Isn’t it amazing the hold and devotion pets can inspire in their human companions? Many of us will go to great lengths to assure the comfort and health of pets.
And by great lengths, I mean spend lots of dollars for their care. Some of us are even willing to spend freely to just get hold of a new pet, especially for trendy or cute breeds. That willingness to pay for a pet led a Clinton woman to a $5,000 loss last week.
How did that happen?
Kerry loves Shih Tzu dogs. She wanted a Shih Tzu puppy. She didn’t know exactly how to find one for sale, so she posted on Facebook, seeking someone to sell a puppy. Pretty quickly, she received a message pointing her to another Facebook profile, which offered “adorable Shih Tzu puppies for sale”. Just what Kerry hoped for!
Using Facebook Messenger, she contacted the seller, who agreed to sell a puppy for $600. The seller wanted the payment using gift cards. Kerry agreed and furnished the seller with gift card numbers after she went out and bought them. Now you are wondering how a $600 puppy lead to Kerry losing $5,000?
After the first payment, the puppy seller demanded further payments. Every day for over a week, the seller made a fresh demand of Kerry. The seller wanted payment for an electronic cage, vaccinations, quarantine, feed, even an “abandonment…
