Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Business Name Used
Success Boxer Kennel
Date Reported
Sep 19, 2022
Victim Postal Code
29334
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
I discovered that SUCCESSBOXERKENNEL.com is NOT a legitimate breeder. They also operate under the name TIDAL POSH BOXERS and SALVADOR CHAMPION BOXER BREEDERS. They are stealing images of other people’s dogs and using them on multiple scam sites. These sites seem very legitimate, until you read the fine print to see contradictions, strange language use, and repetitive paragraphs with only slight changes. See eamples below:
-First of all, the email was the length of a Bible! They are counting on people’s unwillingness to read anything more than a screen long.
– Words like “handbook” were rendered properly in one sentence, and as “hand booklet” in the very next sentence. They used terms such as “playing toys.” Who says that?
-Ideas in the email directly contradicted ideas posted on the website. For example, the “Health Guarantee” page of the website insists that the buyer MUST feed the puppy L******** dog food for at least the first year, or it will invalidate the breeder’s “health guarantee.” Then, in the email, they detail how they feed their puppies Wel*****, Grain-Free or Pu****. They claim that they choose Pu******because it is “modest,” which is simply a poor translation of “modestly priced,” “inexpensive,” or “cheap.” It’s not the brand that’s the issue, it’s the blatant contradiction.
-They ask for payment via Zelle and offer to fly your puppy to the airport nearest you. THEN they also ask for your HOME ADDRESS, which they would not need AT ALL to receive payment from Zelle or to deliver your dog because they ALSO ask for the name of your nearest airport!!! The fraud department of my bank suggested that they may have been attempting to gather enough information to contact my bank to change the mailing address on my bank account in order to have a duplicate debit card mailed to them.
I lost no personal information or money because I read every page of the website and their emails in their entirety.
