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2008-03-12 15:39:23 -
I fell for this and ended up losing $650.


I was looking for a teacup Yorkie to get for a 4 year
anniversary present for my boyfriend to buy me.
I looked everywhere and not herd of the Nigeria puppy
scam at the time.
I saw a post on a classified site stating that someone
was selling teacup yorkies that were akc registered.
I emailed them and the next day I was contacted by
them.
This is what they wrote:
-------------------------------------------------
Hello

I am so happy hearing from, my address in United
States of America is: 4114 DAVIS PLACE , WASHINGTON.
but i am presently in Nigeria for a vet commission for
3 years in: 1st avenue 111 Apapa vet road center Lagos
Nigeria .

We are register Vet Company and have so many customer,
check out our customer Testimonials about our puppy’s
at :( www.lovemarkpuppy.com ) and they have no regret.
Attached is the pictures of the Yorkie pups and they
are AKC register and they have there current
vaccinations and vet Exams updated.
They are 3lb.

The cost for each puppy is $300 including shipment,
when shipping they will come with there certified
health papers, it will be ship through Virgin airline
immediately.

Send to me your Full name / telephone number and home
address for the shipment.
i will be waiting to hear from you and i hope you will
take good care of the puppy’s, we care a lot for them
so we advice you also do the same.

Please ensure you call me on: 0112348033761656

Please get back to me immediately.

Thank you and God bless.

Regards,

Rev: Chris Fisher


Note; I will be sending you my puppy’s AKC register
document for your safe keeping.

-------------------------------------------------

My boyfriend decided to get me one of the uppies, I
talked to the guy on the phone and he seemed friendly
and kept saying god bless and was nice.
Thye guy said the reason why it was so cheap was
because he had to go to china the next week for an
urgent vet commision.

I gave the money to him through Western union to his
agent Maxwell Stanley.
It was picked up and he said the agent brought her to
the airport and he gave me a website to track her
shipping.
It was:
http://www.intercontineentaliinnedata.somee.com/track

and he gave me a tracking number and a security
number, everything looked like t was legit.
The last place she was tracked in was The heathrow
international airport.
After that he gave me a shipment airwaybill.
Then the tracking site stopped stopped working.
the guy told me that they would not fly her overseas
from the heathrow international airport with an
insurance certificate of $400.
He mailed me a fake thing, which at the time I thought
was real from the london airport form a customer
service director.
I told him I didnt expect to spend that much on the
puppy after he said in the first place it would only
be $300.
I had to try my hardest to get $400 that day, and I
got $350 and the man said he would pay the $50 since
it was his fault somewhat.
He said she would be arriving the next day between 6
and 7 pm (which was yesterday).
She was a no show.
I called him and asked for the flight number and he
told me he would email it to me.
He gave me an unreal flight number saying it was
GB5KJN.
After that I called him, and he has picked up and hung
up each time.
I have emailed him, he wont respond.
But I made up an account and acted like I was interested his puppies and he emailed my fake account back immediatley saying exactly what he said to me in the beginning.
He also showed the puppy I was supposed to get in that email.
I called my airport to see if the puppy was there and
she wasnt.
I called the London airport and for some reason the
number is not working, ao I emailed them, they never
replied.
I put his address in google to only find out he was a
scammer.
So now, I dont get the puppy, my boyfriend got ripped
off, and my anniversary went down the drain.
I feel crushed.


2008-03-12 15:38:41 -
I fell for this and ended up losing $650.


I was looking for a teacup Yorkie to get for a 4 year
anniversary present for my boyfriend to buy me.
I looked everywhere and not herd of the Nigeria puppy
scam at the time.
I saw a post on a classified site stating that someone
was selling teacup yorkies that were akc registered.
I emailed them and the next day I was contacted by
them.
This is what they wrote:
-------------------------------------------------
Hello

I am so happy hearing from, my address in United
States of America is: 4114 DAVIS PLACE , WASHINGTON.
but i am presently in Nigeria for a vet commission for
3 years in: 1st avenue 111 Apapa vet road center Lagos
Nigeria .

We are register Vet Company and have so many customer,
check out our customer Testimonials about our puppy’s
at :( www.lovemarkpuppy.com ) and they have no regret.
Attached is the pictures of the Yorkie pups and they
are AKC register and they have there current
vaccinations and vet Exams updated.
They are 3lb.

The cost for each puppy is $300 including shipment,
when shipping they will come with there certified
health papers, it will be ship through Virgin airline
immediately.

Send to me your Full name / telephone number and home
address for the shipment.
i will be waiting to hear from you and i hope you will
take good care of the puppy’s, we care a lot for them
so we advice you also do the same.

Please ensure you call me on: 0112348033761656

Please get back to me immediately.

Thank you and God bless.

Regards,

Rev: Chris Fisher


Note; I will be sending you my puppy’s AKC register
document for your safe keeping.

-------------------------------------------------

My boyfriend decided to get me one of the uppies, I
talked to the guy on the phone and he seemed friendly
and kept saying god bless and was nice.
Thye guy said the reason why it was so cheap was
because he had to go to china the next week for an
urgent vet commision.

I gave the money to him through Western union to his
agent Maxwell Stanley.
It was picked up and he said the agent brought her to
the airport and he gave me a website to track her
shipping.
It was:
http://www.intercontineentaliinnedata.somee.com/track

and he gave me a tracking number and a security
number, everything looked like t was legit.
The last place she was tracked in was The heathrow
international airport.
After that he gave me a shipment airwaybill.
Then the tracking site stopped stopped working.
the guy told me that they would not fly her overseas
from the heathrow international airport with an
insurance certificate of $400.
He mailed me a fake thing, which at the time I thought
was real from the london airport form a customer
service director.
I told him I didnt expect to spend that much on the
puppy after he said in the first place it would only
be $300.
I had to try my hardest to get $400 that day, and I
got $350 and the man said he would pay the $50 since
it was his fault somewhat.
He said she would be arriving the next day between 6
and 7 pm (which was yesterday).
She was a no show.
I called him and asked for the flight number and he
told me he would email it to me.
He gave me an unreal flight number saying it was
GB5KJN.
After that I called him, and he has picked up and hung
up each time.
I have emailed him, he wont respond.
But I made up an account and acted like I was interested his puppies and he emailed my fake account back immediatley saying exactly what he said to me in the beginning.
He also showed the puppy I was supposed to get in that email.
I called my airport to see if the puppy was there and
she wasnt.
I called the London airport and for some reason the
number is not working, ao I emailed them, they never
replied.
I put his address in google to only find out he was a
scammer.
So now, I dont get the puppy, my boyfriend got ripped
off, and my anniversary went down the drain.
I feel crushed.


2008-03-12 15:38:11 -
I fell for this and ended up losing $650.


I was looking for a teacup Yorkie to get for a 4 year
anniversary present for my boyfriend to buy me.
I looked everywhere and not herd of the Nigeria puppy
scam at the time.
I saw a post on a classified site stating that someone
was selling teacup yorkies that were akc registered.
I emailed them and the next day I was contacted by
them.
This is what they wrote:
-------------------------------------------------
Hello

I am so happy hearing from, my address in United
States of America is: 4114 DAVIS PLACE , WASHINGTON.
but i am presently in Nigeria for a vet commission for
3 years in: 1st avenue 111 Apapa vet road center Lagos
Nigeria .

We are register Vet Company and have so many customer,
check out our customer Testimonials about our puppy’s
at :( www.lovemarkpuppy.com ) and they have no regret.
Attached is the pictures of the Yorkie pups and they
are AKC register and they have there current
vaccinations and vet Exams updated.
They are 3lb.

The cost for each puppy is $300 including shipment,
when shipping they will come with there certified
health papers, it will be ship through Virgin airline
immediately.

Send to me your Full name / telephone number and home
address for the shipment.
i will be waiting to hear from you and i hope you will
take good care of the puppy’s, we care a lot for them
so we advice you also do the same.

Please ensure you call me on: 0112348033761656

Please get back to me immediately.

Thank you and God bless.

Regards,

Rev: Chris Fisher


Note; I will be sending you my puppy’s AKC register
document for your safe keeping.

-------------------------------------------------

My boyfriend decided to get me one of the uppies, I
talked to the guy on the phone and he seemed friendly
and kept saying god bless and was nice.
Thye guy said the reason why it was so cheap was
because he had to go to china the next week for an
urgent vet commision.

I gave the money to him through Western union to his
agent Maxwell Stanley.
It was picked up and he said the agent brought her to
the airport and he gave me a website to track her
shipping.
It was:
http://www.intercontineentaliinnedata.somee.com/track

and he gave me a tracking number and a security
number, everything looked like t was legit.
The last place she was tracked in was The heathrow
international airport.
After that he gave me a shipment airwaybill.
Then the tracking site stopped stopped working.
the guy told me that they would not fly her overseas
from the heathrow international airport with an
insurance certificate of $400.
He mailed me a fake thing, which at the time I thought
was real from the london airport form a customer
service director.
I told him I didnt expect to spend that much on the
puppy after he said in the first place it would only
be $300.
I had to try my hardest to get $400 that day, and I
got $350 and the man said he would pay the $50 since
it was his fault somewhat.
He said she would be arriving the next day between 6
and 7 pm (which was yesterday).
She was a no show.
I called him and asked for the flight number and he
told me he would email it to me.
He gave me an unreal flight number saying it was
GB5KJN.
After that I called him, and he has picked up and hung
up each time.
I have emailed him, he wont respond.
But I made up an account and acted like I was interested his puppies and he emailed my fake account back immediatley saying exactly what he said to me in the beginning.
He also showed the puppy I was supposed to get in that email.
I called my airport to see if the puppy was there and
she wasnt.
I called the London airport and for some reason the
number is not working, ao I emailed them, they never
replied.
I put his address in google to only find out he was a
scammer.
So now, I dont get the puppy, my boyfriend got ripped
off, and my anniversary went down the drain.
I feel crushed.


2008-03-06 12:59:04 -
I am the owner of 37mileads.com classified ads web site and I recently got 2 postings from these scam.
They use tea cup puppies scam and one of the m calls himself Methins Haff and email: [email protected]
and comes from IP: 195.24.212.66 and another one email: [email protected] and IP: 80.255.41.170. Both IPs are from Lagos and Edéa. I aksed him few questions why IP is from different (city) i told him that IP is from Germantown MI, just to see what he is going to answer:

Dear Sirs
It with great pleasure for you to have wrote me,
my is really from flint MI and because of my son living in Germantown i decided to creat a German ip and since i notice that ur site do have lover of puppies i also decided to have a try and sale my baby Nikki for i will hv been giving a now job over in Buffalo Ny and will be relocating there in a munths time, that really why i have to sale my baby Nikki cos my son will not be there with her as to paly with.
thanks for your understanding
Hallie Fanchier.

It is very simple to spot fraud. As you can see from above, american person will never write "Dear Sirs" and "I decided to create German ip" (i said Germantown MI). So don't be affraid, it is very simple to spot these F**** from Africa.


2008-03-01 15:22:25 -
I almost fell for it I have another e-mail for you to look out for. Yorkie Puppy Allen Laura [email protected]
She posted her "free tea-cup yorkie" on Tullahoma Freecycle website that I had just joined. And when I inquired about it, OH, I was too late... but a previous buyer of a puppy wanted to get rid of hers because changes in her job yada yada, you all know that story to well. So she gave me that e-mail to contact the lady in Africa and here is what I got in reply.
Hi,
I received the email about carley,She is just 11weeks female yorkieshire terrier puppy and prefer dry food.She is lovely,adorable,passionate and affectionate puppy and sleep with me in the room.She is home trained puppy and house broken,use to children and is AKC registered and the shots is still up to date,She is extremely playful and loves to be held and go with you everywhere!

She is up to date on all vaccinations and comes with the health records, registration papers but I wish to get you informed that I will only offer her to someone who is pet caring,who could take good care of her and someone that will respond to me whenever I ask of her well being though it is not my intention to re-home her but due to the relocation from work I decided to find her a new loving home.
Kindly send your full name and desired delivery address or the nearest airport where you will like to receive her so that I could go and enquire on the shipment and get back to you with more informations,if you can pay for her airfare.
Laura.

OK I am more than mad... I hate con artist.. beware of this B****! Anyway I am going to call the jerk out on the website itself. I don't care if I get tossed


2008-02-24 23:56:04 -
i have especially found puppyfind.com to be full of these people.
some of these scam artists post 30-50 puppies at a time on these websites! something NEEDs to be done about this, this is just insane! I fell for it a few weeks ago, and have kind of been hunting these people while searching for credible breeders/owners. I am just disgusted. i have emailed a bunch of people and always get the SAME stories about being missionaries in Africa, and sending money through western union. I email some back and say, haha you are a scammer and stuff. Ugh.


2008-02-19 17:43:41 -
Hi, I am really glad I fond this site. I have been looking for puppies and altough they were added as FREE, 8 out of 10 people that I have contacted by email were living or have been transfered to gues... CAMEROON! What a coincidence, this was why I got suspicious. O yes, they are also very christian, God bless, etc, or they are missionares... Really disgusting when you not only use innocent creatures like animals but also God in order to steal money from genuine people who are just looking for a pet to care for.
They all ask for around 200/250 dollars, if they say they live in the Camerron.
One woman from England was asking me for 400 pounds to ship the puppy...
Another one was a reverend in some baptist church in USA and was first asing for 210 dollard, then 250 and a few hours later for 280 dollards!!
The photos they send are really adorable and you cannot help to fall in love with the puppies, but their speech is all the same... bla bla bla.
I even read on this site adds that i replied recently so, be careful, it is better to wait and loo for the puppy you want in your country, pay more obviously, but not become an easy catch for these awful people, not people sorry, parasites.
Beware of the following emails.........
Better to be safe than sorry!!

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]


2008-02-19 17:42:18 -
Hi, I am really glad I fond this site. I have been looking for puppies and altough they were added as FREE, 8 out of 10 people that I have contacted by email were living or have been transfered to gues... CAMEROON! What a coincidence, this was why I got suspicious. O yes, they are also very christian, God bless, etc, or they are missionares... Really disgusting when you not only use innocent creatures like animals but also God in order to steal money from genuine people who are just looking for a pet to care for.
They all ask for around 200/250 dollars, if they say they live in the Camerron.
One woman from England was asking me for 400 pounds to ship the puppy...
Another one was a reverend in some baptist church in USA and was first asing for 210 dollard, then 250 and a few hours later for 280 dollards!!
The photos they send are really adorable and you cannot help to fall in love with the puppies, but their speech is all the same... bla bla bla.
I even read on this site adds that i replied recently so, be careful, it is better to wait and loo for the puppy you want in your country, pay more obviously, but not become an easy catch for these awful people, not people sorry, parasites.
Beware of the following emails.........
Better to be safe than sorry!!

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]


2008-02-15 13:48:42 -
WOW That is some Crazy stuff it just didn't feel right, I am so glad we have Google!! lol I am done with those F-ers. How can people do that!!!


2008-02-15 13:41:34 -
I need to know if I am about to get scamed, on some english bull dogs.


2008-02-13 09:50:24 -
THEY ARE SOME BASTARDS! lUCKY ENOUGH I SAW THIS WEBSITE. I DIDN'T GET SCAMMED. WHEN I QUESTIONED ONE OF THEM THEY GOT DEFENSIVE AND FREAKED OUT! THE MAJOR RED FLAG IS WHEN THEY KEPT ASKING ABOUT THE MONEY AND KEPT TRYING TO GET ME TO BUY THE DOGS RIGHT NOW. I GUESS I'M LUCKY TO HAVE STREET SMARTS; AND KNOW MY SUSPICIONS ARE RIGHT
(ACTUAL MESSAGES)
Hi,

I am given these puppies out Adoption and free. I have an urgent vet commission in China and i have to be in china next week.
I will be shipping both puppies to you for $550 for Adoption fee. They are 12 weeks old, full weigh 4-5lbs at full grown and they are AKC registered and her shots are given up to date, they are vet checked and healthy. All her papers will accompany her, but right now i am in Africa on a vet commission with my family and we have her right here with us. We are going to ship the puppies to you via Express pet’s delivery on next day delivery after shipment through a shipping agent. I want you to get back to me with your full name, address including the nearest airport to you.

Please if you know that you are not going to take very good care of my puppies do not reply me because i am only giving her out because we don’t have time to take care of her again due to the commission work before us here is over and we will be going to china soon.

Await your response."
Thanks and god Bless
ADRESS PLOT 62 VET ROAD
COUNTRY:ZIPCODE:23401
Mark Grace

hi,

thanks for your reply. puppy will be ship to the close airport to you today. immediately shipment start today, i will be sending to you airway bill and tracking number for you to be able to pick up the puppy at the close airport to you.
your phone number and address will be given to the airport agent for shipment today.

please call me on 0112348033761656.any time.
I do ship with intercontinental airline.
my vet company is register and all our puppies are in good health with update shot. i have sold puppies out to many customers. see testimonies of my customers on my website; www.lovemarkpuppy.com
Payment will be made to the agent manager through western union money transfer:
Name: Maxwell Stanley.
Vet Address: lagos International Airport Road-Nigeria.
city is: ikeja
state: lagos
zip code: 23401
country: nigeria
you should remember to send the payment receipt and text question and answer which western union center will give you so that i can use it to pay for the shipment of the puppy.

hi,

if you want the puppies to be ship today, please go ahead and make payment to the agent.


2008-02-11 21:54:08 -
This is the email I got regarding the english bulldog that I looked into. Thank god I knew it was too good to be true and researched it. THESE PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING!!!


Thanks for the love and care you have for my baby
Queensy, may the almighty God continue to grant you all your wishes.You can go to local agent near you or any Westernunion outlet to wire the money. www.westernunion.com, Now that you have send your shipping information and i have forwarded it to the shipping agent I will make sure that Mr. Jack Terry, the shipping Agent ship her to Pittsburgh International Airport where you can pickup the puppy.

Below is the payment information, that you will use to make the
payment immediately the payment is been confirmed shipping commence and by tommorow Monday 5.30pm Queensy will be at Pittsburgh International Airport for pick up by you.

NAME..............JACK TERRY
ADDRESS.........21 BROAD STREET,
CITY...............IKEJA
STATE............LAGOS
COUNTRY............... NIGERIA
ZIPCODE................ 23401

Get back to me with the informations giving to you by westernunion outlet
which include,

SENDER'S NAME........?
AMOUNT.....................should be $250?
MTCN NUMBER #.......?
TEXT QUESTION..............SHOULD BE............WHO MADE US?
ANSWER............................GOD

Get back to me with the information given to you by the Westernunion. Once the baby has been shipped i will fax you the papers of the puppy and,shipping details with Airwaybill as soon as i ship her out.

NB:Here is my contact number: +234-802-843-9123 or 011-234-802-843-9123. She is Indoor trained and Potty trained as well. I will be waiting to hear from you.

Best regards
Pastor Alex


2008-01-27 15:26:55 -
Hi Everyone:

Do you guys think this is a scam?? I had first found a cute yorkshire terrior on pennysavorusa.com. I had e-mailed the lady about the puppy and she told me that it had sold, although her previous buyer (that had bought 1 girl and 1 boy) wanted to sell theirs because his wife had past away and he was a doctor so he couldn't care for it....so I e-mailed him and this is the response I got...

Hello Melissa Flanagan, Thanks for the interest in my pups and i'm happy to hear that Amanda Lasky directed you to me. I need an urgent home for the pups because i can't take good care of them after the death of my wife. I am a doctor and can't risk my job for the pups, my wife could have been the one taking care of them, but she is late now and i have to send the pups to another home to care for them.I am looking for that good and comfortbale home where they will be furnished with lots of love. The pups are ready for any good home and i have already packaged their kits. Below is a little description of the pups.

Breed: Yorkshire Terriers
Age: 10 weeks
Color: Black
Weight: 2lbsAdult
Weight: 4-5lbs
Sex: Male and Female Up to date on shots and vaccination
Price for both pups: $400 shipping included
Price for one pup: $200 shipping included


2008-01-26 23:58:52 -
OH MY GOD! I ALMOST FEEL FOR IT! EXACT SAME EMAIL FROM DIFFERENT NAMES. THAT IS TOO CLOSE!! THANKS SO MUCH!! FORGET THAT THIS LADY OFFERED ME ONLY 90 BUCKS, NUT IF U THINK ABOUT IT, DOING ALOT OF SCAMS THAT MONEY ALL ADDS UP TOGETHER!!FREAKS


2008-01-23 21:41:27 -
i am wondering about this lady trying to send me a puppy from nigeria for 190 im not sure if its a scam or not. it sounds like it but how can i be sure?


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