Losses from ‘heart-wrenching’ puppy scams increase 1,000% over last two years

Some people are prepared to pay thousands of dollars for "just the right" puppy, without ever actually seeing it. Sometimes they pay the thousands and never even get the puppy — it is a scam.

Nothing can excuse swindling, but the victims would never have fallen prey to this scan if they had not started with a foolish approach. An adult ought to know better than to believe that one specific puppy, that perse has never met, is the one and only right one.

There is a certain tendency for people to believe that spending a lot of money on something unusual and different in your life will make it better. But it doesn't usually have that effect.