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Originally Posted by Lee B  Sweet Violet, I meant no offense. I know that things are priced differently in other parts of the world - which is why there are Americans who take vacations in Costa Rica to have their dental work done, or others who go to Thailand for surgical procedures.
But I'm sure you can agree with me that South Africa is much farther advanced than say, Cameroon. Or Nigeria. Or Sierra Leone. Or Eritrea. I would not be surprised, and in fact would *expect* to find reputable dog breeders in South Africa. But Cameroon? Not so much ...
I followed such an advertisement when I was looking for my little girl. I had money in hand and was ready to look at the pup and take her home immediately. The ad said she was local - but all there was for contact info was an email address. A Hotmail address, at that. The ad in the newspaper was only hours old, but Oops! he was already in Cameroon.
It was a scam.
My reaction comes from experience, certainly not from the price of the pup. |
That is exactly how the scam ad from America was set up...the ad implied the puppy was local, but when I contacted the advertiser I learned I could have two puppies for less than double the price of one, that her husband supposedly worked for SwissAir and could get a deal on the shipping costs, and she simply ignored any of my questions that did not promote her scam. This scam was not being run out of Cameroon or Eritrea or Nigeria...it was being run out of America.
One of our local celebrities recently married a Lebanese business man and, due to his business activities, they settled in Nigeria. What is to say this woman will not take some Yorkies with her from South Africa and breed them there? You simply cannot assume, by the location alone ("AFRICA" as one YT member posted) that the ad is a scam.