Thats not to say they won't because it is obviously unfair we won't keep giving them extension, putting up with unapproved pets, and letting them live in filth but at least those are self inflicted complaints they would  have on us.  

The notion that you will make right past wrong acts by inflicting new wrong acts is insanity, literally, doing the same thing expecting different results.

You should steel yourself for a total loss, but if you can inflict sufficient pain on the scam artist, it may cause him to change his ways.