Number of the Day

The Dismaying Rise in Pet Scams, by the Numbers

Fraudsters have swindled $3 million from people looking for animal companionship during the pandemic

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2 min readDec 10, 2020

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Marker Number of the Day: 3,969 — The number of pet-related fraud reports received by the Better Business Bureau in 2020
Photo illustration, source: Tran Mau Tri Tam/Unsplash

3,969: That’s the number of pet-related fraud reports the Better Business Bureau received this year through November, projected to go up to 4,300 by the end of…

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