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Craigslist Pets

New rip-off targets entrepreneurs of missing pets, what to look at out for

- by Duane Loper

DENVER (KDVR) — A new fraud in Colorado is concentrating on house owners of missing pets. The scammers guiding it all text the shed pet’s operator boasting they have the canine or cat but request a “code” in return for the proprietor to see a picture of the pet. 

“I acquired a information from a person declaring he uncovered her, he messaged me by means of Craigslist expressing I will need to mail him a verification code, so he could send out me images and I could choose her up,” Omar Hernandez, proprietor of a Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix that went missing on Sunday said. 

Hernandez claimed his uncle was at his home in Littleton on Sunday though he was at work. He claimed his uncle opened the gate and his 1-year-aged dog named Sol took off. He mentioned his uncle chased her for awhile but had no luck. Hernandez started

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Craigslist Pets

Los Angeles Dognappings Have Pet Entrepreneurs Alarmed

- by Duane Loper

Traditionally, when puppies disappeared in Los Angeles, it acquired blamed on marauding coyotes and mountain lions roaming the Hollywood Hills. Or, closer to household, free collars, damaged back again doorways, and holes in fences.

But the February dognapping of Lady Gaga’s prized French bulldogs Koji and Gustav—after her dogwalker Ryan Fischer was shot in the upper body though bravely battling the thieves—was a wake-up call to all L.A. pet proprietors: keep your harnesses near and your canine nearer. Especially the tiny, fuzzy, high priced purebreds ubiquitous in our city. The similar coddled creatures you’ve noticed getting wheeled all around in ruffly baby carriages or perched in baskets on the Venice bike route now look far more susceptible than at any time to sudden disappearing functions.

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Girl Gaga walks her puppy Asia in Berlin

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Obviously, animals get shed or vanish for all varieties of non-nefarious explanations. But

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