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Complaint Review: Pet Air Cargo Delivery Service - Internet
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Nicole -
Port Saint Lucie, Florida, United States of America
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Pet Air Cargo Delivery Service
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Pet Air Cargo Delivery Service According to them the Head Branch name was "Mbah Robinson" located in Cameroon Purchased a dog and sent money through Western Union and was never called, only emailed. Internet
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I visited the website "pawsitesonline.com" where I found a pomeranian puppy. I emailed the person and was answered right away. The person seemed very rushed for time, and told me that they were selling me the puppy for $150, plus $50 to ship the puppy. He then told me where to send the money, which was in New Jersey.
He picked up the money and told me that he would have the puppy on the flight. I asked numerous times for him to call, but he never did. He never gave me any contact information. I asked for a contract from him, and one was never brought up.
I get an email from an [email protected] telling me that recieved the puppy and where going to fly it to the local airport near my address, and told me about the $670 insurance fee that will be fully refunded once my puppy was at my door along with a "cheuqe" for the amount of $670.
After I paid the money (which was again sent through Western Union and since their website was "down" I had to send the $670 to Cameroon to a Mhab Robinson). I didn't hear anything from them until I started threating them about calling authorities and the crappy service. I didn't know anything about the puppy, its where abouts or when it was going to be delivered.
They then told me that the puppy needed a certain vaccination that required a $850 fee that would also be refunded once the puppy was delivered to my door step. I then decided that a pomeranian puppy was not worth the $1600 that may or may not be refunded.
I told them they needed to send me my $670 back immediately or I would contact the authorities. They told me to go ahead, that they have rules too, and welcome any sort of authority figure.
The one thing I found strange was whenever the "airport" emailed me, so did the person I was buying the dog from, and he always knew about the money situation. He even offered half the fee for the vacination. I told him I could no longer afford the cost of the puppy and that I needed the $200 I sent to him. And it also seemed VERY strange that he knew to much about what the "airport" was saying.
I told the airport that I was contacting authorities/lawyers, but not the seller. I have not heard from either one of them in the past six hours. I have been sending messages every hour on the hour to both of them, and now I truly believe that I was involved in a scam.
Do not visit the website "pawsiteonline.com" or pay money to any one with out contact information and a contract for you too sign. I have no idea what I'm going to do, because now I spent $870 for a puppy that is not here in my arms. I am very distraught, and upset.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! And please, prevent these people from stealing money from more people!
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Flynrider
Phoenix,Arizona,
USA
I'm afraid you're out of luck.
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, September 16, 2010
This is a common scam on the Internet. There never was a puppy, just a picture. Unfortunately, you sent cash to the scammers via Western Union which makes it untraceable. It was no accident that this was the only way to send the money. Western Union and Moneygram transfers are the only way that scammers can get their hands on your cash without leaving a paper trail.
There were several red flags that indicated this was a scam. For future reference :
Requirement to send cash transfers via Western Union or Moneygram - Always used by scammers and not used by any legitimate business.
Sending money to Africa - Cameroon is almost as bad as Nigeria when it comes to scams. Also, why would anyone in Africa be involved in such a transaction?
Email addresses - Scammers always use public throwaway email addresses from services like Live, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc... Also, the address you posted clearly is located in France. Why would anyone in France be involved?
Since the names and email addresses used to communicate with you were undoubtedly fake, there's really not much that anyone can do to retrieve your money. It was the electronic equivalent to handing cash to some unknown stranger on the street.
Ken
Clinton,South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Unbelievable
#3General Comment
Thu, September 16, 2010
Did you not see the two, huge, incredibly clear red flags here?
Western Union and a foreign country.
Add them up and they spell scam.
They used adorable puppies to bait you into sending money, and they won this round.
Sorry you fell for this.
