Lost Dog Scams Bite Online Users
Scammers have taken a traditional double-cross played on owners of lost dogs to the Internet, a fido-finding Web site reported Thursday.
In recent years, said the FidoFinder.com site -- a dog-discovery site where owners can post rewards and finders can post notices -- people have preyed on owners of lost canines by demanding reward money for the return of a pet. In actuality, it's all a scam: the bogus bounty hunter never found the dog, but only used the information on lost dog posters to pretend.
"Unsuspecting lost dog owners have been coerced into wiring cash to individuals who promise to return their dog by flying them back home in a pet carrier only to never receive their pet or hear back from the caller," said Wes Cutshall, the founder of Fido Finder, in a statement.
The scam has now moved online, he added.
posted by Fergie @ 7/21/2005 11:05:00 AM
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