My wife found a really cute Yorkie puppy named Blue and wanted to buy it. After a couple of emails, the alarm bells started ringing. Following are the points of evidence for me to call a scam alert.
Here is a picture of Blue on the site https://foreveryorkiekisses.com/available-puppies/
My wife filled out the “Adopt Blue” form on the site and here is the first email we got back in response.
We are writing to you in response to your inquiry on Yorkie puppy; BLUE We greatly appreciate your interest in our little buddy and also hope that the information on Blue stated below meets your expectations so he can make you and your family absolutely happier. BLUE’S INFO: He is AKC registered just like the rest of our Yorkies. He is current on all his shots (vaccines). His birthday is January 21st, 2021 He currently weighs 1.4 lbs and his estimated adult weight is 5 lbs Blue has equally been Microchipped Like the rest of our puppies, he has been potty trained to use a puppy pad. Blue loves giving puppy kisses, he loves to cuddle, he's filled with love and he is also very playful He gets along very well with children as well as with other home pets. Basically, Blue loves to be spoiled. Since all our puppies are a great part of our family (Forever Yorkie Kisses), we are always concerned about the kind of home/family any of our babies will be going to at any given moment. For that reason, we have a couple of questions we would like for you to answer before we can proceed with the entire process. How big is your home/house/apartment? Will your job/school provide you with enough time to be able to take care of this puppy? Are you experienced with this breed of puppy or with puppies as a whole? Do you have any intentions to breed our puppy/puppies? Do you live with kids or other home pets? How soon would you like to have BLUE as part of your home/family? The cost to adopt Blue is $500. From the inquiry you sent earlier, we noticed that you are from [name of our town] which is about 18 hours drive away from us, but that isn't a problem at all because we shall have Blue transported safely to your city by a professional pet transportation company via flight (in the cabin), and then he will be delivered to your address by an agent within the same day. Transportation to your location will cost $200. Hence, the total cost will be $700 for you to have Blue. We are very much looking forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards!
Fair enough. Breeders should be careful about where the puppies are headed. No red flags here, except that price! My wife sent an email in response to the questions with a couple of questions of her own. Namely, where are they located? Here is the second email we got from them.
Thank you for getting back to us. We have read through your mail and would like to inform you that we are pleased to let you provide a home for baby BLUE. He is in perfect health condition and doesn’t not have any genetic or physical defects. Find attached a recent photo and a video of Blue. In order for us to proceed, when we receive your reply to this email stating if you are still willing to provide a home for this fur baby, we would then forward to you a “PURCHASE AGREEMENT FORM” via email in the form of PDF which you will download and print the documents; then fill the form, and finally scan the filled form and send back to us before you make the payment for your to-be puppy. If you do not have a means to scan the form, simply take clear photos of each page of the form with all 4 edges of the pages showing in the photos. Once we receive the filled form and your payment, we will then proceed with necessary arrangements for transportation of the puppy to your home address which you will include on the form. A deposit of $400 is required to reserve a client’s puppy till they are ready to receive the puppy at their home. We currently accept payments via ZELLE, APPLE PAY, GOOGLE PAY, Walmart2Walmart, Western Union, MoneyGram, and BITCOIN. We hope to hear back from you soon! Warm regards!
Following are the included picture and video.
No answer to the question about their location. The use of language is stilted and the list of payment methods is concerning, as well as a 57% deposit. So now the red flags are starting to fly. That led me to do some hunting. I discovered that Blue is also named Kevin on this site https://happypetcompanions.com/available-puppies/
That was the last red flag for me. I cannot say with empirical evidence that the people involved with this are scammers and neither am I interested in finding that evidence. I’ll pass on getting scammed, thank you very much! All in all there are many reasons to believe that both sites are run by the same people and that neither of them are to be trusted.
There is uncommon effort put into this attempt. I’m positive there are many thousands of these stories happening now so that means uncommon diligence is needed. Stay frosty my friends!
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