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Beware of puppy buyer scam

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#1 ·
This is a response I recieved from a so called potiential puppy buyer. I personally don't see how anyone could fall for this but want others to be aware. It actually makes me so mad that their are disgusting people out their doing this. From research they send you money over the puppy price you send some back and their check bounces. (surprise) I don't know anyone who would get this far as a application, family interview lots of communication is part of the my puppy placement. This is the letter and sender information:



Thanks for your prompt response.I would be buying one male puppy you have for sale so kindly reserve it for me.I am sending you this email to make final reconfirmation of the one puppy.and let you know that payment will be by certified Check. However, I want to alert you on the fact that you will be receiving the Check this week or next week and payment will cover your cost and as well as the shipping cost to be paid to the person that will take care of the pickup in your house. So please as soon as you receive the payment, get it cashed immediately, deduct the money that accrues to you and send the remaining balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the shipment via Western union. More so, I will pay you an extra $200 if you can reserve this for me. So in view of the above, Here are some of the details I will need for final issuance of the Check to you.

(1) Full Name
(2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please
(3) your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my offer
(5} Final asking price Once you get back to me with all the above information s, the check will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to you.


Regards
Jennifer Heathcote

JenniferHeathcote@yahoo.com
 
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#2 ·
I work at a bank and we get this more often than you can imagine. They do it for everything from buying furniture online (changed their mind, so would you please send their money back?), to preying on college students (saying they want to be roomates, then at the last minute, deciding to go to another school or finding a better apartment).
 
#4 ·
It's been tried with us when we have tried to sell our old cars. The grammar is always a tad off. We also get faxes at work trying similar scams.
 
#11 ·
Funny enough, we had a recent query about a similar breeding establishment. What's wrong with them? For a start, there is no pedigree given for the parents of the pups, so you cannot check their clearances BEFORE you pay good money. Next, the claim made that ALL cancer is the result of "1. Your pet has to have a low immune system. 2. Your pet has to have a toxin present." What a lot of unscientific rubbish! If it was that simple, cancer would soon be a thing of the past. And I would always be wary of any breeder that requires you to buy any supplement as part of a health guarantee.
 
#12 ·
I'd be interested in knowing where the Lenape BOB picture and the Garden State 9-12 pic came from. I think the date is blurred on Lenape pic so I can't read what year it was - and now that I have a mac it doesn't seem that the right click to see photo origin works... there is for sure a scam here, but I'd like to know more. While the puppies don't look particularly well-bred, $500 is still nothing for a Golden.
 
#13 ·
Those pictures still bothering me. I find the BOB one on google images as Pennylane's Gunner. I buy that - will let her know someone is using her photo.
9-12 shows up as Pennylane's Damon.
People steal photos all the time to lend themselves some class.
 
#15 ·
There is a big scam going on currently but someone in Texas, they have websites and facebook accounts. The one they are using now is for Aussies they stole the name of reputable breeder and stole pictures from about 50 websites they are even posting videos interacting with people on the web and give out a telephone number. They talk with their potential victims and they do it very well. They are talking the talk too they give clearances stolen off sites talk about going to shows and the language is correct. Except there are no puppies. They get people to send deposits to a Walmart in texas then demand outrageous amounts for shipping and then poof! The breeder got the site taken down as she holds license to the name they stole but all facebook if doing is removing the pictures as you complain about each stolen picture. They are on pretty constantly so remove the fraud post in the visitor logs then block you.

Searching for that person using the phone numbers shows almost 200 complaints on a fraud site. They appear to have done this with several other breeds when too much word gets around they switch to a new one. Its a good reason for breeders to watermark their photos in a manner that is difficult to use. The average person and even some hobbies might believe their sites, They were well thought out and well worded. It pays to be very cautious.
 
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#16 ·
Just by reading through their website, I would guarantee you that English is not their first language. The picture of the countryside on their "Contact Us" page is not from Ohio, but I would guess possibly from Europe or South America. One of the pictures on the "Testimonial" page is what looks to be a cocker spaniel, not a golden. Run far and fast.
 
#17 ·
Don't use Rickney Golden Retrievers. We were scammed. The puppies have been on the site for at least a month and a half and they are the same age. We paid through Western Union which they said was the only way. Then we received an email from the "shipping company " saying we had to pay $1500 for a special crate because of harsh hot weather- this was the beginning of March. Yes they said we would get some money back but when we tried to contact them we received no response. We tried to contact Rickney's - no response. They have now block me from their website. Please don't get scammed- it leaves a very bad taste in your mouth. I wish I could stop them. I contacted the Better Businees Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission but haven't had any help.
 
#18 ·
It seems like the rip-off report site gets a lot of google hits- I would report them there if I were you. But with stolen photos and no real identity, you'd have to rely on published info-
111 Mcdaniels Ln
Springboro, Ohio
However, according to who is, they are in PA
IP : 74.208.236.210
IP-based Geolocation of Rickneygoldenretriever.com : flag US United States | Pennsylvania | Wayne
DNS Status : Online
Whois
Name Servers History
Domain Name: rickneygoldenretriever.com
Registry Domain ID: 2105345387_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.1and1.com
Registrar URL: http://1and1.com
Updated Date: 2017-03-15T22:15:31.000Z
Creation Date: 2017-03-15T22:15:28.000Z

Registrant Name: Samantha Wells
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: Youpweh
Registrant Street:
Registrant City: Douala
Registrant State/Province: LT
Registrant Postal Code: 00237
Registrant Country: CM
Registrant Phone: +237.699558558
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: samanthawells1991@gmail.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Samantha Wells

this person gave them 5 stars- Kenzo Stephane- so may be them since everyone else gave them 1 star
 
#20 ·
I was curious after reading all of the posts here about Rickney Golden Retriever so I did a search on them. Interestingly enough when I clicked on the website for Rickney Golden Retriever I got a warning from my anti virus telling me that it was a "contaminated" website and it urged me not to go to it. I have NEVER received a warning such as this from my anti virus software. I did not go to the website. Heads up to others. When I investigated further my anti virus gave me the following info: http://rickneygoldenr​etriever.com/maxwell​/ URL entered (http://rickneygoldenretriever.com/maxwell/ ) is not a valid website URL or has no data
 
#21 ·
"Registrant City: Douala"

Douala is in Cameroon, Central Africa....
 
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