Comments on: How to protect yourself from pet scams http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/07/26/how-to-protect-yourself-from-pet-scams/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:15:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David D. http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/07/26/how-to-protect-yourself-from-pet-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-458400 David D. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:56:23 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2702#comment-458400 Latest Scam: Please add Anthony Peter to your list. $350 for a $2000 dog, now that's bargain. They claim to have left Houston for Africa and couldn't part with their puppies so they flew them all the way there. Anyway, glad you are alerting people. Their email is kriston.ar@gmail.com Can't the police get the names of the real owners of these email addresses from Google? It is a criminal act right? My 2nd grade daughter writes better that these people. FYI I asked for an address and got one which was a commercial business. When I told them that no one in Texas had a drivers license by that name they were offended. Encourage people to use www.publicdata.com to check people out. If someone will give me their real address I'll talk to them. Regards, David Latest Scam:

Please add Anthony Peter to your list. $350 for a $2000 dog, now that’s bargain. They claim to have left Houston for Africa and couldn’t part with their puppies so they flew them all the way there. Anyway, glad you are alerting people. Their email is kriston.ar@gmail.com

Can’t the police get the names of the real owners of these email addresses from Google? It is a criminal act right? My 2nd grade daughter writes better that these people. FYI I asked for an address and got one which was a commercial business. When I told them that no one in Texas had a drivers license by that name they were offended. Encourage people to use http://www.publicdata.com to check people out. If someone will give me their real address I’ll talk to them.

Regards,

David

]]> By: JenniferJ http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2008/07/26/how-to-protect-yourself-from-pet-scams/comment-page-1/#comment-326256 JenniferJ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:19:09 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=2702#comment-326256 Gah, I have the bulldog scam forwarded to me at least three times a week. On top of it arriving on it's own regular as clockwork. And NorCal Bulldog Rescue gets e-mails and calls on it all the time. There is another variant where the "owner" is financially devastated and has one bulldog and one maltese (or whatever) puppy and for just the cost of shipping they can be yours! I just dump them all but I am alarmed as to the number of well meaning and generally intelligent people whom I personally know who forward these to me thinking that there are actually dogs in trouble. Gah, I have the bulldog scam forwarded to me at least three times a week. On top of it arriving on it’s own regular as clockwork. And NorCal Bulldog Rescue gets e-mails and calls on it all the time.

There is another variant where the “owner” is financially devastated and has one bulldog and one maltese (or whatever) puppy and for just the cost of shipping they can be yours!

I just dump them all but I am alarmed as to the number of well meaning and generally intelligent people whom I personally know who forward these to me thinking that there are actually dogs in trouble.

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