Taking on the SCAMMERS

Sandy Trujillo, 45, NSW

The coronavirus pandemic hit my mum hard. At 77, with severe lung problems, my usually sociable mum, Chaly, was home alone, every day.

‘I’m going to buy her a dog,’ I told my partner, Mark.

Mum’s dogs had passed away a few years before, and now felt like the perfect time for a new companion.

There were no suitable pets in the shelters, so I turned to the classified pages, where I found