09/06/2023
Be aware of this scam going around
⚠️‼SCAM ALERT‼️⚠️
We have received calls from multiple people letting us know that within the past couple of days, they received a call from scammers pretending to be one of our staff members stating they found an injured animal and took it to "our" vet and needed money to pay for emergency medical care, giving a random personal Venmo account to pay. Another stated they had found their missing dog & needed to collect the reward offered. Thankfully both of these people realized this was a scam.
Both of these people have missing animals with reward offered publicly.
The scammer is using the name: Jack Richardson & gave phone (515) 349-3822 - THIS IS NOT ANIMAL LIFELINE...if you should received a call stating it is an Animal Lifeline of Iowa representative regarding a lost/injured animal, please call us directly at 515-285-7387.
SADLY, animal rescue is not immune from scammers 😢😡