Question about 'breeder'

[mischevious21]

Hey so I was looking for some more snakes and saw an ad on Kingsnake, and e-miled the guy about what he had. He told me that his snakes were for 'adoption' and not sale, and asked me some questions about what I know about BP's and their care and everything.
He says has been in a accident where he lost his wife and daughter , and so now he's letting go of all of the snakes he can no longer care for, due to being in a wheelchair. He says it will be $450 for two snakes- rather their pied, albino, spider, ect. because he has to get rid of them. He seems nice, but I'm not too sure about him- one of those 'too good to be true' things. His name is Luma Lionel.
What do you guys think/know about him?

[TripleMoonsExotic]

There's a post on Fauna about that scammer in the Ball Python forum.

[Nate]

very fishy.

Request pictures of the animals. scammers like to google their images and if he snatches someone else's images, someone will know.

[Nate]

There's a post on Fauna about that scammer in the Ball Python forum.

I searched that name but couldn't find anything. Can you provide a link? Thanks

[mischevious21]

Well the images on his site had the copywrite thing on them with his name.. So I dont know. It just doesnt seem right, but he said he just sold two yesterday (becaus eI asked which ones were still available), and like I said he seems like a good guy. It just seems to good to be true to get a pied and pastel for only $450 shipped... Too good to be true, is what I'm thinking, but he seems sincere... ?

[mischevious21]

I searched that name but couldn't find anything. Can you provide a link? Thanks

Yea I looked him up too and couldent find anything. Hense, why I came here. Heres the link: http://ballpythonmorphs.freehosting.net/index.html

[Nate]

what's his website and his ad that you saw?

Yes, 450 is too cheap. I would expect about 3k for that combo.

[Nate]

i get an error with that link you provided.

and that's another red flag...a free web site.

[mischevious21]

what's his website and his ad that you saw?

Yes, 450 is too cheap. I would expect about 3k for that combo.

Yea I know. Thats why I decided to look into thisguy. I can;t find the Kingsnake ad anymore- its been a few days since I started talkking to him. And It looks like that link is nolonger working.. So hmm...

[TripleMoonsExotic]

That would be because he's not using his real name.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=111202

He was reported to his web host for using stolen photos and information, thus the reason the web site is gone.