I live in Utah but if it was someone who was on the up and up I wouldn't mind paying to ship it.

Abby

i inquired about a little gal about a month ago on a webpage...

they sent me pics of 4 little girls and said I could have my pick of the three but one was spoken for. I requested details of their pricing, pedigree, their weights and where these girls were located.

The next days email I only recieved weight information no pedigree, or location, or pricing so I didnt respond back.

A couple of days later they wrote me

this was their reply
From: Atefor Rene <ateforrene@yahoo.com>
well i have to tell u i am based in Africa-Cameroon but of Enlgish Nationality working with Wild life and animal boundary cameroon. the price is $380 including shipping for each, and it will reach u withen 42hours.

I wrote them back calling them a fraud and blocked any other email contact!

Buyer beware fraud on the internet!

Sorry you were taken advantage of!

What's your price range Abby? I will also help you look.

I found a breeder in my area by going to puppyfind.com. This may be a place to start. Good luck, I am sorry it didn't work out.

Maybe around $500...since I sent her money that has kind of cut into what I could spend.

Abbey

Make sure you get a refund.One of the other YT gals mentioned threatening that you will have her investigated if she doesn't return your money. That will probably work. In the mean time I will look around.

Abby - that's such a shame about what happened - One of the BEST things about these kinds of forums is you can ask questions about a breeder and you may get a heads up BEFORE you send money - It's too bad you didn't come here to ask about this type of purchase before you made that awful woman richer - LOTS of people would have jumped in and said Don't do it !! Since it happened -

I'd still try to go after your money - you may not see it but at least you can alert the authorities and others about this - try to share your experience with others - that's how lots of these people are exposed.....I'm so sorry for you - Hope you can find a new puppy that you can afford....The sad thing is you're out the money and STILL don't have your baby - that's a double whammy ...

what part of Utah do you live in ?I am in Logan,Nigeria is the scam capitol of the world

I live in Cedar City Utah. The woman who is trying to sell me the puppy that I don't know is a scam or not is in Lagos State Nigeria. Do you have a phone book there that you could look up her name and give me her phone number?

abby

If you can find a phone number I'll be amazed - you can look up phone numbers on Smart Pages or the White Pages online - most published phone numbers are on the net now - you can also do reverse look-ups ....

That is just horrible. There are sooo many scams out there right now. It is so sad that we have to be cautious of EVERYTHING! I hope you find your perfect puppy!

Speaking of Nigeria, that reminds me....!
 

This all reminds me of something that happened to my husband and I on EBAY. We were trying to sell our old computer (about 6 years old) on Ebay. Well we were only asking like $400 for it. Well, this guy from Nigeria emailed us and told us that he was very interested and that he wanted it. Well, I called UPS to ask how much it would be to send all of it to Nigeria from here, and he told me about $2500!!! Well I told the guy from Nigeria how much it would be, and he was fine with it. He said he would send the full $2900 as a money order to us. Well, I talked to my mom about it, and she was like "Something isn't right with that"... "Why would this guy be willing to pay THAT much money for a 6 year old computer?!? When he could probably buy A NEW ONE for LESS than half that price!"
So, we ended up selling it to someone in the US. And we never got that guys money order either. It was VERY, VERY strange.
I would NEVER want to purchase a puppy from anywhere out of the US. I would be very, very cautious dealing with these types of people. Good luck to you. I am sure you will be able to find a puppy here, instead of having to resort to a "breeder" in a foreign country.

you can usually get yorkies in oklahoma for a pretty decent price.... if your intrested i can check it out for you!

A friend of mines husband got scammed on Ebay the SAME way - only it was a camera - It's awful because on Ebay you never expect that to happen !

small price to pay, girl. Write it off at this point. You don't want these people to get any more info on you. If you gave a credit card#, cancel the card and get a new one. Try to report it but just as easily walk away from it. Don't feel bad because there was probably never a puppy to begin with. The lady I got Chewy from has pups on her site for $800. They have the same father. I think she is very reasonable. http://www.honeycreekkennel.com/yorkies.htm Good luck and don't beat yourself up. You will find your pup soon
:)