Online puppy sales schemes on the rise

Online puppy sales schemes on the rise

A NEW PUPPY... BUYER BEWAREIF YOU'RE LOOKING ONLINE.THE OKLAHOMA ATTORNEYGENERAL... ALONG WITH THEBETTER BUSINESS BUREAU OFTULSA... SAYS SCAMMERS AREON THE PROWL... EVEN MORE SOAS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICCONTINUES.BUT..

IF YOU'RE MINDFUL...THERE ARE TRICKS YOU CAN USETO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T FALLVICTIM... AND LOSE THOUSANDSOF DOLLARS.

TWO WORKS FORYOU INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMERREPORTER CORI DUKE... SHOWSUS HOW.JEANNE DIXON, SCAM VICTIM "I've been looking for anewfound puppy for quiteawhile."JEANNE DIXON..

SCOURING THEINTERNET FOR THE NEWESTMEMBER OF HER FAMILY.

ANEWFOUNDLAND PUPPY, SHEHOPED WOULD FILL A VOID LEFTIN HER HEART." My daughter Charlene wasgoing to change the world."HER DAUGHTER'S DRIVE TO LIVELIFE TO THE FULLEST.

HALTEDIN AN INSTANT." She had a minor kneesurgery and she threw ablood clot and diedunexpectedly." BECAUSE THETRAUMA..

OF LOSING A CHILDLINGERED... .

JEANNEDECIDED SHE WOULD PURCHASE APUPPY.

ONE HER DAUGHTERCHARLENE ALWAYS WANTED."I came across one on Junethird.

I contacted thebreeder and we made anagreement on the price andthe shipping of the dog."JEANNE..

IS LOCATED INSPOKANE WASHINGTON..

THEBREEDER SHE FOUND ATNEWFIEHOMES.COM- CLAIMEDTHEY WERE LOCATED IN TULSA."I deposited the money in isbank account, the 800dollars for the dog and 150for shipping." THE BREEDER..THEN DEMANDED A PAYMENT OF$15-HUNDRED DOLLARS ININSURANCE FEES." then I get another emailthat asks me for a crate feeof over 2600 dollars."ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH.

JEANNEASKED FOR HER MONEY BACK.BUT IT WAS TOO LATE.

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SHEREALIZED SHE'D BEEN SCAMMED.BRYCE MARSHALL, TULSA BETTERBUSINESS BUREAU " We'veactually had an uptick inpuppy scams this year.

Theyare up from 18 percent lastyear, up to 25 percent ofall complaints registeredwith the http://bbb.org scamtracker." THE BBB SAYSTYPICALLY..

CONSUMERS LOSTAROUND 655 DOLLARS LASTYEAR.

AND THAT NUMBER HASINCREASED TO AN AVERAGE OF700.

JEANNE.

LOST2-THOUAND-450 DOLLARS." Even if there istestimonies, if it doesn'tshow some kind of picture,that might be a scam aswell.

Just try to see if youcan get more pictures of theanimal and try to do areverse search of thepicture as well.

Because ifthe picture shows up on morewebsites that's likely ascam." JEANNE..

SAYS SHEWISHES SHE LOOKED INTO THEBREEDER MORE CAREFULLY." I got grief brain goinginstead of my real brain."SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS THE MONEYIS GONE.

BUT HOPES HER STORYWILL SAVE SOMEONE ELSE THEHEARTACHE.I DID REACH OUT TO THE"BREEDER"... BUT ONLY GOT AGENERIC RESPONSE ASKING IF IWAS ALSO INTERESTED INBUYING A PUPPY.

I THEN DID ADOMAIN SEARCH FOR THEWEBSITE... AND FOUND THE IPLOCATION TO BE IN RUSSIA...NOT TULSA.

TO FIND OUT HOWI DID THAT AND A TO GET TIPSFROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL...VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT KJRHDOT COM CD2WFY.