{"id":105326,"date":"2026-01-04T16:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105326\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:26:16","slug":"jacksonville-humane-society-warns-public-of-facebook-pet-adoption-scam-104-5-wokv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105326\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Humane Society warns public of Facebook pet adoption scam \u2013 104.5 WOKV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) is warning the public about a scam on Facebook involving fake accounts that solicit deposits for pet adoptions. This scam has no affiliation with JHS, which emphasizes that all adoptions must occur in person and that they do not accept online or phone payments in advance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" target=\"_blank\">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">The scam reportedly originated from a Facebook page and website named Cat\/Kitten Adoption Foundation. Jacksonville Humane Society does not partner with this entity and urges individuals to be cautious. Furthermore, they remind the community that their only authorized off-site adoption partners are PetSmart and Petco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">Another ongoing scam involves individuals calling pet owners to claim they have found lost pets and requesting payment for associated bills. JHS explicitly states that they will never ask for payments over the phone, advising residents to hang up and verify the situation through official channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">To prevent falling victim to such scams, JHS encourages pet lovers to only visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/jaxhumane.org\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/jaxhumane.org\">official website<\/a> or to contact them directly. For anyone feeling uncertain about an interaction regarding adoptions or found pets, it is essential to trust instincts and verify through JHS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 dbPNdY body-paragraph\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS) is warning the public about a scam on Facebook involving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,28,348,116,351,118,15838,117,39692,349,20165,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-105326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-humane-society","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jhs","tag-northeast-florida","tag-scam-alert","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}