Hi,
I am sure I am a victim of scammers and the scammers are still contacting me asking for more money.
On 7/27, I was browsing a pet website, Oodle Market, in hopes to purchase a yorkie puppy when I saw an ad listed for "Beautiful Tiny Tea-Cup Yorkie Puppies | $300". I entered the website and replied to the seller that I am interested in purchasing the puppy. The next day the seller replied to my-email that the puppies are still available to any loving family with pictures of two puppies attached to the e-mail. The seller also asked a series of questions about me to make everything look legitimate. I replied to her e-mail with some info about myself and the very next day she asked for a payment of $300 in order to proceed so she can buy a crate and ship out the puppies to me (she said she is located in Texas) and asked me to make a payment through Western Union with just her name, city and phone number. I made the payment the next day, she picked up the money and promised that she will ship out the puppies on the next day through Delta airline.
On 7/30, I received more e-mails of her saying that everything has been set, but in order to ship out live animals through an airline, a pet insurance is required to protect the puppies from any possible dangers. The insurance will cost $560 and is refundable by the insurance company once the puppies are delivered to my address. She provided a series of the insurance policies for me to look at and asked for the payment of $560 through Western Union again. I made the payment through Western Union on the same day believing that the non-existent pets really needed an insurance. The seller picked up the money once again and said that she will now proceed and notify me for further info on the flight and when the puppies take off on that night.
On 7/31 morning, I received an e-mail from the seller that "some thing very serious which needs your attention.
Staffs from the airline said that the importation of puppies into WA is very controlled due to the virus. Thus all pets being shipped into WA must be administered the 3 series of vaccines against the
disease/virus. That doesn't mean the puppies are sick but just a
regulation posted by your constitution.
If a dog is shipped without these vaccines administer, the
puppies will be quarantine for 6 months and a charge of $1000 will be place at the time of receiving the puppies from the quarantine. The airport vet checking dept is charging $100 for one
vaccine and each bird have to be administered three vaccines. So that will make a total of $600 needed for the 2 puppies." She explained that she's very weary about this transaction and asked me to make the payment so that she can proceed and end this transaction.
I was not aware of the scam until I made the $560 payment to the seller and I am still in contact with the seller. I need help on what I need to do in order to catch the seller.
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