Most people who have a love for pets have done so since they were children. Even adults love pets, and most people have a dog or cat at some point in their lives as a companion. Unfortunately, pet scammers take advantage of these feelings to cheat people.
Puppy mills are held by several con artists around the world. Brokers handle the shipment of the animals and distribute then to a variety of sellers. These sellers advertise the puppies through the Internet or through other means of advertisement to unsuspecting buyers.
When they’re advertising on the internet there’s usually a picture of a very cute or pretty animal. This animal is offered at a very high price as a purebred of championship quality. The purchase always requires money up front. However, the animal you pay for is far from the animal that you get in the end.
Pet scammers will claim that the animal is fully up on their shots and are in good health in their ads. However, the dogs buyers get often die not long after they get there. Buying from any source that is not certified is not a good idea.
For the most part, a buyer of a pet is paying for a specific pet that has a picture on the website. In reality, there is no animal at all and the money is gone. Due to the large amounts of money paid for what is claimed to be a championship dog, many people have lost small fortunes. It would do you well to use cell-registry.com/337/268/ or another telephone look up service to test the validity of the claims these sellers are making, and to see if it’s a scam.
One of the more common pet scams is advertising the animals are going to be shipped from another country (overseas)and the only thing buyer is responsible for the shipping charges. The scammer then keeps the money and never sends a pet. The buyer is left with no options for the return of the their money.
Pet scammers have many stories to tell that sound legitimate. One of the regular scam stories is owners who love their pets but can’t continue to keep them. There are other stories about people who go overseas and have to abandon the pet they own. Of course, all of these situations require money up front.
Being aware of who you are buying the pet from to start with is the best defense for not being scammed. If possible, a buyer needs to look at the animal’s parents and view the prospective pet in person. The idea of buying any unknown animal, either overseas or here at home, is setting yourself up for trouble. A legitimate breeder will be well-known and can be easily investigated. Additionally, anytime money is requested up-front, one should question the transaction.
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