Online Puppy Scammers

We just found an article online on yahoo's homepage. It lists a few scamming operations to watch out for when purchasing a puppy from an online website. Hopefully this will be useful to someone and they will not get scammed!

Scammers Fetch Online Puppy-Buyers!

For a quick overview (when purchasing a pet online) here are the do's and don'ts listed in the article.

Do's:

• Check out referrals
• See the puppy in person

Don'ts:

• Pay via wire transfer
• Buy from an overseas seller
• Purchase a puppy, sight unseen