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We were looking for a puppy and found one on this website. They wanted a $1000 deposit to hold the puppy and the remaining $1000 once we visited and decided we wanted to dog. We saw the additional pictures they sent after we said we wanted her and made a Zelle payment to them. Zelle stated there would be a 24 hour hold on the payment, but the seller wanted us to cancel with Zelle and use ApplePay. They wanted to money now. They continued texting nonstop with how I should cancel Zelle. They even tried to call. I began getting suspicious with the urgency of needing the money. I started looking online and at their site and realized that I couldn't verify anything about them. I started texting them about my concerns and they would try to assure me with pictures of an AKC Breeder of Merit certificate, which I searched on their site and did not find his name as a receiver of this. His website was built on a hair salon website. He stated he had 19 reviews on google, which can be faked. I did an image search of the puppy and found 2 pages worth of the same image used multiple times by other "breeders" going back to 2004. It is a stock photo. We were able to cancel the Zelle payment; we were lucky. His name is Anthony Watts.