Africa Inland Mission (AIM) has received numerous calls and emails to verify the validity of newspaper classified advertisements offering Teacup Yorkie puppies for adoption. The person placing the ads, when contacted, claims to be a missionary serving with AIM, and asks the interested party to split the costs for shipping the puppies to the U.S.

This is a fraud. AIM has notified the authorities about the scam and is contacting papers carrying the ads as we are made aware of them.

The fraudulent ads generally appear as follows:

“TEACUP YORKIE PUPPY FOR ADOPTION. I want to give my lovely baby out to someone that is God fearing & will take good care of her. If you are interested, please contact me via email: davidpeter_4190@hotmail.com.”

Consumer Affairs article: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/puppy_scam.html

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