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Scammers Are Tricking People Into Buying Puppies That Don’t Exist

By Evan Bleier @itishowitis
January 10, 2019 1:45 pm
ANKARA, TURKEY - JANUARY 10: Stray puppies are seen at a house, rented by an animal lover Volkan Koc for 29 stray dogs to take shelter during night and cold weather, in a forest field located at Imrahor region of Ankara, Turkey on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
ANKARA, TURKEY - JANUARY 10: Stray puppies are seen at a house, rented by an animal lover Volkan Koc for 29 stray dogs to take shelter during night and cold weather, in a forest field located at Imrahor region of Ankara, Turkey on January 10, 2019. (Photo by Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Evan is a senior editor with InsideHook who earned a master's degree in journalism from NYU and has called Brooklyn home since 2006. A fan of Boston sports, Nashville hot chicken and Kentucky bourbon, Evan has had his work published in publications including "Maxim," Bleacher Report and "The Daily Mail."

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