Scam steals dogs, puts them up for sale on Craigslist

Tuesday, July 21, 2015
HOUSTON (KGO) -- A growing scam on Craigslist has people stealing a neighbor's dog then putting it up for sale.

We've seen victims who recognize their bike for sale on Craigslist but now some pet owners say they've seen their dog for sale.
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Surveillance video shows dogs swiped right out of the owners' yards, stuffed in trunks and then carried away.

Now many stolen dogs are showing up on Craigslist.

A woman in Texas recognized her dog in an ad seven months after it disappeared. "I finally very slowly realized, oh my gosh, this is really Sushi. I said, Kara, this is your dog," the woman said.

The woman used a computer chip reader to confirm it was her dog then bought it back for the $250 asking price.
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