Scam Type
Online Purchase Scam
Date Reported
Sep 18, 2022
Victim Postal Code
29579
Total Dollars Lost
3940
Scam Description
I found who I thought was a Newfoundland puppy breeder. I have purchased 3 of our dogs online and have never had an issue. The Breeder advertised under the site https://marketplace.akc.org/puppies/newfoundland. Now they have since suspended the account since I reported them yesterday. But they list pictures of puppies and you contact them with the one you may be interested in, he than emailed me more pictures along with 2 videos I paid them $1,000.00 via Zella to have the puppy flown to our area.
The next day I get an email from another scam fright shipping place named Air Competence Pet Delivery Service telling me due to the weather being hotter here than in CO I had to purchase and AC type crate for $1490.00 which they said was refundable once my puppy was dropped off, the email came from info@aircompetencetanslogistics.com, which I will be filing a scam report on them as well. After I sent the money through Zella they than sent another email saying the dog needed some sort of shots to fly. This is when I knew something was not right since I’ve done this before. So I told them I was cancelling my order and to please refund my money back to my account and that’s when you get radio silence.
Because the money was sent through Zella of course I cannot ever get it back. They wiped out my entire savings. We had just lost our dog 2 weeks ago and I was trying to surprise my husband with a new puppy which unfortunately is not going to happen.
I wanted to post this so it will not happy to anyone else.
