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06-18-2008, 03:00 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Daly City, CA
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| Diamond in the Ruff SCAM!!!! Hello everyone! Ok. So back in March 19, 2008 I cae accross a Craiglist ad that said a yorkie mother and 4 of her children need homes. I immediately reply that I was interested, they sent me an application. The "so called" organization is Diamond in the Ruff based in Nevada. They supposebly rescue "Puppy Mill Dogs" by looking at their website and myspace I truly fell for it, they seemed legit. I submit two days later i got a call and they accepted my application. The adoption fee was $500 which I paid thru pay-pal. Ok to make a long story short. I was suppose to get my yorki pup on May 15th well May 15th came and NOTHING. I called and told me that they were working on gathering drivers, so I will definetely get her by the end of May. As May was approaching I kept calling and calling and calling NO ANSWER!!! They were ignoring my calls! I sent dozens of emals and NO response!!!!! I was heart broken! I filed a claim with The Better Business Bureau and I just got a letter yesturday stating they transfer my claim to a different agency. Now I'm just waiting to see what happens. Has anybody got scam like this?????? P.S. I did however get my baby yorki from a wonderful breeder in North Carolina! |
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06-18-2008, 03:11 PM | #2 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hanford, CA
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| OMG what a horrible thing to have happened to you. Craigslist People are so Fu***** heartles arent' they? that was a lot of money too, and then to get screwed, man that it awful. I am glad that you did get a healthy baby Yorkie though .
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06-18-2008, 03:16 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| Oh I am so sorry. Thanks for posting a warning about this. Contact paypal and they will get your money back for you. |
06-18-2008, 03:20 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Daly City, CA
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| Hi, I did contact paypal, they are doing further investigation. You know I'm like whatever with the money I just want to warn people. People apparently these people have been scamming forever!!!! I'm sooo dumb for not doing further research! |
06-18-2008, 03:23 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 12K Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Council Bluffs Iowa
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| Well you had a soft heart for the animals, and that is exactly what those people are hoping for. |
06-18-2008, 04:17 PM | #6 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Va
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| I know of a Diamonds in the Ruff in Virginia beach, Virginia. The woman's name is Lynda Houck. They are a bad rescue. I wonder if they are affiliated?
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06-20-2008, 08:35 PM | #7 |
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| I live in Vegas & searched google & found this.... I could drive by there to see if they're really are at the physical address if needed. Diamond in the Ruff Rescue, Las Vegas, NV : reviews Diamond in the Ruff Rescue (702) 277-7443 www.diamondintheruffrescue.org 153 E Tropicana Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89109 Map it | Get directions Cross Streets: Near the intersection of E Tropicana Ave and Duke Ellington Way They have BAD reviews on yahoo
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06-22-2008, 06:42 PM | #8 | |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Daly City, CA
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| Thank you soo much for finding this!!! I was also able to find other people that got scammed by this HORRIBLE people!!! It turns out that their address is bogus... Quote:
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06-18-2009, 02:06 PM | #9 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: oldham lancashire
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| that is awful i realy feel for you,how could anyone be so heartless |
06-18-2009, 06:09 PM | #10 |
Just Pawz Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool, NY
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| Wow, I'm so sorry you were taken. I found other stories about the same thing happening to other people here Diamond in the Ruff Rescue, Las Vegas, NV : Reviews and maps - Yahoo! Local I hope your able to get your money back
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06-18-2009, 06:20 PM | #11 |
Just Pawz Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool, NY
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| I'm such a dork, I put the same link someone had already put from yahoo... oops
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06-18-2009, 06:24 PM | #12 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Michigan
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| While looking for a yorkie I went onto Petfinder.com and I got scammed by this person claiming to be an going to Africa for missionary work and was only asking for an adoption fee. Just before I was going to send the money I looked around the site and saw a scam warning- but I was all excited thinking I was getting this puppy and talking with someone it was awful! I read the reviews on Yahoo and it said they were running the scam on Petfinder as well, people have nothing better to do!
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06-18-2009, 06:31 PM | #13 |
Just Pawz Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Liverpool, NY
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| I just found a site called Pets-abuse.com **disclaimer, if you don't want to read about nasty things that have happened to animals don't go there Anyway, I was looking through las vegas cases to see if there was any that could be this diamonds in the ruff place. I did find one on there that was a scam, maybe you could report this scam to that site.
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