Not sure if this is the right subreddit for this but as someone looking for their first canine companion, I've noticed quite a few fake breeders advertising their services on Facebook. These usually happen through innocuous Facebook groups titled things like "Bernese mountain dogs for adoption", and inside these groups you will see breeders advertising their services. The kicker is that the breeders are fake and the Facebook group themselves are created by the fake breeders and filled with fake admins to promote their services. They are very believable with fake website and photos, many of which are AI generated. I spoke with one recently and they gave me two obviously AI generated photos of their pups and asked me to transfer them money through an African payment service. Facebook does not care about these scams and will do absolutely nothing if you report them (I tried).
Here is an example of one of the fake Facebook groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/688112049382252/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT
Storybook family breeders is the name of the fake breeder. Check their name history and you'll see they changed their name over 5 times within the last few years.
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