Louisville resident Bruce Gadansky said when he received an e-mail message from a Chinese company in regards to a U.S. pay agent, he responded by creating a company named after his pet dog, Clancy, WKLY-TV of Louisville, reported Thursday.

"I told them I was in the fertilizer business, which Clancy does a lot of, fertilizing the back yard," Gadansky said of his "Clancy The Dog LLC" claim. "That smacks of the truth."

Shortly after filing the claim, Gadansky said he got a check from the Chinese group for $140,000. Yet Gadansky says he knew the international activity was an alleged scam from start to finish and simply used his dog to prove it.

"I'm supposed to deposit the check," Gadansky told WKLY-TV. "I get to keep 5 percent and then wire back the remainder of that money. So I keep $7,500 and wire them back over $140,000. You're wiring them back real money but that check is a phony and your bank will figure that out in a few days."