Country Side Paws

Victim Location 23323

Total money lost $300

Type of a scam Other

We attempted to purchase a chocolate lab puppy from these people who advertised themselves as a father and son company selling purebred lab and golden puppies. We put a $300.00 down payment on the dog and scheduled a time to pick it up and pay the remainder. When we arrived at the location, a little boy answered the door, said his mom wasn’t home and knew nothing about puppies. We called the number on the website of Father and he said he would have his son called us back. After no response, we texted him and he said they had the days mixed up could we come back tomorrow. At this point, my 5 year old son is crying in the backseat and knew it was fraudulent. We contacted the local authorities and filed a complaint. They told us none of the names matched up to that address and they were not aware of any business named that in the area. We returned home (a 2 hour drive) puppyless and defeated. We have since received emails from them saying they would return our money and sorry about the mix up, but we have yet to see any refund or communication since. Long story short I doubt we will ever see the money and certainly did not end up with a puppy. Do not attempt to purchase a puppy from these people.