Airport Scam Dupes Pet Buyers
Patricia Mills, 39, of Western North Carolina was just hoping to get two English bulldog puppies for her daughters, but she was duped in an airport scam that unsuspecting gift-giving families are being drawn into during the holidays. Mills said she saved up for a year to buy a dog for each of her two daughters, 15 and 9. She found an ad in late November, and communicated with the seller directly on email. The seller had a local listing in Craigslist but said she had to move to New York for a work assignment and wanted to leave them with “a loving and caring home. ” Read more: Top 5 Holiday Scams from Better Business Bureau Mills said the “official-looking emails” vetted her with questions to screen whether she would be an ideal pet owner.
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Patricia Mills
Overall Sentiment: 0.0132251
Relevance: 0.839345
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| 0 | Mills said the “official-looking emails” ... |
| 0 | “They had logos and I got a chip number and a veterinarian check,” she said, ... |
| 0.24931 | “If you’re a normal rational human being, it sounds decent,” Mills said. ... |
| 0.223653 | “If you’re a normal rational human being, it sounds decent,” Mills said. “It’s a live animal.” |
| -0.105506 | Mills said the seller, who was previously cordial in emails, “became extremely hostile.” |
| 0 | “She said, ‘You need to send us $400′,” Mills told ... |
| 0 | “I’m thinking to myself, whoa, no,” Mills said. ... |
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Warren Jones
Overall Sentiment: -0.335674
Relevance: 0.299166
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| 0 | “It always picks up during the holidays,” he said. ... |
| 0.0838986 | “It always picks up during the holidays,” he said. “People want to buy dogs during Christmas.” |
| 0 | “When people see the Atlanta airport logo, they think it’s for real,” he said. ... |
| 0.0842787 | “When people see the Atlanta airport logo, they think it’s for real,” he said. “Unfortunately the scammers out there have become very astute and try to make it as real and believable as possible.” |
| 0 | “You shut one down, and one pops up,” he said. ... |
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Maj. Bryan Anderson
Overall Sentiment: -0.0295947
Relevance: 0.243395
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| -0.0467981 | “All it is is a scam to get you to send more money,” Anderson said. ... |
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Jones
Overall Sentiment: -0.162882
Relevance: 0.21506
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Facility: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport
Overall Sentiment: -0.0148414
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