Pet Scam

After looking for a puppy and thinking I knew what to look for when it came to scams... I have now done some research and have found that this scammer has 3 different websites that he works through; helpinghandsbulldogs, bulldogsbay and the shipping company that was supposed to courier the puppy to and from the airport which is Comfort Relocator. Luckily, I was able to reverse all funds sent to this person. The pet was to be dropped off at Comfort Relocators, which he said happened. I received an email with the tracking number for the puppy from the so called seller. I then received a phone call letting me know I needed to go online to the Comfort Relocator page and pay the shipping fee through the site. I went to the site, attempted to pay the shipping and received a message that my cc was not charged due to the payment page being down, under maintenance. I was then told to wire $200 for the shipping. I was to pay the cost of the puppy once she arrived at my door. I then got a phone call that there were no flights going out that day and that I needed to pay for them to care for the pup over night including food and water. I did that and the next day, the website tracking page was showing she was on a plane. It was showing the airline name and flight number. I never received an itinerary from the courier company though and could not get ahold of anyone. The next day, the tracking page of the website was showing I needed to pay for pet insurance because the insurance had expired. I received a phone call telling me I needed to pay for the insurance. At this point, I did know it was a scam. I went to Spokeo website and input the courier website to search for the person linked to it and ended up finding this person was linked to both the puppy website and courier website and stumbled on the second puppy website he was also linked to. My husband is in law enforcement and is taking this as far as he is able. Lesson...Research all parties involved.

Hello Rwall and welcome to Scamwarners.
Please post the actual emails that asked for the payment and the URL of the websites that you were given to make the payment. This information will help other avoid this scam.
Please note that you Credit Card information has been phished and is now in the hands of this criminal. The processing error is common in these scams that are phishing for CC information. Contact you banks fraud department about probable fraudulent charges on your credit card. If it was me I would cancel the card and ask for a new number.

If you have any additional questions about this scam please ask.

Added Fake pet shipping company.

Web Site www.comfortrelocators.com

9870 St Vincent Place,
Glasgow, DC 45 Fr 45

Telephone

Telephone: +1 800 559 6580
Telephone(Receive Text): +1 (323) 609-3544 VoIP number in LA California

E-mail [email protected]

Rwall, welcome to scamwarners, sorry to hear you have been scammed.

Please never purchase a pet sight unseen. The temperament of the animal should always be your first priority, and you have no idea of its temper until after you meet the animal in person.

Please read this article to keep you safe from pet scammers. http://www.petscams.tk/

http://helpinghandsbulldogs.com/
Domain Name: HELPINGHANDSBULLDOGS.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1921904765_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.enom.com
Registrar URL: http://www.enom.com
Updated Date: 2015-04-21T04:40:25.00Z
Creation Date: 2015-04-21T11:40:00.00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-04-21T11:40:00.00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar IANA ID: 48
Reseller: NAMECHEAP.COM
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Registrant City: PANAMA
Registrant State/Province: PANAMA
Registrant Postal Code: 00000
Registrant Country: PA
Registrant Phone: +507.8365503
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +51.17057182
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: [email protected]
Contact page has no address or phone number.

Comfort Relocators is at 9870 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, DC 45 Fr 45. There's no such city as Glasgow, DC, and there's no way to interpret any of the address as a postcode in Glasgow, Scotland. The contact page says "Use the bellow information", which is an obvious Africanism.

comfortrelocators.com and helpinghandsbulldogs.com are in the process of being reported for fraud.

ETA2. bulldogsbay and bulldogsny are both legit.