puppy scam followup

[mustangbee]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

Mustangbee, I have regan, the two pups and a bull on my computer. I went to sign
up for an account and where is the page to put the bull????? Is it after that first
page ???I cancelled the first page and thought I would ask you first.

It's the second page where you load your pictures. The first picture uploaded is the one they post. When people click to read your post, the other pictures will pop up. I opened a new Yahoo account for puppyfind. I didn't want to get any
unwanted e-mails on mine.
Great Job every one!!! Make sure if you do get e-mails you DON'T open them, as we really don't know who these people are. But I'd bet they know eachother!
Back to burning dinner! I'll be back on later!

[hunniebunnie]

i just noticed on puppyfind that either the buyer or the seller need to have an upgraded account in order for the full text of the ad to become visible. (i just posted an ad with kimberley's stolen pics and my ad requires an upgraded account in order to see it). that means, some of these scammers had to pay puppyfind for an upgraded account in order to have their ad visible to non-registered users and registered users with regular account.

which means puppyfind is fully capable of providing the authorities with these scammer's payment information and help provide viable information to track down these scammers but they wash their hands of any responsibility. all they care about is that paying users continue to pay them. SHAME ON THEM!!!!

[crystalsmom]

Originally Posted by mustangbee

It's the second page where you load your pictures. The first picture uploaded is the one they post. When people click to read your post, the other pictures will pop up. I opened a new Yahoo account for puppyfind. I didn't want to get any
unwanted e-mails on mine.
Great Job every one!!! Make sure if you do get e-mails you DON'T open them, as we really don't know who these people are. But I'd bet they know eachother!
Back to burning dinner! I'll be back on later!

Thanks so much for your help , I hope I didn't cause your dinner to burn. There is always "Country Buffet" lol The painting of your
darling yorkie with the happy face that Waistful is one of my very favorites.

[carleirulesme]

Originally Posted by Thorsmomma

This thread continues to crack me up! Carleirulesme, I don't want to ever piss you off!!

lol noo worrieessss...

[carleirulesme]

Originally Posted by sylvan

Hey Joan...I'm all good, just had to go do some real work for actual money today. I did get three more e-mails from the scammers but won't open them.
If anybody wants to and can tell me how to forward without opening, I'll gladly pass them along, but I'm paranoid to open them on my 'puter.

oh and as to the prince...I haven't so much as touched a doorknob or put on or taken off my coat by myself in his presence yet, so, so far so good.
and he cooks!

WHat kind of antispyware do you have first off??? lemme know that, and I'll tell you if you're safe opening that email or not.. unless you've already deleted them...

[carleirulesme]

Originally Posted by hunniebunnie

i think it's outrageous that puppyfind.com doesn't have some sort of process for users to flag the scams and have them removed so the scammers do not prey on unsuspecting pet finders. a disclaimer stating they are not responsible for the ads should not absolve them of all responsibilities especially since they are being notified by users regarding all the scams!!!

i wonder if there's any sort of authorities we can write to about this problem?

report em to BBB.... we can see if that helps/works... not sure if you have to be a member with BBB and the business.. but not gonna hurt to try

[mustangbee]

Originally Posted by crystalsmom

Thanks so much for your help , I hope I didn't cause your dinner to burn. There is always "Country Buffet" lol The painting of your
darling yorkie with the happy face that Waistful is one of my very favorites.

LOL
No I burn dinner just about every night! I'm not a good cook at all. We eat out a lot, but when I do cook, it burns!!! My husband has put up with it for 25 years, so it can't be all that bad!
Waistful did a GREAT job on Princess's picture! I love it. I took it in to be framed, I get it back next week. She's going to paint my sisters cat too. I can't wait to get a picture for her. My sister will be so super surprized!

[mustangbee]

Originally Posted by hunniebunnie

i just noticed on puppyfind that either the buyer or the seller need to have an upgraded account in order for the full text of the ad to become visible. (i just posted an ad with kimberley's stolen pics and my ad requires an upgraded account in order to see it). that means, some of these scammers had to pay puppyfind for an upgraded account in order to have their ad visible to non-registered users and registered users with regular account.

which means puppyfind is fully capable of providing the authorities with these scammer's payment information and help provide viable information to track down these scammers but they wash their hands of any responsibility. all they care about is that paying users continue to pay them. SHAME ON THEM!!!!

Shame on them is right! They have to know what's going on. Come on now, $200.00 for a AKC Full Breed Pup! $500.00 includes shipping???? They don't even check the ad's, if they did care there wouldn't be so many scams!
It's all about the MONEY!!! How sad!!!

[sylvan]

Originally Posted by carleirulesme

WHat kind of antispyware do you have first off??? lemme know that, and I'll tell you if you're safe opening that email or not.. unless you've already deleted them...

humiliating to report, but I am techno illiterate...I'll have to ask my 15 year old what kind it is, I haven't the slightest idea..
I haven't deleted yet, just not opened.

[mustangbee]

Originally Posted by sylvan

humiliating to report, but I am techno illiterate...I'll have to ask my 15 year old what kind it is, I haven't the slightest idea..
I haven't deleted yet, just not opened.

LOL
My teenagers can do ANYTHING on a computer!
hmmm, now cleaning their room is a different story!!! LOL
I can e-mail and YT that's about it for me.

[Francie]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

well deserved response - caution read at own risk -

From: yorkiepassion@comcast.net
To: brenda mccray <mccraysyorkshire@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Puppyfind.com - Regarding John
Date: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:58:26 AM

no my god fearing friend your are the ignorant one!
you will be caught, force fed puppy chow and become someone's bitch in time instead of peddling one.

YIKES did I say that

Hahahahahaha!

Francie

[Francie]

Originally Posted by BLowry

Hi Guys! OK I'm confused.....Was this person trying to sell puppies with a sob story to rip someone off that didn't know any better?

No...this guy was trying to sell a phantom puppy that never existed...using fake photos pirated from someone's website. They poor victim sends the money...flies to pick up the "puppy"...and voila!..no breeder...no puppy!


Francie

[Francie]

Originally Posted by feminvstr

response from another listing out of the 10 that had my picture

yorkiepassion@comcast.net wrote:
you have stolen my puppy pictures remove them now!!!


From: brenda mccray <mccraysyorkshire@yahoo.com>
To: yorkiepassion@comcast.net
Subject: Re: Puppyfind.com - Regarding John
Date: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:48:22 AM

you are a big foollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Ouch! That must have REALLY hurt....brenda is going to have to switch to Swahili and come up with something better than "fool"...Geez...let's send her a Thesaurus to keep her busy...


Francie

[michiko]

I sent emails to 4 people. It could be same one. Two are people that Kimberly and Stacy had emailed.

I wrote:

That's strange because it's pics of my friend's yorkies. I have seen them. You should use different pictures. I also noticed that many people are using her pics on puppyfind and it has been considered as scam pics... You need to be very careful. I hope you are not scamming people and taking money for no puppy because if you are doing that, it is a crime. You could be really in deep trouble.



brenda mccray <mccraysyorkshire@yahoo.com> wrote:

yes i read it,i dont know what you are talking about thats my puppy for real

I wrote:

Did you read what I said?


brenda mccray <mccraysyorkshire@yahoo.com> wrote:


Hello, i am very sorry all the yorkie puppies have been sold out,hopefully i will be having new litters these season ,but i can refer you to a very good friend of mine that was previously working with chevron and just got posted to west africa,nigeria she bought 2 female and 1 male yorkie from me some weeks ago before she was posted from california to west africa,nigeria she just lost her baby girl of 2 years old she is presently in west africa,nigeria with the puppies,she says the cost of feeding the puppies is too expensive and it is hard for her to forget her baby so soon.her name are MRS ANITA BROOKE. she is giving the puppies out for $300 shipped.send an email to her immediately dont waste no time,i really hope you get one of the puppies.send an email to anitabrookyns@yahoo.com make sure you send her an email immediately, tell her the breeder she bought the puppies from refered you to her.
dont fail to contact me as soon as you get any of the yorkies. best of luck




I wrote:

Hi.. The pic is very cute on puppyfind. But the pic is my friend's yorkie picture. I am not sure if you are trying to scam people. It is not moral and I hope you really know what you are doing.

[crystalsmom]

Ok, I'm registering and I see this SCAM ALERT under Quick Tips

http://www.puppyfind.com/s/scam_aler...cbd6b21a3dbb70

hope this works if not I printed it and I'll type it for you