Standard Poodle Breeders Beware!Standard Poodle Breeders Beware! Also as of June 2008-Cat Breeders Beware! Click the link below to read about Royster trying to scam a cat breeder. "Royster" had been working her before he stopped in 2007 to begin working me. A year later he picked up again with her.
Please Standard Poodle Breeders Beware! -- read the following data of the scam that tried to get me...What I share below are facts from the emails and telephone calls received. I can provide the emails as facts if wanted to be reviewed by you. Yet the telephone communication was not recorded.
If you know of any Standard Poodle Breeders who should be aware of the data, please email them this website page.
Here is the FBI's internet complaint website www.ic3.gov
To: FBI
June 6, 2007
From: Tes Ingebritson 24418 464th St. Staples, MN 56479 218-894-1434 www.BooksLeadtoProducts.com
Criminal Report on Said: Douglas Royster Said address: 275 Brassy Court Alpharetta, GA 30022 Said tel. # 404-377-6215 Said email address: dmroyster@hotmail.com
On May 30, 2007, said Douglas Royster (DR) had led Tes Ingebritson to beleive funds of $2,600 had been wired to her bank for the purchase of two standard poodles which had been flown to Atlanta, GA for him to pick up. No funds were ever sent.
It is sometimes difficult to note when your RADAR should be going up with a transaction…please read to be aware of this scam, for your radar to be alert.
The following report lists the known factual details to the best of my knowledge of what transpired. There was an essence of urgency in order to fly the pups out in one week as I would be making a three hour drive to St. Paul with another pup flying out at the same time.
If you’d like to read the emails, please contact me and request that you’re interested in reviewing them for your own awareness. I will be glad to send them granted you are a legitimate breeder.
Weds. May 23, 2007 received email from Douglas Royster (DG) on interest in purchasing two of my standard poodles found on my website. Responded as usual with the form. See email copy A. Telephone # provided on email B.
I telephoned him as requested that night and my usual inquiry ensued at which his answers led me to believe I could sell the poodles to a loving home. Stated he was a man in his 40s, single, never married, this would be his family. There was a dialect.
Spoke that he had an old internet modem, no DSL, so when he was on line I could not telephone him.
Thursday May 24, 2007 see email B, Email C states he wired money, should be in by Friday Email D asks me to call him that evening, tried but could not get ahold of him Email E states the contract for the poodles will be in the mail Friday, call him in the morning
Friday May 25, 2007 Email F sent to him informing him I had Priority Mailed out the information for purchasing the poodles, which I understood the wire was taking place with full payment. I only send full packages out with full payment.
Email G, H sent stating USPS on line was not recognizing his address, thought I would have to go to town and have them run it through. This has happened in the past to individuals, yet they have received it when I took it into the PO for them to deliver.
At this time I had given up on his not chaining the emails, seemed to be coming from a palm pilot or something.
Email I, He emailed me back stating correct address, at which I should have plugged his name into Mapquest to verify, I’d only done Alpharetta, GA.
I had called my bank several times throughout the day, funds had not come in.
Saturday 26, 2007 Email J, K He emailed me that his phones were down and to try to call him tonight, they said they would be working. Someone had accidentally cut the phone wires at the library and the region had lost telephone service.
Email L, He emailed to pick the flight as I’d know the best time, said wire would take several days. Later my bank shared it should only take within a day.
Sunday 27, 2007 Email M He emailed stating phones should be on Sunday evening
Monday 28, 2007 Memorial Day Email N I emailed confirming flight schedule established to fly poodles out
Email O, P, Q general communication on this and that
It appears good communication is trying to stay in via email, even though the phone isn’t working.
Tuesday 29, 2007 Email R, S, T, U, V, I tell him the wire has not come through, he states bank has said it has, just believe, give him a call, I cannot get ahold of him-a buzz after several rings, he needs to call me
Wednesday 30, 2007 Email W, I have my husband email him as I’m driving 3 hours to fly the poodles out
The poodles have flown out and should be in Atlanta, at which I always call or ask customers to contact me that they have arrived and have their new pets. I received no such call and could not get ahold of him. Upon arriving home I emailed Email X
No response, at which I called Swiss Cargo (holder of pets) at 5pm, he had finally shown up and I spoke with him. He stated he’d got caught in a meeting, now he needed to get a larger vehicle to take the crates and poodles home in, he would have to come back for them. I continued to call Swiss Cargo that night to find out if they’d been picked up, watered and fed. They stated he called and would be coming in at 9pm. I insisted they are watered.
I called my bank several times during the day and no funds had come in. As I had spoken with him, he had called the airport and shown up to pay for the flight of the poodles, I believed there was some glitch in the finance wiring. Went to bed believing this was not going well and I should get the poodles back. No owner should treat their dogs in this fashion. They would take them at the least and come back for the crates.
4 am Thursday 31, 2007 I received a phone call from Swiss Cargo the poodles were still at their site. I exclaimed they were to be shipped back to me. He had no contract with my signature (never arrived, nor the money) he did not own them, they were to be shipped back to me ASAP! I would have to pay for their flight back but had to wait for NW to open at 7:30am (8:30 am GA time) to arrange the ticket.
My major concern now was for the poodles to have been fed and watered and newspaper placed in there crates. They had not been fed. I insisted they open the crates to feed and water them.
I began preparing to drive back to St. Paul to get them back.
At 7:30am I called Swiss Cargo first before calling the airlines to see if he had arrived to pick up the poodles. They stated he called and was coming in at 9am. I stated-“NO-they are flying back to me. He does not own them…”
They stated he had paid for their arrival and we should wait for him to come and get the poodles. I stated “NO- they are to be flown back to me at which I was arranging their flight back.”
I arranged the flight and was calling every half an hour to an hour to see if he had shown up.
AT 9:45am GA time, I had called the main office with my land line phone and stated the poodles must get on the flight now before any more time had gone by. He had not shown up at the 9am stated time and I was holding on the phone until I spoke to the manager, at which DR did show up and the manager went to see what the situation was. I was not going to speak with DR but held onto the call and called then with my cell phone to Swiss Cargo to tell them not to give the poodles to him, the tickets were bought and they must come home to me, speaking with Swiss Cargo with two phones and two contacts. She stated she was in the 3 person communication with the manager DR and herself.
She shared he’d shown up in a sports car, that he was crazy in doing this and told him then that the breeder was shipping the poodles back to her. At which she did fly the poodles back to me then.
I picked the kids up at the airport noting they had not been fed. I had brought water and towels to wipe them down and love them, at which they came home with me.
A week went by and DR never called to scream at me nor did he ever email me back explaining. I called the FBI and they stated it would be to costly to them and no crime had been committed at this point.
Another week went by and I received back my Priority email package with all the data for the poodles stating the provided mailing address was not to be found.
UPDATE: email AB- 08/21/07 After all this time DR finally emailed me from my submission form stating I was a liar. He had placed a totally different name for himself and a different address than on the original emails above. He wrote a vulgar term and stated he would pray for me quoting a scripture verse.
I have now blocked him from my email receipts.
New Policies established—
A. All finances must be in place no matter what they say has transpired.
B. Do not sign the contract until all such funds are in place.
C. Do not send micro-chip data until funds are in place.
D. Do not send AKC papers until spaid/neutered copy from vet has been received if for PET Only.
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