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Fake tracking number from puppy study.
Scammers may steal photos from real breeders. In this photo submitted in a BBB Scam Tracker report, fraudsters failed to remove the watermark for Rolly Teacup Puppies. The business warns against these types of scams on their website.
A bogus seller used several steps, including this approval email, to make the online purchase of a dog appear legitimate. The consumer was scammed out of hundreds of dollars.
Fake ads from a BBB Scam Tracker report in which a customer looking for Shiba Inu puppies learned that the company they were corresponding with (Ichika Shiba Inu) was fake after they refused to provide verifications of their breeder qualifications and would not meet to show the dogs in person.
Fake ads from a BBB Scam Tracker report in which a customer looking for Shiba Inu puppies learned that the company they were corresponding with (Ichika Shiba Inu) was fake after they refused to provide verifications of their breeder qualifications and would not meet to show the dogs in person.
Scammers write fake testimonials or lift them from real breeders, such as these identified by Artists Against 419, a group dedicated to stopping fraud.
Artists Against 419, a group dedicated to stopping fraud, identified this scam website, which now has been taken offline. These websites make emotional appeals to consumers and attempt to show their legitimacy through mission statements.
Artists Against 419, a group dedicated to stopping fraud, identified this scam website, which is no longer online.
Fraudsters often imitate legitimate breeders and use pictures of real people to bolster their credentials. This now shuttered site, calling itself Amazing Groodle Kennel, was identified as a fake by Artists Against 419, a group dedicated to stopping fraud.
A scammer pretending to be with a company called Safeway Pet Services attempts to convince a consumer to pay additional charges for the shipment of their pet.