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BBB: Beware of puppy scams

If you are looking for a pet to add to your family, Better business Bureau Serving Acadiana warns residents to be on the lookout for scams. As more local consumers turn to the internet to find new pets, more scams are popping up online. Experts say a shocking 80 percent of sponsored advertisements about pets may be fake. BBB ScamTracker has 907 reports on this type of fraud across North America and a Federal Trade Commission report found some 37,000 complaints involving pets. The vast majority of those were believed to be puppy sale scams. When you consider that FTC finds that ...

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