Description

There was an ad for 2 free golden retriever puppies in the Valley Independent. Upon texting this ad to see if the puppies were available, I received a lengthy text and email message from Josephine. Josephine shared is lived in Mount Lebanon - a local town - and needed to relocate to Sakatoon Canada because her and her family were in the missionary. Josephine sent me pictures of the puppies as well as her family. All emails and text messages were received after 10p ET. They were lengthy, had God Bless in them, along with a praying hands emoji. After Josephine said yes to the adoption, there was a $100 fee for shipping the puppy to the US. Then, there was another $100 fee for getting the required crating for the dog on the airplane, covid protection, and tariff fees from customs. Then, the next day, there was a request for $150. This is when I stopped things as I knew it was scam. With this next request, I told Josephine I could not afford this and asked for her to cover. She said she was a poor missionary person but pay $80 of the $150 and I would be responsible for the $70. Then, I texted Josephine and said this is fake and I'm not sending anymore money. The next day another message with a doc from the Canadian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry was in my email with a message begging me to continue with the adoption. I printed the doc and it looked as if white-out was used throughout. Next, I searched for puppy scam via the internet. I received several hits on Jessica Russell McCallum and puppy scam. After revieiwing these sites, I saw the same messages that I received along with the same pictures. I did a reverse image search on Google and found that the pictures sent were from the Northern Breeders Association. I send the URL of the site that had Jessica Russell McCallum's message to Josephine. However, they denied everything and continued to beg more mone.