French-EnglishBulldogs.com

Victim Location 78249

Total money lost $513

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I agreed to purchase an dog online from the following website: http://www.french-englishbulldogs.com/. I sent an email to their contract form and a response was sent from [email protected] After exchanging details related to the dog, an agreed price was determined.

[email protected] setup shipping arrangement with http://alliancestransitexpress.com/track-yourshipment/. The money was to be wired to this company to arrange shipping of the animal. I received an email with a tracking number AWB-1000058.

I completed a Money Gram wire transfer (note I have already reported fraud with Money Gram) with Reference number 96100305. I was assured by [email protected] that the dog was placed on the flight and headed to my location. At 8:05PM I received an email, phone call from Alliances Transit Express noting the animal was stuck in Charlotte, SC, and an additional 1500 was needed. According to the email, the pet could not be sent, as SC needed insurance and city permit in order to complete the transit of the pet. After this email, I was alarmed this was a scam.

I call [email protected] (410-914-8160) to discuss this issue. I was told that the 1500 would be returned upon the arrival of the pet. I explained this was not agreed upon and that I request a refund on 500 already wired. After a few attempts to convince me, I was offered a reduce rate of 800 to be wired. Again, I refused and requested a refund. I have not received a response from [email protected] as of this morning on 11/15/18.

I did a due diligence and used the tracking number to find other victims. I determined that other people have sent funds, one person in excess of 4K. I also found the IP address they are using and the bridge IP to mask. The shipping company is using 149.56.251.10 & 192.206.54.142; bouncing to a hacker site 15.20.1339.10. The seller is using the following addresses, all located in Kansas: 209.85.167.196, 209.85.210.41/48/50/52/65/66/67, and 209.85.167.194/195/196/171/175/177/181.

I conducted a search of the website IP and traced the DNS Analytics (https://dnslytics.com/ip/5.45.66.235). This hosting company has 145 mail servers; where by the majority of domains are supporting selling dogs online. Secondly the shipping company DNS Analytics (https://dnslytics.com/ip/104.152.168.42). The shipping company that I wired funds to is hosted by this IP address.