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"... You're lucky to have mailed at this time because the puppy has just been placed on adoption by one of my customers, who went on a veterinarian work transfer with the West African veterinarian commission Lagos Nigeria, West Africa. He is giving the pup up for adoption because he cant take good care of the pup due to his busy and tight state of work. All he wants is someone that's homely and with a good christian home to adopt this young and lovely human best friend."

If anyone is interested, this is where I was supposed to send money
Daniel Udogu
119 Jakande Road
Sango Otta
Ogun State Nigeria 23401

I decided to look up this supposed address and all this uneasiness and reluctancy shit really came together...THAT'S NOT EVEN THE PROPER SPELLING OF THE STATE!!!! Again I appreciate this website all of the posts!!!

I've recently placed a comment on this website because if it were not for this, I would have been scammed by these scum!! I notified the local paper that was running these bogus ads, however, the ads are still there. I signed up with a new address and inquired about a "baby"...this is the e-mail that was sent back...it's a bit different than the others so take note....
---The puppies I advertised has been adopted by one Mrs Elizabeth Campbell from Alaska and i just got an email from her that the puppies is doing quite well with her and her family .
Now I would like to refer you to one Mr Kim Craig . He graduated from Concordia University in Ann Arbor , Mich as an enginnear and he associates with one building company here in the State .
He bought an english bulldog puppy of 10 weeks old from me as well. he has been transfered to West Africa for a contract that was awarded to his company here in the state . so he is to supervise the contract in west africa , he went there with his English bulldog puppy he bought from me, Unfortunately, Africa is not the right place for this type of dog. he contacted me 2 days ago to find a caring parent that will adopt his puppy and must be ready to pay for the shipping fee alone which he said it was $350. to ship the puppy back to the state. he has no time for the puppy because he never knew how tight his wok schedule in africa was and also the african weather is so harsh according to him and this is really troubling him and his mission in West Africa.
Contact Kim Craig as soon as possible and tell him I reffered you to him. he would be excited if he knows you are from me. Below is his email address: Get me informed as soon as you adopt the puppy from him, because i think the puppy will have a goog home here in the USA .
Best Regards,
Catherine.

I'm glad I checked this site before going any further with buying a puppy from a missionary in Africa.
"Jim Walcox" writes:

Hello Dear,
Thanks for your interest. First of all, I must thank my living Lord that I found an intending parent for my babies; I also give thanks to the breeder that directed you to me. Iʼm giving out these lovely babies for adoption. They are 3 months 3 weeks currently and AKC registered all their shots are up to date. They are free for adoption and you will only take care of the shipping cost to your location. Shipping cost $300 each and $600 for both .I got relocated to West Africa recently with my family and could not give needed attention for the good care of the babies anymore. I want a great home for them because they are my real babies.
The bad weather here is not conducive for them that is why I want to get them out as soon as possible and I will be very happy if you will be one to take them as your babies. I have a male and his name is (Adam) while the female name is (Eve) they are both very good with kids and love to play a lot this is one of their many character, I never wanted to give them out but the weather here in West Africa is not helping matter at all. If you are interested kindly get back to me ASAP so that the babies can be on their way to their new home as soon as the shipping arrangement is concluded! I need your useful details to facilitate the shipping.

Your name.............................................
Address:..............................................
Phone number.....................................
Nearest airport:.....................................
Marital Status:.......................................
Number of Children:..............................
Other Pets?...........................................

Also tell me a little about yourself and how conducive your environment is for these babies. I am attaching their picture. I will always remember you in my daily prayers. I will need your telephone number to enable me call you for shipment arrangement. Get back to me ASAP.


God Bless You,


Rev Jim Walcox.


It looks like 'conducive' must have been on his word of the day calendar... what a doof.
Thanks to everyone who posted earlier comments! It made me sure this is a hoax.

thank goodness i found this page. i was just about to purchase a puppy this weekend from pastor wisdom rosieg. this time the scam concerned yorkie puppies though, but the story about nigeria was the same. i hope more people look into the scam before loosing their money. thank you

Thank god I found this before I bought the Yorkshire puppy! I thought it was a little fishy.. and it looks as if this person has done so much damage. Is there anything that anyone can do to stop this scam?? This is what I got:


Hello.

May the showers of Blessing be with you and your family,Thanks for your interest in my pet, The little puppy is still very much available for adoption. She is 9 weeks Old.This little girl is potty trained and friendly with children She fit in the palm of your hand.She is AKC registered puppy .She is Kelly by name,Adorable and sociable with great Personalities and very good bloodlines.She vet-checked, up to date on shots and deworming,and are health guaranteed.. All the papers will accompany the puppy,But right now I am in Africa on a Christian mission with my wife and we have the puppy right here with us.we are going to ship to you via express delivery on next day delivery after shipment through a shipping agent,so if you are interested in having the puppy, I want you to get back to me with your full name, address including the nearest airport to you. Please if you know that you a re not going to take very good care of my baby, do not reply me because I am giving her on adoption because of bad condition or anything I am only giving this puppy out because we don't have time to take care of the puppy again due to the mission work before us here. She will be going for free, so I will like you to get back to me with your full name and full address including your nearest airport and your contact phone number so that I can carry out shipping.i have also attached her recent pics to this message Below.

Breed: Yorkshire Terrier
Price: Free
Shipping Fees : $200.00 Usd
Total cost: $200.00 Usd

Thanks and i look forward to hear from you again.

Rev Gorge.




Recievers Name: REO GLANCE
Address: 647 victoria court road
City: Ikeja
State: Lagos
Country: Nigeria
Zipcode: 23401
Amount to send: $200


As soon as you send the payment from the westernunion agent, you would be given some informations. You would have to get back to me with:


1. Full Sender's Name
2. MTCN #
3. Amount Sent
4. Text Question: in God
Answer: I Trust


They would ship her immedaitely the shipping agent confirmed the reciept of your payment, the shipping arrengement is done. Looking forward to read from you soon, as soon as the payment is comfirm the puppy will be shipped out tonight.

Regards and God Bless.

Looking Forward To Read From You.

Thanks

Mr Gorge.

I have been scammed the last two days of $700.
They ran an ad in the classifieds under lilian for $500 for a 12 week old english bulldog. She emailed me back and said she had already got rid of her. Then a few days later sure enough she emailed back and said the person she sold her to was going to Africa and it was to hot there for her so they wanted to send her back here so she gave me the email address of and sure enough he said he could have her on my doorstep the following day if I sent the money that day and I did!! Unfortunately!!He said he needed $460 to fly her back to the US. Then the next day he said he was at the airport and needed an extra $200 for a terriorist card and something else and once again I was stupid enough to send more money. I have not heard from him since and still no dog. Which he said her name was Dolly!! So don't fall for this scam like I did!!

blimpy and sleeks got scammed! free boxer puppy! not a bulldog a boxer so beware of the boxer scam also! we were about to send the money and i decided to google the phone number that these fake nigerians called me from. it was 2347082540663 and only one thing came up "Nigerian Bulldog Scam" i couldnt believe my eyes when i started reading what every one else had wrote... because by the time i realized what i was read i realized.... BLIMPY AND SLEEKS ALMOST GOT SCAMMED!

I was just scammed on http://www.dominionpupz.com. His email is . Paid $1100 and never delivered a dog.

i was seaching for a puppy on a web site an foound the puppy i wanted. well i email the breeder and he said he had no more puppys but he knew someone that got tranfered to west africa and needed to get he dog adopted for 300 dollars. i started to talk to the man that got tranfered and he said i would have to give him the 300 and shipping is included. his name was rev peter. So i have sent him the money of 300 dollars. Now that he has the money he said the puppy will be shiped out first thing tomorrow morning. i got an email from a virgian express pets saying i would have to send 450 for inc on the dog. i didnt have the exra funds to send him so i email him back and he said he can come up with 200 and i pay the rest. i told him i counldnt. I had he number to contact him but he called me to say if i can send him the money so he can give it to the virgian express so they can send the dog. he was supposed to email me back but he never did.