Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Date Reported
2023-01-20 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
14711
Total Dollars Lost
400
Scam Description
contacted her thru FB & messenger to purchase a corgi puppy on Jan.18th ,agreed
to pay $750, with $400 deposit ( in gift card my mistake) and remaining to be paid in cash on Jan.21st when I picked her up. Sent deposit, received adoption contract thru e-mail made arrangments for pick up. After deposit was made and I got contract she said I had to send anther $1500 in a gift card on Jan. 20th to assure her I had funds to care for the puppy, and when I picked puppy up on Jan. 21st she would return the $1500 in cash. It made no sense to me. She would not meet for pickup unless I did this. Thru all the conversations I had with her , she did not mention anything about the additional refundable $1500 until after she got deposit. I refused to pay it, but tried to keep pickup time and pay the balance $350. She would not reply, then I asked for deposit back and she stopped all conversation.
