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Internet Scams!
Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the
way scammers work. They attack us through dog sales, as well as every other faucet of industry! Through your bank
account, through paypal, through ebay, even through classified advertising etc. If you provide an email address
you become a target for internet scammers of all sorts. As a breeder I get scam emails all most daily, if not
multiple times a day. Please pass this information on to everyone you know (in case some still don't know). As
you can see, they steal a considerable amount of money from the American population every year. More than twice the
amount of our exports to their country! It's amazing no method has been found yet to stop this madness!!!
How To Protect Yourself From Internet Scams
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Postal Money Orders
There are scammers using counterfeit checks, commercial
money orders, and postal money orders to "pay" for items then leave sellers empty handed. Avoiding this scam is relatively
simple: Never accept an overpayment for any item. One of the most common signs of a fraud about to occur is the request to
accept an overpayment and provide "change". Familiarize yourself with the security features offered by various forms of payment.
Postal Money Orders offer easy to recognize security features that counterfeiters have been unable to replicate. Make certain
you understand your bank's funds availability policy before you release merchandise to the buyer. Never give or send merchandise
to a buyer BEFORE the check clears the bank. While some checks take only a couple days to clear, others can take several weeks.
If you are not sure if a postal money order is authentic, play it safe. Contact your local Postal Inspection Service office.
The Postal Inspection Service is the federal law enforcement arm of the United States Postal Service.
Foreign
Cashier's Checks
Some sellers of high priced goods receive requests from potential buyers in foreign countries
(often in Africa) to accept foreign cashier's checks as payment for their items. Some of the requests offer to "overpay" for
an item, and ask the seller to wire the overpayment back to the buyer through services such as Western Union or MoneyGram.
We urge all sellers to use extreme caution when accepting foreign cashier's checks for high priced items, as such foreign
checks may take weeks or months to clear and may be counterfeit. Note: Some checks may appear to be from a US bank but, upon
closer inspection, include foreign country or city names. Furthermore, sellers should never accept overpayments from buyers
for items where the buyer is asking to be reimbursed for overpayment. To learn more about this type of fraudulent activity,
please visit the following web site: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf
Who should I notify about fraud? FTC toll free hotline: 877-FTC-HELP (877-382-4357) FTC
online complaint form (www.ftc.gov) Canadian PhoneBusters hotline: 888-495-8501 Internet Fraud Complaint Center (www.ifccfbi.gov/).
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