Comments on: Pet Transport Scams Encountered by Animal Travel

By: FR

FR — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:28:49 +0000

They just contacted me regarding a boerboel male one year old…. photos of a very old female boerboel. I almost gave them all my details!!!! Beware people!

By: Guiddo

Guiddo — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:34:02 +0000

Hi I just got scammed by the same woman and luckily the pics she sent me were a little suspect so I asked some more questions and she didnt respond on them. Her e-mail to me was exactly the same as
Lauren’s second one however the dog’s name was Maxy.

I am glad for the forum as I could also easily have believed this scam if not for the wonders of internet. I do feel really sorry for other people who are caught in this trap!

Herewith the e-mail adresses they used:
pet air
susan pall

By: sonja

sonja — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:08:22 +0000

Hi There , i just got scammed by the shame lady Susan Pall… oh my word, with the same E-mails as Lauren…lauren,please e-mail me ???

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:21:59 +0000

I almost fell for this scam when i was looking for a puppy and put a ad out on gumtree, two people gave me the same storie about how they dont have time for this puppy and they both asked where i was located all of a sudden on the other side of the country and needed my details for the courier service:
this is the first person
scott nuland scottnuland@gmail.com

Hi
thanks for the mail. I am very happy that at list this puppy will
find a loving home. I don’t no what to say but I really wanted you to
come and up the puppy your self so that I can meet the loving family
that wants to adopt my baby, but since as you are located at
Cape Town, Northern Suburbs, and I just relocated to Maun Botswana, I
know this is really a long way for you to come and pick up the puppy. But
if every thing is OK with you, I can get
her registered in one DOG HOUSE COURIER SERVICE hear in my area for her
to be delivered to you as soon as possible. The agency is going to drop
them at your door step and they are going to notify you before them
arrival to your home and they are also going to let you no how you are
to make their payment. If OK then pleases get back to me with these
details ASAP. As for their delivery it is going to cost you not more
than 800R for her to be delivered to your door step. If OK then gets
back to me with this information, for the registration I will like to
remind you again this puppy is for free all I need is a good home for
her
1)-full names……….2)-Phone number…………….?
3)-Home address…….? 4)-Postal code…………….?
5)-City ………………………?
I will like to reminded you that I am giving this puppy out for
adoption all I need is a good home for her so do get back to me with
all these details as soon as possible so that I can get her register
at the delivery agency to be deliver to your location
Thanks and waiting to read from you soon.

and here is the second person

susan pall susanpall@hotmail.co.za

Thanks for the prompt reply and thanks for answering my questions . If you can only promise me that you will keep to your promise to take good care of Lindy then i will be happy that Lindy will be going to such a pet loving Family were she will be given all the love she deserves . As concerning her coming over to you, We shall be using a Pet transportation agency here who will Deliver her right at your home ,since we are presently in Durban for an urgent new job with Lindy and it will take us 4 months which is the more reason why I’m given her out.So all you have to do is to pay just for her Transportation fee over to you at your home which will cost (R800) ,below are the delivery details we shall need from you to have her register for delivery .

Full names……………………..?
City/state……………………?
Post code……………………..?
home address……………………?
Phone number …………………….?

As soon as i have the details i will proceed with the transfer of ownership papers under your names as the new owner.then drive to the agency and have Lindy register for delivery to be done Today okay
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

Mr Susan

By: wendy jacobs

wendy jacobs — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:02:32 +0000

im beeing scamed right know by erdmann lange,waiting for my sphynx cat,that should be deliverd at 4 pm, the nr is 0783055082 and his transport company 0786523721[brunt kendal]

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:45:45 +0000

Deshika

Looks like we bought the same male Bullmastiff (Billy), I saw all of this to late, and paid everything even the transport to the food in total R5550.

Bank………………………………………….Nedbank Account Name……………………………. Erdmann L. Account Number…………………… ………2002673667 Branch Code……………………………….19520500 Amount……………………………………… R 1750. Reference…………………………………… 0783055082

Do email proof of payment when payment is made. I will keep you posted with all details regarding delivery.

Waiting to read from you. Regards

Erdmann Lange

What did you do? Did you get your money back?

Thank you

Angie

By: Deshika

Deshika — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:27:36 +0000

Am dealing with this Erdmann lange creep right now for a male bull mastiff puppy costing R3000 incl courier service to my door. It seemed too good to be true so I asked him for a residential address and copy of his ID as surety before payment could be done. I was sent a scanned photoshopped document that was so obviously a forgery that I was insulted! Here are the details he supplied me with:

Find attached copy of my ID. My house address is 35 Bulec park , Wilken street, Nelspruit, 1200, Mpumalanga. Find baking details below for payments.

Do email proof of payment when payment is made. I will keep you posted with all details regarding delivery.

Waiting to read from you. Regards

Erdmann Lange

By: Ella

Ella — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:31:48 +0000

Thank you for posting this info!
if it wasn’t for you I would also be part of this scam.
the following info is from people trying to scam me

Erdmann Lange
Bank ………………………………………..Nedbank

Account Name…………………………….Ndlovo M.S (His Wife)

Account Number………………………….2002673667

Branch Code……………………………….19520500

Reference…………………………………… 0783055082
his e-mail address erdlange@gmail.com

I would have bought Ragamuffins from him.
I also e-mailed taylor madison and this Brunt Kendal man
They all are working together.
please be careful

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:51:31 +0000

just got scammed by same as above, Brunt Kendal and Taylor Madison, same contact numbers and bank details.

saw an ad for French Mastiff pups, R2500.00 delivery to our door, from PE to JHB via Safe Handle Delivery Service , puppy was supposed to have been delivered today, i have infact just received another email stating it will be on the first flight tomorrow as there were technical difficulties with the flight, I contacted SAA and they informed me that the flight was fine, ontime and no animals were booked on that flight.

if anyone else has anymore info they can assist with please let me know, so we may track these people down.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:07:28 +0000

I fell victim to a scam!

Please be aware of the following:

Saw an advert on OLX for teacup pekingese for sale for R 1500-00. Contacted the seller and within a day or two everything was arranged and paid for. Paid R 1500-00 for the puppy named “Lola” and another R500-00 for delivery via Safe Handle Delivery Service to my door.

Received an e-mail from the courier service stating that I needed to pay an additional R 2300-00 for a crate that will be safe for the puppy and they will not deliver the puppy without the correct crate. I became suspect because the puppy was being delivered from Port Elizabeth and not Nelspruit as previously mentioned. I contacted the seller immediately – Mr. Taylor Madison – and he said that they moved to PE 2 days before. This was strange as I started dealing with him 3 days prior!

I did not pay the additional costs and mailed him stating that I cannot afford this as he failed to mention it when we started dealing and requested him to refund my money paid. Still waiting for a reply!

The info I have on him are as follows:

BANK NAME—————————— NEDBANK

ACCOUNT NAMES: ————————-MELISSA FARRELL

ACCOUNT NUMBER: ————————2144009643

BRANCH CODE: —————————198765

Bank…………………………….Nedbank
Account Name……………………..M. T Silence.
Account Number……………………2002796734
Branch Code………………………1908050

The Courier Company’s banking details:

BANK NEDBANK
ACCOUNT NAME SAFE HANDLELTD
ACCOUNT NUMBER 2002673667
BRANCH CODE 19520500

Mr. Taylor Madison 078 210 8187 / 078 210 8487
Mr. Brunt Kegal from Courier Company 083 494 4389

I would feel better knowing I could help somebody else falling victim to something similar.

Does anybody have any advice where to go to lodge a formal complaint or get the account numbers and cell numbers blocked?