Local Woman Warns About Lost Pet Scam

 

POSTED: 9:50 am PST March 5, 2007

UPDATED: 10:08 am PST March 5, 2007

 

A Vancouver woman issued a warning about a cruel scheme called the Lost Pet Scam, involving the Internet and Western Union.

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April Shanahan’s cat, Forrest, has been missing for three months. When the pure-bred Himalayan cat first disappeared, Shanahan posted a description of Forrest on Craigslist.com and listed her Vancouver phone number.

“He’s everything. I have no children. He’s like my child,” said Shanahan.

Shanahan said she received a call within 20 minutes after posting the ad from a man in Chicago who claimed to have found the cat. ...

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