 |
| Notice that the group moderators suspended me from the group until April 9, 2025! |
 |
| Our sweet Corgi-Pomeranian Mix Duchess just before she died 3/9/25 |
That particular day one of that group’s moderators recommended someone name Marianne Hobson as a breeder who I could purchase a puppy from…so…
I texted Marianne Hobson via Facebook Messenger that morning and asked about the adoption process.
I was sent three photos of very cute looking Corgi puppies. Marianne Hobson asked which of the puppies I liked, and I chose this one:
I was told that this cutie cost $800 and that there was a $300 deposit. I was also asked some questions to screen me as a possible good Corgi owner. I received a response that said I’d been approved.
At 5:25 pm, on 3/10/25, our sweet dog Duchess passed away. In my sadness, I wrote Marianne Hobson via Facebook Messenger and told her I wished to proceed. She sent me a Venmo account to send the deposit to.
I was all set to send the $300 deposit until I looked closely at the Venmo profile’s photo which did not have the name Marianne Hobson. The Venmo profile was for a man, who was scary looking and holding up two hands with an obscene “the finger’ gesture!
 |
There was NO WAY I was going to send any funds to this Venmo profile!
|
When I asked Marianne Hobson about why I was sent a Venmo profile and photo of a man, I was told the photo was of her husband.
Below is some of the Facebook Messenger conversation I had with “Marianne Hobson” :
I did speak to Devon Glenn that afternoon. The phone call came from a VOIP burner phone that had the number +1 (720) 514-9320. It was obvious Devon Glenn’s first language was not English. He told me that for $800 plus $100 delivery fee the puppy could be mine. Even when I asked how in the world the delivery fee was so low for a puppy to be sent to Idaho, he said something like “We want our puppy to go to good home and he and his wife would want to meet us.” He said something like “Don’t worry..we are not going to cheat you.” He mentioned the reason his wife could not call me was because she was at work. That doesn’t make sense…wouldn’t she be home with her six and nine year old kids and the puppies? He said he also had to get back to work.
I still was not convinced so I asked the administrators and also someone who said he’d successfully purchased a Corgi puppy from Marianne Hobson what their experience with her was.
Below are some of those responses:
—————————————
Below are the Facebook profiles of the people who are the group administrators below:
What is also “fishy” is that Admin Marianne Hobson thanks the group for being a group for a year but according to her profile she just joined the group less than a month ago!
Today, 3/16/25, I wrote a group member who had won a corgi puppy from this group and the way he was scammed was worse than what I went through since he and his wife drove for over ten hours to an address in Charleston, West Virginia to pick up the puppy he won, but when they arrived the people at the address they were given knew nothing about Corgi puppies!
Now that I’ve written all of this down, I will report this puppy scam to Facebook and also I will figure out how to report to the police.
Below are some of the cute photos that the group uses to get group members to fall for “their” scam:
One last thing to note: My husband and I and the person who “won” a Corgi puppy all agree that the scammers all may be one person since the written correspondence is all in the same broken English and bad grammar style.
In addition, I’ve looked up Devon Glenn on Venmo. He was paid two days ago, March 14, 2025 something for “Toby” from someone named Emily Tribley. I hope she was not scammed.
 |
| Such cute photos - wish they were real |
No comments:
Post a Comment