Cues for what may be pet scams REPOST

Phoenix AZ

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Somebody's up to no good! My post got flagged for removal! Some characteristics I've noticed in certain Craig's List ads that make the ad a possible scam (thanks to other posters on here making me aware of some additional facts to watch out for): - if it looks like a stock photo it probably is - the photo is distorted - the photo has an out-of-state phone number written on it - the puppy is often (not always) labeled as 10 weeks old - many ads have come up lately with "cage", "bird cage", or "kennel", a forward slash, and various purebred or mixed breed dogs in the titles; I suspect that the ads are either all fake or somebody has WAY too many breeds of dogs at their home (possibly a puppy mill). - titles and text often (not always) contain odd jumbles of capital and lowercase letters and symbols - most of the breeds used for fake ads are Rottweilers, German Shepherds, Australian Shepherds, Dachshunds, Malteses, Maltipoos, Yorkies, Cavapoos, Shih Tzus, and Labrador and Golden Retrievers -the poster can't even type a legitimate email address - they ask for your personal email and/or phone number