Some people are prepared to pay thousands of dollars for "just the right" puppy, without ever actually seeing it. Sometimes they pay the thousands and never even get the puppy — it is a scam.

Nothing can excuse swindling, but the victims would never have fallen prey to this scan if they had not started with a foolish approach. An adult ought to know better than to believe that one specific puppy, that perse has never met, is the one and only right one.

There is a certain tendency for people to believe that spending a lot of money on something unusual and different in your life will make it better. But it doesn't usually have that effect.