Riley and Avery

If you want to search available animals for adoption, go ahead. But do not post a classified if you wan to re-home your pet! I posted a classified for Little Sweetheart and have gotten nothing but questionable emails. As an example:

Hello...
With sound of good health. Searching through the internet, i found your advert of pet for adoption. I would like to re-home your pet as
part of my loving family and a good companion at French Quarter in New Orleans LA. I can assure you a loving forever home for your pet. Pls get back to me with the last adoption prices, breed, mode of feedingand pictures if available...
Get back asap.
Rev Emily Feeter

I got the same identical email again, with a different name attached to it:

Hello...
With sound of good health. Searching through the internet, i
found your advert of pet for adoption. I would like to re-home your
pet as part of my loving family and a good companion at French Quarter
in New Orleans LA. I can assure you a loving forever home for your
pet. feeding and pictures if available...
Get back asap.
Dr.Henry Moore

I got this identical email twice, though I very specifically stated that L.S. had to go to an adult-only home:

Hello,
My name is Laci and my husband John was able to came across your advert today concerning the pet adoption you posted for sale on Pet finder.com and i am much interest in re_ homing your pet at a companion and also a member of my family, because i have passion and care for pet.i spent much of my time taking care of my lost pet and i lost her on my way taking her to vet clinic for Neuture, since then live has been unbearable for my family especially my daughter who care for pet more that anything she does.
I'm a christian and i live in Adams,New York US and My house was wood fenced and 8.87fts high, i have enough garden in my premises where the pet can roam about.. i have 2 daughters and a son.
i will appreciate it if you can assure me 100% that you will be able to let me re-home yours in replacement of my lost one.i don't know how happy my daughter Benita and her brother mark will be to see another pet in replacement.You don't
have to long for how to ship the pet.i will handle that my self with care. so i want you to get back to me with the adoption fees, present health condition, price, and pictures if available for more satisfaction.
P.S: After getting to a better compromise, i will be paying with a check in us dollars and i'll instruct my TRUSTEE in the state to issue a check on your behalf which will include the price of the pet.you need to get all this info to me as well as to issue the check as soon as possible.
Name to be written on the certified American check
Home address ,
Phone Number;
City;
Zip Code;
State;
plz get back to me
Laci.

Doctors seem popular in these scams:

I saw your advert today on a classified site on internet concerning
your adorable pet adoption you posted on pet finder.com , I am very
much interested in re-homing your pet at a companion to be part of my
family, because my 10 yrs old son love pet so much and i have passion
and care for pets also.i will like to know if the pet is still
available for sale and the present health condition of the pet more so
the pictures if available for more satisfaction.. i wait to read back
from you after you might have consider to give me the details of your
pet

Regards,
Dr Morris Morgan

Gooday,
I saw your posted advert on pet finder.com and i am interested
in buying your adorable pet to be part of my lovely family.I am
indeed a pet lover likewise,
my children. we cherish pets a lot in our family and have passions for
them also.i really want to adopt your adorable pet for my children
because will dont have any pet we are rearing for now.
Please i will like to know the present conditions of the pet,the
color of the pet and the type you have available.i will also like to
know are you are the real owner of the pet. I will also like you to
let me know the
last adoption fee of the pet.Please get back to me if it is still
available for adoption.Hope to hear back from you as soon as possible.
Regards

Dr Robert marc and the family.....

hello,
my name is Gary, i live in P.a together with my family. I am interested in giving your pet a loving home, could you pls tell me the present condition of the pet ? what is the adoption fee ? do you have some pictures of the pet that you can show to me if available? what is the name of the pet and what are the likes and dislikes of the pet.As regards how the pet will get to my location,i ought to come down to your location for a home check on the pet but due to the nature of my work that does not permit me because of time.That is why i decide to make an arrangement with a reliable shipping company that will come down to your destination to pickup the pet.this simply means that the pet will be shipped on the plane from your destination to my loving home without any stress.I will be looking forward to hear back from you.
N.b
My residential address is :
2225 downing st.
reading, PA 19605

I am jones kate ,International business man based in Canada for a missionaries purpose.,i was searching thru the net and i came across ur
posted ad which u posted for adoption on the posted ads ..plz i will like to know if it still available for my purchase and also will like to know the
conditions .because I was thinking about travelling far away so i want to purchase these pet for my kids so that they won;t lonely .and i will be
needing it as soon as possible ..so i will like to see the health papers(if any)...and also want u to know that i will be paying by a certified cheque
if thats acceptable by u ..can get back to me soon...waiting to hear from you
jones kate.

And why do most of these "people" tend to have first names as last names, all of them? I know that many people do have last names that also work as first names, but I'm thinking these are coming from foreign countries and they don't know how our names work. I mean, really, Jones Kate? Wow, and I would never employ a doctor with such poor grammar. These emails all come from gmail accounts and in some, the sender name does not match the name on the gmail address. Just totally weird, if you ask me. And when doing a search of the internet, I found that this happens all the time to people who post classifieds on petfinder. And petfinder does absolutely nothing about it. They are a legitimate website, though, for those looking to see what animals are available at local shelter and rescue organizations, just don't post a classified there. Ever.