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NEVER SEND ANYONE MONEY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY
GRAM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW PERSONALLY!
PLEASE! TAKE A MINUTE TO READ THIS ENTIRE PG, IT WILL BE WELL WORTH YOUR TIME!!!
We feel it is truly a shame we must add this page
but we feel the responsibility to keep people informed on how to educate
and protect themselves from these criminals with regards our beloved
English Bulldog breed!
On one hand the Internet is wonderful because you could find a super
awesome, healthy, well bred English Bulldog puppy that you could never
have found across the street. BUT PLEASE be aware that there are lots of
scams on the Internet! Please find below 3 sections of information
designed to help you protect yourself from these heartless thieves.
HOW THE
FRAUD TAKES PLACE:
What happens is that scam artists will steal English Bulldog puppy
pictures and post them on the Internet via online puppy classified ad web
sites. Recently, puppy scammers have started stealing the identity, text, information and even copying entire web sites of reputable breeders. They post ads or create scam web sites full of stolen puppy pictures. The puppy they describe in the ad only exists in the item
description, when the seller actually does not have the Bulldog puppy that
they are trying sell at all! Often the puppies pictured are listed with fictitious names, gender, age and are normally already grown and living with their new family. The "Seller" (scammer) will then ask for money (usually to be
paid through Western Union or Money Graham) then refers the buyer to the
shipping company who is supposed to send the Bulldog puppy to the buyer.
Of course, the puppy never comes. The buyer calls the "seller" (with no
answer) so buyer decides to call the shipping company with the reference
number for the Bulldog puppy. Shipping company replies that they don't
have anything related to this reference number or it is not for your
puppy. Sadly the excited family is heart broken and loses all the money they have saved. Again, PLEASE DON'T SEND ANYONE MONEY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY
GRAM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW PERSONALLY!
We repeatedly receive calls and e-mails from wonderful people who have purchased what they
thought was going to a beautiful English Bulldog puppy. Scammers have
stolen our and other breeders pictures to trick people into sending
money. Later after these families were robbed of their money some of
them have contacted us. Come to find out the English Bulldog puppy they
tried to purchase the week prior was a Bulldog puppy I had 3 years ago!
The pictures had been stolen from our past puppy page. That happened with
our beloved English Bulldog Deacon, Axle and many, many others.. Please see the pictures below. This puppy is "Champ's Axle". We took these pictures of him at our home in our Dinning room December of "2005". We sold him to David & Bridgette Miller of New York in Dec 2005 (updated picture on right). Axle's pictures have been stolen & used by scammers countless times. Recently a scammer using this email address: tjohnson@unionplus.net even used these stolen pictures in the DOG WORLD magazine! We emailed the scammer July of 2007 after viewing the fraudulent ad in the DOG WORLD MAGAZINE. The scammer emailed us back pictures of Axle calling him Luna & offering to send us the puppy for $700. Imagine our discust! PLease read on "below"...
 
Scammers have literally stolen our identity and copied our web site (see scam sites listed below) in addition to stealing text and pictures as in the past. Recently scammers have even posted ads on sites such as puppyfind.com using my name (Scott Ward), the name Champ Bulldogs, our telephone number and address!! We were tipped off when we received 3 calls about a Maltese puppy being advertised on puppyfind.com. (Imagine my surprise, being that Bulldogs are our only breed! Added to this WE WOULD NEVER ADVERTISE ON PUPPYFIND.COM AS IT IS OVERRUN BY SCAMMERS!) After some investigating I found a scammer listing at least 4 different breeds under MY NAME AND ADDRESS! These scam artists are hoping to use our excellent reputation to commit these horrible crimes. These monstrous scammers try to pull this off by directing any responses to these ads to a phony email. Unfortunately, many uneducated puppy buyers are willing to go through the entire purchase process via e-mail only. Please be aware that our contact information is ONLY AS FOLLOWS: Email champbulldogs@gmail.com & bulldogs@champbulldogs.com, phone number: 301-643-2961. These are safe and secure ways to contact Champ Bulldogs. PLEASE NEVER BUY A PUPPY FROM ADS LISTED ON PUPPYFIND.COM!! Puppyfind.com has knowingly made a profitable business out of catering to scammers and their techniques.
TONS of these scams are happening on:
http://championbulldog.tripod.com/
Puppy Find
Sale Bull
(The email below is a scammer who is using stolen pictures)
tjohnson@unionplus.net
I think
www.p uppyfind.com is the worst!!! We & many others have repeatedly informed the owners of
this site, and they will do nothing about it! PLEASE
NEVER buy a puppy off
www.puppyfind.com!
This is a horrible web site that LOTS of good people have been robbed from.
I'm sure you would not want to support them! The Federal Trade Commission
and the Attorney General have been informed!
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
* MONEY! I takes A LOT of Time, Love & EXPENSE to breed good English
Bulldogs! So if the price sounds to good to be true for that cute Bulldog
puppy, it almost always is! That is the #1 way they get people!
* CHEAP PRICE/SHIPPING INCLUDED!
* WANTING MONEY SENT ASAP VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM!
* WANTING A DEPOSIT
OF HALF THE MONEY ASAP WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM!
* THE SELLER/SCAM ARTIST CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIAN, LOVE GOD, THEY ARE A REVEREND or that they do missionary/minister work in west Africa.*
* ANY STATEMENT ABOUT AFRICA, WEST AFRICA OR NIGERIA!
* SAYING THEY CAN'T TALK ON THE PHONE! (SOME SAY IT IS BECAUSE THEY GOT IN
A BIKE OR OTHER ACCIDENT- THEY ARE NOW DEAF AND NEED A DEAF TRANSLATOR!
crazy...)
* MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE A WEB PAGE OF THEIR OWN, THEY SELL PUPPIES USING
ADDS ON PUPPY CLASSIFIED WEB PAGES. OR THEY MAY HAVE A SMALL, FREE
WEBSITE. A LOT OF THEM USE FREE EMAILS LIKE HOTMAIL & YAHOO.
* THEY SAY THEY WILL SHIP THE ENGLISH BULLDOG PUPPY IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR
CLOSEST AIRPORT, WITH IN A FEW HRS OR DAY OR SO.
* THEY WILL BE TRICKY AND TRY TO GAIN YOUR TRUST BY GIVING YOU PHONY PHONE
NUMBERS, PHONY REFERENCES ETC... ONE LADY WHO WAS SCAMMED TOLD ME THE
SCAMMER EVEN SENT HER A PUPPY CARE PACKAGE!
*RECENTLY MANY OF THESE SCAMMERS HAVE BECOME MORE PROFESSIONAL AT COMMITTING THESE SCAMS. IN DOING SO, MANY THROW UP THEIR OWN WEB SITES FULL OF STOLEN PICTURES & EVEN STOLEN TEXT. WE HAVE EVEN HAD SCAMMERS ACTUALLY STEAL OUR IDENTITY AND COPY OUR ENTIRE WEBSITE!!!!! SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. AGAIN DO NOT SEND MONEY BY MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION. TALK TO THE SO CALLED BREEDER & TALK TO THEIR REFERENCES. MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK SO AS TO MAKE A SAFE, INFORMED DECISION ON WHO YOU PURCHASE YOUR PUPPY FROM!
HOW TO
PROTECT YOURSELF:
BE SMART!
* DON'T SEND ANYONE MONEY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY
GRAM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW PERSONALLY! Please keep in mind that most
of the scam artists are accepting payments via Western Union. Responsible
breeders and companies should be able to accept a bank wire. Any one that
is valid must have a bank account that is filed. When you send a Bank wire it must go throw the Federal Reserve (Making it safe, legit & completely traceable)!
* DO NOT BUY AN BULLDOG PUPPY FROM ANYONE
WHO YOU CAN'T TALK TO PERSONALLY AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH!
* DO NOT BUY AN ENGLISH BULLDOG FROM ANY
ONE WHO CAN NOT GIVE YOU SEVERAL LEGITIMATE PERSONAL REFERENCES!
Please e-mail us for more information.
E-mail: champbulldogs@gmail.com
or call: (301) 643-2961
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