There is a demand for pets adoption since it is usually much cheaper than buying directly from pet shops and this will aid in saving the pets from being abandoned by helpless owners who somehow cannot keep their pets anymore. Other than the price, some pets are rare in Singapore and can only be imported from other countries.
In many cases, people breed pets specially to just for sales. They place advertisements online and claim "pets for adoption" and demand for adoption fee. "Adoption" is a term which has been badly abused by these pet sellers.
Recently, a lady was searching online to buy a kitten and she was almost being scammed. Somehow, she got into the Singapore news to share with everyone about the fraud.
In fact, this type of pet adoption scam has been ongoing since years ago. It is quite surprising that finally a person has stepped out to educate the public about it.
The pet scam's plot is simple: The "owner" of the pet will claim that the pet is for free but demand for a fee to transport the pet over from a foreign country. He/she will also promise to take care of all necessary documentation and arrangements to ensure that the pet is being delivered right at the buyer's house. After the buyer transfers the demanded fee over, the "owner" will go missing.
New scam techniques may have evolved.
We hope online shoppers will take extra precaution in buying things, especially from foreign sellers. This should also be applicable to online shoppers from all other countries.
Don't be a prey of scam.
Do donate your money to charity organisation instead of being conned.
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I had scammed by a lady name Evelyne Teh on a ad of locanto. She mention that she has two puppies,Yorkie for adoption. Her email address: evelyneteh@gmail.com. She told me her sad story about her daughter was dead by a car accident,so she had no heart on the puppies....she needs to find a loving family to adopt them. She say she is at Atlanta,so we need a shipping for the puppies... I was so happy,didn't realise that is a scam..
ReplyDeleteShe say what I have to do is just stay online n the puppies will delivery directly to my door address. I need to give her my detail and she will get a agency to process the delivery... It sound so easy n convenient. The cost for the delivery is only $310USD....
Next day,this agency call me with this number 66927812953, to ask me to process the payment for the delivery. They sent me a email from shipwith.us@zoho.com to follow the instruction to wired money by Western Union.
This is the detail they give me sent to their director
Name: Ndifor Ndi Elvis Nditah
Country: Thailand
City: Bangkok
Zip code : 10230
MTCN: 681-941-5506
Their HQ company branch is at Animal Transt Department, Pets Department, Sumatra Branch, Indonesia.
They ask me not to say out the reason for transfer to avoid paying high tax. I am so silly to believe it. After the payment,they mention the delivery is processing,even sent me a copy of owner ship certificate to prove it is true....then they email me again to say that I still need to get insurance for the puppies which cost me another $1250USD....they mention that it is refundable when the puppies is arrive to my address... If I refuse to make the payment,they can't process the delivery! Then, I realised that I had scammed...cos it sound like no ending payment!
I just a pets lover who wish can give the lovely puppies a warm home....n they make use of our soft heart to scam us. It really feels so sad... What I can do to all this bad scammer?
I've got scammed, be alert.
ReplyDeleteIf you have got scammed just like me, there's no way u could get ur money back.....u should
1) stop contacting em
2) block em on phones and email
2) put their informations online as detailed as possible
From company Dulles airport ( LAN CARGO SHIPPING PLC. )
Email: dullesaircarriers@live.com
: beckyyanna@gmail.com
: lioungmophy@yahoo.com
: marieann8921@gmail.com
: victoriaholgate081@gmail.com
: bellissiamorgarn@gmail.com ( was scammed by this email with a Thai phone number:
+66 95 941 9284.) lived in Thailand.
* the comment fact about em is that they show very much concern about the pet that they are giving off, they will ask questions about you. They will insist that they are not selling and making money off their pet but you will have to pay the shipping fee of the pet through "Western Union or Money Gram" ( when u see this it's 100% a scam.) Below are the sample email one of em send me.
Hello,
Thanks for the interests in my puppies
I have available two Pomeranian puppies
These little litters are called Cleo and Lola
The male is called Cleo and the female is called Lola.
They are raised in my home with children, already spoiled.
so they had the best care available
These two puppies left available have the following details:
age: 12 weeks old
Recognition: Registered
Health Problems: no health problem
Living Conditions: They can live any where.
Trained: well trained and home trained.
Health Condition: excellent in health condition,vet
checked, registered and confirmed health guarantee.
***these are the kind of question they will ask and want u to answer em.
Where are you located?
Do you have a vet?
have you ever had a pet before?
Does your home favors pet?
Do you have kids?
They shall come along with all their papers.
I am not selling these puppies but giving them for adoption
to any pets loving and caring home
The reason, why i am give out these puppies is that,
I am very busy and hence could not make up time to stay with the pets.
Nobody is ever at home to take good care of these puppies.
So, i truly needs a good loving and caring home for these puppies. ( they make out good stories )
Can you tell me more about your self ?
Pending your respond
We just got scammed from these people in Thailand too. We transfered S$300 for a kitten and then they demanded more money (SGD850) saying the kitten is now at the airport waiting to board the flight.
ReplyDeleteThks for informing, nearly got scammed too, luckily went to search for the number and realized it was a scam. The new email they are using now is kwuankam@gmail.com, phone number is still +66 95 941 9284
ReplyDeleteshanaeau.003@outlook.com is the e-mail address of a scammer that is trying to scam people into "buying" many types of kittens and puppies, including Scottish Fold Kittens. If you see any advertisements from this e-mail address, it is a scam!! This is from personal experience.
ReplyDeleteWhat an ordeal! Got scammed by a british dealer who advertised english golden retriever puppies for $2,800 inclusive of import fees. Promised papers and vaccination and everything. Even showed pictures of the puppies and recommended which to pick.
ReplyDeleteWe wired him half the money (S$1,400) up front thinking it was a steal -- local pet shops are selling golden retriever puppies for upwards of $6,000!
That was 6 months ago... clearly the puppy is not coming, they've stopped responding to our emails, and we've been scammed.
Hope others will learn from my folly. So be careful out there folks.
kaiyimei@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteand
shuyowing@gmail.com
are also scammers. There are many more on lost-paws.org.
All with the same people behind them as they use the same wording and names and even fake names for the non-existent dogs.
I see similar scammers all over other classified ads sites as well.
kaiyimei@gmail.com and shuyowing@gmail.com are emails these scammers are using too on lost-paws.org. Same people behind these scams as the wording of the ads as well as names used are the same. Even the fake names given to the non-existent dogs are the same.
ReplyDeleteI see these scams appearing all across the internet after my encounter with kaiyimei@gmail.com. Thankfully I was sharp enough to spot the discrepancies and did some searching online for similar scams. This scammer even signed off with a different name in his/her second email to me. Ridiculous!