Filip Longhitano Inquiry

Looking for any info available on Filip Longhitano of Heterodon.com/Mark Bell. Filip has a pair of snakes I have been searching for the better part of a year. He claims if I send the money via PayPal (and also pay the Paypal fees, that he can give the animals to his associate Mark Bell of Reptile Industries, Inc., at the upcoming Hamm show and that he will facilitate importing them into Miami. I have never needed to have anything imported, so I'm certainly nervous about sending the better part of a grand overseas via Paypal. Google searches on Filip Longhitano and Mark Bell don't bring up much. Has anyone here dealt with either of these individuals, and what was your experience?
Thanks!
Danielle Hodges

Ordinarily, only one person/business can be the subject of a given BOI thread; but I'll leave this one here. Never heard of Filip Longhitano; but if you couldn't find anything about Mark Bell, your google-fu is broken.
Were I in your position, I would contact Mark Bell and ask him about Filip. I would be more inclined to pay Mark, and have him pay Filip, personally; though that would likely require that you cover the fees, because there is no reason for Mark to lose money by helping you. (That is about the only circumstance that I would ever agree to pay fees, by the way.)

Thanks! I didn't see the required reading until just a moment ago.
I tried contacting Mark via Facebook without a response yet. I also thought paying Mark seemed more ideal since he has to pull his own import fees from the total according to Filip, but Filip says the total should be sent to him. Google brought up plenty on Mark, but the main website is either unfinished or my phone just isn't letting me go further than the homepage. I will keep trying to get in contact with Mark. =)