Most people who have a love for pets have done so since they were children. This is carried over into adulthood and, at one time or another in life, almost everyone has a dog or cat. Unfortunately, there are pet scammers who are quick to use people’s love of animals to cheat them.
Many con-artists, throughout the world have puppy mills. Sellers receive these animals from brokers through shipping. It is the sellers who will use various means of advertising, including the Internet, these puppies for sale.
Their ads will display beautiful dogs that are extremely pleasing to look at online. This animal is offered at a very high price as a purebred of championship quality. If you want to buy, money is always required up front. The scam is that when the animals arrives, IF it ever arrives, it will not be the same one in the picture.
Pet scammers will claim that the animal is fully up on their shots and are in good health in their ads. Many of the buyers who fell for this game got a puppy that was sick and/or died soon after. Do not plan on buying any live animals for a source you cannot certify as being legitimate.
The person buying the puppy thinks they are paying for the animal they saw in the picture on the internet. In reality, there is no animal at all and the money is gone. Lots of people have lost hundreds to thousands of dollars because they thought they were buying purchasing a purebred champion – which are extremely expensive. It would do you well to use quicknumbersearch.com/Texas/Bammel or another telephone look up service to test the validity of the claims these sellers are making, and to see if it’s a scam.
There is one variant of the pet scam that claims that the dog has to be shipped from out of the country, and asks for money to cover shipping. Of course, after the money is sent they never arrive. The buyer is left with no options for the return of the their money.
Pet scammers have many stories to tell that sound legitimate. Sob stories abound about pets who were abandoned and are just looking for a good home, which you might provide. There’s even a current tale about people overseas who are being forced to give up their pets for a variety of reasons. In addition, every one of these circumstances will demand prepayment of any money required.
If you want to keep from getting scammed, verify the original owner of the pet, or its location. If possible, a buyer needs to look at the animal’s parents and view the prospective pet in person. The idea of buying any unknown animal, either overseas or here at home, is setting yourself up for trouble. Reputable breeders are known by other people, and it should be easy to check them out. Additionally, anytime money is requested up-front, one should question the transaction.
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