Thats exactly what happened. And thats what she told me as well. Thankfully I caught on to her little scam before I lost my money. Your best bet is to contact local breeders and go see the pup in person. I had to drive 6 hours round trip to pick up Mr. Winkles (thats what we named him lol) but it was well worth it. Sometimes breeders end up with puppies that they cant sell because of a health condition and you can usually get them half of what they orginally sell for. Mine had a S1 grade heart murmer when I got him but he has grown out of it. He's not 16 weeks old and just full of it. Dont send any money. More then likely its a scam. Good luck on your search. Hope you find one.

Thank Goodness I googled the email address and found this website and what the members had put.

I was just in the process of emailing 'Jack Smith' back about a labradoodle or a St. Bernard puppy. I originally found the dogs as I was looking for a rescue puppy to rehome, I thought it a bit strange that it didn't have a rescue centre on it, but it had the email address and as it was a rescue centre (supposedly as I thought), it didn't think it that strange that it was looking to rehome some puppies, what I did find a bit odd though was the 'champion bloodline' part as if they were rescue, this wouldn't be known. Also it said that they were 'potty trained' - obviously a lot better trained than the average dog who is only toilet trained. It also said that they are very eager and energetic to learn, but they're puppies of a few weeks that have had no real socialisation. The part that did make me think it was genuine was that he was quite in-depth with the questions about me, making sure that I wasn't a breeder, and that I was suitable to have a dog and the surroundings that I live in would be suitable. It also stated about all the checks etc that would be done on the dog and the after care and insurance, as rescue centre's do, so I honestly thought it was genuine, and was quite happy to donate for the adoption.

I nearly fell for it, but something didn't quite add up, as I wondered why the rescue centre details didn't show on the email such as the name, address and phone number. Thank goodness I googled the email address or I would have been encouraging the trade of puppy farming when I was actuallythought I was purchasing a rescue to avoid the promotion of this cruel method.

I have since seen that he has been re-homing nearly every breed under the sun, the trap is to say re-homing rather than selling, therefore it grabs your interest more.

I have also found the attached link with other businesses linked to him and a very abrupt conversation between him, his colleague and someone else.

WARNING: Some of the language in the attached link may offend some people.

Beware Of Internet Scammers - RocBattle.com

I have just received an email from "Frank". Please find it below:

Link to the original advert: Siberian Kittens for sale

Please note that I am responding to the message from March 2010...

I am wondering how many people actually believed him...



Artur.

Hi I have been trying to find out how to place a [legitimate] ad in this section. ``i put an ad in the Cat section some while back but a window here appears telling me i can't start a new thread in the Dog section when I try to place an ad!
Anybody know why?
Thanks.

I AM NOT A SCRAMMER BUT I HAVE FOR SALE My name is Alan Jones and I live in Holywell, Flintshire.
At this moment in time I am selling my wife’s personalized vehicle registration number K9 RHO. I have this retained, in my name, on a DVLA official Retention Certificate.
It is actually being already being advertised by various agents. Some of whom are asking of £1000. I am able to sell the number plate privately myself and then not have to pay the atrocious commission charges. My asking price is £250.
IF YOUR NAME IS RHODA RHONA RHOAN DOSE RHO MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.THIS COULD BE YOURS.

01352 711099 alanjoneswales63@yahoo.co.uk

I have had a few of these scam emails for labrador pups and when you contact them they are either right up in the north of Scotland or in the Isle of Man. I did tell the one in Scotland that my hubby was working in Scotland so he could collect the pup on my behalf, never heard from them again.

I actually notified the police who have passed the details on to the fraud squad so lets hope some of them get their just rewards

Hello everyone. I think like everyone I also had people trying to scamme me. I love animals and because I know by experience how it's to be given a second chance to live I decided (with my family) to adopt an animal. First it was an old man from london sayng he had two grey african birds to give has he could take care of them any more. When I said I was interested on the birds he changed the location of his home to Glasgow and offered him sell to help with the cost of a courier. Good thing is my daddy didn't raise an idiot so as soon he mention the new location and payment to be made by western union I knew it was a scamm. The most recent ones happen yesterday and today. Two lads trying exactly the same method. First they live in Hampshire but them when you mention that you also live in hampshire they will say they recently move to Scotland or Wales. They will that the puppies are for free and you just need to pay for the courrier. The ones I have encunter so far go by the names of: Paul Humphrey, Steve Macdowell and Tina Bryner. An easy method to check if they are scammers is: look in different websites for post of the same person, check different breeds and check for different locations. I have found these names in different websites offering LOADS, I mean LOADS of different puppies (one of them having about 25 different posts on the same website for different breeds).
They will sound like the most lovelly people you ever seen in your life.
So keep in mind. If it sound to good to be true, its because it isn't.

When I was looking for a puppy, yes I went on all those sites, freeads, gumtree you name it and got so many scammer replies back. Of course I didn't realise they were scammers but after getting 4 emails back for 4 different dogs all exactly the same. The way they replied was the same like their first language was not English, asked all the same questions in the same order and ended with we can delivar the puppy to you we just need these details... once I asked for pictures of the puppy with them they never reply The local puppies I could come and see ended up in Scotland.. why is it always Scotland

The type of picture they use is also a pretty good indicator, most the scam replies I got used very proffessional looking pictures straight from the net while honast sellers had normal looking pictures in the house with owners. Then I used Champdogs and the kennel club sites after learning more but if someone really wants an advertised puppy they might just hand over the money because to many people want to believe in honasty and I think it's the older generation who will be more gullible from the 'in my day' speech

That is the same email I got for some pugs, must be the same person