Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Date Reported
2023-05-31 00:00:00
Victim Postal Code
92114
Total Dollars Lost
3350
Scam Description
Found a pet breeder on facebook called “AussieMountain doodles” located in Pittsburgh. i contacted the seller thru facebook chat and spoke with them about getting a puppy. i tried asking the seller if i can contact them by phone and they kept saying they are too busy to talk to me. so we we continued to talk over chat. i agreed to send them a deposit of $800 thru venmo, then another $900 thru apple pay because the seller said they were having issue with their venmo account. so i paid a total of $1700 for the puppy which included the delivery cost . at this point I’m told they will send me the puppy thru a pet delivery server “George Collins?Pittsburgh, PA?415 598 8501?info@colinslogistics.com” this is when the problems start coming up. i received an email from the pet delivery Service saying they got the puppy with the wrong crate for shipping, which i am somehow responsible for now, and they wanted $1650 (which they said was 100% refundable when the puppy is delivered to me) . and after some back and fort between the seller and pet delivery i finally agreed to send them the money. once they got the money, i was told that we are good and the puppy was schedule to be shipped to me. the day the puppy was supposed to be shipped, i got a text from George (form the pet delivery service that there was a problem and i would get an email. so soon after i get an email saying that my “package” was on hold in customs due to missing insurance paperwork and they needed another $2650 (which again i’m told is refundable). to get the puppy delivered. this is now the second time i am being asked to pay for issue that came up out of my control by the seller or delivery service. i replied to the email from the delivery service asking how this happened and why did they not include the needed paperwork with the puppy, with no response. i contact the seller and she just kept pushing for me to pay the $2650. so after more back and fort discussion thru chat. i was done sending them any more money. the seller and delivery service both refused to give me a refund. i have more detail on this, i have saved the chats we had thru facebook and the emails from the pet delivery service. so right now i am out $3350 from the seller and delivery service. the is an additional cost of $1650 that i lost, when i tried to send the delivery service money thru google pay. they had given me a Zelle account to pay them at first, but Zelle was limited to the amount you can send, so i switched to sending the money thru google pay using the same info they gave me for Zelle, but found out that they use a different account info for google pay, so i’m not sure where that money went to, so i am working with my bank to get my money back on that.
seller account for venmo is Muffin hart@MKdaBADDesTTT
seller’s apple pay phone info is 7069519161 facebook https://www.facebook.com/Aussie-Mountain-Doodles-111044118409161
pet delivery service info
George Collins?Pittsburgh, PA?415 598 8501?info@colinslogistics.com
