#Woman scammer with a dog photos search verification#

“For them to call saying they have your dog and to get my hopes up like that, it sucks.” She says she also gets non-stop spam calls. Within the day, she had multiple others saying they also have Spooky. So, she quickly blocked the number but it didn’t end there.īecause she had clicked the link to get the Google code, her information was exposed. The grammar wasn’t correct and the texts sounded slightly robotic. She provided them with that as well.Īfter posting the interaction on Nextdoor, neighbors helped her realize it was a scam. The person texting even asked for a family member or friend’s number. “I’m like, ‘OK,’ and I said, ‘Yeah, you can.’” “Of course, I’m not thinking anything of it,” explained Sousley.

#Woman scammer with a dog photos search verification#

The person texting her asked for her to send a Google verification code to prove she was in fact Spooky’s owner. “She says ‘Hi I am Donna, did you lose your male dog?’” the woman said. “I posted on there and said we were in the parking lot at H-E-B. She immediately posted on Nextdoor and Facebook, hoping someone would recognize him. But because Zoe is non-verbal, she couldn’t tell Sousley where he ran off to. She left Zoe and Spooky in the car for a few minutes. On the way back to the hotel, Sousley says she stopped at the H-E-B on Rayford Road. “We drove to our house in Conroe to pick the dog up because we knew we would be staying here a few more days,” she added. They knew the commute from Conroe would be too much during this difficult time. Sousley and her daughter are staying in the city while her mother undergoes heart surgery.

So for Zoe, Spooky, her service dog, is more than just a pet.

“We found out when she was 9 months old she was autistic.” Spooky and Zoe are only a year apart and have grown up together. Sousley and her daughter Zoe love their dog, Spooky. Unfortunately, the most recent victim was Conroe’s Lisa Sousley. HOUSTON – A new scam is targeting people who have lost a pet.