Craigslist Dog Adoption Scams
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Craigslist dog adoption scams. These reports are collected and posted. However if a very young puppy is advertised as the last of the litter but is still a young age a discount may be suspicious. Many of these are dog scams on Craigslist.
It is estimated that pet adoption scam online is roughly 80 of pet ads. Many of our reported scams come from those who have been scammed. While Craigslist officially bans the sale of companion animals in reality such sales are common on the platform with sellers often using the term rehoming in order to skirt the ban.
The scammers scour adoption ads and animal shelter registers looking for pets they know are in demand. Experts believe at least 80 of sponsored advertisements about pets may be fake. Craigslist is a place where the scammers begin their dirty deeds at honest peoples expense.
Buyers need to be warned and aware of how these disreputable Sellers play this game to rip them off. Because of the current circumstances and unusual ways of doing business right now potential pet owners may not worry about buying a pet they have not met or seen yet. Watch the video below to see in action a Pet Adoption scam exposed.
You contact the person and they explain that they just moved out of the country and their pet is having a horrible time accommodating to the new climate. I went online in search of getting a golden retriever or yellow lab. While many times these fake listings appear on websites like Craigslist some scammers find ways to position themselves as reputable breeders by stealing personal info from them.
An unusually high proportion of victims of online pet scams are in their late teens or 20s according to the BBB. How most of the scams work. Do warn your kids and grandkids.