Funniest scam ever...

[live_momma]

No, seriously. First, kudos to Metro.co.uk for the very punny title: "Dog owners 'fleeced' in poodle scam." Yes, it's true. "Thousands of Japanese have been swindled in a scam in which they were sold Australian and British sheep and told they were poodles."

Choice quotes from the story:

The scam was uncovered when Japanese moviestar Maiko Kawamaki

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[thoroughbredmom]

It's an "urban legend" though, the scam never really happened:
http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/poodlesheep.asp