Posing As A Seller:
A Person can post an advertisement for a puppy that only exist in the item description. Actually, seller doesn't have the puppy that he/she is trying sell or give away. Seller will then ask for funds and refer them to the shipping company who is meant to send the puppy to the buyer. Buyer waits for few days and contacts the seller, but no answer. Tries again for couple of more days..no answer. Finally buyer decides to call the shipping company with the reference number for the puppy. Shipping company replies that they don't have anything related to this reference number or it is not for your puppy. Buyer loses funds.
Posing As A Buyer:
A scammer can pose as a buyer of a puppy and contacts the seller. Buyer is enthusiastic to buy and accepts your listed cost and recommend that his/her agent will pick up the puppy with a check that is over the asking cost. In return, they ask buyer to deduct amount for the item, get remaining amount and give a fake cashier's check. Seller will lose the puppy and the funds.
Check any sites who have classifieds, in the event that they don't have a warning about online scams, they ought to have!
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