J.smith
Stockport,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, January 05, 2009
My family were also looking for a 2nd family dog and came across an advert for yorkie puppies free for adoption from an owner in Scotland. After enquiring about the advert we also received a length e mail asking how we will care for the 'baby'. They said they were based in Girven, Scotland and had a b***h and a dog and to get in touch when we have decided which we wanted. We replied that we were looking for a b***h. I got a reply asking for name, address, phone number and closest airport. I was told that we had to pay 150 for the delivery and she was on her way to the delivery agency with the puppy who would then contact us about payment. We then received e mails from the delivery agency requesting payment in Cameroon which made us a little suspicious. When we didn't reply quickly enough we received a number of phone calls from a man with poor English demanding payment for delivery of this 'baby'. We didn't recognise the payment methods and they then told us to pay through the post office after some quite aggressive demands to use the payment methods stated in the e mails. After we still hadn't paid I received an e mail from the 'owner' saying the company was legit. Before making any payment we decided to research the company and came across a number of reports such as this. This confirmed our suspicions and luckily we have not made any payments and will not be doing so. I think it is important before making any payments for online adverts it is important to research who you are paying before making any payments so we would like to thank you for your report, and similar ones we have found that helped us before we were scammed.