Dude……..groan. Even if you flew to France, met the guy, had dinner, met his wife & kids……you would get screwed. You should’ve researched this a whole lot before trying to buy. As I’ve explained before, it takes a long time to build trusted friendships in Europe. I’ve been buying dogs there for almost 30 years, and sometimes they still try to slip a $hitter into the mix..when I’m standing right there! LOOKING AT THE DOG! Luckily, even if they ship it sight unseen, and it sucks, I make them replace the dog immediately, and THEY cover shipping. They know I can buy from anybody I want…and they want my business. They are NOT concerned with one-time buyers at all. Adult dogs run about $900 to import (recently down from $1200), so I would assume puppies are still gonna be $6-7 hundred.

As far as “what can you do”?? Break something, yell, beat the kids, throw a temper tantrum….that’s about it.

there is NO dog!

You were scammed out of $120.. there is no dog, its not in France, its not anywhere, the dog doesnt exist!

Unfortunantly, there may not be much you can do because the guy is in another country.

This is an EXTREMELY well-known scam. There is NO dog. The only thing you should do is to contact your local police to report that you’ve been taken. You’ll never see your money again, but it COULD help them track down the scammer (though there is nearly no chance of that happening, either). When you’re ready to get a dog, never even think of buying one online. Go somewhere that you can pick the dog up in person. It costs more than $120 to ship a dog halfway around the world-that should have been your first clue that something was up.

red flags:
-change to shipping charges
-the airline would not have told him they talked to you, much less said you were rude
-all fees have to be paid before shipment (meaning the dog wouldn’t be sitting at the airport)
-the guy told you you can press charges rather than offering to solve the problem

I hope you used a secure payment method and you can get a refund.

TOTAL SCAMMER. Let me guess…he wants you to western union the money to him…You should always pick a dog up in person….for several reasons..
1)Make sure it is healthy
2) Make sure it is real
3) Make sure it is up to date on all shots
4) Make sure nothing is wrong with the dog
5) Safer way for the dog to travel and exchange money for the pup.

If you really want a dog…go to petfinder.com or craigslist.com

A good dog owner will never ship his dog overseas alone.

It’s a scam. There is no dog. He’s saying that to get money out of you. You can’t get your money back. Just be glad you found out now before you sent anymore money.

Ignore all future attempts this guy makes to contact you. He will try to convince you it’s not a scam if you tell him you found out it is.

What kind of dog is this that you had to buy it from a breeder in France? I couldn’t imagine any responsible breeder that would be willing to 1) ship a dog by plane and 2) ship a dog to another country overseas and 3) sell someone a dog and they have never met you, and you haven’t met the dog or the breeder. Call me rude, but if this guy did scam you, then you kinda deserve it for being so brainless. You have no idea what kind of a breeder this dog came from, what kind of conditions it was born in, the temperaments of the parents, or even if this guy really has a dog waiting to be shipped to you. If you aren’t willing to travel to the breeder’s home and check all of the necessary things out for yourself and bring the dog home with you, then you really don’t need that dog that bad.

Check out his information — even Google might have something on him. It’s a good place to start, at any rate. Phone your local police department and ask about this guy. They may have info on him. It’s unlikely that he has only hit one victim if he is, as sounds plausible, a scam artist. Ask for advice on dealing with him.

You have got to be kidding me. A dog can fly from New York to Alabama. I lived in PA and got my dog flown in from Arkansas. I paid for him on Paypal and then paid the airline (Delta $189) when I he got there. My son and cousin did the same thing.
YOU girl have been taken. There is NO dog. Do NOT give this idiot any more money and do not answer any emails. Didn’t this seem strange to you in the beginning for him to say that the dog had to be flown out of the country first? You are too naive to do something like this or else you are a troll and I am naive.
Don’t get a dog til you can take care of yourself.

Call the airport in France and have them send this poor dog to Alabama. He sounds like he’s full of sh*t.
For future reference, never buy a dog online. A lot of these dogs come from puppy mills. Or you get scammed.
Do you have any idea how stressful and frightening being on an airplane is to a dog? Please don’t support this kind of thing. There are plenty of dogs that need homes you can find locally.