Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Date Reported
2022-11-30 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
V5P 2Y5
Total Dollars Lost
0
Scam Description
We clicked on an AD that came up on our Google search for Malitpoo’s. The site looked professional. Once we contacted them they were prompt, professional, and asked the right questions and even interviewed us to see if we were a good home to sell a puppy to. They mentioned that they are in Newfoundland and preferred if we met them, so it appeared even more legitimate. They probably gambled that we would not make a trip cross country to pick up the puppy and mentioned that they deal with a pet shipping company that for $150 can ship to an airport or for $200 ship to your home. They asked us to e-transfer the cash. We did so but luckily our bank flagged the transaction and no funds were transferred. We contacted the seller and asked to speak to them instead of email. She said that she had reached her monthly limit and to email transfer her sister instead. She also said she was driving and to call a her husbands cell. He never answered and we wrote back that they appear suspicious. They wrote an email to try to convince us and they sent a Contract of sale to look credible. At this point we cut contact. They did text back with “hi” to see if that conversation would go anywhere.
Do not fall for this. We were lucky our bank stopped payment. The website says they have Google, Google+, Facebook, & Yelp reviews which do not exist. The phone number, 709-704-6875, if searched on the internet shows that they are selling dogs in the Toronto area as well.
