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Sherry of Mohawk, NY May 2, 2009

On April 25,2009 I found a 13 week old pug on puppfind that I was interested in. I contacted a G. Vladmir who was the seller. She answered my inquiry about the puppy instantaneously. Her response: She told me I was lucky to have E-mailed her at this time because the puppy had been sold but the new owner had to put it up for adoption. Apparently, the new owner went on a Missionary transfer with the West African Missionaries. She told me he is giving the pup up for adoption for 350.because he can not take good care of the pup due to his busy schedule at the Missionary. She told me all he wants is someone with a good christian home to adopt the pup. If I was still interested in adopting the pup I should contact Rev B. Castro. I immediately sent an E-mail to Rev Casto. His Reply: "Thanks for the E-mail, and yes the puppy is still for sale. He told me the pup is health guaranteed, and AKC Registered. The Rev informed me he in not currently in the States due to his Missionary work and the pup whose name is Luna is with him. He went on to say there was no one to take care of Luna and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria he has decided to place her up for adoption. If I was still interested I was to send him all the necessary information so he could contact the shipping agent to make arrangements immediately. On April 26, 2009 I sent the 350. through Western Union. Rev Castro emailed me the payment had been received and Luna would be shipped out and I would be able to pick her up at the airport the next day. On April 27, 2009 Rev Castro informed me an additional fee of 550. would have to be paid for insurance purposes. Until this payment was made, shipment of Luna would be delayed. On April 28,2009 I sent the 550.Luna was to be shipped immediately. On April 29, 2009 I received an E-Mail from the shipping company(deliverylady@deliveryman.com) telling me Luna was held in Mexico, due to Custom Charges and Custom Duties. An additional 400. was required before Luna could leave Mexico. I immediately contaced Rev Casto regarding this matter. The Rev told me to send out the additional 400. and he gave his assurance that the addition fees of 300. and 500. would be refunded to me once I picked the puppy up. (Now I realized I'm being Scammed, big time) I contacted Rev Castro and requested the name of the Aiport and the phone number to verify if Luna was in Mexico. The Rev told me the shipping company would not disclose this information until the addition 400. was paid.

I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was 350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid 900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev Castro without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back. The good Rev Castro must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since. On April 29, 2009 I received an E-Mail from the shipping company(deliverylady@deliveryman.com) telling me Luna was held in Mexico, due to Custom Charges and Custom Duties.An additional 400. was required before Luna could leave Mexico.I immediately contaced Rev Casto regarding this matter.The Rev told me to send out the additional 400. and he gave his assurance that the addition fees of 300. and 500.would be refunded to me once I picked the puppy up.( Now I realized I'm being Scammed, big time) I contacted Rev Castro and requested the name of the Aiport and the phone number to verify if Luna was in Mexico. The Rev told me the shipping company would not disclose this information until the addition 400. was paid. I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was 350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid 900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev Castro without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back. The good Rev Castro must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since.

Sherry of Mohawk, NY May 2, 2009

On April 25,2009 I found a 13 week old pug on puppfind that I was interested in. I contacted a Gloria Vladmir,who was the seller. She answered my inquiry about the puppy instantaneously.Her response: She told me I was lucky to have E-mailed her at this time because the puppy had been sold but the new owner had to put it up for adoption.Apparently, the new owner went on a Missionary transfer with the West African Missionaries.She told me he is giving the pup up for adoption for 350.because he can not take good care of the pup due to his busy schedule at the Missionary.She told me all he wants is someone with a good christian home to adopt the pup.If I was still interested in adopting the pup I should contact Rev Benjamin C.

I immediately sent an E-mail to Rev C. His Reply: "Thanks for the E-mail, and yes the puppy is still for sale.He told me the pup is health guaranteed, and AKC Registered. The Rev informed me he in not currently in the States due to his Missionary work and the pup whose name is Luna is with him. He went on to say there was no one to take care of Luna and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria he has decided to place her up for adoption.If I was still interested I was to send him all the necessary information so he could contact the shipping agent to make arrangements immediately.

On April 26, 2009 I sent the 350. through Western Union. Rev C emailed me the payment had been received and Luna would be shipped out and I would be able to pick her up at the airport the next day. On April 27, 2009 Rev C informed me an additional fee of 550. would have to be paid for insurance purposes. Until this payment was made, shipment of Luna would be delayed. On April 28,2009 I sent the 550.Luna was to be shipped immediately.

On April 29, 2009 I received an E-Mail from the shipping company telling me Luna was held in Mexico, due to Custom Charges and Custom Duties.An additional 400. was required before Luna could leave Mexico.I immediately contaced Rev C regarding this matter.The Rev told me to send out the additional 400. and he gave his assurance that the addition fees of 300. and 500.would be refunded to me once I picked the puppy up.( Now I realized I'm being Scammed, big time)

I contacted Rev C and requested the name of the Aiport and the phone number to verify if Luna was in Mexico. The Rev told me the shipping company would not disclose this information until the addition 400. was paid. I contacted the Rev once again and informed him the original price for Luna was 350. With all the additional charges added, I have paid 900. Until he can provide the information to prove Luna was in Mexico, no more money will be exchanged. I informed Rev C without this information this transaction will be null and void. At this point, I told the Rev I didn't know how he wanted to handle this situation, but I would like my money back. The good Rev C must have dropped off the face of the Earth. I haven't heard from him since.

Clarissa of Pueblo, CO April 27, 2009

I placed adds on puppy find selling two irish setter dogs. A girl named Kimberly was selling 3 dogs. A girl named Cathy inquired about Kimberlys dogs and with her inquiry concluded she was not forthcoming and fraudlent so she posted a beware posting on puppy find. I applauded Cathy for her submission and Kimberly called me and told me before I applaud her check her out. I did and she is an exhibitor of boxers and has a website. I left a bad review on Kimberly site. Kimberly called me again cussing me out but the big thing is she placed a posting on puppy find stating BEWARE do not buy a puppy from Clarissa from Colorado because she is a puppy mill and sells sick puppies. I am a long time member of the irish setter club of America and have bred and exhibited champion irish setter dogs on record. I also only breed 1 litter every two or more years and that is also documented thru AKC. This is harmful slander. I have shown and bred quality irishsetters for 35 years.

Larry of Sutherlin, VA January 22, 2009

I recently searched PuppyFind for a great dane puppy and came across an advertisment. The situation was N. Fredrick had recently sold a great dane puppy to a missionary, who went to Nigeria. Nina told me to contact rev father c. benard because he needed to find the puppy Luna a good home due to his missionary work.

Thanks for the mail, yes the puppy still up for sale, the puppy is health guarantee, and AKC/NKC Reg, but i am currently not in the States at the moment, due to my missionary work )so im in west africa (Nigeria), Luna, is also here with me basically because there is nobody to take a very good care of the puppy and for me, and due to the harsh weather in Nigeria i have decided to give her on adoption to a person who is going to take proper care of her. and make sure she got all the care she deserve she is well socialise with kids and pets and up to date on all shots. but now that i will be staying longer than i thought i'm hoping to get a good person that can assure me of taking a very good care of my baby, i will be giving her away now for 350 only including the shipping and handling charges....

The only thing he wanted was for me to pay the shipping of 350. So I contacted Reverand Father C. Benard about Luna and he said they both were in Nigeria and Luna needed a good home to stay. He immediately told me to send his travel agent a money gram. I knew something wasn't going so great when I searched for Albarka Airline and there was nothing to be found except for there was an airline by that name but it was no longer in existence!

I emailed Father Reverand Collins Benard and told him I would send the money but didn't want to be SCAMMED and he immediately replied back you wont be SCAMMED just send the money and Luna will be with you by tomorrow evening at 5:30. After I researched some more about the issue I came across a website for scams and saw that I wasn't the only one who had experienced this issue. I kept emailing N. Fredrick to see if the sell of the puppy was legitimate and she never replied back. I never heard from Father Reverand C. Benard or N. Fredrick anymore!

Dominique & Russ of Arverne, NY December 23, 2008

I purchased a puppy through puppyfind. It was a beautiful long haired teacup chihuahua. He was a very pettite adorable little puppy. I spoke with Laurie form Catero's Chihuahua's who said she would ship me the puppy from Oklahoma City OK to New York. But the puppy was still too small to be shipped and she wanted me to wait one week to receive him. That was fine with me, so I put down a 205 deposit on this puppy using paypal-as described on puppyfind website in order to make sure that I would get him. In fact we had drawn up an agreement between Laurie and myself describing the purchase.

After one week Laurie had expressed to me that the puppy got sick and died. I was distraught and very sad, Laurie said that she would refund my money back and even sent me pictures of the dead animal. This was very disturbing, I asked for my money back and she said she would refund the money and she did not. Her husband Jim M. got on the phone with me and my husband and started cursing, saying nasty remarks and basically completely lost it. All I wanted was either my dog or my money back and it seems to me that these people try to prey on weak the are verbally abusive and completely out of line.

There is absolutely no reason for them to keep my money. This was a complete scam/fraud. My husband tried to speak to Jim peacefully and tried to get the money back, and he refused - just kept cursing. However, through out all this he keeps telling me that if I give him my address he will then send me my money - he wont pay it to me through paypal but he will put it in the mail? Who says that, what is he trying to do -mail me something dangerous? Please help me with this sitiuation and stop these people from doing the same thing to others.

I purchased a 300 plane ticket to fly to Oklahoma City in order to pick up my puppy which Laurie agreed for me to pick him up and the day of the flight I called her and she told me he got sick and she wasn't going to give him to me so I better cancel my flight (Last minute notice while I was driving to the airport -- I called her she did not call me, she would have made me fly there and then never show up.) till this day are asking for my physical address, they say to refund my money- but they can do that online through paypal.com, so it must be for something else.

Katie of Canton, GA December 5, 2008

SCAM ALERT!!! I found a listing for a great dane puppy on puppyfind.com listed by a woman named Susan. I emailed her inquiring about the puppy because it was listed for only 300,which is an extremely low price. I asked her why the price was so low. She quickly emailed me back explaining that she had sold the dog a month ago to a reverend who recently was sent on a missionary trip to Africa. She said he was looking for a good Christian home to adopt the puppy. She said that I emailed her at just the right time because he was ready to give the dog up. She proceeded to give me his email address and said I must contact him.

Believing her story, I promptly contacted him. Reverend Andrew. BEWARE! He explained that he had the dog with him in Africa. He said he wanted a good home for his baby. I was believing him. He used God bless, ect to make it very believable.I told him he had found the right family.

After the next email, I knew something was up. Right away he asked for my name, address and phone number. He told me I had to wire some money for shipping and he would have his shipping agent get the dog moving asap. I knew this was crazy. Then I googled African internet scams. This story has appeared numerous times. Thank goodness I didn't send him any money. The nerve of some people, pretending to be Christians! Still waiting to hear back from puppyfind....... DOG LOVES AND.BUYERS BEWARE!!!

Josephine of Brooklyn, NY September 7, 2008

I wanted to buy a puppy, started searching in the internet, saw this website, saw this Yorkie puppy for sale, requested the information from the breeder, the breeder refer me to a Mr. Eric who supposley is a church minister. He needed a parent for his puppies, requested 600.00 USD, after getting all the details from him and the puppies, I sent the money, and Mr. Eric dissapeard and never sent me the puppies or the money back.

Cheryl of Manchester, PA July 4, 2008

I have my puppies for sale puppyfind.com and some other web sites. This person wanted to buy 1 by sending me my money plus extra for their personal shipper.They could not speak to me be cause they are hearing impaired. They wouldn't sign any agreements until I received and cashed their ck. or money order and sent the extra to their private client. Another one did the same the next day.

I had a strange feeling about this type of buying puppies and I was lead to you to let you handle it.

Marcel of Vacaville, CA March 17, 2008

This is the second complaint I have made to PUPPYFIND.COM customer service line, regarding a scam with my name and phone number being used on the PUPPYFIND.COM website. What is happening is someone is using my information to sell English Bulldog puppies on the PUPPYFIND.COM website. I reported the first instance approximately 3 weeks ago. Again, On Wednesday March 16th 2008 there was another post selling English Bulldog puppies on PUPPYFIND.COM with my information. I once again called PUPPYFIND.COM customer service to again complain and have the ad removed which they did so. I asked that my name and phone number (BASIC INFORMATION) be deleted from their data base because I do not, nor ever have used their business.

They (Sheila Havrish, Manager of PUPPYFIND>COM Customer Service) stated to me, "We are doing everything in our power to avoid scams, and we have a technical team which works 24/7 to avoid and stop these scams." I reiterated to her while that is great, I would again like to state I want my name and phone number to no longer appear on this site. I feel I have reported this error by their business, which for one gives others (those doing the scams) the clear opportunity to slander my reputation. I currently feel it is now their negligence if my name and information again appear on PUPPYFIND.COM website, since I have clearly stated I do not want my information on their website.

Mrs. Havarish told me, "We do not have the technology to keep your name and number off of our website." I believe if they have the funding in their budget, and the need to employ others to monitor the PUPPYFIND.COM website, as Mrs. Harvest stated, 24/7 then they should already have the technology to avoid future scams under the same information from happening. I believe I have done everything I can to aid their business by reporting the scam. I have no complaints regarding Mrs. Havarish directly or their customer service department regarding their attitude towards me. I DO THOUGH BELIEVE THEY (PUPPYFIND.COM) OWE IT TO THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHOM HAVE REPORTED SUCH A SCAM TO AVOID THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN TO BOTH THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS AND THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHOM REPORTED THE SCAM. THEY NOW HAVE MY INFORMATION AND SHOULD DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ASSURE OTHERS AND MYSELF, MY INFORMATION (name and phone number) WILL NO LONGER BE USED ON THEIR SITE BY SCAM ARTISTS ATTEMPTING TO USE MY REPUTATION TO FURTHER THEIR ILLEGAL PURPOSE.

In reference to current economic loss, I have used my own time during breaks from work to stop the scams, by reporting them to customer service. I have made many long distance calls to those calling my phone number and leaving a message on my answering machine. I feel virtue of my own morality, and reputation to call these possible future victims of this scam back to aid in avoiding them from falling victim to this scam, which will cost them financial loss. I feel my reputation and name if used again, as I feel will happen since they are not doing everything they can to stop this from happening again is negligence on their behalf.

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