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03-30-2010, 07:11 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: MacTier Ontario Canada
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| Scams I just posted an ad on YATBO - a free ad posting site that came up when I typed in Google "Yorkie Puppies for Sale Barrie Ontario.......I said, and I quote "all these puppy ads are a scam - and you should check your posts, and I hope all these posting ads get what they deserve - JAIL TIME. There were at least 10 posts for different breeds all the same - free or $150. The $150 I answered a few days ago - I knew it was not right - but curious to see what they say. I posted here telling of this scam....and still it goes on.
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03-30-2010, 08:05 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western KS
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| These scams are all over the place. I wish there was a way to shut them down. |
03-30-2010, 08:09 PM | #3 |
Love My Little Cuties Donating Member Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charleston, IL
Posts: 9,899
| You're doing a great thing by just posting warnings about the scams, hopefully others will see your post and not fall prey to the ridiculous things people try to rope others into.
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03-30-2010, 08:13 PM | #4 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | I think I would stay off of YATBO, it says that it's local classified advertising for Beirut, Lebanon. Many countries don't have our laws, and scams are easier to operate.
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03-30-2010, 08:18 PM | #5 |
YT Addict Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: MacTier Ontario Canada
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| So I typed in Barrie, Ontario and got a Beirut site - wow....
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03-30-2010, 08:20 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: TN
Posts: 200
| i do not own a yorkie YET - so i have been researching the breed and looking for the right one. during that time, i have come across SO many scams! there is a huge one going on from people saying they are doing mission work in cameroon and will ship the puppy for $120. they are getting more and more sophisticated - it makes me sick! |
03-30-2010, 08:28 PM | #7 | |
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03-30-2010, 08:31 PM | #8 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | They have ads for every city, but I think the company is owned and operated from Beirut, at least that's how I understand it.
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03-30-2010, 08:32 PM | #9 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: TN
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| yup! i started typing the email addresses + the word "scam" into google when i would come across a "too good to be true" ad - and that is actually how i found YorkieTalk! there was an email address advertising yorkies in need of homes and someone on this forum had exposed them - this forum came up in google when i typed their email. it IS helping! |
03-30-2010, 08:42 PM | #10 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | I may be wrong about this, another place says the IP address is located in Houston, United States. This site is filled with scam ads for YATBO Cameroon Pet animal export scam - Page 33 - Fraudwatchers
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