I was just scammed today.

Hi. I am new to this site, but I'm glad I found you. I was just scammed from an African grey website. I think it was African-grey-babies.org or something of that nature. I paid $199 yesterday THEN I did research on these pet scams. I fell right into it. I usually pride myself in recognizing a scam right off the bat, but this one got me. A little too convincing. After all I was paying COD right? I should have had a clue with the shoddy webpage itself. I'm just so depressed . I lost my $200 and I feel so violated and it's all my fault. I feel so stupid.

Hello DanaT,
I am sorry to hear that you lost money to these criminals. These fake websites were of better quality than most so don't beat yourself up. The good new is that all three of the fake sites used in this scam are now down.

If the scammer tries to contact you again just ignore the emails and telephone calls and he will stop contacting you and look for another victim.