Angelic Golden Retrievers

Victim Location 12831

Total money lost $2,500

Type of a scam Online Purchase

My family unfortunately lost their golden retriever a few months back. I so badly wanted to surprise them with a puppy. I searched for weeks no one had any available. Then I came across a website called Angelic Golden Retrievers. They had puppies. So I emailed them they emailed me very promptly. The puppy was 750.00 plus 50.00 for shipping so a total of 800.00. Everything seemed so legit from the website to the contract they sent me via email. They had me download CashApp so i linked my debit card to it so I could send them the money. So I did. They said they could have the puppy on a plane this past fri (july 24,2020) so fri morning comes they say the puppy is ready to be shipped. So I get an email from their "delivery agency" Taxi2go pet travel stating I have to send them 950.00 to insure the puppy for the flight and that it would 100% get refunded back to me once puppy was delivered. I thought it was a lil odd this wasnt stated to me from the getgo but at that point al I wanted was the puppy and she said was refundable. So i did it…then i get an email back from them saying everything is good except one issue. So then I get another email from taxi2go saying due to the hot temps i need to purchase a special air conditioned crate for the dog to be in and that was another 950.00. They also said thatd be refundable. At this point i prob shouldve realized this was "fishy" but again I so badly wanted the puppy to get here. At that point I didnt have 950 so they asked whats the most I could do at that moment I said 750.00. They said ok. So again I sent more money. Fast fwd 4 hrs here I am thinking Ill be getting a puppy that night. I get yet ANOTHER email stating the dog needed a cited document which was another 1800.00 (which would also get refunded) saying the dog needed that to get through customs or the dog would be impounded somehwhere. But why would a dog need to go through customs coming from Virginia. Thats when I new in my gut this was a total scam. So I emailed back Angelic Goldens saying i was under the impression i was only going to have to pay 800 like stated in the contract i signed. And with this 1800 more you want from me thats 3700. They said that will all be refunded upon arrival. I said this was ridiculous I wanted my money back. Thats where the fun started. They said they tried to send me the money back but the payment kept failing. So they wanted to try other ways. They wanted me to link my act to theirs and that way would work. I was not about to give these people my credit card info. I had no problem sending them

Money why couldnt they just send it to me like i did to them? Anyway we went back and forth with emails saying they keep trying to refund me. Then the emails stopped and they wont reply back now. I believe the angelic golden retreiver and taxi2go were the same people because looking back at the emails the punctuation and vocabulary was similar. So I gave these monsters 2500.00 of my hard earned money leaving me with 88.00 left in my account. Thats alot of money to anyone but to me its more than alot. Is there anything that can be done? Im so devastated i dont see how people can be so awful and get away with such a horrible thing. Please help.

Victim Location 77407

Total money lost $800

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I contacted Angelic Golden Retrievers via there website. They emailed me. They asked for my info and sent a contract which I signed and sent pack paid 750 plus 50.00 shipping. Then I was supposed to have it shipped the following Saturday and waiting for the transit info I got an email requesting I send 950.00 for a refundable pet insurance. I told them I didn’t have it because it wanted in the contract. It was with taxis2go pet transportation. They will only accept cash app and zelle. Never got money back. None of the phone numbers worked. Total heart break. The pup name was Theo.asked for a refund and they asked for the login to my cash app to make a deposit. Never got the refund.

Just happened to me. They got a total of 2500 of me. No refund no puppy.