i was almost a recent victim of a puppy scam. i was looking in the state paper and came across 5 ads for people giving their Yorkie for free. i replied to all of them 4 replied. 3 of them were all out of camaroon with pictures of the same exact dogs. i thought it was weird and i emailed them all asking did they know each other or something and they never responded so i knew right away they were a scam. the last one said she was in nigeria on a mission she sent me pictures and we conversed back and forth thru email and i said i would send the money this thursday after i got paid. my boyfriend said not to western union the money and to use paypal. i didn't want to do it because i thought it was too much of a hassle, so he started scaring me with all these questions about scams. just to shut him up i emailed the people to ask to set up paypal and they have not responded. we looked up how to detect internet scams online and right there was a sample of a scam that was the exact same email i got word for word. needless to say i was devastated. luckily i am not out of any money but i am out of the dog i have been wanting for years. can anyone tell me how i can find a healthy Yorkie without being scammed or paying an arm and a leg
