This forum contains a list of scam emails that have been sent to professional pet sitters. Scam emails posted here should be related to pet sitting. So requests for pet sitting, dog walking, dog-to-give-away, errands/mail transactions, pet supplies, or want-to-buy-a-puppy type scams all welcome.
PUPS members are welcome to directly post new scam emails that they receive, or comment on the ones listed.
This special forum is open to the Public (including Non-Members) to read. However for security reasons, only members can post directly to this forum.
Members - the personal information buttons are hidden from non-members, so anything you post will be listed with a source of 'anonymous' to anyone who is not logged in.
If you are pet sitter who received a possible scam email, but you are not a member of PUPS, we would love to review or post a copy of your scam message for you. Just email the message to mail@petsits.com with a note giving us permission to post it after we strip out all of your personal information.
If you have collected more than 3 fake checks from scammers, please let us know. You'll be in the lead of our ongoing fake-check contest! We are trying to see how many checks any one sitter can collect.
~~~~~
Here are a couple of other sites to check out for more information:
Online Scam Email Tester
http://www.scamomatic.com/
List of Known Scammer Aliases
(as tracked by 4nannies.com to babysitters)
http://www.4nannies.com/info/nanny-scams.cfm?x=n
Description of the Nigerian "419" scam
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp