Pet shipment

I found an ad online and the girl seems totally legit saying she had a male and femal African grey, said she sold the female to her coworker and has the male left and so now she took it to the pet sit minute place in San Francisco called ocean animal travel and they are emailing me right now but they said their website is down and so I wouldn't be able to pay with a credit card. I emailed the company and said :
I just am worried about using a money gram because people can get scammed a lot that way. I hope you can understand my concern in that. Is there anyway my money can be secure if I send it via money gram
They replied DEAR CLIENT

WE DON'T ACCEPT CREDIT CARD RIGHT NOW SINCE OUR I.T DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON OUR WEBSITE.
FOR SAFETY PURPOSE OF OUR CLIENT INFORMATION WE REQUESTED YOU TO MAKE THE PAYMENT VIA MONEYGRAM TO OUR CASHIER THAT IS ON SEAT RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE SUED WITH MISUSED INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR CREDIT CARD DETAILS.

HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE INSECURITY OF VITAL INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE ON YOUR CREDIT CARD.

MANAGEMENT

No legitimate business asks for payment by MoneyGram, and the website has most likely been killed for fraud. Please post all emails from the girl with the parrot and from the pet shipper with complete headers, including the URL to the website, even if it's down.

Please read this to protect yourself. http://www.petscams.tk/ and viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3149

Never ever buy a pet you have not met in person. You do not know the temperament of the animal, you can not see if it is sickly or healthy, and it is so easy to get scammed.

Gradlyn Pet Transportation Services
Seller of puppy: Mandy Baird
Hello Dear,
            We are very happy to read again from you Since I have made
up my mind to let our puppy into your home ,i just hope you are
delighted to care for this puppy .We would have been very happy if you
can come to view the puppy in my home in SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH  but since you
are out of  UTAH Then we can arrange for Shipping with Pet Delivery
Carrier and they will get the puppy delivered at your home address
that you will provide to us .all we need to do is get the puppy
registered with the pet delivery carrier with your full delivery
information and you would be making the $400 payment directly to the
delivery company so they can activate the flight ticket of the puppy
and issue the puppy a delivery card and also provide you with a
tracking number so you can track the puppy while on flight and also
provide you with a delivery schedule. and the payment will be made
upfront because they have to activate the flight ticket of the puppy
and issue the puppy a delivery card and also provide you with a
tracking number and a delivery schedule and they will fly the puppy to
your state and drive with a pet delivery van to your home. once i have
the puppy registered, the delivery company will contact you telling
you how you would be making the $400 payment to directly to them so
they can proceed with providing you with a tracking number for your
puppy and activate the flight ticket of the puppy for delivery to your
home and all we will need from you are
your ......
full names....?.......
home address......?....
city/state....?...
zip code...?...
phone number..
DEAR CLIENT #34
WE HAVE JUST REALIZE THAT THE CRATE PROVIDED BY YOUR PREVIOUS OWNER WHICH IS THE SENDER OF YOUR PUPPY IS VERY SMALL TO RESIST THE HARSH TEMPERATURE OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION AND IS OUTDATED SO WE GOT A PROBLEM AT HAND AT THE MOMENT.  PRESENTLY DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITION, YOUR PUPPY CAN'T PROCEED WITH THE FLIGHT AS A RESULT OF THE HARSH WEATHER CONDITION WE ARE FACING. YOUR PUPPY NEEDS A VENTILATED ELECTRONIC AUTO REGULATORY  CRATE SO AS TO SUSTAIN HIM THROUGHOUT THE HARSH WEATHER CONDITION. ALSO IT WILL HELP TO REGULATE THE TEMPERATURE BODY OF THIS PUPPY WHILE ON TRANSIT.THE WEATHER CONDITION IS SO HARSH FOR US TO TRAVEL WITH YOUR PUPPY WITHOUT HIM BEING PUT INTO THIS VENTILATED ELECTRONIC AUTO REGULATORY CRATE SO AS TO PROTECT THEM FROM ANY EVENTUALITY,SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE   WITH AN ELECTRONIC AUTO REGULATORY  CRATE FOR THE PUPPY TO BE SAFE AND SECURED.IF NOT YOUR PUPPY MAY BE AT RISK AS A RESULT OF THE HARSH WEATHER CONDITION WHILE ON TRANSIT.WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN TO ANY PETS FOUND UNDER OUR CUSTODY,BECAUSE ONE OF OUR MAJOR PRIORITY IS TO PROTECT OUR CLIENTS' PETS AND DO SAFE DELIVERY OF ALL PETS UNDER OUR CUSTODY TO THEIR VARIOUS ADDRESSES AT THE RIGHT PLACE AND AT THE RIGHT TIME.WE STRIVE HARD TO AVOID ANY UNFORESEEN OCCURRENCE.SO THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY WE CAN'T TAKE THE RISK TO CONTINUE WITH THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PUPPY UNLESS YOUR PUPPY IS BEEN ISSUED THIS VENTILATED ELECTRONIC AUTO REGULATOR CRATE.THIS CRATE WILL HELP YOUR PUPPY A LOT BECAUSE IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY REGULATE  THE HARSH WEATHER FROM YOUR MALE NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF PUPPY BODY FOR SAFETY. WE GOT THREE VENTILATED ELECTRONIC AUTO REGULATORY  CRATES FOR SALE OR FOR RENT DEPENDING ON OUR CLIENT'S CAPABILITY.ALL THE CRATES LISTED OR ATTACHED ON THE EMAIL.ANY OF THESE CRATES LISTED OR ATTACHED TO THIS EMAIL,DEMANDS FOR A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT WHICH IS BEEN REFUNDED TO OUR CLIENT UPON ARRIVAL OF YOUR PUPPY AT YOUR DOOR STEPS.IT'S REFUNDED ON ARRIVAL OF YOUR PETS.FROM THE LIST OF CRATES BELOW,CHOOSE YOUR CHOICE OF CRATE AND THE ASSOCIATED PRICE THAT FOLLOWS IT.

PRICE OF CRATES LISTED BELOW AND ALSO BELOW ARE SOME SAMPLES OF CRATE WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT BY ORDER CLIENT OK. 






FIRST CLASS= $4650





SECOND CLASS= $3650






THIRD CLASS= $2250


 

(1)FIRST CLASS= $4650
(2)SECOND CLASS= $3650
(3)THIRD CLASS= $2250

 


YOU ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN THESE THREE CRATES.YOU NEED TO BE FAST ABOUT MAKING YOUR CHOICE BETWEEN THESE THREE CRATES AS WELL AS TO MAKE THE DEPOSIT PAYMENT TO ENABLE YOUR PUPPY TO PROCEED WITH DELIVERY ON TIME.WE NEED TO PUT YOUR PUPPY INTO ONE OF THE CRATE LISTED ABOVE OR WHICH IS ATTACHED ON THE EMAIL.THE FEE WHICH YOU ARE REQUESTED TO PAY NOW IS A DEPOSIT AS YOU SHALL BE FULLY REFUNDED YOUR FUNDS ONCE WE ARRIVE YOUR ADDRESS.

NOTE: IF YOU ARE NOT TO OWN OR YOU DON'T WANT THIS CRATE AFTER ARRIVAL OF YOUR PUPPY AT YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS,YOUR MONEY SHALL BE REFUNDED TO YOU IN CASH.BUT IF YOU ARE TO OWN THE CRATE AFTER ARRIVAL OF YOUR PUPPY AT YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS, YOUR MONEY SHALL NOT BE REFUNDED TO YOU.


YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR CHOICE BETWEEN THE THREE CRATES AND ANY OF THE CRATE YOU CHOOSE YOU SHALL NEED TO PAY FOR THE CRATE OR RENT THE CRATE. PLEASE YOU NEED TO BE VERY FAST ABOUT YOUR CHOICE BETWEEN THE CRATE AS WELL MAKING THE PAYMENT BECAUSE WE GOT JUST BARELY 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES TIME FROM NOW TO DEPART FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION

Thank you for posting. That is also a scam. Pet transportation does not work that way. What email address did the email come from and can you post any website information if there is any?

I can't tell you how happy I am that I just googled this woman's email address and found literally the EXACT same email she sent me for the golden retriever puppies my husband and I were looking into. She even text me saying she was going to the pet delivery agency and would let me know when they had the puppy and my info so i would know when to answer the phone from the delivery agency. She just text me saying
"hello i am at the delivery agency now done with the registration of Della and they advice you stay beside your phone and computer because they would be contacting you please do keep me posted"

Should be interesting to see what the "agency" says now that I know it's a scam

Hello Dallier2015,
I am happy that you found us before you lost money to these criminals. These scammers are located in Cameroon, Africa and everything that they told you was a lie in an attempt to steal your money. If you have any new contact information for these scammers please post it here on the forum.

If you have any additional questions please ask.