Recently an old trend has resurfaced.
Criminals play on the people who have lost their pets and are offering a reward.
Sadly, this is occurring all too often as of late. The criminal will call the owner and tell them they have found their pet. The happy pet owner is now overjoyed at the thought of getting their pet back and quickly states they will gladly give them the reward. The criminal then goes on to tell the pet owner that they sold their pet to someone after they found it because they didn't know it was lost. They will gladly take the pet owner to them, all the pet owner needs to do is bring the money that the new pet owners paid, and the reward money for the pet.