Hello,

Just a note to make people aware that there are internet scammers out there who pretend to have pets for sale but dont actually have any. They will ask you to pay probably by 'Western Union' or some other internet method and you will never see your money again or the pet you thought you would.

Please do all the necessary checks to make sure they are genuine. i.e. get their landline telephone number and speak to them that way, and make sure you go and visit the pups or dog at their home.

If you think any post on 'Pet Forums' is created by a scammer, please let me know ASAP so that I can ban the user from this site to make it a safer place to be.

Thanks
Mark
Forum Administrator

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would like to mention , i had a scammer aproach me trying to find out bank details address full name etc ................ his name was richie jones and i reported him to pets4homes ............... be careful people

Another good way of checking to see if someone is genuine... Get them to take a photo of the animal with something like todays paper, or (as we use on another website) a tin of custard .

If they can't/won't they're one of two things: lazy, in which case do you want to buy an animal from them, or, they're a scammer and can't, because they don't have the animal to do it.

The internet is a dangerous place, if you don't protect yourself

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Linda

I've had them before when I've had kittens for sale. They usually say something along the lines of.................'what is its present condition and your best price' One time I thought I would call their bluff and emailed back saying the kitten was £3000 lol, and would you believe the cheeky sod came back to me saying they wanted the kitten and could they have my bank details to do a money transfer

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The spam stuff is all automated, it's not actually people doing it, just computer programs, they find forums on google, and just automatically fill out registrations and post the crap you see.

WRT to the payment scams etc, like the one Chrissy mentioned... What they usually do is send you the amount, plus extra, you're then to forward the extra on to another person for them, then the whole transfer gets cancelled and you get left out of pocket.

I.e. You sell scammer something for £1000, they send you £1500 and instructions to send on the £500 to Mr X. You do this, then the whole lot gets recalled by the scammers bank* and you're £500 out of pocket.

*It's not actually the scammers bank, usually some poor soul who's been scammed of their details, so it's not really the banks fault

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Cat Law #2 If it's not nailed down, it's cat toy

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Selkcah Norwegian Forest Cats

year matty to the rescue.................

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