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Renee Carter claimed to be a border collie breaded adoption/rehoming business. I was looking at her Facebook page that seemed legit and inquired about purchasing a pup she was advertising. She messaged me through messenger and ask for a $200 deposit first and that was for vetting me and getting any documents together. She stated the puppies were pure breed border collies and ask how much I was looking to pay? What was my budget for purchasing the pup from told her $500 she ask if I could do $600 I agreed and began to pay her through cash app and chime. It wasn’t until the delivery service she used told me Ineeded to rent a crate and that cover the delivery from Portsmouth nc to my home and that once the pup was delivered to me I would get all $800 back. I started to become suspicious when I received confusing information about the amount of the crate was $500 for deluxe version and the standard crate was $800. I questioned this as it seemed like a type o But the reply was short and vague making no sense. I continued to ask questions and express my concerns but all this person wanted was for me to trust him and pay for one or the other. He gave me a cash app name to use and regretfully I tried to send the $800 thankfully red flags came up and cash app immediately closed down the transaction. I told the man and his only response was your puppy is waiting for you he is in my office and we need to delivery him to you I then said I wanted to call the company and pay through my bank account but he insisted I use random cash app names to send money with nothing to do with Global wave express. Between the rep at GWE and Renee Carter texting me I had time to contact my husband and ask for his help my nerves were completely shot at this point and had little ones that needed my attention and to this I expressed to both of them my husband looked up emails and phone numbers and we could not find anything on either business. I then messenged Renee Carter and told her if this was a scam I would be out 1400 total so I’m good faith I told her to take care of the crate fee as she would be refunded upon delivery of the pup. It was then turned around on me that I was causing the pup to go through to much and should have already been delivered to me and that I should just pay for the crate. Lots of things were said as I tried to make my point but to no avail only constant urgency to pay the money but only through an online money service and would not give me a manager to talk with or a phone number to call and make the payment. There were no formal documents to sign it would have only been information from my cash app account or Apple Pay, chime etc. that I sent money to a person I did not know. I refused to do this. At this point I’m still getting messages from Renee Carter she is now telling me she paid for the crate and sent a picture of a man holding a pet crate putting it in a truck then said your pup is on its way. But quickly added she could not cover the fine of $200 and wanted me once again to take care of it. I told her once the pup is in my possession I would be happy to help out as a show of appreciation if this in fact was actually happening. I have left the conversation telling her I would be in contact with my bank and she would be looked into for fraud and scamming. It’s really been disheartening and makes you wonder why would make a person continue in such a hoax with zero concern for people chaos and pain and disrespect, it’s completely disheartening. Thank you