SCAM Report #58 : Connecticut Pet Owners targeted : Enfield & Hartford

from the desk of Dr Walter Woolf, the veterinary founder & owner of Air Animal, the Tampa, Florida / USA based pet moving service for relocating families; definitely NOT engaged in the transport of puppies for the Cameroon scammers.

the report came in from Enfield, Connecticut .. where the purchaser of the alleged Bulldog puppy (aren't they cute in those internet photos?)called to identify they were NOT going to be scammed. The caller (she) having answered an advertisment in a local newspaper in Connecticut. The "hook" was the low balled price of $240.00 for the Bulldog puppy.

and the caller from Connecticut .. having found an alleged "teacup Yorkie" on a web site for the low balled price of $200.00 ... and, after visiting our Blog on scams, was surprised ... and thankful she had not sent any cash dollars to Cameeroon.

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 .

Australian pet lover targeted : SCAM report #47

we received the following e mail form Krysta Gascoyne in Australia .. anticipating the arrival of .. you guessed it .. " a Yorkie puppy " .. alleged to be shipped by ITAPA ... mispelled .. the trade association of the pet shippers and movers is "IPATA" .. the frequent target of the Cameroon scammers who make you think IPATA is sending you the alleged puppy purchase .. which you have quickly found out to non-existent.
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From: krysta_lg@hotmail.com
To: info@airmail.com
Subject: Puppy
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:18:26 +1030

Hello,

I have been waiting for delivery of a yorkie puppy and they were using ITAPA which is a higly recommened agency. I just want to find out if anything has been arranged through your services for delivery of this puppy.

My name: Krystal Gascoyne
And it is to be delivered to: GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA

Please advise, I really appreciate any assistance.

Kind Regards
Krystal
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Hello, I lost $400. I tried researching this all and I couldnt find any information against all this. It sounds like these people are constantly doing this scam.

Krystal

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dear Krystal .. through your loss you are able to share your information with potential pet owners and puppy purchasers globally.

with thanks for sharing ....

Teacup Yorkies - WA to TX & Europe to ATL

.. wow .. they've shifted this week's focus from Chihuahua's to "teacup Yorkies" ..there in lies the beginning of the lie .. there are "teacup Poodles" and not "teacup Yorkies" .

.. one family had already used Western Union (shame on WU) to wire money to the African country of Cameroon ... loss of USD$230.00 .. before realizing they were being scammed... the family was located in Texas... and couldn't understand why the puppy was being shipped from Seattle, Washington ... because, the puppy never existed in the first place.

... and the other family in Atlanta was curious enough to ask why two separate transfer of funds ...the initial request was for USD$180.00 ... and the second request was for USD$484.00 for "insurance" were being requested.

.... the Atlanta family was wise enough to contact us to validate the financial transaction.

..... submitted by: Walter M Woolf, V.M.D. .. principal owner & managing director .. Air Animal Pet Movers, with one office located in Tampa, Florida .. providing relocating pet owners with global pet moving logistics.