I am OUTRAGED. I have never come across an internet scam, but when shopping for my first puppy as a college student and a veterinary medicine major at Texas A&M, the thought of someone taking $350-$600 of MY MONEY makes me very upset. Here is how the whole ordeal went down:
I was searching for English Bull Dog puppies, because that is the kind of dog my sister and I agreed on due to the fact that they have short hair that will not make our allergies act up. I did not necessarily want a really nice english bull dog, I only resorted to looking at breeders after not finding any at rescue centers, or the ones I was interested in being adopted out already. When I came across a "Family Raised English Bull Dog" website, I was so happy. I was looking around, but a few things made me uncomfortable. First of all, they did not have very good english and the website was kind of sketchy looking, but I thought that could be simply because it was a family running their own business, so I sent them an email.
Here is our correspondence:
I sent a message via their online form asking for details, I was sent this at 11pm.
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I am OUTRAGED. I have never come across an internet scam, but when shopping for my first puppy as a college student and a veterinary medicine major at Texas A&M, the thought of someone taking $350-$600 of MY MONEY makes me very upset. Here is how the whole ordeal went down:
I was searching for English Bull Dog puppies, because that is the kind of dog my sister and I agreed on due to the fact that they have short hair that will not make our allergies act up. I did not necessarily want a really nice english bull dog, I only resorted to looking at breeders after not finding any at rescue centers, or the ones I was interested in being adopted out already. When I came across a "Family Raised English Bull Dog" website, I was so happy. I was looking around, but a few things made me uncomfortable. First of all, they did not have very good english and the website was kind of sketchy looking, but I thought that could be simply because it was a family running their own business, so I sent them an email.
Here is our correspondence:
I sent a message via their online form asking for details, I was sent this at 11pm.