US woman scammed out of over US$1,800 in puppy scam

The woman was told contradictory things about where the dog was, leading the woman to believe she had been scammed. — Photo by Xuan Nguyen on Unsplash

ROCHESTER: A 50-year-old Rochester woman was scammed out of US$1,884 (RM8,332) in a puppy selling scam earlier this year, according to Rochester Police Capt Casey Moilanen.

According to Moilanen, the woman posted in a Facebook group in January of 2023 that she had lost her dog when a person reached out to her to say she could buy a puppy for US$450 (RM,1990).