Hearing from people across the country and across the world; as they report to us the cut and paste identity theft of the Home Page of Air Animal Pet Movers ... you may wish to educate yourself about the ways scammers operate.
Smart, cunning, brilliant, persusive, etc are only some of the terms we can use as these internet predators seek to extract money from you.
Look at the following websites to educate yourself; and if you have been scammed, how to report your loss ... here goes
in the United States and its territories
... www.ic3.gov ..the Federal Bureau of Investigation .
in Canada .. www.phonebusters.org ....
in Europe and the EC ... www.fraudwatchers.org
globally ... www.scambusters.org ....
If you have chosen to wire money to a total stranger in another country on their e mail promise to send to you the object you desire, for under market value, and you have discovered you have been the victim of a scam .. and there are many of you who are trusting and good people, you should report your experience to the web site host by looking at the bottom of the page of the hosting web site ... and clicking on "Terms of Service" as well as sharing your experience with "Contact Us" .. again , on the bottom of the home page of the website hosting the fraudlent activity.
posted in the public interest by Air Animal Pet Movers .. the victim of business identity theft; based in Tampa, Florida, USA ..... transporting pets only for relocating families; nationwide and worldwide.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
SCAM Report # 67 ---- easily identify a pet purchase scam
Disclaimer: Air Animal, Inc. ..d/b/a .. Air Animal Pet Movers is the Tampa, Florida based pet moving service for relocating families; globally, nationwide, and throughout TampaBay/Central Florida.
Imposter companies, claiming to be offshore offices of Air Animal, will attempt to lure you into purchasing pets (puppies, parrots, monkeys, etc) based upon photogrpahs on various web sites.
These African continent based internet predators are based in the following countries: Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, Burundi, Nigeria, etc. Working from internet cafes, the pet purchases start with below market prices. The scams are based upon multiple levels of CASH money transfers via Western Union and MoneyGram. Once you send the money via WU or MG ... your chances for recovery of funds is poor to none.
To easily identify a pet purchase scam; simply do the following: enter the name of the person you are working with in a Google search; along with the country, and the following countries; Cameroon, Nigeria, 419, Ivory Coast, Chad, Burundi; and of course, any unusual names you are not familiar with. The history of the scammers are clearly posted on a variety of web sites.
Offshore scammers and internet predators have histories of working various scams to a global audience.
Imposter companies, claiming to be offshore offices of Air Animal, will attempt to lure you into purchasing pets (puppies, parrots, monkeys, etc) based upon photogrpahs on various web sites.
These African continent based internet predators are based in the following countries: Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, Burundi, Nigeria, etc. Working from internet cafes, the pet purchases start with below market prices. The scams are based upon multiple levels of CASH money transfers via Western Union and MoneyGram. Once you send the money via WU or MG ... your chances for recovery of funds is poor to none.
To easily identify a pet purchase scam; simply do the following: enter the name of the person you are working with in a Google search; along with the country, and the following countries; Cameroon, Nigeria, 419, Ivory Coast, Chad, Burundi; and of course, any unusual names you are not familiar with. The history of the scammers are clearly posted on a variety of web sites.
Offshore scammers and internet predators have histories of working various scams to a global audience.
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