{"id":8099,"date":"2020-07-22T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2026-01-21T14:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:55:12","slug":"puppy-scam-scammers-promised-australian-citizens-puppies-but-stole-their-money-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.socialcatfish.cloud\/scamfish\/puppy-scam-scammers-promised-australian-citizens-puppies-but-stole-their-money-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppy Scam: Scammers Promised Australian Citizens Puppies But Stole Their Money Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many Australian citizens have dreamt about getting a French bulldog for the longest time. They found the website premiumbullies.com.au to find their new best friends. They would find countless cute pictures of puppies that they wanted to adopt and fell in love with them wanting to own a new furry best friend to keep them occupied during the coronavirus quarantine<\/a>. However, what they didn’t know was that the website was actually a scam and that they spend thousands of dollars for a fake puppy.<\/span><\/p>\n[aesop_video src=”youtube” id=”mgeZ2XBJcFo” width=”100%” align=”center” disable_for_mobile=”off” loop=”off” controls=”on” mute=”off” autoplay=”off” viewstart=”off” viewend=”off” show_subtitles=”off” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Scammers Try to Sell Pictures Instead of the Puppy<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-22-at-11.14.07-AM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

The supposed seller on the website told Australian woman, Chelsea, that she couldn\u2019t see her dog in person before the sale due to COVID-19 and that the dog would need to be shipped to her house after the purchase. They demanded $3,500 for the French bulldog, raising the listed price on the website so that they could ship it to her house.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

O<\/span>nce she gave the scammer the money, they sent back more photos of the French bulldog. It turns out, she spent $3,500 on photos of the French bulldog instead of on an actual dog, leaving her scammed and heartbroken without her furry best friend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scammers Try to Get Personal Information Out of a Puppy Sale<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-22-at-11.15.00-AM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Amanda Jones also fell for this scam, since she had lost her job due to the coronavirus and was looking for a furry companion to fill her lonely void of being home alone all the time. She paid $2,300 for a french bulldog to get shipped to her house since she couldn\u2019t visit the puppy due to COVID-19. <\/span><\/p>\n

The supposed breeder then asked for personal information, such as her driver\u2019s license number and her Medicare card, claiming it was for the delivery driver. Once this information was asked for, Amanda immediately grew suspicious and called her bank.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scammers Try to Demand Their Customers for More Money During Puppy Scam<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-22-at-11.13.30-AM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

Pensioners Sue and Henry Carol were also looking for a puppy to add to their home but didn\u2019t want to pay the full 3500 for a caboodle they were looking at. One website was offering this caboodle for 1800 dollars, but they couldn\u2019t visit him due to the coronavirus. <\/span><\/p>\n

The puppy was then going to be shipped on a plane to where they were, but the scammer demanded more money to make this happen. Sue refused, and the scammer never spoke to them again, keeping their money with no puppy delivered to them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Scammers Stole an Innocent Australian Man’s Identity<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-22-at-11.16.16-AM.png” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”left” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

While Chelsea and Amanda didn\u2019t get their dream dogs, the website also stole the identity of an innocent Australian man. People show up to his house all the time, demanding their stolen money back when he wasn\u2019t the one scamming people. He wants people to know that he isn\u2019t the scammer people assume he is, but instead he is also a victim just like them.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Much Money Did the Scammers Steal During the Puppy Scam?<\/h2>\n

There were plenty more Australians that were scammed out of money. A total of $300,000 have been ripped off from Australians, thinking that they would get a puppy but instead, they were left to be heartbroken, alone, and disappointed. <\/span><\/p>\n

What Did All These Scams Have in Common?<\/h2>\n