Craigslist Dog Adoption Scams

Many of these are dog scams on Craigslist.

Craigslist dog adoption scams. The eager adopter pays the breeder and then gets a notice saying the pet is being held at the airport because it is required to have insurance in order to travel. Pet shipments often part of the scam. The thieves almost always ask the victims to pay to ship the pet by air and they will send victims to bogus web sites of pet transportation companies set up.

After exchanging a few e-mails and building trust the owner of the animal will only require that you pay for the shipping just promise youll take. I hope this helps YOU from being taken advantage of by the many scum bags that use CRAIGSLIST to scam people. I support a small nonprofit that works to put puppy mills out of business by educating the public about pet shops and where they get their puppies.

The scammer first puts an ad offering pets for sale a very low cost. Its all a scam. Hopefully Craigslist will not delete this warning.

Now I am looking for a new pup but there are sooo many scammers on craigslist plus they all want HUGE rehoming fees. Many of our reported scams come from those who have been scammed. Scams are widespread with unethical breeders and dealers frequently selling animals who are sick stolen or even nonexistent.

You contact the person and they explain that they just moved out of the country and their pet is having a horrible time accommodating to the new climate. These are definitely backyard breeders that. An unusually high proportion of victims of online pet scams are in their late teens or 20s according to the BBB.

Watch the video below to see in action a Pet Adoption scam exposed. So in a nutshell these people under the guise of being a friend to animals make a 200-400 profit for each dog they obtain from the shelter or other adoption means CL local classifieds etc. While Craigslist officially bans the sale of companion animals in reality such sales are common on the platform with sellers often using the term rehoming in order to skirt the ban.