Puppy Scams Still Going Strong
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Sheryl Harris wrote an article about puppy scams and a recent case in Ohio. In particular, she wrote:
“Wiring money to a stranger overseas is never a good idea. Once you wire money, it’s gone. And scam artists like to target Americans from abroad because it’s harder for law enforcement here to investigate.”
That is exactly our point when we mention this in our article about trying to recover your money from an overseas scammer. Once you have sent your money to the scammer, the money is gone forever. Whether it is a pet, a large sum of cash, valuable commodity or whatever the scammer was trying to sell, you will not receive them because they are all made-up stories.
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I recently got an email from someone named Lisa who sent the same email to undisclosed recipients. That was mistake number one. The second mistake was saying that I had recently replied to an ad she had posted about an English Bulldog for adoption. I live in a no pet builiding and would not reply to a pet adoption ad. The third mistake was all of the spelling mistakes she made. Whatever the case, I got a big sob story about how her husband just died, etc…. and she has this wonderful prince of a dog for adoption. I kindly wrote her back and let her know that if there even is a dog that he is in danger of being adopted by anyone for any purpose and that she couldnt possibly care for him if she was sending mass emails to just anyone. I love when these idiots think we are all brainless and will fall for this crap. I would never adopt an animal from the internet for the simple fact that even if the animal was real, the trip over seas or wherever would most likely kill it from stress and other factors. My real question is, is there a way to report this person or group for things other than fraud, like animal cruelty or something?