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You did notice that he's banned, per Rich's posts above, right? He can't post anything.
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Info Dustin Draper
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You did notice that he's banned, per Rich's posts above, right? He can't post anything.
Croghans Reptiles
Croghan's Reptiles
sorry, I must have missed that. My apologies
dieselfan
Active member
LauraB
CLOSED ACCOUNT
Why am I not in the least bit surprised? Patrick, what is the URL of that FB post?
LauraB
CLOSED ACCOUNT
LOL, never mind. I'll find it.
Dennis Hultman
New member
Dennis Hultman
New member
Dennis Hultman
New member
So in April, they just moved o a new house and couldn't pay the bills. Car being repossessed and no work. Please send 2,000 and everything will be great.
September, kids are taken because they keep snakes and build a snake room attached to the house. Please send 10,000.
Just a reminder about this person.
September, kids are taken because they keep snakes and build a snake room attached to the house. Please send 10,000.
Just a reminder about this person.
Dennis Hultman said:
LauraB
CLOSED ACCOUNT
Good work, Dennis, re: the 2 separate GoFundMe accounts and bogus stories.
Those accounts have been reported to GFM, with links to support his multiple scams.
I also believe (and hope) he has been removed from that closed FB group, "Georgia Online Reptile Trader".
I have to admit, I got a good chuckle from the photo that he posted on the GFM "Reunite the Draper Family" account. Looks like it was taken 20-something years ago.
Those accounts have been reported to GFM, with links to support his multiple scams.
I also believe (and hope) he has been removed from that closed FB group, "Georgia Online Reptile Trader".
I have to admit, I got a good chuckle from the photo that he posted on the GFM "Reunite the Draper Family" account. Looks like it was taken 20-something years ago.
AllisonLeigh
New member
Wow... just wow... I'm guessing most of you already saw this but, wow.
http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/...cle_6d78f5ed-c1f2-5ba1-9460-e3561619e04e.html.
http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/...cle_6d78f5ed-c1f2-5ba1-9460-e3561619e04e.html.
Is that the same person as the OP? The perp in that story would be in his mid 40's now, I thought the OP was younger.
dieselfan
Active member
Thats not him. The Dustin Draper here was 20 back in 2006 not 34. He was busy breaking the law in Indiana back in that time period.
juliasara
New member
Did he really say he hasn't had time to find a job? If you don't have a job how do you not have time to look for a job? I'm not sure I believe the kids were really taken, it may just be a story to make people feel bad, but I really hope they did take them, they are better off in someone else's care!
Aercadia
Snuggle-worm Collector
Christina Draper - [email protected]
Christina Davis - [email protected] (used for PayPal)
Dustin/Darrin Draper - (678) 368-9222
southernherper - Augusta, GA - Sand Hill Reptiles
My name is Sarah Williams, I am a member of the BP.net forums, and I responded to an ad posted for a lot of 14 pied yearlings (thread has been deleted by admins). I began contacting the seller, new BP.net member "southernherper" by private messaging on the forum.
I recieved two messages back:
We continued a dialogue, in which I continued to try and gain clarity and hammer down the deal. Whilst we communicated, I became what my husband likes to call "cyberstalker Sarah" trying to hunt down any information on the seller online. I was unable to locate any information on the store Sand Hill Reptiles in Augusta, GA (location provided by seller on BP.net profile) or locate a facebook presence. I found nothing.
I recieved an email from Christina Draper <[email protected]> with 9 attachments - one picture of hatchlings in eggs, one picture of the Dam, and 7 pictures of the same animal in different poses.
I did not think about doing search for the email address, and I assumed that more pictures would be forthcoming - they were not.
There were a couple of pleasantries messages exchanged, and then my husband and I went to bed. My husband recieved a call a few minutes later, from someone he heard as "Darren" - no correction was ever given when my husband used this name on the phone with him, several times. The seller said that he had refunded the payment because a 21 day hold had been placed on it, and asked whether we could re-send it as a gift (NO). He went on to explain that a 2.7% transaction fee had eaten up the cost of the shipping - whether or not the 21 day hold was a real issue, we'll never know, but losing out on aprox 47$ on a 2000$ deal was a no-go for the seller, so the payment was refunded in full. My bank did not update with the refund immediately, so we made plans to be back in touch and try repayment the next day.
I recieved another email, from Christina Davis <[email protected]>, with an "example picture" of a fire lucy:
Additional messages were exchanged over the BP.net forum private messaging, but the seller preferred contact by phone, so my husband spoke to him multiple times - sometimes also by text. The phone number used by the seller was (678) 368-9222.
My bank account did not update with the refund for 2 days. The seller continued to try and speak to my husband on the phone and by text during this time, but did not message me on the BP.net forums. The first day, my husband eventually determined that the seller was probably legit due to the consistancy of his story about being a member of a burgeoning coalition for veteran christians with families in the herping business - small inconsistancies and curiosities were passed off as "old timer internet wonder". On the second day, my husband messaged me while I was at work, and told me that he'd changed his mind, the seller was sounding awfully scammy, and he had dug up a previous FaunaClassifieds thread with information about the seller consistant with the contact details we had.
We dropped the deal without alerting the seller, and I posted a warning thread on BP.net, to which the seller baulked and stated that:
During the most recent phone conversation with the seller, my husband had discussed having the seller hold the animals for 21 days if another hold was placed on the payment(s) sent. A second payment attempt had not been made, so there would be no reason for the seller to have the animals ready to ship out and a label for an uppaid shipment ready to go.
This entire ordeal smacks of some of the worst decision making I have ever been a part of, and I am both extremely angry and extremely relieved to have not been taken for 2060$.
Christina Davis - [email protected] (used for PayPal)
Dustin/Darrin Draper - (678) 368-9222
southernherper - Augusta, GA - Sand Hill Reptiles
My name is Sarah Williams, I am a member of the BP.net forums, and I responded to an ad posted for a lot of 14 pied yearlings (thread has been deleted by admins). I began contacting the seller, new BP.net member "southernherper" by private messaging on the forum.
I recieved two messages back:
We continued a dialogue, in which I continued to try and gain clarity and hammer down the deal. Whilst we communicated, I became what my husband likes to call "cyberstalker Sarah" trying to hunt down any information on the seller online. I was unable to locate any information on the store Sand Hill Reptiles in Augusta, GA (location provided by seller on BP.net profile) or locate a facebook presence. I found nothing.
I recieved an email from Christina Draper <[email protected]> with 9 attachments - one picture of hatchlings in eggs, one picture of the Dam, and 7 pictures of the same animal in different poses.
I did not think about doing search for the email address, and I assumed that more pictures would be forthcoming - they were not.
Hi SH/Christina,
I got the pictures, they are beautiful little things.How would you like to be paid? If we can do payment by PayPal, I can send payment tonight - if so, would you be able to send them out on Monday night so my husband can be available to receive them on Tuesday?
Thanks,
Sarah
There were a couple of pleasantries messages exchanged, and then my husband and I went to bed. My husband recieved a call a few minutes later, from someone he heard as "Darren" - no correction was ever given when my husband used this name on the phone with him, several times. The seller said that he had refunded the payment because a 21 day hold had been placed on it, and asked whether we could re-send it as a gift (NO). He went on to explain that a 2.7% transaction fee had eaten up the cost of the shipping - whether or not the 21 day hold was a real issue, we'll never know, but losing out on aprox 47$ on a 2000$ deal was a no-go for the seller, so the payment was refunded in full. My bank did not update with the refund immediately, so we made plans to be back in touch and try repayment the next day.
I recieved another email, from Christina Davis <[email protected]>, with an "example picture" of a fire lucy:
Additional messages were exchanged over the BP.net forum private messaging, but the seller preferred contact by phone, so my husband spoke to him multiple times - sometimes also by text. The phone number used by the seller was (678) 368-9222.
My bank account did not update with the refund for 2 days. The seller continued to try and speak to my husband on the phone and by text during this time, but did not message me on the BP.net forums. The first day, my husband eventually determined that the seller was probably legit due to the consistancy of his story about being a member of a burgeoning coalition for veteran christians with families in the herping business - small inconsistancies and curiosities were passed off as "old timer internet wonder". On the second day, my husband messaged me while I was at work, and told me that he'd changed his mind, the seller was sounding awfully scammy, and he had dug up a previous FaunaClassifieds thread with information about the seller consistant with the contact details we had.
We dropped the deal without alerting the seller, and I posted a warning thread on BP.net, to which the seller baulked and stated that:
During the most recent phone conversation with the seller, my husband had discussed having the seller hold the animals for 21 days if another hold was placed on the payment(s) sent. A second payment attempt had not been made, so there would be no reason for the seller to have the animals ready to ship out and a label for an uppaid shipment ready to go.
This entire ordeal smacks of some of the worst decision making I have ever been a part of, and I am both extremely angry and extremely relieved to have not been taken for 2060$.
JCCS
Well-known member
Coalition for Veteran Christians with families in the herp community. Talk about a specific focus group, lmao. Glad you didn't lose your money!
Deborah Stewart
The Snake Whisperer
Sorry you had to go though this Sarah at least you went with your gut. I guess Dustin (who only a few months ago claimed was a changed man 
) had to look for a new scamming ground.
Well it won't be on BP.net, he has been banned.
Apparently he is not even hiding he admitted who he was.
) had to look for a new scamming ground.Well it won't be on BP.net, he has been banned.
Apparently he is not even hiding he admitted who he was.
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Aercadia
Snuggle-worm Collector
Thanks - this is why I prefer to do any kind of business over a written medium - everything is documented. With so much of this happening by phone with my husband (I gave his cell # because I am phone-shy) I was getting secondhand information relayed back to me after each conversation, if I was not around to listen into the conversation as it was happening. I'm grateful my husband's gut feelings are pretty sharp too.
Deborah Stewart
The Snake Whisperer
Apparently Dustin after multiple bans feels brave enough to join this forum again not even hiding his name
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/member.php?u=161134
He was just banned on BP.net
sandhillreptilesllc
[email protected]
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/member.php?u=161134
He was just banned on BP.net
sandhillreptilesllc
[email protected]
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Snake-Queen
New member
Interesting … I have family in Augusta, as that is where I grew up. I will look into this Sandhill reptiles "store" & may pay a visit the next time I'm there.
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Deborah Stewart
The Snake Whisperer
I guess Dustin could not even go cold turkey for a year
