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Puppy Fraud

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  • dizziblonde
    dizziblonde Posts: 4,276 Forumite
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    Asking whether I have children and for a photo of myself and my house would be enough for me to say 'no thanks'.

    I'd be wary of any dog-breeder or rescue who DIDN'T ask about small children the dog's likely to be around, and at least details of the type of garden you have.
    Little miracle born April 2012, 33 weeks gestation and a little toughie!
  • fluffnutter
    fluffnutter Posts: 23,179 Forumite
    I'd be wary of any dog-breeder or rescue who DIDN'T ask about small children the dog's likely to be around, and at least details of the type of garden you have.

    Especially when they're then more than happy to send your pup to you by courier! No need to see the wee thing! No! Just parcel it up and send it by Home Delivery Network (just leave it behind the bins if no one's in).
    "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.
  • Jalapee
    Jalapee Posts: 235 Forumite
    Same issue!

    But was looking for a lab puppy!


    Hello ,
    Thanks for your response. I must say that am very happy to meet a
    good home for my puppy and i am very convinced that the puppy will be
    well taking care of by you.I will like to add some more qualities of
    the puppies that was not mention in the previous mail i sent to you.
    -they are house Trained .
    -they are socialized with kids and other house hold pets
    -they get angry when you shout at them, so don't do that.
    -they are 11 Weeks old
    he will be coming along side with all details of vaccination ,
    de-wormed and microchip.Since we have made up our mind to let the baby
    into to your home Can you promise me that Smith will be well look
    after and you guys will keep me update with monthly pictures so I can
    know how the puppy is doing with you.We have been transferred to another hospital in Kirk Wall in Scotland for her to get better treatment.So i will be very happy if you can come for the view but if you guys are not so close to me then I shall arrange for a Pet courier service and they will get the puppy delivered at your home address that you will provide to me, i love the service of a delivery company because they are so fast .After the
    registration i will provide you the puppy's registration number okay.The
    litter of these puppy were six but i have succeeded in given four of
    them for adoption and among those four three of them were delivered to
    their new destinations by this courier service so kindly send the
    delivery details as soon as possible okay. Also i shall require all your details to do the change of ownership papers and the details are as follow.
    Full names........
    House address.........
    City.......................
    Zip code.....................
    Home number...................
    Mobile number...................
    E-mail address..................
    As soon as i have the details , i shall prepare the change of
    ownership papers before taking the puppy to the Shipping company for
    registration and your home delivery . Do get back to me with the
    details so i can prepare the change of ownership papers and do the
    delivery registration with the shipping and delivery service first thing tomorrow
    morning.. Thanks and i shall be waiting to read from you soon..you
    will have to pay just £180 for the puppy to be shipped and delivered to your home.And also I will send all the relevant paper works via the delivery service so you will be paying directly to them and not to me
    because my main objective is for this puppy to have a lovely and
    forever family,so be at home at 9 AM Tomorrow morning ok to hear from
    the delivery service and also to receive the puppy,so the £180 is for
    the delivery puppy okay.
    The Puppy will also come with the following papers;
    # Health guarantee
    # Vaccine record
    # Registration papers
    # Pedigree
    # Nutrition supplement
    # Traveling Crate
    Regards and waiting for your kind respond.





    jerry.mankind@yahoo.com.
  • Where did you both get the breeder details from?
  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    If you're asked for your zip code or city - you can be pretty sure it has nothing to do with anything in the UK.
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • Jalapee
    Jalapee Posts: 235 Forumite
  • texranger
    texranger Posts: 1,845 Forumite
    Jalapee wrote: »
    i got mine off www.pets4homes.co.uk


    site a cheap template most likely purchased off ebay.

    whois details http://whois.domaintools.com/pets4homes.co.uk hiden and in breach of nominet rules if he is selling .

    which hidden whois would ring alarm bells to me as a genuine business would never hide their details
  • NiallB
    NiallB Posts: 730 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Especially when they're then more than happy to send your pup to you by courier! No need to see the wee thing! No! Just parcel it up and send it by Home Delivery Network (just leave it behind the bins if no one's in).

    You should ONLY ever send puppies by Recorded Delivery :D
  • texranger
    texranger Posts: 1,845 Forumite
    NiallB wrote: »
    You should ONLY ever send puppies by Recorded Delivery :D

    and ONLY in a Jiffy Bag as its cheaper to post :D
  • Jalapee
    Jalapee Posts: 235 Forumite
    My parents bought both their dogs off this site, through a breeder that advertised their dogs litter- few strange ones on their- but not all are fake 
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