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Bad Guy BEWARE "Christopher G Gragg" SCAM

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Hello,

I have wanted posts up and I got a response from a Mr. Christopher Gragg, who sent me google pictures and a bogus price. After saying that he only accepts western union and money gram I decided to go along with his scam just to get his information to make sure no one falls for it. Not only did he undervalue the animal completely, but he took pictures from the internet, and claimed that the breeder of this Australian Water dragon was "South Africa Breeder". Not that anyone would necessarily fall for this terrible scammers tricks, but I figured I would post the information that was provided to me by him to avoid anyone thinking about making a transaction with him.

He actually called me to try and get the money LOL.

Name : Christopher G Gragg
Address : 31 E. Aramat Street, Germantown, Pa, 19144
Phone Number : 215-951-5411
Location to Send to : Philadelphia, Pa
 
Man, that's crazy. He contacted me as well in response to my wanted post for a Saturated Red Bearded dragon. The picture he sent was a sub adult and was really red. He asked for 100 $ which threw me off and I didn't reply any further. Reading this now, it's all making sense.
 
That address and phone number are for Covenant House Pennsylvania in Philly.
 
bcr229 said:
That address and phone number are for Covenant House Pennsylvania in Philly.
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Tricky tricky....seeing as how Covenant House is a faith based place for homeless, runaways, and trafficked youth. I wonder if he is living there, has someone there who picks up the money for him (so no one knows his real address), or he's actually a kid staying there trying to make some money by scamming people. His name is not listed anywhere in the Board of Directors or Senior staff. No mention of him related to Covenant House AT ALL.

However, the address he lists is: 31 E. Aramat Street, Germantown, Pa, 19144

RED FLAG: He didn't even tell you the correct name of the street (it's spelled Armat) to send payment to. You'd think someone accepting payments would at least want their address correct. :NoNo:
 
I don't believe you need the exact address or anything for western union. So it would make sense that he lied about it to get the money. I played dumb and specifically asked for all of his information, saying that I thought I needed it to send the money and that is what he sent me, but I guess he lied about that part.
 
Tricky tricky....seeing as how Covenant House is a faith based place for homeless, runaways, and trafficked youth. I wonder if he is living there, has someone there who picks up the money for him (so no one knows his real address), or he's actually a kid staying there trying to make some money by scamming people. His name is not listed anywhere in the Board of Directors or Senior staff. No mention of him related to Covenant House AT ALL.
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Yeah, I don't quite picture him on the Board of Directors.

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Cyclosaura said:
I don't believe you need the exact address or anything for western union. So it would make sense that he lied about it to get the money. I played dumb and specifically asked for all of his information, saying that I thought I needed it to send the money and that is what he sent me, but I guess he lied about that part.
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When sending money via WU online, you need the receivers full name and address (for the Money in Minutes service - as opposed to 3 Day).

Taken directly from WesternUnion.com:

"Money in Minutes Service
When you need money to be there in minutes.

- Log in to your profile. If you don't have a profile, please register for free.
- Choose our Money in Minutes service.
- Enter your receiver's name and address.
- Pay with your credit or debit card (issued by a bank in the United States).3
- You'll get a confirmation by email. Save the tracking number (MTCN) to share with your receiver for pickup."

I think if you go to a physical WU and send the money that way, you don't need the full address. You do have to put a City/State location so they know which WU to actually hold the money at though.

However, I'm not 100% on that because I only send online WU payments.
 
Correcting myself here. Upon further investigation into WU:

"You do not need to enter an address, you'll simply need your receiver's first and last name, city, and country to send money."

Sorry Cyclosaura, you were right. No exact street or zip code needed.
 
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