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by HighlanderShepherds on 30 October 2011 - 01:10
Please be advised that there is a scam posted on Craigslist in Texas ---- the scammer posted GSD puppies that are available and had a photo of our dog as their mother!!!!! We are located in NY --- I have no idea who is behind the scam --- I just want to let people know that this is a scam and our dog is not the mother of those puppies.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pet/2666582397.html
Here is her photobucket page with the photos: http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/chloegallo/
I was made aware of this scam and the above info via telephone from a breeder in Texas and PDB member. Thank you "Sunshine" for taking the time to call me and tell me.
Please spread the word that this post on Craigslist is a SCAM ...... terrible, just terrible. I don't know how or why some people do the things that they do!
I am going to have to watermark all of the photos on our web site which means I have to remove all of them and replace them as soon as I put the watermark on the photos. The only way that the person could have obt'd Tisha's photo is either from our web site or here on the German Shepherd Pedigree Database.
Thanks
Alisia
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/pet/2666582397.html
Here is her photobucket page with the photos: http://s1097.photobucket.com/albums/g348/chloegallo/
I was made aware of this scam and the above info via telephone from a breeder in Texas and PDB member. Thank you "Sunshine" for taking the time to call me and tell me.
Please spread the word that this post on Craigslist is a SCAM ...... terrible, just terrible. I don't know how or why some people do the things that they do!
I am going to have to watermark all of the photos on our web site which means I have to remove all of them and replace them as soon as I put the watermark on the photos. The only way that the person could have obt'd Tisha's photo is either from our web site or here on the German Shepherd Pedigree Database.
Thanks
Alisia
by HighlanderShepherds on 30 October 2011 - 01:10
Here is the post that is on Craislist:
Help needed!! German Shepherd PuppiesDate: 2011-10-24, 2:19PM CDT Reply to: comm-tpdgn-2666582397@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?] My neighbor has been a long time breeder of German Shepherd. They got a call this morning from a sick relative, packed up, and left taking their 5 adult dogs with them. They THREW AWAY a box of baby puppies, their eyes arent even open yet! and they LET GO young puppies as well. I have rounded them all up and have the puppies in my fenced in yard, some inside, and the new born ones inside under a light. I have never bottle fed puppies before and have no idea what to do for them. They havent stopped crying in a few hours. I've called a vet and set up an appointment to bring the babies in this afternoon to figure out what can be done with them. In the mean time i have given the other puppies chicken and rice to eat which i got out of my neighbors kennel as thats what they fed their dogs and i have a water bucket sitting out for them. I have tried giving the babies water and milk but they just spit it out. If anyone has any advise of what i can do in the mean time of going to the vet i would greatly appreciate it!! I dont want any of the puppies to die. My neighbors usually take really good care of their dogs and any puppies they have. They even do sports with them. I think this was just a fluke mistake where bad decisions were made and i prey none of the puppies pay with their life for it.
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by ILGSDs on 30 October 2011 - 03:10
I emailed them hoping to help. Poor puppies.
by EuroShepherd on 30 October 2011 - 03:10
I'm not sure exactly what the scam is?
I don't see them asking for money or trying to sell the pups, I see them asking for help.
As for the photos they used, my guess is they used random photos they found online to make a point in their request for help. Also, ads with photos are much more likely to be clicked on and looked at. So they could have been using pics just to get more people to click on their ad and help them.
I don't see them asking for money or trying to sell the pups, I see them asking for help.
As for the photos they used, my guess is they used random photos they found online to make a point in their request for help. Also, ads with photos are much more likely to be clicked on and looked at. So they could have been using pics just to get more people to click on their ad and help them.
by crhuerta on 30 October 2011 - 04:10
Perhaps they just posted pics of what the parents "resemble"...ie...black & red, sable...etc..???
Honestly...does it really matter "which dogs" pictures are being posted if they are specifically stating that "these two dogs are the parents"...and the puppies pedigree is as follows........
Random pics are just that...random pics.
And before anyone asks......NO...I would really not care if they used pics of my own dogs...as long as they were not specifically stating that my dogs were the parents of the litter (name & pedigree).
I really hope the litter and all the other dogs are found secure, loving homes quickly.
Honestly...does it really matter "which dogs" pictures are being posted if they are specifically stating that "these two dogs are the parents"...and the puppies pedigree is as follows........
Random pics are just that...random pics.
And before anyone asks......NO...I would really not care if they used pics of my own dogs...as long as they were not specifically stating that my dogs were the parents of the litter (name & pedigree).
I really hope the litter and all the other dogs are found secure, loving homes quickly.
by Fernandez@FL on 30 October 2011 - 04:10
I too don’t understand what the scam is about, nor do I see any of your pics in the craigslist ad. Unless, you took them down. They are not asking for money. Sorry but I just don’t get it either. Photo bucket is free, so if your pics. Where there, then the question is how they end in the bucket website. The only way to avoid photos from being copied is to secure the entire webpage as a watermark can be erased; you may want to try a copyright instead. But I don’t understand your claim. Sorry!
by texaspeg49 on 30 October 2011 - 05:10
Yes, they did want money. I asked to adopt one of the puppies and was told they would be $ 250. Then found out it was a scam. So I know I was asked for money, don't know about anyone else.
by GSDloyalty on 30 October 2011 - 13:10
This is so confusing. Long time breeder??? Who was this breeder?
If I was left with babies thrown away I would want that breeder known! As for pups, I would not be trying to sell them,I would be trying to find them good homes.
This whole thing doesnt add up.
If I was left with babies thrown away I would want that breeder known! As for pups, I would not be trying to sell them,I would be trying to find them good homes.
This whole thing doesnt add up.
by sunshine on 30 October 2011 - 14:10
No, I don't think this is a scam. What threw confusion into the whole matter were pictures of the parent dogs which were not the parent dogs of the litter. But the rescuer was receiving this info from the neighbor. So, the question was does the rescuer have an owner surrender to enable a legal adoption process? And this is not clear. Because of the secrecy involved to most likely not reveal who the neighbor/breeder is, physical location is not clear. So, it is not possible to help regardless in what form that help is, if the physical location is unknown. So, this situation is not verifiable. Help was offered. An orderly adoption process was offered. The help was not accepted.
by hunger4justice on 30 October 2011 - 14:10
NO NO NO NOT A SCAM!!!!! I don't know where the photos came from of adults but this lady WOULD NOT TAKE A DIME from me. Also Von Degenhard German Shepherds is helping this KIND lady rescuer with the dogs (AND AGAIN WOULD NOT TAKE MONEY I offered several times). This is the email I got from von Degenhard about the rescuer:
The rescuer is the most wonderful person Indira. She is deaf and doing a wonderful job on her own.
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NOTE NO ACCEPTANCE of my offer of money. They are kind and good angels and perhaps the dumpers of these pups used another person's dog's photo and that is where the confusion comes in, but it iS NOT a scam.
The rescuer is the most wonderful person Indira. She is deaf and doing a wonderful job on her own.
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NOTE NO ACCEPTANCE of my offer of money. They are kind and good angels and perhaps the dumpers of these pups used another person's dog's photo and that is where the confusion comes in, but it iS NOT a scam.
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