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pups4sale.com.au
pups4sale (as the site is commonly known) is an Australian website, founded in 2005 and designed solely for dog fanciers across Australia to learn about their favourite breeds and to sell, buy and rescue dogs with other Australians.

Scam prevention focus
A major focus of pups4sale is educating the Australian public about the prevalence of online puppy scams. Online scammers regularly publish fake puppy classified ads on websites that provide little or no administration monitoring over their content. The scam artists essentially place a fake puppy ad using stolen photographs and legitimate sounding text, all with the hope of deceiving puppy buyers into sending money to them via wire transfer.

As part of their effort to shame such sites into taking action against scammers, pups4sale publishes the "Australian Puppy Scams Hall Of Shame. The Hall of Shame lists sites that allow puppy scams to be run on their pages in Australia - either by commission or omission. Each listing includes video evidence of specific fake ads hosted by such sites, and tutorials designed to educate the public on how to spot such scams and avoid being taken in by them.

Social Media
Pups4sale is very active on Facebook in particular, with over 14,000 Followers as at November 2014. All advertisements placed on pups4sale are fed to the Facebook Page and Twitter Feed.