Comments on: New Nigerian Scam: Pets, Free to Good Home http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/06/07/new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Trish http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/06/07/new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home/comment-page-1/#comment-701007 Trish Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:19:26 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/06/07/101515_new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home.html#comment-701007 Hi. I have just fallen for the puppy scam. The breeder goes by the name of Ashly Comouxe and her email is shlcmx6@gmail.com. The transportation agency is Royal Paws Pet City in voyage, Ohio. The name of the person I wired money to is Tony Nickman at 512 Benson St, Camden, NJ, 08103. I exchanged several emails with the breeder, fell in love with the Brussels Griffon puppy she had for sale, and answered a lot of detailed questions about whether or not I was suitable to adopt her puppy. She used “ok” alot, almost after every sentence. WHen I asked how to proceed she asked for my address and nearest airport. Two hours later she emailed me to say the puppy was with the pet transportation agency which was waiting for me to send the payment so they could transport my puppy to me. I checked out the agency first and seemed very legit. So once they contacted me I wired them $350.00 american through western union. I then received an email from the agency waying the puppy was about to board the plane and they would get back to me with the delivery time. An hour later I got another email from the agency stating that my puppy was being held at the Ohio airport because his life insurance has expired two days prior and I had to send an additional $500.00 american to get him shipped to me or I would be facing criminal charges for animal violation. I realized at that point that I was definitely being scammed. so I emailed the owner and demanded that she either straighten things out on her end and get my puppy to me, OR reimburse my money, OR I would call my lawyer and the police. She responded that if I paid the 500.00 I would be reimbursed once the puppy arrived. Ofcourse I didn’t send another cent. Now I am left with no puppy, and I’m out $400.00 canadian. To make matters worse, I had to explain to my five year old daughter why the puppy wasn’t coming. She cried for an hour. I have been emailing the breeder all day with nasty comments, telling her I had the police and my lawyer looking for her. SHe ahs replied twice, once to say “yes, okay” and once to say “it is normal” meaing that being scammed is normal. I am outraged, saddened and I feel like a fool. Worst of all, my poor daughter had to learn a lesson like this far too young. THese people are disgusting and must be stopped. Please pass the word around. I don’t want anyone else going through this.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/06/07/new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home/comment-page-1/#comment-90589 Melissa Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:45:56 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/06/07/101515_new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home.html#comment-90589 That’s pretty harsh, poundwise. These people are clever, also creating aliases as shipping companies, etc to cover their tracks if you do try to check it out. No one deserves to be stolen from…gullible or not.

]]> By: green http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/06/07/new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home/comment-page-1/#comment-55845 green Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:48:18 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/06/07/101515_new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home.html#comment-55845 This is a big problem, they are big cheaters. When you send the money, you will lost both pet and money.

]]> By: poundwise http://www.pfadvice.com/2007/06/07/new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home/comment-page-1/#comment-55722 poundwise Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:39:05 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/2007/06/07/101515_new-nigerian-scam-pets-free-to-good-home.html#comment-55722 I think people who fall these things, in some ways, get what they deserve. I mean, how gullible do you have to be?

As for Craiglist, there are warnings all over the site to only deal locally and to not wire money, etc. So if someone does, it is not as if they haven’t been warned.

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