Disclaimer; contrary to what you may have been told, or have been led to believe by imposters in the African country of Cameroon, and elsewhere; Air Animal, the Tampa, Florida based pet moving service for relocating families; is NOT involved in the transportation of pets purchased over the internet.
From the desk of Dr Walter Woolf, the veterinary founder and owner of Air Animal, the pet moving service for relocating families, since 1977, now in our 32nd year of continuous business, from our sole office in Tampa, Florida, USA.
Summary of this past week's reports from across the world.
Canadians continue to be trusting people; sending more per MoneyGram (cash) to Cameroon, for alleged puppies; that never appear than Americans.
Americans were targeted this past week as they are on a regular daily basis as victims of the con & scam artists in the African country of Cameroon and elsewhere..... with fictitious web sites provided the scam victims to allegedly "track" the shipment of the puppies. Of course, after the first transfer of CASH by Western Union and/or MoneyGram, you discover the "tracking web site" do not exist.
Our Briish cousins continue to be targeted as well; the "bait" this past week being African Gray parrots. For those who take the time & effort to read these blogs, you will benefit by knowing of the need for you to obtain a CITES import permit to bring the alleged birds into the UK, with quarantine at your residence; along with veterinary inspection at your residence. A call to your local UK veterinary surgeon will confirm this situation.
Our "down under" friends in Australia continue to take the "bait" from the con and scam artists in Camereoon, and elesewhere. Our Aussie friends would do well to look at the AQIS website ... www.aqis.gov.au .. to familiarize themselves with the imporation of pet dogs, cats, and birds into Australia.
Summary; if you contemplating purchasing and/or acquiring a pet via the internet, you are most likely setting yourselves up to be the victim of a scam from talented and sophisticated con artists in yes, the African country of Cameroon.
If the "deal" seems to good to be true, it is ... there are NO "free" or low cost pets to be purchased over the internet.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday ... 26 January 2009 : SCAM Report #53 - Victims spared $700.00 on one weekend
from the desk of Dr Walter Woolf, the principal owner & managing director of Air Animal Pet Movers, the pet moving service for relocating pet owners, since 1977, .. with ONE (1) office only in Tampa, Florida / USA .
Monday, 26 January 2009 brought us three reports of attempted scams over the weekend of 23 - 26 January 2009.
SCAM #1 of 3 : the first one was for the purchase of a Maltese puppy for the price of $200.00 from the prospective scam victim in San Diego, California who knew Maltese puppies were generally available for purchase in the amount of $500.00 to $1500.00 .. and could not understand why the price was so low. The "deal" was from New Jersey .. to California .. fortunately .. the San Diego, California buyer did not fall for the low price.
SCAM #2 of 3 : the second one was for the purchase of a "teacup Yorkie puppy" for the price of $200.00 from New Jersey to Washington. The Washington caller could not understand why the US Dollars in the form of a Western Union transfer or the MoneyGram transfer had to go to the African country of Cameroon ... the Washington caller went to Air Animal's website ... www.airanimal.com .... found our Blog on Internet Puppy Scames, Business Identity theft, and realized she was a potential victim.
SCAM #3 of 3 : the third one was from the caller in "Indiana" wanting to know why an intial Western Union payment in the amount of $250.00 was followed by an additional request of $50.00 by Western Union for the internet purchase of a Capuchin Monkey ..to be shipped from the non-existent office of Air Animal in Kansas City to an unspecified airport city in "Indiana" ... the $250.00 was for the alleged transport & shipping of the pet by Air Animal .. with the additional fee of $50.00 for alleged home delivery ...... had to be sent to the African country of Cameroon. The scheduled passenger airlines of the United States and their air cargo services do NOT accept monkeys for shipment; and , there are NO branch offices of Air Animal Pet Movers anyplace in the world.
SUMMARY: with diligence, intelligence, internet saavy, and basic "smarts" ... three potential scam victims in the USA .. in the states of California, Washington, and Indiana were saved a total of USD$700.00 .
Monday, 26 January 2009 brought us three reports of attempted scams over the weekend of 23 - 26 January 2009.
SCAM #1 of 3 : the first one was for the purchase of a Maltese puppy for the price of $200.00 from the prospective scam victim in San Diego, California who knew Maltese puppies were generally available for purchase in the amount of $500.00 to $1500.00 .. and could not understand why the price was so low. The "deal" was from New Jersey .. to California .. fortunately .. the San Diego, California buyer did not fall for the low price.
SCAM #2 of 3 : the second one was for the purchase of a "teacup Yorkie puppy" for the price of $200.00 from New Jersey to Washington. The Washington caller could not understand why the US Dollars in the form of a Western Union transfer or the MoneyGram transfer had to go to the African country of Cameroon ... the Washington caller went to Air Animal's website ... www.airanimal.com .... found our Blog on Internet Puppy Scames, Business Identity theft, and realized she was a potential victim.
SCAM #3 of 3 : the third one was from the caller in "Indiana" wanting to know why an intial Western Union payment in the amount of $250.00 was followed by an additional request of $50.00 by Western Union for the internet purchase of a Capuchin Monkey ..to be shipped from the non-existent office of Air Animal in Kansas City to an unspecified airport city in "Indiana" ... the $250.00 was for the alleged transport & shipping of the pet by Air Animal .. with the additional fee of $50.00 for alleged home delivery ...... had to be sent to the African country of Cameroon. The scheduled passenger airlines of the United States and their air cargo services do NOT accept monkeys for shipment; and , there are NO branch offices of Air Animal Pet Movers anyplace in the world.
SUMMARY: with diligence, intelligence, internet saavy, and basic "smarts" ... three potential scam victims in the USA .. in the states of California, Washington, and Indiana were saved a total of USD$700.00 .
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