http://www.petanim.com/
Omgosh!!!
I be so mad if it is, but i'm not 100% sure if it is or not, but i have details to backup my predictions!
It all started when i came across the site Craigslist.com, notorious for scammers to try to scam people. I saw the ad for Petanim.com to post up a picture of your dog to win a cash of $500-first place, $200 second place, and $50 third place.
This site had a contest for "Dress your pet to impress" and i enter my dog, Chopstix in the contest, and i believe some yorkies here also enter their yorkie for the contest.
I had entered my dog, January 2, 2008. I was like the one of the first to enter my dog's picture.
From my understanding of the site, this
http://www.petanim.com/dress-your-pet-impress-rest
pretty much sums up the terms and conditions in order to win the prize. THE HIGHEST RATING wins.
But when i read this
http://www.petanim.com/competition-terms-and-conditions
THE MOST VOTES WIN, i was confused, but i thought, my chopstix is in the lead, so the dog with the most ratings would win right?
The contest doesnt end till Feb. 29th, there was so much time to vote. I emailed all my friends, on myspace, facebook, at school to vote everyday for him. I needed the money based on my finanical status. $500 does go a long way. We voted everyday for him. Their system is set up that, you can only vote one time, with one computer, meaning, each computer can only vote every 24 hrs.
Someone complained on the forum of petanim, that i was cheating. I do not know why they thought that. Chopstix had the highest rating, but he had lesser votes than the 2nd dog. the 2nd dog had more votes than him by 100 or so. But anways, when the contest ended, Chopstix photo was in the lead. I thought i'd won.
I then recieved an email from this guy Arnak Ivanov (arnakivanov@gmail.com). He mainly asked for 3 photos of Chopstix, but he didnt state who had won, but there was a chart that showed who was 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Chopstix was first.
Now, 2 or 3 days ago, petanim posted the winners and their 3 pictures of the dogs.
http://www.petanim.com/february-2008-winners 
Chopstix didnt get first place?
I was confused, but i wasnt angry or furious or anything. Because, i thought the money probably went to the charity of Addie and because of all the complaining that i cheated.
So just to clarify the terms and conditions of the contest, i emailed Arnak about it.
Quote:
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On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Soukie wrote:
How come I got second place?
I thought the contest was based on ratings, not votes. If you don't want to give me first place because of all the complaining i cheated, then thats not fair at all.
his answer:
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANT CHIDING, PER OUR TERMS MOST VOTES WINS!!!!!!
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i sent another email regarding the terms and conditions:
Quote:
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Soukie wrote:
Excuse me, please clarify what the terms and conditons are.
http://www.petanim.com/dress-your-pet-impress-rest
this site says the highest rating wins the first prize
and this site http://www.petanim.com/competition-terms-and-conditions
says the highest vote wins the price.
I was very much confused with the terms and conditions.
If I did not win first place, then why is my dog, chopstix the top list in first place?
his answer:
It has always bee"""The pet owner who's entry wins the most number of votes will win the prize. """ THIS IS OUR TERMS! WHO EVER HAD THE MOST VOTERS WINS!!!
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First of all, what is ant chiding?
Then i realized something, a co-worker had warned me earlier the day to be careful that the check they sent might be a scam (because it had happened to a friend of hers. she receieved a check and it was a fake check.)
So i started to investiage a little, and what i found, is surspisely questionable...
With emails from Arnak, his signature is this
" Best regards,
Arnak Ivanov
www.petanim.com www.absolutelyinternational.com "
If you click the website from his signature,
www.absolutelyinternational.com , you get this website. Now, if you check out the "contact us" , there's no name mention but a mailing address and come phone numbers and their copyright.
Copyright © 2001 - 2008. All rights reserved.
Website designed by Absolutely International LLC.
But, if you go to this site,
http://www.absolutelyinternational.com/index.htm , you get almost, not nearly though, the same website. Now, again, check out the "contact us" and the copyrighted:
© Absolutely International 2004
You see this:
English or German, contact Robert Doherty under (704) 907-7662
Armenian or Russian, contact Arnak Ivanov under (704) 622-8727
His name is on this site. This site dont seem legit at all.
There's more, check this website:
http://www.alibaba.com/company/10361094.html
It tells you the complete company profile of Absolute International LLC. The owner, the year it was established. 2001, their products and services as well.
There's nothing that has to do with Petanim or pets.
I called this number Robert Doherty under (704) 907-7662, and it went through.
Then, I called this number: Arnak Ivanov under (704) 622-8727, it didnt even go through.
I'm afraid that the other winning dogs might be scammed as well
But I'll be waiting for the check to arrive and will report it first before i think about cashing it!.