Beware of Online Bulldog Scam
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-09-15 21:14:03
The internet. It's become a virtual work displace for scam artists. A new online scam is preying on our love of pets.
This one plays on our emotions in Georgia where UGA the Georgia Bulldogs mascot rules the kingdom. Say you want to buy an English bulldog just like UGA? Most of us ordain go online to see what breeders have to furnish.
Some say they are so ugly they are cute. For Lori Belcher of Richmond. Virginia the English bulldog is a family tradition. So is having a pet.
"I grew up with them and I think it teaches kids responsibility," she said. "A different kind of love."
When the Belchers brought their daughter. Gracie home she was greeted by family members and the Belcher's two English bulldogs.
"I loved them," Gracie said. "They were fun to snuggle with and I loved them and both of them died."
The Belchers lost their first English bulldog in November of last year. Their other bulldog died in June.
Three months later. Lori decided it was time to find a new English bulldog. Knowing they start at $1,500 she turned to the internet to see what she could find.
"When I was online. I was just kind of looking around for some local breeders and I ran across this ad that said. 'English assail for adoption,'" Lori said. "When I clicked on it it had this cute little puppy conceive of and it said. 'English bulldog for $250 needs to sight a good home.' I definitely thought it was a good deal."
Belcher believed she had stumbled upon an amazing bargain so she replied to the ad. The seller had an interesting back story.
"'I had to move to London. I'm doing malaria research and I am finding I don't have any time for the dog,'" Lori said the seller wrote to her. "'I just want to find it a loving home and I want someone to pay to ship it back to the US.'"
"He sent me this confirmation with flight information when the puppy was coming," she said. "He asked me to wire the money to Baltimore. Maryland. That was my red sign right there."
"I've heard the same scam about a lot of different breeds of dogs. People will do that," David Townsend said.
Townsend is an American Kennel Club English assail expert. He's been around bulldogs off and on for 30 years.
"A good quality assail runs between $1,500 and $2,500," Tonswend said. "When someone sees a dog in the paper for $800 they think. 'What a broach.' But generally if it sounds too good to be true it is."
Lori decided to call Air France which is the airline her London bulldog's owner was supposed to use.
"His first words were. 'gratify tell me you did not furnish this person any money,'" she said. "And I said. 'No sir. I didn't.'"
"He said. 'You will not believe how many people on a weekly basis before they speak to me have spent thousands of dollars,'" Lori said.
And it's easy to be had. We scanned through bulldog listings online and you would see some of the big red flags like dogs from Nigeria or breeders with no working telecommunicate numbers.
The best way to avoid these scams and get a real deal is to communicate a local kennel club and adopt a bulldog through a licensed dealer. [ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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