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Originally Posted by brent462  the name of the scammer if its her real name was amber johnson. we paid with a money order which i know we shouldnt have done but we did... she seemed very legit but like i said we are a little wiser... and will never buy anything off the internet again or from someone selling something off the internet. i think we are just going to have to put our hopes for a yorkie on hold for a while since most rescues want any where close to 450 per dog which i understand but just cant do right now |
Take your time and look around. Some rescues do have higher fees because they are spreading out the cost of the vetting for all of their rescues. Other members here have found their yorkies through the good old humane society and paid less than $100.00 in adoption fees, which included spaying/neutering. We've got a houseful of rescued yorkies between my mom and myself. They all came to us at under 4 months of age. We love them to pieces, and if we decide to add anymore, we will return to looking at rescues again (but maybe a slightly older dog 'cause all this potty training is killing us! LOL)
As for the scammer, did you contact her over the internet at all? Any emails exchanged? If so, there are federal laws against what she has done. Even if she has closed down that email address, the authorities may be able to track her down through ISP addys. I know there are some online forms to fill out, maybe one of the other members here remembers the site off the top of their head.