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09-07-2008, 06:03 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Arkansas
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| Scams I know some of you must have heard of the Yorkie scams well I learn about them today, and I am so angry! Here is the story, my husband had a stroke and the doctors told me Pets are the best thing for someone in his condition, so I started looking for a dog in the local newspaper. Mind you I do not have a lot of money to spend on a dog, but want a good one. I found an ad that advertise two Yorkie puppies that were 18 weeks old and they were FREE. It gave an email address so i email them. Well here is what I got: Hello, Thank you very much and i'm very very happy to read from you about your response on taking good care of the babies. they are 18weeks old and both home trained and outdoor trained also playful with other animals and kids. The male named (cahced) weigh 2lbs and the female named (Terra) weigh 2.5lbs and will weigh big when fully grown. they are both A K C registered and shots are given up to date and both home trained. both of them are my darling sweetheart and super spoiled! They both have a sweet personality and loves to play and be carried around. But i'm very sorry to tell you that it is too late for you to get the babies now. What really happened was that i just left the state for africa in some few days ago after i posted the the ad on the newspspper and before i left, i did not get any response from anybody that could take very good care of them for me. So i got a missionary call from our missionary headquaters in africa, t hen i have to bring the babies along with me here in africa since i couldn't find someone to adopt them before i left the state. I'm still willing to give the babies out to someone who can take very good care of them for me forever. All papers will accompany the puppies when shipped to you, Due to our long staying over here in africa, and the bad weather my Wife and I have concluded to get good home and care for our babies. We are not charging or selling them to you for money but to save thier lifes saved and care for them so this means that, you and i will be paying for the shipment of the puppies to you. they are VET checked, but right now we are in Africa on a Christian mission with my wife and 3 kids together with Terra and Cached, we have the puppies right here with us. We are going to ship to you via a Diplomatic Courier Service Company with Express Delivery on next day delivery, if you are really i nterested in having my little babies, i want you to get back to me with your full Name , Home Address, direct contact phone number and name of the nearest Airport to you. Please if you know that you are not capable of taking very good care of my babies, do not reply me because i am giving them out because of bad condition and we're spending months for the christain mission and i don't want Terra and Cached to die in this bad weather. And because we don't have time to take care of them due to the missionary work before us here.They are priceless to me,therefore i am giving both for free, so i will like you to get back to me with your full name and full address including your nearest airport so that i can find out shipping cost. I've attached pics of Cached and Terra. Please i want you to promise me that you will take very good care of them as soon as they get to you. Thank you and God bless you and your family. Regards, Rev.Jeff Howard I still did not catch on so I emailed this back and then I decided to do some research on the courier he said he would use to ship the puppies. The Babies are darling! My name is Bonnie King and my address is I am not sure what area around here you are from, or much about the shipping company for dogs. There is an airport here in De Queen, but it is not one people would book flights out of. The closes Real airport is Texarkana. It is possible they could be shipped to De Queen, but I am not sure. We love animals and my husband had a stroke last year, so the puppies would be great for him. He is home all day, so they would never be alone. I am very interested in having the puppies and I know it must be breaking your hearts to get rid of them. I have one 13 year old girl, and my husband has three children two of which are grown and a girl who is 15. I feel as if it would be a blessing to have the babies, and promise we would take very good care of them. Anyway I am rambling on, so if you are still interested in giving Cached and Terra away we would be delighted to have them. The kind of work you and your wife does is a wonderful and I know you bless many people, and I want you to know Cached and Terra would be a great blessing to my household! My phone number is Please let me know what you have decided, and how much the shipping cost will be. God bless you and your family. Well after the research I decided this was a scam and it broke my heart to the point I cried! When I checked again I had this email from him and please read on to see how I responded. Needless to say I never got a reply. Be very aware for people will do anything for money! This is the message I got the second time: Hello...I called the shipping company and i was told that the shipping cost of babies to your nearest airport will be $950 and i think you know that we will both be responsible for the payment..So let me know if you will be able to come up with the $500 on your part so the babies can get on the next available fligth tomorrow. I will also want to assure you that if you make the payment to them today,the babies will be ship out first tomorrow morning and you will be picking them up at the airport by Wednesday morning.Also we will be given the payment reciept,airway bill with the shippment code. Please advise,so as to give you the shipping company western union info to wire the balance to them. Kindly get back to me on this soon. God bless you...Rev.Jeff Howard And this was my response: I want to let you know that poses as a missionary doing God work is asking for his wrath to be brought upon you, and that you are going to HELL! I did some some research and found out all about you, and for you to pray upon people is a horrible thing. Here I was trying to bring some happiness to my family after a long year of heartache due to the fact my 43 year old husband had a massive stroke. I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL, AND STOP DOING THIS TO PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR PUPPIES! My advice is to do research long before you get your heart set on a puppies of any kind! |
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09-07-2008, 06:28 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles CA
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| I love how they throw in all that Christian stuff so make prospective buyers feel that they are dealing with good people. |
09-07-2008, 06:38 PM | #3 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Got to say I love your reply, do these people have any idea how much they hurt people, I heard of the same thing using human babies for childless couples. How heartless and greedy are these people? I'm so sorry you had to go through this. I got a similar email when I was looking, and the ad was from my local paper so I thought it was on the up and up. Glad you didn't get taken, and hope you find that special pup. Thanks for sharing your experience and warning others of this type of thing.
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09-07-2008, 06:51 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Central Pennsylvania
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| The last scam I emailed back and forth to I confronted the person and he actually wrote back offering me to go in on the scam with him...it was hideous! He finally stopped emailing me after I too told him he was going to burn sitting with his friend lucifer! Except I used a few choice words in between all of that.
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09-07-2008, 07:08 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL
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| I am so sorry that this happened to you. It is very unfortunate there are so many horrible people in this world that pray on innocent people as yourself. It makes me so angry to see this happening to good decent people but KARMA is something that I do believe in and their actions will come back to haunt them Please hang around, there are many very wonderful people here that will give you support and be willing to help if they can. There is a forum on here that has rescues all the time. They are not usually free but you never know if you will find your new little one.
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09-07-2008, 07:26 PM | #6 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Arkansas
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| Scams I think I may have found one at a local kennel today! I am going to look at him tomorrow, so wish me luck! I really need to get a pet for my husband, so maybe this will work out. Thanks so much for your support! I really do not understand how people come up with this sort of stuff they must have a lot of time on their hands to sit around and think of ways to take people for a ride. I could believe people would do this sort of thing, but to bring GOD into it????? I think I would be scared to do something like! I swear some people got guts!!!!! |
09-07-2008, 07:37 PM | #7 | |
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09-07-2008, 08:52 PM | #8 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: My baby's heart
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| @ bking...i'm just curious, how did you know it was a scam? i think i almost fell into one of these scams... i saw a free adoption ad on a website and when i emailed the owner he said i'd be shouldering bthe shipping cost...but he was very far away from my area so i lost interest...and now, i just got a puppy at a local breeder and i'm very happy =) Last edited by means143; 09-07-2008 at 08:57 PM. |
09-07-2008, 09:35 PM | #9 | |
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