Care Com Dog Sitting Scams

Keep reading for the recent scams fellow pet sitters have received and shared with us and be sure to read the comments section as well.

Care com dog sitting scams.

Connect with 5 star sitters and dog walkers near you who offer dog boarding dog walking house sitting or doggy day care. As a second aspect of the same scam the scammer may request errand services like opening mail and sending gifts from other pet sitters as a way to pass the overpayments through a local address to the other scammed dog walkers and pet sitters. But anyway i got a text from a person who was interested in hiring me and asked me to email them. You should also separately report suspicious members.

There may be many variations. You love dogs you always did. As this 2017 article indicates scammers continue to target those advertising their pet sitting services online. These scams can be targeted at both caregivers and care seekers.

You might even think that you can make some money dog sitting so one day you post your resume online looking for a job on sites such as pet sitter indeed or craigslist after a few days a lovely family living in a different state sends you a message. The most common pet sitting scam is an overpayment scam. Stop all contact with the scammer. The problem with these scammers is they use different idenities to get back in and try the same thing on someone else.

Pet sitters have received scam messages by email and text. So i did and they replied offering me a pretty large sum of money to walk their dog. Search by rates reviews experience and more.