New Nigerian Scam Twist: "Save The Poor Little Puppies"

Offering puppies is the newest twist in Nigeria scams

By David Colker
Los Angeles Times
May 29, 2007


I'm stuck in Nigeria for God's sake HALLLLP!!!!!
(Photo by SeattleTimes, caption by DeSwiss)

And now for the latest scam from Nigeria: puppies.

The Council of Better Business Bureaus and American Kennel Club were to issue a warning today about fraudulent Web sites, MySpace postings and print ads asking people to help save puppies that are in desperate straits.

The sites and ads usually show adorable bulldog puppies that have become stuck somehow in Nigeria or other countries and are offered free to new owners. A variation offers purebred English bulldogs — a particularly expensive breed — at vastly discounted prices.

People who responded to the ads eventually were asked to send hundreds of dollars to cover expenses such as shipping, customs, taxes and inoculations on an ever-escalating scale. Some reported paying fees totaling more $1,500.

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