Bobbi M.
4 weeks ago
Here are some recommendations🐾
♦️ First, please check Victorville, CA - Lost Dogs, Cats & Pets (PawBoost) and look to see if your pup is posted as FOUND. If not, then post a LOST post. Add your phone number where it asks for it. It is much easier for a finder to get ahold of you but do not post where you write your ost. There is no cost for basic. Please keep checking the post at least several times daily until your pup is found.
♦️I hope 🙏 your pup is microchipped. Make sure information is current.
♦️Contact the shelters all around starting with one closest to you. Many of them allow you to do an online report and then you’ll be in their database. Check the found databases there, daily. Go in person too.
♦️Check CraigsList. Some people find or steal dogs, then try to re - home them.
♦️ Post flyers. You can get free templates from PawBoost.
♦️ Watch out for SCAMMERS!! They are mean. Don’t fall for their BS‼️
🚩 You NEVER have to pay a finder’s fee to get your pet back (except from a shelter.)
🚩They might say something like “I got your dog,” then nothing else.
🚩If you don’t respond the way they want you to, hey may tell you your pet is dead and some gruesome detail when it’s not true.
🚩They will try to blackmail you.
🚩Watch out for the Google code scam too.
🚩Don’t send gift cards to anybody.
🚩Watch out for sympathy posts suggesting you contact someone who “helped them find their dog or cat ” who is on Instagram.
🚩Besides Instagram, scammers are referring people to ONLY texting of out of area numbers.
🚩BEWARE of the people saying “please contact or PM me” but nothing else on the post. Scammers will do this to get you out of the public eye so no one can tell you they are a scammer. They should be able to say anything & everything on the post!
🚩One of the latest scams I have seen is from “paws navigators.” I had checked the angry 😠 emoji on this scammer page on all their posts as to try to alert potential victims. A gal contacted me asking if I thought what they proposed was a scam. Good for her. She saved herself from being victimized. Here is the screenshot she sent me.
🚩If it’s too good to be true then it’s more than likely a scam!
Be AWARE🐾
♦️ Please call Babs Fry (San Diego County), who is a nationally known pet recovery specialist whom you may call for assistance. There is NO COST for her service. Her number is listed on her Facebook page: A Way Home For Dogs
