This is the first email I got after inquiring about a puppy listed on home pit bull website:.
"Famous Pit Bull Puppies (Jasper)
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Famous pitbull
to me
19 hours agoDetails
Hi there!
Thank you for visiting our site and for your inquiry regarding our
Pit Bull Puppies for sale. We are familiar with this breed and
have raised them over the years and we have made out time to properly
educate ourselves on the breed to be of help to you as a prospective
buyer. All our lovely cuddles are raised here in our home around kids
and other pets that are dog friendly.
My husbands is a pastor of Grace Baptist Church we own a small
motel here where we live too and our pets are all raised right here
together with us as one big loving family, I am retired from the
Military service due to a duty accident a bomb blast
that almost took my life but all thanks to God I survived it even
though it rendered me hearing impaired so I am almost deaf as we
speak as I barely hear a word so I mostly communicate through
emails and texts so most often my husband assist me.
From time to time I am called up for some duties as a result of my
duty experience but that only happens 5 to 10 hours every
month so we stay home with our pets almost all day and night. We raised
2 children, all now in their 20's and 30 - so our pups are like our children
now, and we are always with our pets and take them with us wherever we go.
In the evenings, they always sit with us on the couch, they are never left
unattended to unless at night when they are all asleep.
Our acres is of natural beauty here, and our boys have loved taking their
walks on it and exploring it. They enjoy meeting our guests quite often,
and those who are dog lovers really have loved our boys and girls.
We constantly show our love for our boys and girls throughout the day,
and we very much appreciate their intelligence and personalities. Our males
more closely favor their Pit Bull fathers in size and appearance. Our
puppies
are all AKC Registered, will come with a ONE YEAR OF HEALTH GUARANTEE
and they have all had their first set of shots implying that they are all
vet checked and up to date on all shots and vaccines and are
now ready and fit to move into new homes with their new owners.
10 to 14 weeks is just the perfect age for re-homing. We breed
more of family oriented pets than actually show dogs.
We do not live of our dogs, rather we live for them. We do not
breed to make money rather we make money to better our breeding.
We are hobby breeders so we do not depend on breeding as a business.
We only do it for the sake of experience and for the love of the breed so
our fees are affordable enough for any pet loving family as we leave
our males only at $590 and our females at $600 and that includes
Shipping if picking him/her up won't be possible.
As you can see there is a special 7 days offer of 50% OFF our available
puppies as we normally give our males at $920 and our females at $980
so hurry up and grab this chance to take home a puppy of your choice.
All our puppies are good for apartment life. This breed can be fairly active
indoors and will do okay without a yard. This is a dog which enjoys
lavishing
love on his human companions as much as they love the same treatment in
return.
Where are you located?"
This is the second:
18 hours agoDetails
"Hi, thanks for your response!
The puppy (Jasper) you want to take home is still available, he is
10 weeks old and is so friendly with kids, adults and other house hold
pets like cats and other dogs.
We are located here in 12907 Westbrook Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030
so we will have to arrange and ship the puppy to you since picking him
up won't be possible and don't even worry about it because he will be
shipped and delivered to you healthy, sound and safe with no issue and
in very little or no stress state as we have always used the best pets
transport services in the US to transport all our puppies and it has
always been a wonderful experience. So before we chose your home or
family for Jasper, I will like to ask you a few questions if you don't
mind:
How old are you...?
Are you a breeder...?
Are you married / have kids at home..?
Have you had a puppy before...?
How soon do you want the puppy....?
Do you promise to love and take very good care of this baby for the
rest of his life...?
Do you have a vet around you where he can always be taken for check up...?
I will like to know a little more about you and your work schedule...?
I am sorry if i interfere but i am asking all these just to be
sure of where my baby will be spending the rest of his life in, hope
you understand. Once we receive the above information from you, we
will go through and get back to you to let you know if we have approve
you to own one of our own or not so please be honest with your respond
to us and if you are approved, we will get back to you with what to do
next in other to get your new baby so kindly get back to us as soon as
possible with reply as we will be waiting to read from you.
God Bless
Kelly"
Now the next one:
"17 hours agoDetails
Sounds good, well my partner and I just went through your mails,we
feel good about this so we have decided to place the puppy in your
home.As for the paper work and shipping process, it normally takes a
couple of hours to complete, though sometimes it could take a little
longer,how ever the whole process hardly exceeds one whole day. After
payment, we will meet the shipping agent and he is gonna call all
airlines to find out which of them has an available flight to your
location then he can book the flight for the puppy.Your puppy will
come with a vet record, a handbook that explains more on their life
style, feeding and toilet habits, which is well explained in the hand
book as well as a Puppy Care Kit which includes some helpful
information, that should help you facilitate the transition process in
your home. I'll advice you to get the following grooming tools within
a month or two from now: Shampoo, Conditioner, Pin Brush, Nail
Clippers, Ear/Pad Trimmer, Ear Lotion,
Scissors. About food, we feed all our puppies with Wellness dog
food,Grain-free or Purina One and NuVet Vitamin's that are excellent
for them. I choose to feed them with these because the are relatively
modest and readily available across the United States at most
departments or grocery stores. There are many opinions on which dog
food to use.This is a decision only you can make, but keep in mind
Purina has been making dog food for over 50 years and they do
extensive research on nutrition and protein. Other dog foods may cost
more but that doesn't necessarily means they are better. So please,
get back to us with the following information so we can start the
flight and transfer of ownership arrangements;
Full Name of receiver/owner of the puppy::?
State/city/zip code::?
Address/telephone and Cell phone number:::?
The Closest airport to your location::?
Do you want your new baby delivered at your home door step so that
you won't have to go through the airport hassle (stress) or at the
airport:::?
It will cost you an extra $30 if you choose the home delivery service!
As soon as we receive the above information from you, we will now get
back to you with details and how to make payments for your puppy and
we will keep you updated with every information as we proceed with the
shipping process of your new baby to you and the delivery agency
shall give you a call as soon as we register and book your puppy a
flight to your location. Please do not act as if you want to doubt us,
we are a God fearing family and has never offend anyone especially our
customers because the bible says if you offend any body, then you have
offended God and we are just so happy to let you have one of our puppy
and we have your full trust to ship to you our baby so it is now left
on you to play your part and spoil the baby to the fullest as you have
promised!
Waiting for your prompt reply, God Bless.
Kelly"
And another:
17 hours agoDetails
"We are planing to proceed with delivery as soon as we receive your payment.
We know that you will refer any person looking for a Pomeranian's puppy
puppy to us after you receive your puppy in a healthy and sound state
as many of our past customers have been doing so we are thanking you
in advance for that.
You are assured that once we receive the money, your puppy shall be on
the way to you.
Also, we will ship the puppy alongside a catalog for our past litters
and a CD which includes all instruction to take care of the puppy
especially for a first time owner.
You will just have to send the money through the CVS pharmacy or a
W-almart store using my full partner's name since that will be fast
and easy for us to receive it and proceed with the process. So you
will just have to locate any CVS pharmacy at your location and say you
want to send money but do not tell them the purpose of sending the
money because they usually tax high for charges when you are using
their service for business transaction so if they ask you just say you
are sending it to a friend, they shall give you a sending form which
you will fill in the full information as we give to you. Once you are
done filling the form just hand it over to the cashier along with the
money and the sending charges of just about $12 or $15 but the cashier
at the Walmart will tell you the exact charges and as soon as they are
done with the transaction, they will give you a payment receipt as
proof of payment then you will just have to take a picture of the
receipt and email the copy to us or the sender's name and the
reference number on the receipt.
Name : Fidelis Lens Morgan
State :Virginia
City: Faifax
Zip code :22030
Address :12907 Westbrook Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030
Amount : $630
You can still send the fee through money gram and you can use the link
below to track the nearest money gram location in your area:
https://www.moneygram.com/wps/portal/mo ... /locationsPlease make sure you go to the store in person to make the payment!
do not do it online because we have had problems with several payments
done online but when done at the stores in person we receive it with no problem
and please when sending the money make sure to send it in minutes.
Waiting to hear from you once payment has been made so that your puppy
can be on the way to you.
God Bless
Kelly"
And when I got suspicious, I tried to look up the church her husband is a pastor at. I couldn't find it so I sent her a message asking for church website. This is the reaction I got:
Elizabeth McNeill
I have a question for you....Do you have a website for your church?
to me
2 hours agoDetails
"No our website is down for now.
OMG i have been a pet lover since child and all my pets have been
treated with so much love and care just as they are God's creatures
and deserve the best. Animals have been one of the closest members of
our family.
I am a christian, elderly, trust worthy and honest person and i don't
think that i will ever stoop this low just to cheat on your hard
earned money!!
Gush i even find it too hard to believe that someone will ever do such
a terrible thing with pets just to hurt others. I'm trying my best to
understand where you are coming but we are trusting you with the life
of our baby and you need to trust us back....
We are completely less money minded here as we've been able to offer
50% discount to all loving homes including yours. We've been helping
families get them lovely puppies and they always end up thanking us
back, you can check our website on testimonials and read more about
that! Please i just hope you understand that we don't want to insist
you get this baby and later on find out the baby was not well taken care
of... We want to happily send the puppy over to your home with ease
and you need to make us feel comfortable while doing this!! We love
our puppies so much."
I managed to convince her I was not suspicious but that I had family in the area that had asked about the church because they may want to go to a service. She still thinks I am going to send money. After reading the posts on here I realized that many if them were exactly the same. Almost like a form letter. Is it a scam? What do I do now? This is so wrong. I feel devastated. Please help and advise me what to do.
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