CAMEROON PUPPY SCAM

[ratcatcher]

The Cameroon scammers are at it again, with chihuahuas this time.
They even set me a picture, and the dog had a different name on its collar!!!!
Listed below is the "UK" persons first email (that sounds OK) and last email set to me, check on the wording.

Watch out for the wording, its all wrong, and below that the Cameroon "delivery service" emaill!!!!
Plus, they are using a real websites headers and banners to look offical, I have informed them of this.

!!!!The www.sherpa-carriers.com are not to blame, they are a dog bag company and have nothing to do with it!!!!
First email recieved,

hello thanks for the mail,well i am located in Aberdeen and i am willing to ship the puppy to you .but before i do so i will need your full contact information .that will enable the delivery agency that will be doing home delivery to get to your location without any problem.so please i will be very happy if you can provide me with your full names, phone number, house address,postal code,city,name of the nearest airport that you prefer,please i will be waiting for the informations from you so that i can drive and register the puppy to be ship to you tomorrow ok waiting to read from you soonest

Last email after I asked if it was scam and for a phone number,
(its almost the same number as the "delivery company").

Hello,
It was nice reading from you ok,well the delivery agency just told me that you are to pay the money to the heand quarter which is in Cameroon,please i can assure you that this is not a scam ok,you just have to make the payment to them and receive the puppy at your door step,please the puppy has been there for too long and i will not like that the puppy should stay there again,the is no one to take good care of the her,so please do contact the delivery again as soon as you can ok,waiting to read from you after you have receive the puppy.Thanks..

ok call me on 07024080598.

This is the "delivery company" email,

Dear Client,

We have information about a babyCHIHUAHUA PUPPY from Mrs CRUZ AMANDA here at Pet Delivery Agency Branch, ABERDEEN to be transported and delivered to you. Using the following address;

Country..................<removed>
Names
Airport......................<removed>
House Address
Phone Number
Postal Code

This PUPPY will come with all necessary papers needed, But as the
ABERDEEN veterinarians must conduct another tests to be sure of its health, So the PUPPY is now ready for DELIVERY. But it should be noted that this DELIVERY cannot be carried out unless the fee for the DELIVERY of (£200) is paid for the DELIVERY of this PUPPY, Which will come alongside one of our pet carriers.This payment is to be done to the Headquarter of the company which is in CAMEROON, WHICH IS THE HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ANIMAL MOVING SERVICE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PUPPY DURING THE JOURNEY AND THE HOME DELIVERY OF THE PUPPY TO THE ADDRESS WHICH YOU GAVE THE SELLER.YOU ARE REQUESTED TO PAY THE TOTAL FUND VIA MONEY GRAM AS WE HAVE THIS UNIT IN THE AIRPORT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH TRANSACTIONS, TO THE DIRECTOR OF PET AIR ANIMAL MOVING SERVICES CAMEROON USING THIS ADDRESS;

NAME:BABA YUSIFU
TOWN: DOUALA
PROVINCE: LITTORAL
ADDRESS:1026 KENNEDY AVE
COUNTRY : CAMEROON
ZIP CODE:00237
NB: When you are paying this fee,you will need a test question.Make it to be;

TEST QUESTION: HELLO?

ANSWER: HI.


This payment should be made as soon as possible, So as to DELIVERED this PUPPY early enough. If this fee is not provided, this PUPPY will not be dispatched from the detention of the company and will spend more for the daily feeding until the Director confirms the payment of the £200. Kindly E-mail immediately as the payment is made with full money Transfer details, IMMEDIATELY YOU MAKE YOUR PAYMENTS.If the money is not paid on time the flight will be changed

TEL.........................07024063306

GENERAL MANAGER
SAMIJONG TITOH


STAY TO ENJOY THE SERVICE OF PET DELIVERY AGENCY BRANCH ABERDEEN
SECRETARY
Mrs. KELLY ROY

CUSTOMER SERVICE
CARGO DEPARTMENT,
PET DELIVERY AGENCY
ABERDEEN.
07024063306.

I HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE
Luckily I did not send any money, but that means posting on this site was all I could do.

[ata-uk]

same aS me only with shih tzus

[zoe]

i unfortuatliy found this site to late ... i have just lost 200 pounds to cameroon for a teapot yorkie. my teenage sons had saved to buy me her for christmas and i was very happy to have found one at last. i cant get my kids money back and now feel so bad. everyone else please beware!

[Moderator removed full quote of first post. Not needed]

Sorry to hear that Zoe, thanks for sharing, it will continue to serve as a warning to others.

I almost got scammed into buying an imaginary yorkie!!

here's the website: http://www.freewebs.com/scamvictimdiary/

Please visit! How can we catch her?

Originally Posted by scamvictimdiary

I almost got scammed into buying an imaginary yorkie!!

How can we catch her?

Glad you didn't loose any money. As for catching the scammer, that is a task that would not interest your local authorities. If you have not actually been scammed, you have no case. Even then, if you have been scammed, in most cases the amounts are so low that the police would not be in a position to assist.

It would require a large amount of international cooperation to accomplish anything, which costs large amounts of money.

Even with that being said, you do not know who the scammer is. You cannot identify them by name and street address. They use fake names, fake addresses, anonymous mobile phones and disposable email addresses.

It's a shame yes, but the reality is that there is little one can do. However, getting the word out, educating and assisting people is the way that the fight is won.

[hooper]

I also found an ad in the free ads for a 3 month old pug puppy, who was in leeds but turned out she is in cameroon, i have not sent any money as I checked this so called money gram thing out at the post office and the place where I was suppose to send the money could not be found in the postoffice book of places for money grams,so I have done nothing since but write this

[sarawah]

thanks for your mail concerning my puppy,well
let me let you know more about this special puppy pinkly,pinkly
is socialized with a wonderful temperament ,pinkly Has been vet
checked by a veterinary Doctor and up to date on all shots,,pinkly is
very fine among kids and other pets like dogs, cats.birds
etc,,pinkly will make a very fine house pet.This little pet loves
playing.,pinkly is adorable and a pleasure to have around,,pinkly is
very friendly,playful and has a very good behavior and a very good
temperament.I am located in Cameroon this where i breed this puppies.I am
giving,pinkly out for out because i am expecting some new litters so
i want to send ,pinkly to any loving and caring home so that i can
take good care of this new littles and give them the love the
deserve.My Baby ,pinkly will bring so much love and joy to your home
or family.you will get just the best from this cute pet.,pinkly needs
attention,lots of love and affection,lots of kisses and hugs, sure
you will give all that to ,pinkly?.you need to pay for the shipment and adoption fee which cost $350.00.Health wise ,pinkly health is
guarantee as ,pinkly has proper veterinary check ups.worming s took the following vitamins.3V-Caps for development of Skin and Coat,NEW
Glycol-Flex Stage 1 for Development of Joints ,pinkly will be shipped
with the following:
1. A 200 series travel kennel (29" L x 19" W x 18" H), Airline
approved. 2.. Health certificate and avid micro-chip form. 3. Updated
and current shot and worming records. 4. 32 Oz. Water bottle they
will be accompanied with a Health Guarantee as well as one Hereditary
Congenital Defect Guarantee..health license are available,pedigree certificate. I will appreciate if you get back with your full names
address and nearest airport that you will want ,pinkly to arrived
at,,pinkly is coming with a hand book which is going to direct you on
the various types of food to be given to ,pinkly as you get ,pinkly
home ok because if pinkly is not well feed you never fill the love.just get back for more pictures if you are interested

and she send me some photo
after I asking her talk on MSN she say she use yahoo, when I use yahoo talk to her, this is what we talk:
saraspectrum: hi
lissa_tacy: so when are you ready for the puppy to be ship?
saraspectrum: do you have webcam, I can see the puppy, and talk to you?
lissa_tacy: i don`t have web cam but i hope i attach you some pictures
saraspectrum: because for some bad experience, that why!! (sorry I'm not say you)
lissa_tacy: you got the pictures of my puppy?
saraspectrum: yes
lissa_tacy: so are you interested? in getting the puppy?
saraspectrum: yes
lissa_tacy: hope you know this puppy is for adoption so you have to pay for shipping and adoption o.k
lissa_tacy: hope you will take good care of my puppy?
saraspectrum: yes I know, I can pay you by paypal, but before it, can I pay you half first, and when you ready before ship give me
saraspectrum: all the paper
saraspectrum: and I give the other before you ship, is that ok
lissa_tacy: yes you can pay half o.k
saraspectrum: sorry about it, just like want I told you before I got very bad experience, I did't received any thing after I make deposit.
lissa_tacy: but there is no paypal here so you can only get this money to me via money gram o.k
lissa_tacy: well i am very sorry for that but i can assure you that you will get your puppy just as soon as you you are done with the payment
saraspectrum: paypal is the online service, all you need is you e-mail address and
saraspectrum: register
lissa_tacy: as i told you we don`t have paypal services here o.k is only money gram and western union o.k
saraspectrum: how I can send you the money by money gram?
lissa_tacy: well when you are ready with the money you get back to me so that i can give you the address via which you are going to send the money that is the address that you will used at the money gram store to do the transfer o.k
saraspectrum: ok
lissa_tacy: are you o.k with me?
saraspectrum: yes, I think I can do it online right?
lissa_tacy: so should i give you the address now?
saraspectrum: yes,
lissa_tacy: so just check your mail box now for the information and address o.k
saraspectrum: ok, after I make deposit, and when you can give me the infromation? and when you can ship the puppy out?
lissa_tacy: so i just wish to know how longe it will take you to do the transfer?
lissa_tacy: you tell me when you want the puppy to be ship over to o.k?
saraspectrum: if I can do it online, I will make transfer now.

but after I can't do it online, I need to go to the Canada post office to make payment, the following is the information she give me:
NAME..................CHE JUDE
COUNTRY.............CAMEROON
ZIP CODE...............00237
STATE.....................CENTRAL
CITY.......................YAOUNDE
ADDRESS..............#21 AVENUE KENNEDY BASTOS
TEST QUESTION..........FROM WHO
TEST ANSWER ............TANYA
YOU CAN CALL ME AT (+237)9923-3723 I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON THANKS

what did you feel? please tell me what I need to do, is that scamming????

[FW Admin]

Thanks for posting... this is most definitely a scam - there is no puppy, there are no "costs" - there is only a scammer at the other end waiting to steal your money.

Do you have the email address that this scammer used to send emails to you? If so can you please post it, so that it can be picked up by the internet search engines, and will assist anyone else facing a similar position to be aware of these criminals.

Do not send any money; you will not see it again, nor will you see any puppy. And that, unfortunately, is 100% certain.

[sarawah]

lissa_tacy@yahoo.ca

Originally Posted by sarawah

lissa_tacy@yahoo.ca

Thanks for that. Scammer email address was created on December 28th, 2007 according to Yahoo! As it is fresh there's nothing on Google yet... YET

I have had a very recent experience with a King Charles but did not send any monies as I got suspect with the Cameroon account info..

But here are the contacts they used:


scottdereck@hotmail.com
07024063306
WWW.PETSAIRSERVICES.PAGE.TL
petdeliveryagency@mail.vu

Money to be sent to:

NAME:BANG NGONG

TOWN: DOUALA

PROVINCE: LITTORAL

ADDRESS:1026 KENNEDY AVE

COUNTRY : CAMEROON

ZIP CODE:00237



Hope this also helps somebody,

Regards,

Lisa

I was just scammed by the cameroon people and I should have known better but I didn't, I was talking to a person named Harry Shandy (Lewis, Markings) he goes by Harry84 or Rev Harry, he told me he was a minister and a very well known man and would do nothing illegal or fraud...I asked him how much the puppy was and he said I would only have to pay delivery fees so I sent him the 147 and then he said that wasn't good that they wanted insurance money on the puppy to be sent, so he told me they wanted 288 and he would pay the 138 since he wasn't aware of this fee, so I sent the 150 to get the puppy sent, well lil did I know he said now he didn't have the full 138 so he told me that I would have to send 50 well at this time I said no I had nothing more to send and I wanted a refund and I am done with this deal, he told me to not be hasty and to finish it up to get the puppy ...I told him no that I wanted all my money back and he said he would send me 100 in which I knew that would never happen, but now he is and has other ads on different papers like the yellow pages, and all you have to do is look for yorkieclub2008@yahoo.com and it will show the places he is trying to get other ppl at. So PLEASE be aware of him again he might go change his name and address but make sure to look very good into this whole pet thing. They are scandles and they dont' care about anyone but themselves...May god rest peace on the soles of a person saying they are acting for god..in which god doesn't do this to ppl. So of you "REV HARRY" may god put peace on your sole when you should die for all the hurt you have caused other ppl in their lives.
just be careful with all these numbers they give you also they have a 415 campets travel saying they are helping them send the puppy....
HIS NUMBER WAS 0023794450403

[Nyla]

Another Cameroon Puppy Scam submitted by a user via the contact form.

My neighbor (and best friend) has just been $$ taken by the Cameroon Puppy Scammers. Thank you for your website!

Although we found it too late ~ she had already sent her money to them via Western Union. {supposedly to the US Embassy in Cameroon}
which, of course, really made them sound legit. <sigh>


If this can help you in anyway, following is some info you might add to your scammers' list.

Charlie Atkinson <charlie_atkinson1@yahoo.com>

NAME.............................KUNBELLA RICHARD
COUNTRY.......................CAMEROON
STATE..............................CENTRAL PROVINCE
CITY................................YAOUNDE
ADDRESS.........................#26,DOWN TOWN U.S EMBASSY
ZIP CODE....................00237

Also, this is the address of an email sent requesting 'additional funds' from the Cameroon airlines.

Cameroon Airlines <camair.petsvoyage@4u.la>

I hope by me sending you this info it might help somebody else from being taken by these scammers.


P.S.
If it makes any difference, the puppy being offered was a 12 week old chow

[angela1980]

yes this has just happened to me as well i emailed about a english bulldog pup .
i stated to her that any good breeder would in fact let you see the puppys with the mother .
she got out of that by saying she was away of course .
i told her under no circumstances was i going to pay out any money on just the say so from her that i would e recieving my dog she then went on to give me her husbands name anthony bummel which when i looked up i come onto this site .
she told me if i sent £100.00 her husband would personally deliver my pooch .
i clicked on when she sent me a picture of a puppy with the name baby next to it but she was calling it a different name .
i quickly emailed back telling them they would be getting nothing from me at all and i think what they do is disgusting scamming innocent people

Glad you didn't fall for it. I imagine you will get a reply with lots of excuses and condemnation at you accusing her of scamming. Pay it no heed, you did the right thing and can walk away knowing your cash is safe.

[TylerElizabeth88]

I know this lady is trying to scam be and I told her that and she just wont quit... must be her time spent in the 'peace corps' that keeps her going lol. I just want an English bulldog puppy so bad and she keeps trying to get money out of me. Even after I cursed her out, told her she was going to hell, and to keep her kind out of america, she still tries... I don't get it. Anyway... she actually used three different emails to contact me, I guess she thought I would think they were all different people, which i did until they were all in CAMEROON and all used the SAME PICTURE!!! Come on...how stupid are these people. So heres what to watch out for.
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Hello,
thanks for the mail regarding my adorable puppy.She is a spunky little girl with an outstanding personality and behavior that you can't help it but fall in love with her.she is home raised and potty trained.she is up to date in her shorts.she is 12 weeks old.
All i am interested in is a loving and caring home and a
home that would give her all the love,affection and attention that she deserves.she is AKC Reg and would be coming with all her clothings,toys,blanket,as king for $210
Where are you located?
How is the nature of your job?
Are you married?and with kids?
do you often go on Vacations or business trips?just to know how her new home would look like.take a look at the pictures she is called Yaya
All me and my lovely family has ever offer this puppy from day one is just love and that is what is making her grow very healthy and happy and that is all what we want her to experience in her new loving home.so if you are sure of giving this lovely puppy a befitting happy home,then we would be very much happy to let her go over to you. please email back to confirm to us if you are willing to give her a good home.
Thanks and waiting for your convenient responds,

'This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for our brothers and sisters! Rich people who see a brother or sister in need, yet close their hearts against them, cannot claim that they love God. My children, our love should not be just words and talk; it must be true love, which shows itself in action.'
1Jo 3:16-18
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anyway... she goes on and on about how great she is, peace corps, jesus, blah blah blah... and keeps asking for money.... eventuallly i call the airline she said she would ship the puppy on and they dont even send animals without passengers... hmmm..... so i said....You should be ashamed of youself calling yourself a GOOD PERSON! THE PEACE CORPS BULL **** DIDN'T HAVE ME FOOLED!!! This is a scam and the airport thankfully notified me of that. You are going to hell for stealing people's money you horrible person. France Airlines doesn't send puppies not traveling with owners!!!~ WHY DON'T YOU MAKE YOUR MONEY THE SAME WAY EVERYONE ELSE DOES YOU STUPID *****! THE WAY THAT INVOLVES HARD WORK! I HOPE YOU ROTT IN HELL FOR YOU SINS.... LORD KNOWS YOU DESERVE IT! DO US ALL A FAVOR AND NEVER COME TO AMERICA YOU LOW-LIFE SCUM!!!!

YOU ALL ARE STUPID FOR DOING THIS... AND YOU'RE ALL USING THE SAME EXACT PHOTOS AND CALLING THEM DIFFERENT NAMES! WOW... THAT'S SMART!!!

So now she tried to say that she knew i was a realy person and really wanted her puppy to go to me...
hello,
thats for your mail right ?now i can see that you are a true person that can be able to give a loving and caring to Lucy actually the Rebbecca is still me ,i did so to see if you are the truth person ok.hope that is alright to you now so get back to me asap.
thanks

Anyways... I could go on for days about how she tried on three different emails to scam me.. they are..
Lucia177@yahoo.com "LUCIA NADIA"
re_lorent@yahoo.com "REBECCA LORENT"
brithany955@yahoo.com "Bri Thany" <--who was 'vacationing' in cameroon and decided to stay... hmmm....


BEWARE OF THESE EMAILS AND OTHER CAMEROON PEOPLE, THEY WILL STOP AT NO END TO GET MONEY OUT OF YOU. DONT FALL FOR IT.
-fyi, to ship a puppy cross continent, not only does it have to have a special crate, but not many airlines will do it, and it could cost around $2400!!!!!! SO DONT FALL FOR IT PEOPLE!!!

OH AND HERE IS THE PICTURES THEY USED, FOR ALL THREE.....





CLEVER HUH?

[mythreemiracles]

I posted this the other day somewhere else...and will post this here as well, being that his ad is out in SO many newspapers in the US...This is the "conversation" we had going back and forth. He answered questions so quickly and kept using the word "ok" at the end of every sentence..(which reminds me of a PP's scam artist). Also, his African Grey bird ad from awhile ago in the Miami Herald, (I did a Google search with his email address) totally gave him away........Here it is:

Stephanie wrote:
Thanks, but no thanks. You are a complete scam artist and will get caught one of these days....God be MY witness.


Awhat do you take me for? a cheat or what? i am 59 years old and a father of two children ok i also have a job which i think can take good care of my family ok. if you think that i am not to be trusted, then please you are free to allow this whole negotiation. i am a God fearing person and i see no need why i should tell you that i will ship the puppies when i will not ok. all i can tell you now is that the decision is all yours and God is my witness
thanks

Stephanie wrote:
I have a couple of questions for you. Why is it when I did a search under your email address, I found multiple listings in just about every news paper in the US. Some were for Golden Retrievers and some were for birds. There are multiple blog lists all full of scam artists out of the area from which you are stating you live and they are all there because of some job related mission. You must have received multiple inquiries about the puppies. What made you decide to choose us? I don’t want to offend you but I don’t want to be scammed. Thank you.


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From: ama edwin [mailto:ama7510@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:14 PM
To: Stephanie
Subject: RE: pups

thanks for the mail. . i really appreciate the interest you have in adopting my puppies ok. i hope you are going to be the right family
for them because i love them very much and it is really hard on me giving
them out ok. but i have no choice but to do so because of the nature
of my job and the hash climatic condition here in Cameroon. if you will
love to have both of them, then i will be willing to give them out to
your family ok.their parents are with my late wifes mother back in dallas ok. they were given to my late wife by her mother ok. i have some pictures of the parents ok. if you will love to see them then feel free to inform me so that i can attach their pics and send to you ok. so if you will love to adopt both of them, then all you will have to pay for is their shipping charges to your location ok. you will have to give me your full contact address and the nearest airport in your location where you will love that the puppies should be shipped in and also your phone number so that i can inquire the shipping charges to your location and keep you informed ok.you can see their pictures in the attachment below. the male is called Keen and the female is called Mimi. hope you are going to love them. you can call me using the number 00237-7510-4245. i will be waiting to read from
you again

Stephanie wrote:
Ama,

My husband and I can’t stop talking about them. We Googled Cameroon and understand why you want them back in the states. To give you a better explanation of where we live, we are in Largo, Florida. We have parks on every corner and plenty of Golden Retriever friends. It has taken us a long time to get over the loss of our beloved Starr. We purchased her right before we got married 9 years ago. She passed away due to renal failure and we were absolutely devastated. Her best friend, Gus, has been so sad without her and although he loves the kids, he needs a buddy….or two? We would hate to separate the two of your pups and am wondering if we were chosen if we could have the two of them together? Once again, please tell us how all of this works..and please send the pictures as attachments if you can. It really doesn’t matter what they look like but we are just so excited. Thanks so much again. J

Stephanie


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From: ama edwin [mailto:ama7510@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie
Subject: Re: pups


thanks for the interest.i am having a male and a female and i am located in west island of cameroon the puppies were owned by my late wife and i was sent here in Cameroon for a research project which is going to last for 3 years.so i came with them here in cameroon but the the bad climatic condition here and also the nature of my job does not permit me to take good care of them thats why i want to send them back to their home land USA. to a loving home where they will be spoiled with all their needs and treated with love . i will be willing to give any of them out to your family ok. but you will have to promise to take good care of him or her and also send his or her monthly pictures to me so that i can see how they are doing in their new home ok. they are 14weeks old and are AKC registered, they are also current with all their shot and are well socialized.they love playing with children and other pets and also some toys. but befo re we proceed, are you a breeder? do you have ki ds? do you have a vet around your location?.don't contact me if you are not located in USA because i want that they should go back to their home land USA i will be waiting to read from you again
thanks

[Tanian66]

omg i got an email JUST like that. and hes supposedly shipping the puppy tomorrow morning!!! was this a fraud thing? i was told hed be sending me a beagle. and i got almost the EXACT same email. and then i got one from a transportation agency saying its waiting to be sent. im sor scared, is this a fraud sell? i need to know asap.
am i able to charge the guy if it is a fraud?

[poirot]

It's a scam.

All offers of pets from Cameroon are scams. ALL without exceptions.

And no, you cannot charge the guy, he's in Cameroon Africa, out of jurisdiction and anonymous.

Simply cut off all communications with the criminal.