OMG!!! Check this SCAM out!!!
 

I cannot believe that there are people like this out there:eek:
Using the cover of a rescue to scam people! I'm assuming they will ask for transport fees, I haven't contacted them! I just hope people don't fall for it!

Pets Rescus Team

That's horrible, people are always coming up with a new way to scam, and people who don't do research will fall for it and end up heart broken. I'm going to hug my furbaby now and send my breeder a thank you letter once again.

I did contact them.
 

And thank you for posting this. I have been on a mission to combat this sort of thing for more than a year now, and I was wondering if I should post something about it on this site. Since you've already brought it up, I'm going to post something in the general forum just to see if there's any interest, even though it's not really a Yorkie topic. Please take a look at that.

Warmest regards,
Jade

scammers will always be scammers! there will find their way around everything!!!

Here's the response I got from them...
 

Hello,
Thanks for the response.We are an animal rescue team,presently in Cameroon to fight against the abuse and exploitation of animals in this part of the world.We have well over 10 pets for adoption among which are the two yorkies you wish to adopt.They are all trained and ready to be loved and cared for by any loving and caring home/homes.So we wish to locate new homes that are loving and caring to pets.So if you can assure us that they will get love and care from your home,you shall be the proud owner of this fascinating creature.You can view our website for more information on the Yorkies available for adoption(www.afcayorkies.110mb.com).Just get back to us with the answers to the following questions.
-Have you ever lived with a Yorkie before or any other puppy?
-do you have an acre of land where they can always play around?
-Are you aware of the love and attention that Yorkies need?
-will every one in your home be fully committed to the adoption of a new pet?
-what about if you know any good vet in your area?
-Where exactly are you located?
Thanks for understanding and we look forward to read from you.
God be with you.

That's a new one, and a real low as far as scammers go. I've heard of byb's setting up "rescue sites" and "selling" their old breeding stock through them, but this looks like the whole things is a fraud. I don't know who you could report this to, rescue agencies are non-profit, and this place, I'm sure wouldn't fit in that category.

I contacted a scammer whilst looking (before Mika), I didn't know about this type of scam and the ad was much more convincing than this one! I got a very similar reply, thats when I realized and became much more vigilant! Some time after I received a fake paypal e-mail asking for all my details, it looked genuine at first glance, luckily I decided to log in to my paypal account via ebay to check if there was any mention there and of course there wasn't!!! I had never had any fake/scam e-mails before and I wonder if the two are linked?!!

I personally would never e-mail, one of these places, if you feel you have to, don't use your regular account. When you respond to them, you have given them a "list of names" of very gullible people; these are the types of people scam artists wish to target. I think the e-mails you are getting are directly related to these inquiries.

Their follow-up response
 

Thank you very much for your response and for taking the time to answer our questions. We are glad that there is a vet that will take care and that is our wish.what you have to do right now is to provide the shipping fee to your location including your shipping address so that we will take the puppy to the shipping company and book a flight to your location and get back to you with the flight details so that you will know the departure and the arrival time of the puppy.the shipping fee will cost you $158.00 for one and $250.00 for both and these is the information that we will need for the shipping
Full Names...........
City.........
State.............
Address...................
Zip Code..............
Phone Number..............
Closest Airport...........
let me give you this secret that we use for our pets,You can boost your pet's health profoundly by making one simple decision. All you have to do is change his diet from commercial-brand fare to something you may never have imagined giving him: real food.The fresh food you buy at the market for yourself is the food you should give your pet, too."we feed our puppies with Fresh food. Fresh chicken and turkey and beef. Fresh raw vegetables and fruits. Fresh brown rice and oatmeal. Fresh yogurt,eggs, and cottage cheese.the puppies will be shipped from Cameroon .
We are waiting for your kind response and wish you a wonderful day

MAN ! That's just like the free puppy ads asking for only airfare - I believe there's an online site to report Fraudent ripoff sites and scammers to ...used to know what it was called -

that and plaster that whole link on every site you can with a warning -

found some - these are some of the sites people can report these lowlifes to

this one says it's a combined site with the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center
How to Report a Scam
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Home

"NCL's National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch"

and I don't know if this is worth it or they'll even look - but straight to the FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Cyber Investigations - Cybercrime

and there's always the Rip Off Report - Ripoff Report: By Consumers, For Consumers

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ugh that is so low.. these scammers all over the internet are seriously giving people from "cameroon" a bad name lol

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Great links!

So sad :( When I use to raise rabbits I would get e-mails all the time that they wanted to buy my bunnies. They would try to send me a check for over the amount the bunnies were worth then ask for you to send the extra money back. People would do this, ship the bunnies out and send the "extra" money back only to later find out the check was fake. Now the seller was out the money, but even worse wondering what happened to the bunnies!
So very sad!