Bill M.

I am a retired Federal worker and my wife and I lost our 15.5 yr old bichon to old age last week. We wanted another Bichon so I contacted a 'seller' on this site (via text) who was advertising 5 Bichon Friese puppies for sale for $500ea. The ad said they were in Sanford, NC abt an hour from where I live. They forwarded several pictures of what they claimed were 11 week old Bichons. When I said I would drive to Sanford and pick out a puppy they asked for $200 via Applepay specifically via Apple 'Friends &Families'. That set off my IT Security 'spidey sense' (I was an IT Security Officer in the Federal Gov before I retired.) I said I would not do that but I could send it via paypal. They said they would have to use their daughter's paypal acct and sent me an email address & name. Paypal had no record of that name having an account and would not send any money through the email address. When I told them I could not send them any money but would drive to Sanford the next day and pay full price, they ceased communicating. Looking at the pictures more closely, they appear to be random photos of Bichon Puppies as one photo had a black person's hands holding the puppy another had a white person's hands. This is end of January yet two of the photos were outside with trees fully leaved and bright green grass.