BEWARE! DO NOT SEND MONEY OUTSIDE THE WEBSITE!
BEWARE! SCAM! I saw a 4 month old maltese puppy named Zico that I was interested in but seemed too good to be true. A couple of red flags off the bat - the grammar on the post was really bad, little information on it and the post claimed it was a “he” but the puppy on the pictures was wearing dresses. All of these combined tipped me off that it was most likely a scam but decided to see how far they would go. The communication was very minimal, with hardly any full sentences and very direct. “Timothy” suggested he drop off the puppy wherever I was, which in my opinion, no one ever suggests that, usually there’s more back and forth when deciding what the best place to meet will be for both parties. I set up a meet and greet and right after he accepted, he sent a long message (with better grammar and actual full sentences, which indicated the scammers had already worked on this and have it handy) that said I had to send a payment of $100 to get the paperwork started. Actual wording from his message - “He will be charging $100 to get all paperwork needed for the adoption done Let me know what form of payment works for you so it will be requested. Via Zelle or Cashapp so we can get it done.” I pointed out what the website says, that no payment should be made to the guardian under no circumstances and he replied that he thought that I wanted to skip the website process. Please beware and do not send any money to the guardian via cash app, zelle, venmo or any of those methods! Everything should be done through the website! I did see a couple of posts on there that look legit. Stay vigilant and look for red flags!