lunedì 25 gennaio 2010

Important Data About Scams and Fraud Prevention

By Odesi Desko

Pets are great friends and companions for people of all ages. Even adults love pets, and most people have a dog or cat at some point in their lives as a companion. However, this kind of sentiment for pets can lead people to be scammed.

Puppy mills are held by several con artists around the world. Sellers receive these animals from brokers through shipping. Internet ads are then put up by the sellers, attracting buyers who take their word for it.

On the Internet they will often show a picture of a very attractive animal. This animal is offered at a very high price as a purebred of championship quality. The purchase always requires money up front. Unfortunately, when the animal arrives, if it arrives at all, it is not the same animal at all.

Pet scammers will claim that the animal is fully up on their shots and are in good health in their ads. However, the dogs buyers get often die not long after they get there. Don't buy from a source that lacks certification or any sort of validation.

In many cases the pet purchaser sends the money for an animal pictured on the Internet. In reality, there is no animal at all and the money is gone. People have lost hundreds and thousands of dollars in this way as purebred champions are very expensive. It is always a good ideal to use telephone look up services such as info-trace.com/area-code-684.jsp in able to verify what the caller is actually whom they claim to be.

There is one variant of the pet scam that claims that the dog has to be shipped from out of the country, and asks for money to cover shipping. The scammer then keeps the money and never sends a pet. The buyer can do absolutely nothing to recover the money.

Be prepared for many legitimate sounding stories from the pet scammers. One of the regular scam stories is owners who love their pets but can't continue to keep them. There's even a current tale about people overseas who are being forced to give up their pets for a variety of reasons. In addition, every one of these circumstances will demand prepayment of any money required.

The best way to avoid pet scammers is to know who the pet is being purchased from. If possible, a buyer needs to look at the animal's parents and view the prospective pet in person. Trying to purchase from an unknown here or overseas is just looking for trouble. A legitimate breeder will be well-known and can be easily investigated. Additionally, anytime money is requested up-front, one should question the transaction.

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