Pet Scams On The Internet

Pets are great friends and companions for people of all ages. Even adults love pets, and most people have a dog or cat at some point in their lives as a companion. Unfortunately, pet scammers take advantage of these feelings to cheat people.

Many con-artists, throughout the world have puppy mills. Brokers handle the shipment of the animals and distribute then to a variety of sellers. It is the sellers who will use various means of advertising, including the Internet, these puppies for sale.

When they’re advertising on the internet there’s usually a picture of a very cute or pretty animal. The puppy is always touted as a purebred with championship abilities, and an extremely high price tag. You’ll always have to pay up front in these situations. Unfortunately, when the animal arrives, if it arrives at all, it is not the same animal at all.

Pet scammers will claim that the animal is fully up on their shots and are in good health in their ads. Many of the buyers who fell for this game got a puppy that was sick and/or died soon after. Do not plan on buying any live animals for a source you cannot certify as being legitimate.

The person buying the puppy thinks they are paying for the animal they saw in the picture on the internet. However, the buyer receives no dog and they can’t get their money back. People have lost hundreds and thousands of dollars in this way as purebred champions are very expensive. It is always a good ideal to use telephone look up services such as ip-yahoo.com/218/index.html in able to verify what the caller is actually whom they claim to be.

One of the favorite pet scams is to advertise that they will be shipped from overseas and all the buyer has to do is pay the shipping costs. Of course, after the money is sent they never arrive. The buyer is left with no options for the return of the their money.

There are a lot of detailed stories told by pet scammers to engender sympathy. Stories often revolve around abandoned pets from people who love their animal, but can no longer keep the pet. There’s even a current tale about people overseas who are being forced to give up their pets for a variety of reasons. In addition, every one of these circumstances will demand prepayment of any money required.

Being aware of who you are buying the pet from to start with is the best defense for not being scammed. Try to get to where you can meet the pet face to face, or trace the lineage of the dog. Trying to purchase from an unknown here or overseas is just looking for trouble. Reputable breeders are known by other people, and it should be easy to check them out. Don’t trust any sort of transaction that asks for money before the product.