Pet Blood Donation Compensation Scam: High-price purchase of blood type cats and dogs, disappearing after collecting medical check-up fees

Who Gets Targeted

The victims are mostly urban young and middle-aged pet owners, especially those raising purebred cats and dogs or pets with rare blood types. They are highly sensitive to pet health, easily lowering their guard upon seeing high-price compensation information, and thinking that paying a small amount of medical check-up fees first can exchange for high returns. Scammers seize pet owners' willingness to dedicate themselves to their pets, as well as blind belief in the scarcity of pet blood types under information asymmetry, causing victims to transfer money without verifying institution qualifications.

骗局怎么运作

• Scammers post in WeChat groups, Xiaohongshu (RED), or Xianyu, claiming an urgent need for cats and dogs with specific blood types, such as cat Type A or dog DEA 1.1 negative, promising thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan in compensation per time. The talking points commonly use pictures of pet hospitals urgently needing blood or forged rescue site photos to induce owners to chat privately.
• After adding contact information, scammers first ask about the pet's breed, age, weight, and blood type, stating that it is necessary to go to a cooperative hospital for blood type testing and infectious disease screening, with fees paid in advance by the owner and reimbursed together with compensation after passing the test. This design makes victims feel they are only advancing payment, not directly paying money.
• Scammers recommend so-called cooperative pet hospitals or designated testing institutions. In reality, these institutions either do not exist or collude with scammers, charging medical check-up fees and blood typing fees far higher than market prices, with single-time charges ranging from 500 to 1,500 yuan.
• After payment is completed, scammers delay under the pretext of blood type mismatch, unqualified testing, or hospital schedule being full, and then demand additional tests or security deposits, until victims realize they have been scammed after failing to get compensation for a long time.
• In the final stage, scammers directly block and lose contact, or cancel accounts and run away, and the same gang changes to another city or platform to continue publishing similar high-price blood acquisition information.

红旗信号（看到这些快跑）

• 🚩 The promised compensation for a single pet blood donation is significantly higher than market rates, easily reaching thousands or tens of thousands of yuan.
• 🚩 Owners are required to advance medical check-up fees, blood typing fees, or security deposits first, with a promise of reimbursement afterwards.
• 🚩 Recommending non-standard designated testing institutions or pet hospitals whose qualifications cannot be verified.
• 🚩 Communication throughout the entire process is only via private chat on social software, refusing to provide business licenses or physical addresses.
• 🚩 Continuously adding new testing items or charging items, repeatedly delaying blood donation times.

真实案例

• In 2025, a netizen exposed on Xiaohongshu that the other party induced them to go to a certain pet shop for blood type testing under the pretext of urgently needing cat Type A blood, paid an 800 yuan testing fee, and then lost contact. Subsequent verification showed that the pet shop had no blood collection qualifications.
• According to NetEase News reports, a gray industry of animal blood banks has emerged in some cities, where some people specialize in acquiring stray cat blood for high-priced resale. Reports mentioned that some pet owners repeatedly brought cats to draw blood to obtain high compensation, resulting in impaired health.
• In 2026, a consumer reported on the Heimao Complaints platform that they saw high-priced dog blood acquisition information on Xianyu. After following instructions to pay a 1,200 yuan medical check-up fee at a certain institution, the other party refused compensation and blocked them under the pretext that the dog's blood type did not match.

Official Stance

• In 2025, the China Veterinary Association issued a notice reminding pet owners to participate in blood donation through regular animal hospitals and be wary of online high-price blood acquisition information.
• In 2026, market regulation departments in multiple locations issued consumer warnings regarding the pet medical field, requiring verification of testing institution qualifications and warning against believing the talking point of paying first and compensating later.
• In July 2026, CCTV News exposed online rescue scams for stray animals and pet medical scams, pointing out that some gangs use false collection information to defraud advance payment fees.

How to Protect Yourself

• ✅ Verify whether the so-called pet hospital or blood bank holds an animal diagnosis and treatment license issued by local agricultural and rural authorities.
• ✅ Refuse any so-called blood donation projects that require advancing testing fees or security deposits before compensation.
• ✅ Learn about pet blood type information through regular pet hospital or animal blood bank channels, and do not blindly trust online high-price acquisition posts.
• ✅ Retain chat logs, transfer vouchers, and testing receipts, and report immediately to 12315 or public security organs upon finding abnormalities.