• Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

    =====================
    Posted 08/15/2025
    =====================


    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

    =====================
    Addendum: 01/10/2026
    =====================


    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

Bad Guy 'Che Tracy' Scammer trying to sell me tortoises.

G

GekkoCorner

New member
Joined
Mar 22, 2010
Messages
25
Reaction score
1
Points
3
Location
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Hi. I have a few 'Wanted' adds for tortoises here on Fauna.

I received the email below from a so called 'Che Tracy' she Claimed to be Located in Kentucky. After I replied asking where in Kentucky she was located she replied ' I am in Florida'. ( Read email attached below ). I asked for a phone number and I got ( Please call us through 0023775560144 now so we can talk. Waiting for
your call as soon as possible
Thanks )... This person is very likely a scammer from another country. Anybody that comes across that name or this email '[email protected]' BEWARE!

We have Spider Tortoises,Eastern Box Turtles ,Gulf Coast Box Turtles
. Attached to this mail are pictures of each of the tortoise. We are
located in Kentucky.5-6″ Turtle Price: $110 and 6-7″ Turtle Price:
$175.We do Shipping Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday
(non-holidays) via UPS overnight only. No shipping available to
Alaska, Hawaii, or Canada. Please provide your complete shipping
address for shipping quote.That is your full names, contact number,
house address and the nearest airport to your location.
Terms of service
All turtles come with a live arrival guarantee. All turtles are
guaranteed to be healthy and eating before shipping. Turtles currently
housed is species specific husbandry requirements. We will not
intentionally sell or ship an unhealthy specimen. If you have a
problem with us, you agree to contact us first to give us the
opportunity to resolve the problem prior to contacting others. We will
not be held responsible for lost or damaged shipments or animals due
to shipper entity negligence. All turtles under 4 inch straight
carapace length are sold for bonafide scientific, research,
exhibition, or export purposes..
Waiting to read from you soon

Second email:

'We are located in Florida and that is our Company number. That number
is world wide.We only receive calls sir'

Thanks
Steven Gutierrez
 
She responded to a wanted add of mine as well, gave very suspicious answers to all my questions, wrote in very broken english, and sent me photos that she had taken off of other websites. She is a scammer, and a sloppy one at that.
 
Kinda remind me of the emails i get that are state i have 1.2 million dollars in a bank in the UK all they need is some information and some dollars for processing.
 
Back
Top