Petrified owner told by 'scum' blackmailers to 'give us £500 or I'll shoot your dog'
Scammers are cashing in on distraught dog owners with missing pets – and threatening to “kill and rape” those who don’t pay up.
“I searched for him for days and put ads on social media. Then I got a call from a man who said he had Chapo," she said. “He told me to send £500 and he would leave him tied to a lamppost for me."He said if I didn’t pay, he’d chop him up. I genuinely believed he had my dog so I sent the money.” When the man called Holly again and asked for more cash, she refused to pay. Chapo was later found dead after being hit by a car.
Nathan Swalwell also got a call from a private number when his timid nine-year-old Shih Tzu cross Lexi vanished just before Christmas. Nathan, of Orrell, Gtr Manchester, said: “‘He told me, ‘I’ve got Lexi. Give us 500 quid or I’ll shoot it’. I told him to send me a picture and he said I had to pay £50 for it.
Taylor Marie Clark, 25, of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wilts, warned others about the scam on a lost dog page on Facebook. She wrote: “I’m £380 out of pocket and no dog.”
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