Florida most cancers affected person heartbroken after discovering assist pet she purchased throughout therapy was a rip-off | EUROtoday

A Florida most cancers affected person says she misplaced greater than $4,000 after falling sufferer to a rip-off falsely promoting puppies on the web.

​Danielle Garcia-Culp, who has been combating the illness for 4 years, says that she was conned attempting to purchase the pet to assist her by means of her sickness. ​

Garcia-Culp, whose most cancers has progressed to stage 4, advised News 6 at she noticed an commercial for an Australian Shepherd on Facebook. ​

She says that the canine had “eyes that mentioned ‘I will love you forever” and arranged to have it delivered all the way from Pensacola to her home city of Umatilla.

As she waited for the dog to arrive, a delivery agent sent her a picture of what she believed to be her pet in a crate. Accompanying the image was a tracking number.​

Garcia-Culp says that she also received a request for a $700 refundable deposit for the crate rental. Then came a request for a $1,500 deposit for pet insurance. ​

Shortly after, Garcia-Culp received yet another request for a deposit. Eventually, she had paid out around $4,450.

“I can only imagine somebody going through a similar situation I am, you know, and that puppy being almost like a lifeline and then it’s not actual,” she mentioned.

The outlet uncovered that the supply firm, which was named Global Logistics Transport Solutions, was registered by means of the European-based firm Hostinger. ​

According to Hostinger, the corporate was concerned in a logistics rip-off.

​“At the time of your outreach, we had not received any prior reports about this website through our official abuse reporting channels,” Gediminas Gasiulis, a Product Communications Manager at Hostinger, advised News 6.

“Following your inquiry and our internal investigation, we determined that the website in question was involved in a fraudulent ‘fake courier’ scheme – a type of logistics scam.”

Hostinger has since suspended the web site, accusing it of violating its phrases of service. ​

When the News 6 contacted the Facebook web page the place Garcia-Culp mentioned she discovered the pet, they obtained an automatic response. Then, they obtained a reply which merely mentioned: “Who?”​

“She abandoned her pup at the delivery agency,” the individual behind the web page responded when given Garcia-Culp’s title.​ Meta advised News 6 that it’s trying into the outlet’s inquiry in regards to the web page.

Last month Garcia-Culp launched a GoFundMe marketing campaign to boost $4,000. According to the marketing campaign web page, she misplaced her job sooner or later after receiving her stage-four most cancers prognosis and has struggled to seek out work since.

​“Right now, I’m applying for disability, but that process can take months,” she wrote. “In the meantime, I’m struggling to cover my medical bills and basic living expenses. ​

“Every day is a challenge, but I know I’m not alone – there are so many kind people out there who want to help.”

The Independent has contacted Meta for remark.