This is the e-mail I received from this scammer, pretty much the exact same thing when I was selling birds, sometimes than they would even accidently put the word dog in instead of bird, they just look for ads and hope someone is really desperate to place their puppies, I'm not:) :

I am interested in 1 female puppy,

Thanks for getting back to me,i will like to inform you that am purchasing the puppy as a birthday present for my son,i will be very much happy if you consider the puppy sold to me. The reason I am sending you this email is to make final reconfirmation of puppy which is ok by me,and also to let you know that payment will be by certified cashier's check or money order.

In view of this I need you to email me any information that may be required to send the payment as I do not want to send the check or money order to a wrong location lest they get into the wrong hands. Regarding the shipping, I have a company that takes care of the pickup of my consignments for me and ship to my destination in new jersey anywhere in the U.S.A, you do not worry about shipping, the company will send down a representative to arrange the sales documentation and the pick up from your end for onward transfer to my

I also want to alert you on the fact that you will be receiving an overdraft check, which will cover the money for the pickup (pickup and shipping to the final destination) as well as the money to be paid to the company that will take care of the pickup and the documentation with you. So please, as soon as you receive the payment, go and cash it immediately, deduct the money that accrues to you, and send the balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the shipment via Western union.The check will be in your name to make it easier for you to receive payment, please reconfirm your details one more time.I will give you the details of the company that will be shipping the puppy as soon as we seal this deal.Once the money is received by the agent , the shipping agent will contact you immediately to arrange the documentation as well as the pick up immediately. So in view of the above, here are some of the details I will need for final issuance of the check or money order to you.

(1) Full Name
(2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please
(3) your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my
(5} Final asking price

Once you get back to me with all the above, the check or money order will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to you .Hope to hear from you immediately.Looking forward to your swift response i will also be offering you extra $50 for keeping puppy for me till the shipper comes for the pick up...., I will be looking forward to your swift response ..

Regards

i know EXACTLY what you mean.. it's soooooo ANNOYING!! it gets really OLD!!:rolleyes: this probably sounds bad.. but hopefully THERE will be alot more people aware of these scammers, and aware of bad breeders, puppymills, brokers, etc. Maybe the people who don't know any better and buy on a whim.. because there is a "teacup" dog or a VERY inexpensive "teacup" rehome..when in all actuality it is just a big fat SCAM!!!! will be able to educate their friends, family, people they know, etc. ? i dont know.. but it's really sad and very frusterating!! i totally agree with you.. i wish there was something more that could be done!!:mad: :(

oh yeah, i also wanted to say.. not only the scammers, but the CRAPPY breeders(aka puppymills) online that sell their pups for a BUNCH of money(or sometimes not!?) and alot of people who don't know better get SCAMMED with a sick pup, etc. and they stay in business making all this money, and the poor lil doggies and people who buy from them SUFFER!! it makes me SICK!!:mad: :(

Scammers:thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown I agree, I wish there was something more that could be done!! :mad: :mad: