Just felt like a copy pasted ‘give us money when you’re ready even though you’re not ready to do that yet’. In an email asking for documentation and another photo where they ‘forgot’ to send the requested data, they also sent payment information and delivery details even though it was not requested. They wanted Zelle payment which itself might not be fishy, but doesn’t seem right either. Kuro for example is referred to as ‘Dane’ in his description rather than Kuro. Names and descriptions of dogs are inconsitent. The actual email is which again doens’t match the website of AKCShiba. They ‘forgot’ to attach an additional picture of their named dog ‘Kuro’ as well as the dogs documentation. Such as ShibaInuPuppy which is very similar to an existing website on the scam list of But the testimonials all refer to different ‘websites’ or ‘names’. The data all claims it has been around doing this for a while. Hard lesson to learn!īe wary of I submitted a report already, but it appears to be a new website (as of according to the domain information). They never called back or responded to our follow up email for their address. He hurriedly said he would have to check with Sarah and get back to us. Her husband finally called in the afternoon (from the same number from Sarah’s initial text) and we told him we would like the address to pick the puppy up and then we would bring the balance of monies in cash once we were holding the puppy. We asked for a phone call to speak to either one of them.
She then said she would have to check with her husband. We still wanted to pick the puppy up from them.
She assured us that if we were uncomfortable with the shipping service that there were no worries as she has been doing this for years. We then asked for their address and said we would pick the puppy up. My husband and I started feeling uncomfortable about using the airline for delivery so we asked where they were located and she said Florence, SC. We sent $500 as that was the limit and we were to send the remaining balance of $400 the following day. The account name she had me send it to was: Vanessa Logan. I had a savings account with Wells Fargo who offered Zelle services. We said we could do Paypal but she said they didn’t use them. She asked us to pay through Zelle or Apple Pay. We agreed to buy the puppy (Dora) which was represented to be 12 weeks old, housebroken and already knew a few commands. We would be given a one year health certificate signed by a licensed veternarian, pedigree papers, registered with AKC, sample food and toys.
They offered free shipping through Delta Commercial Airlines and would be accompanied by a delivery person right to our doorstep.
She said the puppy price was reduced from $1650 to $900 because she and her partner were relocating the puppies due to her daughter being sick and in the hospital and they didn’t have time to take care of them.
We told her which ones we were interested in and then she sent pictures by email to us. She claimed that her response was delayed because she was at the hospital, she is the owner of the business and wanted to know where we were located and which puppies we might be interested in. On September 19, 2021, we asked for more information about the miniature schnauzer puppies that were advertised on the Sarah’s Miniature Schnauzer website and received a text from Sarah on this number 71.