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CatsAdoptions.com review: Website is a SCAM 8

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9:33 am EST

The whole CatsAdoptions.com website is a scam. There were no genuine ads with real pictures of animals. It’s the same picture posted in many areas of my province. All the free ads are designed to steal people’s money, maybe even to help people steal your identity also.

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jlalonde
, US
Mar 28, 2016 6:35 am EDT
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Almost got had as well. Definitely sounded to good to be true. Only gave out my email and the city I live... hopefully that will be it. I told them I was on to them.

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Lucy Zhang
, US
Mar 07, 2016 1:55 am EST

Wow! The same thing happened to me! I searched up Vancouver, BC, for a free kitten (too good to be true?) but then the person told me they lived in Manatoba. They tried making me use pet courier service and pay $250 and the pictures didn't match thier word descriptions. I politely said there were too many risks in delivering pets and told them I would not be able to adopt them. Weird huh? So I tried another free kittens add, and I directly asked if they lived around my region. They ignored my question! I wonder if I ask another add that was in a different region and they claim to live in Vancouver, then I could surprise them and say that I live there too? Are they all scrams or are there real ones too?

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DisgustedUnhappy
, US
Oct 02, 2015 12:03 am EDT
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I received a reply back from the scammers, as pasted below:

"Hello (name),
Thanks for getting back to us with answer to our questions .
They are an excellent example of the breed. They are healthy,
intelligent and have a loving and playful personality.The grey one
is the female called CINDY and the other the male called MILLIE.
They loves much attention and to be pampered, the
are 12 weeks old, vet checked, DE-wormed, micro-chipped and have all
vaccines up to date, they are comforted and walks around the
house. They loves the company of both children and adults. We recently
moved to Melbourne.since we had to move closer to my son's doctor and
since you are far from our present location, we would arrange for a
delivery of the kittens using a nearby delivery agency in
charge of pets transportation which is near our home this once you ok with
the arrangements. You would just have to pay for the delivery and adoption
fee of the kittens to your home as we are more interested in a caring and
loving home than the money to be paid for purchase. To arrange for their delivery,
we would need the following details in this order:

FULL NAMES...

HOUSE ADDRESS...

CITY...

POSTCODE...

MOBILE NUMBER...

LAND LINE NUMBER...

EMAIL ADDRESS...

AS soon as you provide us with the above details, we would quickly
prepare the change of ownership documents and arrange for a home
delivery to your doorstep. You would be paying the sum of $500 for both kittens
to the delivery agency directly for the transportation and the adoption fee of the kittens.
That is $300 for the adoption fee and $200 for the transportation, making it a total of
$500.This money you would have to pay will be for
the delivery of the kittens to your home and adoption fee of kittens. They would
have a care and instruction package that would assist you in providing an easy
transition to his new forever homes. We would also send all paperwork
including details of current vaccinations, veterinarian examination,
health certificate, health guarantee, pedigree, travel crate,
micro-chipped (in case they ever lost or stolen) and all other health
certificates at our disposal, blankets and some food with the delivery
agency in charge of the transportation of the kittens to your home.
Hope you take proper care, cuddle and even spoil this kittens for us
OK? and do send us updated pictures as this kittens grows OK?

Looking Forward for your Respond.
Regards."

Of course, they have "suddenly" moved from their previous location.

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DisgustedUnhappy
, US
Oct 01, 2015 10:01 pm EDT
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Thanks guys for sharing- so glad I reached this webpage. Thankyou for all your warnings- I was about to try to claim my new kittens.
I couldn't believe that they were offering so many free ragdoll kittens (all the ads in the region looked very similar, so I wondered whether a cattery was shutting down). I had checked prices for ragdoll kittens from registered breeders' websites- they were $750-$1200 each for kittens. I also noticed that very similar ads were showing over the past year, but thought maybe people didn't use the site much and they were selling off their cats over a period of time.
I put away my misgivings, emailed them a message through the site and received a reply that asked me to email a particular address for more information.
Message received:
" Hello there, Email elisamaroon752@gmail.com for more details and pics.The kittens are still available both male and female."

I emailed them back, although I was a little surprised because the site allows you to send messages to each other which needing to communicate directly from each other's emails.
The reply I received was sent at 5:10am, which I thought was a little weird seeing they were in the same region as us (why would they be up so early?). Here is the response as below:

"Hello,
Thanks for your inquiry about my kittens. I have a male and
female available to give out. They are 12 weeks old, vet checked and
registered, well trained and love the company of children and other
household pets. They are healthy and have all their complete
documents. We are giving out these kittens because our son is sick and
recently became allergic to animals, so our doctor advised us to give
out the kittens. Honestly we do feel sad to give out these kittens but
we got no choice since our son's health is very important to us. All
we now want is for these kittens to move into a loving and caring
home. Before giving these kittens away, we would like to ask you some
few questions:

Have you ever raised a kitten before?

which breed are you interested in?

Do you have a contact number you can be reached on?

Do you have experience with this breed?

Why are you looking for a kitten/kittens?

Do you have a vet around your home?

Where are you located?

Can you afford for the Cost and transportation of the kitten/kittens?

Would you like to have the male or the female or maybe both siblings?

How soon do you need the kitten/kittens?

Sorry if we had asked many questions, we just want to be
sure these kittens get the love and care they need. Looking forward to
hearing from you."

I did respond, answering the questions although I was surprised by the question "which breed are you interested in?" although I had clearly responded to a ragdoll kitten advertisement. The photos of the male kitten sent looked legitimate, except for the photos of the female which were extremely minute- rather like a tiny profile picture (in reflection, I believe just a picture pinched from somewhere off the internet). Another thing that didn't sound right was that they were offering 12 week old kittens, when I had clearly responded to an advertisement offering 3-6 month old kittens.

After responding and waiting for a reply, I checked the website catsadoption.com to see whether the ad had been pulled down. No, it was not and as I went back through the ads in the region I noticed they were all very similar. I checked other regions in my state, again same type of ads advertising the same type and age of kittens with all paperwork, sterilised, vaccinated etc etc over the entire state, even from unlikely harsh country areas. Then I checked interstate- the same ads were plastered multiple times, over several years, all over the entire country of Australia, covering almost all regions. Ridiculous! Then I started googling whether it was a scam, and yes, others had had the same experience.

STAY AWAY FROM THE WHOLE SITE- I didn't see one legitimate advertisement offering a cat/kitten for adoption free, or even for sale, at all.

Very disgusted Australian- wish there were some way of shutting down the whole site. It looks like these scammers have been operating for years.

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dc.menjivar
Sydney, AU
Jan 23, 2014 10:03 am EST

oommggg...I've told them where i lived (but not an actual address, just city and state) and what i do, my mobile number and my email...do you guys think I'm in any danger? oh god i wish i did some more research before I started sending requests..feeling really stupid, gullible and foolish right now >,

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jaccster
, US
Jan 19, 2014 12:39 am EST

I am so glad I read this before I may have parted with my money (for the delivery)
What you described is exactly what has happened so far.
The add said local to me but suddenly they are nowhere near me.
The funny thing is the breed I was interested in is specifically good for people with allergies and the(woman) said her son was allergic and this is why they were giving them away!
I did not have a good feeling emailing these people.If is seems sus it probably is.
The emails were quite impersonal and cold asking lots of questions.
SOOOO glad I googled it.
Stay away from this site! Its a SCAM
Disappointed Australian

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cupidsbaby
Lameroo, AU
Nov 04, 2013 5:13 pm EST

Shirleyshirley...yes I have just experienced the exact same thing. Wanting me to pay for freight to send the kitten to me though they said they were in my local area, they also have the same advertisement but under different areas. They ignored my request for address to pick kitten up many times. There is also no contact details to report an advertisement. Which is obviously because they are scammers. There must be a way to get these people off the net. I live in Australia.

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Shirleyshirley
Melbourne, AU
Jul 09, 2013 7:19 am EDT

Au.catadoption.com is scam!
Be aware as most of the breed are purebred, the owner are usually locate in some far away country side/ mountain etc. When I do my research I remembered choosing something in my state but somehow I got reply fr ppl who first asked me where I lived before telling me in a different email that they were fr interstate.
They had savannah kitten when in fact the breed was ban from being import into Australia.
They will ask for your name, experience with kitten, any vets around the area, they will email u pic via email before asking to pay for delivery cost to the freight company!
I smelt something doggie when they ask me to pay for freight as personally even if the kitten are free to good home I still would like to inspect it myself before deciding whether or not I like to keep it. Not everyone is after a free meal hence I started googling around, haha, they used the same story! Be very aware guys, if a purebred cost 600-1000, why would somebody be willing to part with it? They seem like genuine bc they ask for little money but imagine they con hundreds of ppl, the money add up is not a few hundreds but 1000+. Why adopt a pet when u can't see it for yourself?