Another Warning about Scamming Breeders
 

Thought I would share this, just in case.
This just happened Thursday to a breeder I know.
A guy called on Wednesday, wanted a pup on Friday for a gift. Had been searching for the "right" pup. Found him with her.
He transferred money from his Credit Union on Thursday. She was a little leary about giving her information out, but her Banker told her it would be fine. The Breeder had him call her from the Credit Union and she talked to the lady, at the Credit Union, gave her the banking information. The Lady told her since it was after 2pm the transfer would occur on Friday. The Lady gave her a confirmation number, and hung up.
She shipped on Friday, and had to leave at 5am to ship, too early to see if the money made it to her account before she shipped. She talked to him Friday morning, he got the pup, loved him, the surprise was great and everything seemed to have worked out.
Needless to say, no money ever showed up in her account.
Today, she is in tears! Called the guy, and now his phone is disconnected....
Now she is so worried about her puppy, out the money and even paid for the shipping.
I send and receive wires all the time. But I do wait until the money is in my account before the puppy goes anywhere. Even if it ruins the surprise. And I ask lots of questions. I once had a guy ask for something similar to this, I started asking questions, he hung up.. LOL

I am so sorry for your friend....and the puppy. Scammers just make me ill.

That stinks! I hate scammers. :(

I feel so bad for the breeder, I don't blame her for being so upset.........Sometimes we get so caught up in not wanting to appear "mean" or unkind that we ignore our gut feelings....I hope this never happens to her or anyone else again.....

thanks for the warning. I would not have shipped him until the money was in my hand. but, I don't ship much anyway.

That's aweful... The transaction seemed a little speedy..it seems like a breeder would want to take more time to get to know the buyer first and selling a puppy that is meant as a gift is never a good idea.

Thats a down right shame...:mad:

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I just had to say Your furbaby is soooooooo cute in her St Pattys day dress!

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:mad: This is terrible!!

I warned my daughter.
Shes already gotten a couple of these scam letters.
And she is so new to the internet.
I dont ship puppies ever.
They have to come meet me...sit for awhile and chat...
If they dont care to do that.
I dont care to sell them a puppy.
I have had people drive hours and just last week my last puppy went on a plane WITH her new Mommy.
And I talk to these people LOTs via emails and phone calls before I would even do that....lol
Picky about my babies !

Flippin' SCAMMERS!!!!!:thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown

How horrible for the breeder & the puppy!

omg i feel so bad for your friend hun. i dont ever let a pup go until i have money in hand also just a safe practice... Hope she can get her money somehow...

OMG.....I'm sorry your friend got scammed like this. And, I'm hoping she did file a report with the police.....this is a crime, theft and possibly bank fraud. I would at least get it on record with the police, even if she doesn't stand much chance of getting either the puppy or her money back.