SCAM Report #62 -- the Canadian scam victim's profile

from the desk of Dr Walter Woolf, the veterinary founder and owner of Air Animal Pet Movers; the relocating pets best friend since 1977, with one (1) office only in Tampa, Florida / USA .

The Canadian scam victim's profile : with the free classified advertising available on www.kijiji.ca, a visit to the Canadian communities of Brantford, Thunder Bay, Fort MacMurry, etc is easy. You will observe the major Canadian cities on the kijiji.ca website are marked in bold red ... the smaller communities are not highlighted.

The scammers in the African country of Cameroon .. and other parts of the world, list their puppies, etc for adoption, sale, etc in the smaller communities of Canada, with the alleged and non-existent pet being shipped to you from a distant major Canadian city; a city which you are unable to drive to easily, usually at the other end of Canada.

The bait is set with either a cute, adorable puppy, etc or one at a lower than market price, or a breed not generally available to the Canadian pet owners. The Cameroon scammers bait the Canadian victims with amounts of CAD$400.00, $800.00, $1200.00, etc .. usually in multiples of $400.00.

We spoke to one scam victim in Brantford, who was milked in amounts of CAD$250.00 in multiple MoneyGram transfers via Canada Post.

Summary; if you live in a Canadian province, and not in the major city of the province, and you find a pet for purchase in kijiji's free classified advertising web site, and the pet will be shipped to you from a distant major Canadian city, you are at the beginning of an internet scam.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, yet the scammers in Cameroon, Africa and elsewhere turn that picture into thousands of dollars for internet purchases that were never meant to exist in the first place.

DISCLAIMER : Air Anmal Pet Movers of Tampa, Florida/USA does not transport puppies, parrots, monkeys, etc where there is a financial relationship between a seller and a buyer. Air Animal is a pet moving service for relocating families, nationwide and worldwide, operating from offices in Tampa, Florida only.

where or where are my monkeys : SCAM

... the mystery caller called from a pay phone, asking where his three monkeys were; wondering what airline they were on from Kansas City, Missouri to Toronto, Canada.

... and, he had wired money to a total stranger in another country for three monkeys .. had the gentleman checked with CFIA .. the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the equivalent of the USDA here in the United States .. he would have found that the importation of monkeys into Canada is severly regulated by CFIA.

... submitted by Walter M Woolf, V.M.D. .. the principal owner and managing director of Air Animal Pet Movers .. .. the relocating pets best friend since 1977.