Victim Location 35968
Total money lost $572.50
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Contacted "breeder" via website and received email with pictures and stating price of dog would be $450 plus $100 airfare for total of $550. Wanted money transfer via Walmart to Walmart transfer but I used Western Union. Spoke with Seller via email, calls, and text. Seller even gave me a tracking number through a shipping company called Global Transit which showed correct information. Company was supposed to call me to confirm my information before departure. 3.5 hours goes by with no contact so when I emailed shipping company who said due to the puppy being 8 weeks a 97% refundable $1000 would have to be paid before the puppy would be shipped. I contacted seller who stated he would try to get fee down, I refused and stated that either he take care of the shipping issue or refund my money. That was the last I heard from him and now will not respond to email, call, or text. Seller sure could respond to someone else asking for information to purchase the puppy I had already paid him for. Seller goes by Justen Denis, it is now found that his aliases are Eric Gordan and Philip Erickson. Has Caribbean accent.