[john70t]

All good advice above. Thank you. Those were somewhat my thoughts as well.

An interesting new development:
I've asked for an address and offered cash three times. So thankful and polite.
One word vague responses.
"Lisa" is delaying until my emotional mother takes over.

A former house cleaner for my uncle contacted me out of the blue yesterday. She is a serious long-time dog advocate, ordered twenty new flyers to put up in places that will work, and has contacts in animal control and the police department. which might be the next step. That is a good thing.

The bad thing is she like to talk at people and take over the situation. There was a 45min and a 30min "1-way conversation" yesterday and another 30min this morning. Good advice from a good person who means well but perhaps too many words. It's difficult to find any fault in that though. She is also trying.

The worse thing is both she and my mother are convinced that this scammer is real and want me to continue negotiating to the fullest. Mom is starting to growl at me. That is usually when I become at fault for everything possibly bad happening in this world. I will now be held responsible for the dog not magically appearing. F me for even getting involved but I didn't want her getting hurt further by this piece of garbage. I c/c'ed her copies of all my nice emails and explained again how these scams work. Logic is not her strong suit sometimes.

[/drama story for now]