Helpful Email From: Patty T.

I am writing this email to notify you of a scam before someone falls victim to it.  It's in the Pet section of the classifieds advertised as a Yorkie.  I actually responded to this ad to buy this dog and found it was a scam before I sent the 200.00.  They will email you back and tell you that all you have to pay for is the shipping of this puppy which is 200.00 and that you pay the shipping directly to the delivery company when they deliver the puppy to your doorstep.  Then you get a separate email that looks like it is coming from a company called "Animals Away" which is actually a legitimate business; however they ask you to send the shipping cost of 200.00 to them western union and they will ship the puppy.   They make it look legit, but if you go on the actual website for Animals Away they have a bulletin posted to notify people of this scam.  They would not ask for money to be sent western union.  I actually called the company and talked to Anthony and he told me about the scam.  There are two of them right now.  One involves a yorkie and the other is a bulldog.  Thought you should know so you could remove this ad from your website and hopefully block it from being posted again before they actually get someone's money....unless they already have.