Warning: SouthernHerper (aka GroundPounder) Scammer - FC Link

My husband and I responded to the 14 Pied Lot ad, actually SENT money, and had it refunded because he said it had a 21 day Hold placed on it, but told my husband on the phone that the payment took off 2.7% paypal fees, essentially eating the shipping cost, which was not kosher with the seller - he asked us to resend the funds as a gift, or to break it up so that a 21 day hold wouldn't be placed - we do not do business that way. Inconsistencies in information provided over messages and by phone, inability to find any kind of footprint for the LLC, and other suspicious behavior eventually led my husband to locate the following BadGuy posting on Fauna Classifieds. I'm incredibly sad to have to post this, but also incredibly grateful that we didn't just get scammed out of 2 grand. He stated that he had another potential buyer lined up if our deal fell through - so in case anyone on this forum is interested in his animals, buyer beware.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...=286319&page=1

SouthernHerper goes by Dustin Draper, confirmed one of the phone numbers in FC post matches the number being used to contact us, also received emails from his wife's email account.

Should I post a full account on FC/BOI, or is there enough information out there already, do you think?

Can you post all of the contact info that was used please?

Also I would update the FC thread rather than starting another one, or if you do start a new one include the seller's contact info with a link to the same info from the other thread in it.

That's false information.

I have the shipping label, snakes and everything ready to ship as we discussed.

OMG! Dustin Draper! eeeww yuck!

i remember reading a BOI about him over some rare monitor lizard scam over at Fauna when i joined the site. he has multiple accounts, each of them banned. i recall he is currently serving a one year ban over there and if he creates another account, he would be perma-banned. i guess he is now looking for targets on other forums and venues.

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thanks for the heads up Aercadia! i'm sorry u went through this.


Edit: here's the link to the monitor lizard scam thread - http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=536717

The OP failed to express their concerns to me or my co workers prior to this thread. It's quite sad as we were shipping the animals in question today just as we had discussed. They were ready to ship through FedEx with the tracking number and everything in order.

However my prior employment with a bad business before my split seems to discourage them. This was never brought to my attention as it very well should have been. And the use of PayPal protects us both and is linked to our bank account.

If the OP had concerns, then we are just a phone call away.

When in doubt, walk away.

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Originally Posted by southernherper

And the use of PayPal protects us both and is linked to our bank account.

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There is NO protection if the money is sent as a gift as you requested.

Might be interesting to see a picture of these 14 pieds and three anacondas.

Interweb information travels quick.
This is why people should research ANYONE before sending funds.