Ultimate Miniature Pinscher

Victim Location 85375

Total money lost $700

Type of a scam Online Purchase

Searching for a puppy, we found ultimate miniature pinscher website offering mini pinschers. I emailed the contact to get additional information. They contacted me with the cost as being $550 and additional pictures of the puppy Eva that we were interested in. Since they were located in Tulsa, Oklahoma they said that they could make arrangements to have the puppy sent air freight and delivered to us for $150. I said that I could drive out the following week but they said it was not ok because of COVID-19. Originally they said they would send banking information to have the money sent but then requested to do a Walmart to Walmart money transfer. I should have seen the several red flags, but I transfered the money and after the fraudulent person named Desmond Nelson picked it up, I was sent an email with travel details through https://www.transexpress-logistics.com/. The tracking number given worked and gave details for the flight that same day but the status was on hold as the puppy needed a thermal crate for travel. Tried to email both sights and got no response. Then received a email from Trans Express Logistics requesting an additional $1150 for insurance Originally I did a search for this company on the ScamPulse.com and nothing was found. After the last email, I looked up scams on the ScamPulse.com and found a few other incidents with this same company. Hopefully this will help others not get scammed!