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My wife and I recently lost a pet dachshund and searched “dachshund puppies” online as we wanted to buy a new one. We looked at a site called “alyciadachdhundpuppies.com" and located a dog named Sophie we liked. We contacted the owner of the website using a link on the site. After receiving and sending emails back and forth we decided to purchase the puppy for the $800 asking price. On 6/25/25 the payment was made via Zelle. We were promised an itinerary the next day discussing travel arrangements at 10:00 AM. The next day at 8:00 AM we received an email advising there was a rental fee of $30 for a pressurized crate and a refundable $950 deposit. At this point we declined to pay any more money because We were afraid additional money would be requested and we would never receive the dog. We requested a refund and heard nothing back from the seller until advising the site had been reported to the FTC, the BBB, Google, gov.uk and I filed a police report and a fraud claim with our bank. This website gabrielladachshundpuppies is an exact duplicate of alyciadachshundpuppies, which scammed my wife and I out of $800. I reported the website to gov.uk as Google showed me the entity behind the website is MAR BUILD LTD, which specializes in offering pure bred puppies (dachshund, golden retriever, terrier and others) for sale. These websites have been shut down by Google, perhaps because these websites also were reported to Google as a scam.