Craigslist Dog Adoption Scams

Pet Adoption Scam Video.

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. YOU COULD BE NEXT. Due to isolation and forced working from home people are desperate to find a pet to keep them company.

Its all a scam. Pet adoption scams read. Hopefully Craigslist will not delete this warning.

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. SCAMMERS ON CRAIGSLIST. These are definitely backyard breeders that.

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. Heres how the scam works. Many of our reported scams come from those who have been scammed.

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. Many of these are dog scams on Craigslist.

Part 1 Im writing this blog to warn people who use craigslist looking for pets especially popular dogs such as yorkies chihuahuas pugs pitbulls golden retrievers and labradors. Now I am looking for a new pup but there are sooo many scammers on craigslist plus they all want HUGE rehoming fees. Experts believe at least 80 of sponsored advertisements about pets may be fake.