Awww Marty, that really sucks for you , Dan and GF. But, I sure know what your talking about as far as being scammed. When I was starting to look for a certain "type" of standard poodle, I was getting emails left and right from other countries as well as the US, people sending me some of the cutest pictures out and of course all wanted only a good home and shipping money. Its almost a nasty joke they like to play! I did play along with a few of them...all the way to the end, and then told them my BIL was a attorney, and worked close with the FBI, trying to catch scammers (I lied!!!!!) and would look into this for me before I sent them the shipping $$, but I was so sure that they would never actually be a scammer (LOL) since they seemed so interested in finding the right home for there dear puppy.. Never heard from any of them again. I would play along with them and then report them. I reported mine to there local district attorny and there local sheriff dept. DOnt know if it did any good, but I tried.