{"id":824,"date":"2015-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/scams-involving-buying-pets-online\/"},"modified":"2016-09-12T14:40:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:40:23","slug":"scams-involving-buying-pets-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/scams-involving-buying-pets-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Scams Involving Buying Pets Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p>The House Shop\u00a0offers free classified ads and the vast majority of sellers are friendly animal lovers that need to either buy or sell a pet. Many pet shops are reducing the ability for private pets to sell\u00a0 their pets and the fact is it has become harder to sell a pet .<\/p>\n<p>Advertise <strong>pets for sale<\/strong>, <strong>dogs for sale<\/strong>, or pet goods and\/or services online using free pet classifieds to sell pets and pet services by targeting pet lovers. If you are looking for a great place to buy and sell pets or pet services,\u00a0 Little House is the place for you.<\/p>\n<p>Like any internet service you need to be aware that on occasion scammers may try to use our service to make money from pet lovers.<\/p>\n<p>The picture you see online could be from stock images so don\u2019t let the site of a cute pet distract your caution when buying a pet online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dodgy scammers some signs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No mention of location or ANY mention of overseas location<\/li>\n<li>Bad grammar and spelling<\/li>\n<li>Vague reply that does not make sense or relate well to your ad or enquiry<\/li>\n<li>American spellings<\/li>\n<li>Shipping from overseas, or any type of domestic shipping\/flights (you should always\u00a0meet the animal<\/li>\n<li>The give a Religious angle (or missionary, aide or orphanage worker or similar &#8220;sob story&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>The want Moneygram or Western union payment or other irreversible wire payment.<\/li>\n<li>They avoids\u00a0giving address\/phone number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Types of Pets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certain types of pets seem to attract scammers owing to their popularity and the cute or desirable factor these are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expensive purebred puppy for free or cheap, you just pay shipping! (sounds too good to be true)<\/li>\n<li>English Bulldogs, Chihuahuas, teacup Yorkies and parrots\/eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Keep transactions local see the animal and how it is living before parting with your money.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Shop\u00a0offers free classified ads and the vast majority of sellers are friendly animal lovers that need to either buy or sell a pet. 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