04/01/2026
Posting for awareness so many fake pages and “ rescues please verify before sending money or supplies rescues will ask for donations but if you don’t see freedom pics and video and EIN federal numbers for your donations please don’t .. 🙏🏽 it is hurting real rescues and most importantly the dogs/ cats . https://www.facebook.com/share/p/173YzMBt9i/
🚨ANIMAL LOVERS — PLEASE READ. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!🚨
There is a growing problem on Facebook that is actively hurting REAL dogs and cats in need.
Scam pages and AI-generated “rescue” accounts are flooding social media with:
• 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
• 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘀/𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
• 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗜-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁
• 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 (many times those dogs were already put down or adopted/rescued by the time they post them)
• 𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲
💔Meanwhile, REAL rescuers and networkers are fighting to save animals facing euthanasia/on the streets, and majorly struggling to get the visibility and funding they desperately need.
These fake pages are not harmless.
They are:
❌ Diverting donations away from legitimate rescues
❌ Spreading misinformation
❌ Exploiting people’s compassion for profit
❌ Taking attention away from posts of real animals in need of saving.
🚫 Here’s a list of some pages to avoid supporting at all costs:
(This list will be updated as more are identified)
• Give a hand (has recently been banned thankfully)
• Safe Haven Paws (has same PayPal link as Paws of Hope Ia & Animal Haven Inc)
• PAW HAVEN Rescue
• Pawfect Pet Haven
• Paws of Hope Ia (has same PayPal link as Safe Haven Paws & Animal Haven Inc)
• Animal Haven Inc (has same PayPal link as Safe Haven Paws & Paws of Hope Ia)
• hope for paws
• Barkbunchbuddies
• Hopeforpaws12
• DOG Lovers
• Gene Joyner
• Adeledogrescuer
• Hope For Paws
• Nancy Hochestetler
• Luna Grace
• Jennie A. Zimmer
• Paws Haven (says it’s in New York, NY)
• Dogs Are Our World
• Tails of Hope
• Voices of the Rescued (claims to be a 501(c)3…)
• Second Chance Paws
• Forever paws Rescue
• Homeward Hounds
• SWEET PAWS HAVEN
• Dog is Family
• Gifted Promise Paws
• We Love Dogs
• We love animals
• The Animal Edit
• Sweet Pet’s
• Game Changers
• Pawsitive Vibes
• Doggie Dreams
• Helen Adland
• Maya Rottie
• Emma Lane (under pages, 100K+ followers)
• Trassima cats
• Brianne Georgia
• Any page called “*breed* lovers” (I.e. “Dalmatian lovers,” “Shih Tzu lovers,” “Labrador Retriever lovers”)
• + many more personal profile pages posing as rescuers
⚠️ Major red flags to watch for:
• 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 “𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀” — no real updates of those animals, no adoptions, no responses to your comments asking for transparency
• 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀.
• 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞:
◦ “Don’t scroll past me, I’m scared to die”
◦ “Surgery saves me, $5 can give me a chance”
◦ “I swear I will not forgive anyone who doesn’t comment a ❤️ or share for treatment”
◦ “My engagement is really low, a single hi can help me being saved”
◦ “We lost 1000 followers and I don’t know why, will you leave me a ❤️ or a follow to help us get off the list”
◦ “I’m scared, my name is listed on the euthanized list, they said if I get 1000 followers I will be transferred to another shelter. Can you help me please”
◦ “I will be removed off the euthanized list when I get 1000 new followers can you please help me”
◦ “Please watch 2x & press 4 buttons to help”
◦ “I’ve been waiting all day to appear on your feed, will you please say hi or wish me a quick recovery?”
• 𝗡𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗜𝗗 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼
• 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗣𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗴𝗲’𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁.
• 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
• 𝗔𝗜-𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀/𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 (distorted/disproportionate features, unnatural movement, etc - I have a detailed post about this pinned on my page.)
‼️IMPORTANT:
Following these pages & liking, sharing, commenting, & watching these posts BOOSTS them in the algorithm.. helping them reach more people, make more money off of your engagement, & take more support away from REAL animals in need.
👉 Instead, support:
• Real shelters
• Legitimate 501(c)(3) rescues (you can look them up in the Tax Exempt Organization Search on the IRS website to be sure)
• Known networkers who provide real intake info, IDs, location info, etc & updates
🐾 If you’re unsure whether a post/page is real, ASK. The rescue community will always help verify. My DMs are open.
Please share this so more people stop unknowingly supporting scammers.
Real dogs and cats are dying while fake posts are going viral. Let’s fix that. Thank you!
