This is the same type of scam I almost go taken by last weekend.
Luckily I didn't let the thought of finally getting a yorkie cloud my judgement and noticed the red flags. I really didn't want to think of what could have happened. I had a very upset daughter though, it was an awful lesson she had to learn about people out there taking advantage of others. I e-mailed our local paper immediately to make sure the ad was no longer running and she'd replied by letting me know there would be an article coming out. I was glad to hear the woman hadn't been scammed and realized it in time like I did. I also sent copies of his e-mails to 419scam.org to help warn others. The scammer also claimed to be a reverand on a christian missionary and couldn't care for his 2 "babies" so he needed someone to save them. He wanted me to send $325 to Diplomatic Courier Service via western union and he'd pay the other half (said he'd already paid even though I hadn't said I'd take them for sure). He said he was Reverand Henry Ken in Lagos, Nigeria. I found the Kijiji site as well and started looking through the ads. One of them offering an 11 wk old yorkie puppy for $250 also turned out to be a scam using the same information but his "name" was Johnny Morales....Uggg I was getting so angry and frustrated. After all that I came to this site to search for a real puppy to love. Unfortunately I can't spend as much money as most breeders are asking and just want a yorkie as a companion and not for showing/breeding etc. Papers aren't important to me either, our lab isn't papered/registered. My husband just wanted a lab to love.....and man does he love her.
Now it's my turn to have
my baby. I'm trying to be patient....as are my girls.