I know I was just getting ready to post about all the puppies she posted and it was gone................... :eek:

It's amazing they had the nerve attempting to post ads here...kudos to admin for being on top of it :thumbup:

here's the scam I almost fell for yesterday
 

I almost fell for this! It's kind of backwards (read from the bottom up). If I hadn't found this site, I would have been a sucker :eek: :thumbdown :thumbdown :mad:


Am presently in west africa due to the death of my lovely daugther so do not worry the puppy will be shipped and the shipping agent will delievered her to your door step.she is fed purina puppy chow twice daily, first in the morning at about 8am and the second at about 6pm. You might give her a treat of gumabone or rawhide bone.She is coming with health certificate vaccinary,all paper work will be ship together with her.So what you need to do now is to prepare for the coming of my lovely baby to your family and get back to me with your shipping address so that i can send it to the shipper for the arrangement then i give you the information on how you will make the payment.

Hope to hear from you soon.

lorishasantiago@cox.net wrote:


> Thank you so much! I would love to come and pick up the puppy, if you live in or close to Virginia, if that's alright with you. Please give me a call and let me know what you want to do. Also can you tell me what kind of food I should get, what shampoo , and anything else that I will need? Thanks so much

Lori [REMOVED] You can call me up to 10:30 at night.

thanks
> From: Jenny Mcdonald
> Date: 2006/01/18 Wed PM 04:32:39 EST
> To: lorishasantiago@cox.net
> Subject: Re: Re: [Fwd: Re: Your Ad 205726 (HAPPY XMAS LOVELY YORKIE FOR CHEAP PRICE)]
>
> Thanks very much i will so gald if you can promised to take good care of my lovely baby girl the price includng shipping is $450 and she will be delievered to your door step.as far as you promise to take good care of my lovely baby you can get back to me with your shipping addres so that i can send it to the shipping agent for the shipping arrangement then i give you the information on how you will make the payment to me.
>
> Hope to hear from you
>
> lorishasantiago@cox.net wrote:
> Jenny,
> First let me say that I'm truly heartbroken to hear about the loss of your daughter, I can't imagine what you must be going through, my heart goes out to you. I would love to be able to take care of your Yorkie and give it a great home. I am a military wife and my husband is serving overseas, I have lots of love to give, and lots of time on my hands. I am really eager to provide a loving home and I would feel honored to take care of your Yorkie. I have no children and can devote all of my time and love. Thank you for your time,
>
> Lori
> >
> > From: Jenny Mcdonald
> > Date: 2006/01/18 Wed PM 12:41:11 EST
> > To: lorishasantiago@cox.net
> > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Your Ad 205726 (HAPPY XMAS LOVELY YORKIE FOR CHEAP PRICE)]
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I still have a female yorkie terrier she is 4months old. am still looking for a loving home for her due to the death of my lovely daugther that is the reason why i went to west africa to my friends there to have rest so that i may not be think of it again bcos my daugther she was girl that i love alot and i dont really know what happenned but i left everything to God.Can you take good care of my puppy ?bcos i want a good home for her.
> >
> > Hope to hear from you soon.
> >
> > lorishasantiago@cox.net wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, I am looking to buy a Yorkie and Amanda gave me your email address. I would really like to have your Yorkie if you still have it.
> > Thanks so much,
> >
> > Lori
> > 757-461-0882
> > > From: Amanda Michole
> > > Date: 2006/01/18 Wed AM 04:21:05 EST
> > > To: lorishasantiago@cox.net
> > > Subject: Re: Your Ad 205726 (HAPPY XMAS LOVELY YORKIE FOR CHEAP PRICE)
> > >
> > > Am sorry i have shipped out all my yorkies but i can assist you by direct you to someone that is looking for a good home for his puppy due to an accident that happen to her here is her email address:jenny_mc_01@yahoo.com. email her today you maybe one of the lucky person.
> > > God bless you.

Lori welcome to YT ...thank god you caught on to the scam, where did you find the puppy you wrote about? What made you realize you were being scammed? Did they send you pictures?

Lori, So glad you found out in time!
OH yea WELCOME TO YT!!
Did she send pictures???
What site did you find her on?
We have wonderful Breeders on this site. I hope you find your furbaby soon. :)

Hi and welcome to YT. Glad you caught on to the scam before it was to late.

Kim and Stacy: If this is the only person that has been able to recognize a scam from your posts, I think you have done a great service! But, I am sure she is not the only person to read this and become aware. Good work, gals!!!

The ad that I found was on hoobly.com, the original ad said that the lady was in my area. I thought "great, I can go and check out her operation, see if the puppy is being treated well etc." She led me to believe that the lady she was directing me to was also in the southeast. I contacted the administrator of the site and got the ad taken off. I just can't believe it :mad: :mad:

P.S
Thanks for the awesome welcome! Still haven't got my yorkie baby, but not giving up!

At least hoobly.com had the decency to stop the scammer where they can!

Way to go hoobly.com!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


:thumbdown Scammers :thumbdown

Lori,
So glad you found this thread in time. Be careful, there are way too many scammers out there these days. Oh, and welcome to YT. :)

I'm not surprised...it seems like they target those who aren't well informed to avoid those pesky questions.

Could someone come up with an edited version of this thread that could be posted as a sticky? It would be great to get this info to as many people as possible regularly and this thread is just too monumental to expect people to read through. Just a thought.
also...I'm guilty of going off topic here too a few times in the name of good fun...so mea culpa for some of the length.

my edited version
 

Buyer Beware

LMAO Pithy I like that:)

But Do Read Post #403

LOL
Good one!!!
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Lori, you came accross a typical "Nigerian Scam". But if you are serious about getting a Yorkie the only way to save money and be sure what you are getting is to compare breeder prices. I know it's tempting to save a couple of hundred bucks, but you will lose much more. Check out this forum and you might find prices lower than breeders'. Good luck!

Craigslist has a great page on scams. I think the tips and hints on that page would apply to any online scams for the purchase of any item.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams.html

Cut and pasted below are portions of that page that should sound very familiar to those of us that followed this thread.

Recognizing scams

Most scams meet involve one or more of the following:

- long-distance buyer or seller
- offer includes a cashier's check, postal money order, Western Union, or escrow service (BidPay, Squaretrade, etc.)
- refusal to meet face-to-face

Types of Scams

3. distant seller requests payment via Western Union or MoneyGram:

- seller often claims that an MTCN or confirmation code is needed before he can withdraw your money - this is FALSE, once you've wired money, it is GONE.
- common items currently: laptops, plasma TVs, cell phones, tickets - but could be almost anything
- common countries currently include: Nigeria, Romania, Ukraine, Spain, UK, Italy, Netherlands - but could be anywhere
- deal often seems too good to be true

6. distant seller asks for a partial payment upfront, after which he will ship goods
- he says he trusts you with the partial payment
- he may say he has already shipped the goods
- deal often sounds too good to be true

How about: Looking for an exciting Home Business that combines your Love of God AND Animals? Look no further....Send for your FREE brochure (except 49.95 shipping and handling) to:

The Nigerian Christian Puppy League
999 Nowyouseethemnowdont
Financial Ruin Plaza
Iamgoingtohell, Nigeria

LMAO!...Francie, you are priceless.

This might be of help also: scroll down to the #1 Publication on Internet Fraud

http://www.scambusters.org/email.html

finally a response from puppyfind
 

this was one of two letters I sent to puppyfind.com and here is their response ....took 11 days and they will delete the :confused: :mad: thats all no we're sorry, we are trying very hard for this not to happen on our site, no nothing!! :mad:

From: "support@puppyfind.com" <cs1@puppyfind.com>
To: <yorkiepassion@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Question/Comment...
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2006 8:45:51 AM


Please provide the kennel/contact name that is shown on the listing and/or a
link to the listing in question so that I can locate and check their account
status along with any email address


Customer Service
cs1@puppyfind.com
http://www.puppyfind.com

-----Original Message-----
From: yorkiepassion@comcast.net [mailto:yorkiepassion@comcast.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:14 PM
To: support@puppyfind.com
Subject: Question/Comment...

you have stolen my pictures remove them now!!! there are 10 listings that
have my pictures on it from yorkiepassion.com and they better be removed or
I will turn this over to the FBI they are a scam from africa!!! GET THEM OFF
YOUR SITE NOW!

sadly i found two other scammers using your pics on puppyfind:

scum sucker 1

scam sucker 2

Good job!!!! Evidently you all did get their attention ... those two links now say this:

"The listing that you are trying to view has been deleted."

:thumbup: ;)

Hunniebunnie - I think your post about scams should be a sticky on this site... that is excellent information .... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

It's about time! Lets hope they get them all off!!! Hmmm we know they had to have known something was up, do you think the FBI warning had something to do with it? After all puppyfind is only in it for the $$$$$
they really don't care who posts what. They have breeds that are in the wrong breed section. They are so sad. :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown :thumbdown

Wow..I know I am a couple of months late, but I read this thred from top to bottom, and thought it would be good to bump it back up for others to see..

Am i senile or did we have the Anita Brooks scam months ago & some of u gals were great sleuths?

Yep! It's an older post..I wrote that I was a couple of months late :) It hapened before I signed on and just found it..I thought some others who hadnt seen it would find it interesting (and hilarious!!)