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Arnaud Moi - [email protected] from Spain - BAD GUY - stole $4800 from us

Hi kelli, it's Rene from The Netherlands.

Firstly I am very sorry to hear about this but I think That I have had the same guy contact me and probably a friend of mine. He has alot of Diablo Blanco offspring ans some guy out of spain wanted to buy 1.7 DB from him.

Maybe it's the same A-hole. About two years ago some guy cantacted me to purchase 2. 8 RAPTOR when they were really hot items. I can't find any info on him but he also wanted to give me a 25% deposit and if I could be so kind to send the the animals to Hamm and a friend would pick them up for him and they would give me another 25% and he would wire the remaining 50% to me before the show, yeah right! At the time it was a order of roughly 7500 Euro's!!!!
It sounded to good to be true so I told him that if he wanted all the animals he would need to have the money in my account before the show or come pay it cash to me personally.
He then said he would try and make it himself but that never happend of course. Since then I haven't heard from the S.O.B.

I'll ask my friend if it's the same guy.

Good luck and I'll keep my biceps tensed, Alberto and Steve know that if needed I can cause a little damage :ack2:
 
he has contact me regarding hamm delivery with those informations:

I am from spain but i have two nationality ( french and spanish )
in France , i have family in South ( Toulouse )
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Hi,Marula, I have a big problem , my friend can't go to Hamm.
I just found another personn in Hamm.
His name is Jordi , I sent him a sms with your details.
Please, can you inform Matteo .
His phone number is : 609782577 ( said to him who call him for Arnaus's geckos )
I'm anxious.
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Marula,
I can't join Matteo from Spain...my phone is crazy like me !!
phone number of Jordi : ( spain code is 34 ) 60978257
Please, I need to be reassured.
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i really hope that will be possibile do something because i feel really bad when kelli has inform us about that!

if we can do something from here just let us know
marula & matteo
 
Hey Kelli,

I'm really sorry this happened to you. I hope that you find the guy and some sort of justice is done, even if its just that you get your geckos back. You already know more about this guy than we knew about Chris Johnson. Unfortunately he's all the way over in Europe.

You may already have this, but in case you hadn't seen it, here goes - When you posted his name, a Google search turned up a post on a French forum about him, including another address. You may be able to get more information from one of these people. Unfortunately my French is almost non-existent nowadays, so I can't help there, but Google translated it for us.

French Page - http://www.le-monde-des-reptiles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51873&start=0

English Translation - Very Long URL here


Let me know if I can do anything to help, even if it's just to contribute to the legal fund. I don't think I know anyone in Spain or France right now, but if I come up with anything, I'll let you know.
 
N. Goulai

KelliH said:
I have gathered some more information. The guy's real name is Nicolas Gourai and he is originally from France. He also has posted on some European forums with the username "SSEnigma" and "Whiros". Apparently Alberto and I are not the only reptile breeders he has scammed.

Hey Nicolas.. I'm sure you are reading this since I sent you the link.. watch your back.
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If this is the guy he has also scammed some herpers in France.
 
Herpcam said:
Hey Kelli,

I'm really sorry this happened to you. I hope that you find the guy and some sort of justice is done, even if its just that you get your geckos back. You already know more about this guy than we knew about Chris Johnson. Unfortunately he's all the way over in Europe.

You may already have this, but in case you hadn't seen it, here goes - When you posted his name, a Google search turned up a post on a French forum about him, including another address. You may be able to get more information from one of these people. Unfortunately my French is almost non-existent nowadays, so I can't help there, but Google translated it for us.

French Page - http://www.le-monde-des-reptiles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51873&start=0

English Translation - Very Long URL here


Let me know if I can do anything to help, even if it's just to contribute to the legal fund. I don't think I know anyone in Spain or France right now, but if I come up with anything, I'll let you know.
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Sorry Rob, I didn't read your post. In that thread they comment about him being seen last in Toulouse, France. Regrettably those posts are from January 07', he might have moved again since then.
 
KelliH said:
I have gathered some more information. The guy's real name is Nicolas Gourai and he is originally from France. He also has posted on some European forums with the username "SSEnigma" and "Whiros". Apparently Alberto and I are not the only reptile breeders he has scammed.

Hey Nicolas.. I'm sure you are reading this since I sent you the link.. watch your back.
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Kelli,

Is the person in the pictures this guy Nicolas?
 
The BoidSmith said:
Sorry Rob, I didn't read your post. In that thread they comment about him being seen last in Toulouse, France. Regrettably those posts are from January 07', he might have moved again since then.
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No worries, Dan. We all need to come together like this when these things happen, because if we can get him off the street or at least get the word out about him it'll be better for our community all around, not just for Kelli. I'd rather see info duplicated than not mentioned at all. :thumbsup:
 
That suxs Kelli, I hope you can bust this guy, it looks like he has been very busy and there is a good bit of info on him.
 
Herpcam said:
Hey Kelli,

I'm really sorry this happened to you. I hope that you find the guy and some sort of justice is done, even if its just that you get your geckos back. You already know more about this guy than we knew about Chris Johnson. Unfortunately he's all the way over in Europe.

You may already have this, but in case you hadn't seen it, here goes - When you posted his name, a Google search turned up a post on a French forum about him, including another address. You may be able to get more information from one of these people. Unfortunately my French is almost non-existent nowadays, so I can't help there, but Google translated it for us.

French Page - http://www.le-monde-des-reptiles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51873&start=0

English Translation - Very Long URL here


Let me know if I can do anything to help, even if it's just to contribute to the legal fund. I don't think I know anyone in Spain or France right now, but if I come up with anything, I'll let you know.
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When I looked at that thread yesterday, the way I translated it seem to point to that there was more information on reptimania.com. I have had a hard time searching that site. If anyone can read the original version and navigate that site to search, it might be helpful.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
Anybody here go to the HAMM Show? Vend or know many of the vendors? Maybe, you can identify this person.

Not only did he deleted the pictures he deleted all pictures
in that particular photobucket account. Fortunately, he left a door open
to another photobucket account. This account belongs to the person that
posted on Kelli's site. It includes pictures of one male and one child along with geckos stolen from Kelli.



thtometpapa.jpg


thIMG_5213.jpg


thIMG_4772.jpg
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All the pictures in that account have now been deleted. Screenshots and the pictures have been saved.
 
I know this is probably not going to happen, but is there any way the photos of the little boy can be either deleted or edited to where they don't show his face? I feel bad that his picture is posted here.
 
my input on this story:

this guy named arnaud retiles as email name , his email is [email protected] emailed me on 12/08/2007

Hello Ron,
Have you got Raptor females two rubis eyes ?
Send me pics of very good females with price.
I have a netherland's friend, Michel Klumpers -albinohognose-, who come to Barcelona show...I think it's a good opportunity.

If you can do a very , very "super" a trio (1.2 ) with a lot of psiibilities for babies....we have a deal

we never got a deal goes he seemed a litlle strange to me, after that this year someone emailed me with the following

De onderstaande mail is verstuurd via [email protected] met Ip adres: 83.35.9.20 op 4 mei, 2008 om 19:06
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email: [email protected]

name: sophie

newsletter: Yes

message: I would like buy all your DB females.<br>
Can you do a price ?<br>
I can take a deposit now if you need.<br>
Please, ask me with all details and tell me how many DB have you available.<br>

i am convinced that this was one guy and also your guy Kelli, because he mentioned Michel Klumpers from albinohognose i think it is wise to email him and ask him what he knows about this person. I know Michel and i think if he can he will help you. If i can do anything else for you let me know

ron, amsterdamgeckos.com
 
I have been in contact with this person, and there is a possible resolution being discussed. I should know within 2-3 days whether this will happen. I will post here to inform everyone if this resolution does happen. Thanks to all for the emails, pm's and phone calls.
 
KelliH said:
I have been in contact with this person, and there is a possible resolution being discussed. I should know within 2-3 days whether this will happen. I will post here to inform everyone if this resolution does happen. Thanks to all for the emails, pm's and phone calls.
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I hope this issue gets resolved, Kelli! The BOI can work effectively for this kind of stuff. Hmmm... I wonder if having his son's photo plastered all over the internet like a "Wanted Poster" has anything to do with it? I know it would for me if I was a scammer!
 
Yeah best of luck! I really hope he doesn't just get off by paying you... He deserves to be incarcerated for his actions... Fraud is a very serious crime...
 
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