog is exchanged. Do they really think people want to buy a dog they haven’t interacted with?
From: Susan Lops <[email protected]
Subject: Re: black long haired dachshund
| hello Dear, Thanks so much for the mail and interest regarding the puppies we have ..We have one male and one female puppies now available and they are 11 weeks old, they have very good temperament with kids and other pets,very playful love to play around with toys and kids,they are health guaranteed and registered…..they are up to date on all their shots and dewormings and they will be coming along side with their health papers and vet records……. First i wish to let you know that we are given these puppies out because my mum just died. She is located in new york City and all of us are there now …She was the owner of this cute little babies.. Since she is now late , We can’t keep the puppies here in such condition because each time we see them ,we keep thinking of her .So we want to given them out to a lovely and caring home ,where they can be treated as such and keep us up dated on monthly progress.These puppies will be coming from new york City .. But if you would be able to come over here for the pick up ,we shall be very great full, but if you can’t come , we can make arrangements for home delivery service and they will get the puppy delivered at your doorstep.Below are just some few question we asked.Where are you located? Do you have any kids ? Have you ever own a pet before ? Why this breed of puppy ? which breed do you want How soon do you need the puppies over |
**I have seen that other people in Brooklyn are being puppy or dog scammed by someone else selling dogs. Check out these pages for more info:
http://www.friendlyfrenchies.com/Scam_5.html
http://www.friendlyfrenchies.com/Scam_6.html
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
September 24th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
I thought this might be a scam so I googled the e-mail address. Thanks for writing and sharing this info.
Hopefully other people will try searching for the e-mail instead of losing their money.
November 4th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
I thought it was scam as well. Googled the email address right away and found this. Thanks