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. NEVER send any money before you visit the pups or dogs.

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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yeah i have a few people over the years try that and the other thing is
i can send you a cheque but is always for a larger amount and you send me back the money left after your expensive's

had a few of those when i was selling my car

Scammers are clever & are always willing to try new ways / methods of conning the gullable out of their hard earned money.

I have had had many scam emails of various sorts in response to wanted & sale ads.

I have never been gullable enough to fall for any of them & i hope none of you genuine people out there do either...

My advise to you is:
If in doubt delete the email, dont waste your time replying.
If the person is genuine they will be intouch by phone & or leave you genuine contact details.

If you are selling, unless you know them personally make sure they pay in cash & check the notes!

If you are buying, never part with any money without meeting the persons & seeing the goods, unless you have some sort of payment protection.
Even well established Ebayer's get scammed.

I think this should be a sticky in all the classified sections

hth

I've had them e-mailing me to when selling puppies or my car.

my parents were looking for a chihuahua pupy, and i said i would look on the internet, yes we came across scammers, thank goodness i was aware of them as im sure my parents would of sent off money to these people,

I have had so many e.mails from scammers when replying to an add iv'e been interested in, its unbelieveable the lenth's they go to ta scam someone, sadly there are poor people that fall for this Me NOT being one of them.

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Im glad its been brought to attention and I think its comendable that the owner of this site is actively warning everyone about this problem.
Ive had scammers try it on with me before over puppies, stud dogs and cars!
It seems there isnt any length they wont go to.
Whats done it for me this week tho is a scammer from Nigeria tapped into my online banking account and swiped £800! Dont know if i'll see the £800 again yet!
So just another personal warning from me, (non doggie related), DONT REPLY TO ANY EMAILS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM YOUR BANK!
B*******!

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Sender :
HELLO SELLO I AM TINA LUIS I WILL LIKE TO BUY YOUR DOG FOR FATHER IN FRANCE
AND
I WILL LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WILL PAY YOU WITH MONEY ORDER OR EVEN
WITH
MY COMPANY CHECK OK SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING FOR ME I WILL LIKE
YOU
TO PLS GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR FULL INFOR SUCH AS YOUR FULL NAME ,FULL
ADDRESS
AND YOUR ZIP CODE AND YOU PHONE NUMBER AND THE FINAL PRICE YOU WILL SELL
THE
ITEM OK GET BACK TO ME NOW SO THAT THE MONEY ORDER CAN BE MAIL OUT TO YOU
ASAP
THANKS MAY GOD BLESS YOU

That exactly the sort of thing they will send you!

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lol do you think its a scammer then.i thought i would post it on here rather than being very rude back