Ohio woman sent $500 to a Facebook dog rescue, then her bank flagged the charges as fraud

Ohio woman sent $500 to a Facebook dog rescue, then her bank flagged the charges as fraud

Police say a Boardman, Ohio, resident who was trying to adopt an Italian Greyhound she found on Facebook lost $500 to an alleged social media scam. What happened? After contacting a Facebook page advertising an Italian Greyhound rescue, a Boardman woman told police she arranged to have a dog delivered to her home. WFMJ reported that she was then asked to make multiple payments. The woman told officers she sent two Venmo payments for the dog — fi…