Littlemisse Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I was looking for a new baby, cane across an advert that had pictures of Tasha. At first I was like aww she looks just like Tasha, then I paid attention: It WAS Tasha. They claimed to have a 6 month of beautiful husky bitch available in Scotland. She needs to go somewhere without cats or other dogs and to someone who can offer the amount of time and attenion they can to she needs.  she can't be let off the lead and is hard to train so requires a lot of patience. 1. I live in Essex 2. I have 2 cats and a kitten 3. I have a small dog ( all get along and curl up together) 4. I walk her in the morning / early afternoon and in the evening. 5. I play games with her before her first walk and after her second 6. She goes off the lead, returns and as much as she will run ahead, she runs back when I : call her name, click my fingers, or stand still, plus she often looks behind herself to see where I am. 7. She is fully trained, 8. She's cross wolf! I know I don't need to justify the way things are with her, but it's annoyed me and upset me at the same time. The thing that really got to me is they had pictures of ME and Tasha on the advert. I rung the number and they did the " she needs to be transported as I'm now living in ireland as my wife is ill" Urm NO! she doesn't need to be shipped to me or whatever, she's sleeping across my feet! I don't know how they got my pictures as I don't use them on many websites. But guys please be careful. Advert was posted before I joined this site so it's not here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemisse Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 ( excuse the mistakes, iPhone likes to correct things it doesn't need to) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I bet your upset thats not a nice thing to find This seem to be happening more and more all with the same MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSNS Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 i would have been fuming these ass holes are every where and some people are actualy stupid enough to pay it sorry to any one who has but come on why would you do that i hate paying for anything online personaly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissu & Aara Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Sounds like a scam. Very likely to happen so close to christmas. Same thing happened to us when we were looking for a house. It was a beautiful house, for only $700 a month. My mom stayed in touch with them over email. Then we had a high suspicion that it was a scam. So we went to go see it. I forgot to mention, the people we were talking to said they were in tahiti, and would be renting to us from there. So yeah. We went to see it, and there was a family loading up their van. After talking to them, we learned they had lived there for ten years. And that they were going on a vacation all summer long. So yeah, we were nearly scammed, and the owners of the house had no idea their house was on the market. Also happened to me when I was looking for a husky. I emailed an ad I saw. The persons english was very broken, dodged the question when I ask about pictures or parents on site. They just kept telling me that huskies are a lot of work. I stopped talking to them at that point and never heard back. You could likely get them in trouble. Especially since they used a picture with you in it. But their locations are often hard to find, and when you call any number they give it doesn't exist or it's someones number. Sorry that happened. :/ so violating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mael Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 That's messed up! I'd report them to whatever local authority takes care of internet scams in your area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCouture Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Wow definity sounds like a scam, flag it and notify the website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemisse Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Number failed, email got a reply* I'm having an argumen over email, apparently I'm a compulsive liar who can't afford to get a "stunning husky" shipped to me. It's disgusting that people think they can get away with this. I'm contacted the police in the morning ( it's 2am) they're not getting away with it! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=755545897 I can prove she's mine, can they prove that she's theirs? I don't think so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kissu & Aara Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Good for you! I hope they are able to do something about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSNS Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 they wont do t much it will most likel be some ass hole from another country doing this when i was looking for a rehome i encounterd the same thing i even added them on msn and handed itto the polie all they said to me was as no offence had actualy been commited i.e i hadent parted with any cash they could not do anything but if i had parted in my eyes what would they have done anyways not a damn thing. Hope you have more luck than I keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlemisse Posted December 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 The police don't seem to be able to do much, regardless of what it's over. I will keep updating. Most they can do is contact the website and get them to remove the advert. It's worrying the amount of people who fall for things like this and part up with money to get nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Miss Bump Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 omg this is awful :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Angel n Auroras Mum Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 omg! thats just terrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanya maggs Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 That is truly disgusting how dare they ???? i would be devostated if i seen pix of me and mine up and round the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikaani&Aiyana Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 What the hell, thats awful!!!! Sick people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I notice they do it all the time, no doubt you have all seen the ad's with the husky on the playhouse? same pic gets used by loads of scammers,even more shocking that they have the cheek to use one with a person too, report it to who ever you can, sadly as soon as the ad is pulled they'll put a different one up. Isn't their any laws regarding posting pictures of people on the net without permission? Edit: a quick search reveals....... - If a photo was taken in a public place, the taker of the photo can post it online to their heart's content, provided they do not caption it with libel like 'Dumb b**ch' or something of the like. - If the photo was taken in private (a home or someplace where the taker and the subject were in private), then the photos cannot be published online without the subject's consent. Doing so makes you liable for 'invasion of privacy' and you could be sued in civil court for compensatory and even punitive damages. Not sure what the photo's were but if it was me i'd be seriously pi**ed and would look into taking it further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceybob Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I nearly got scammed by something like this actually. Gumtree is home to a lot of fake adverts, I saw an advert for a lovely husky puppy that needed a home and got sent these pictures: And a few others, I was so excited! I thought omg she's adorable!!!! Anyway, just before I was about to pay a deposit for "Krystle", my mum asked to see some other pictures of husky puppies, so I typed husky puppy into google. And what did I find? OMG! Look it's Krystle! Hang on... that's not right... Turns out, Krystle was actually Jake who featured in the DailyPuppy. I sent them an angry email and they sent me an abusive email back. I left a message on the Daily Puppy warning people that his photos were being used on adverts and reported them to gumtree. I couldn't tell you if any justice was done I'm afraid. This is Jakes article by the way: http://www.dailypupp...usky_2006-12-15 Stacey xxx EDIT: I've got the weirdest response on there lol!! Someones wrote this in response to me: hi to my future wife, bob. u are my inspiration Lol?!! Looks like it happened to someone else too, so I didn't stop them my747s I was recently looking to buy a puppy and someone sent me 6 of these pictures. Stated it was a female that they were trying to sell. Sale of course fell through when I stated that I would be picking up the puppy and not having "her" sent to me. Its awful that someone would steal these beautiful pictures and do pretend to be selling him. (and as a girl no less) He is truly beautiful and you are blessed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meeshsalts Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 There are some unscrupulous people out there. Worse though are the ones asking for deposits for non existant dogs. I would never pay a deposit for a dog on an advert but people fall for it all the time. If you are buying a pup that the owners are asking a deposit for do your home work and make sure they are a reputable breeder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staceybob Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Yeah, the incident I went through made me research more and go to a registered breeder. And alas! Aleu was born! And I visited her every single week XD Stacey xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Before i got Kodi i came accross a lot of these scams where they could have the pup delivered due to being somewhere else or something. There is so much of it about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulusworm Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 I love "playing" with these scammers. Lead them into thinking that someone is taking the bait and then ask them point blank why they are scamming people. Spent a day once emailing the same scammer on every single website he was on. He got pretty p1$$ed, lol. A note of caution for you all: Don't phone the numbers on the ads. More often than not they are set up so that you are billed loads of money as soon as you call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrie_x Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 We had an issue like this not with pics of one of ours but with an airedale we were going to buy turned out to be a big lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahNukka&Shadow Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 OMG thats absolutly disgusting! I'd be soooo angry if I came across one of my babies "for sale" Just hope they get caught by the police (they probly wont get cuaght for this type of thing but they are no doubt involved in other criminal activity that they will get caught for!) Scumbags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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