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Bad Guy Derek Beando Dbeando scams

To everyone now being put in a tight place with PayPal, there are a couple options.

You can file a claim against Derek. I am familiar with MA legislature for small claims in that it must be at a district court where either the plaintiff or defendant live, usually it is where the plaintiff lives, and the defendant (person being sued) must appear at THAT court house. For people out-of-state, I'm not completely sure. I think you'd be able to do it via your own district court, but you would also have to notify the district court serving the defendant.

PayPal also does not cover or reimburse purchases of live animals. I have however heard of people suing PayPal for their money back. This is actually pretty easy - file a small claim summons and have the court send it to the local PayPal address for your state/city. Chances are, the less you tell PayPal about your situation (eg., gecko and live animal purchase) the more likely you are to win the case based on their "unshipped goods" policy. File a claim with PayPal first, and if they fail to return your money, take it up with the court system.

IC3.gov will add an addendum to Derek's record if he has one, and if he does not, they will file an investigation and likely open a case against him if there are recurring reports highlighting his fraudulent behavior. It would be good to report him to IC3.gov prior to filing a claim in court and will only strengthen your case. A person CAN be arrested on an IC3 report.
 
I purchased Vegan Cupcake and Else for $700.00 shipped.....It seems no one is going to get their Crested Gecko. Who knows if he even owns the geckos since he posted the same exact pictures from CrownJewelReptiles.com....I truly believe he does not possess these animals...
 
Urban11 said:
I purchased Vegan Cupcake and Else for $700.00 shipped.....It seems no one is going to get their Crested Gecko. Who knows if he even owns the geckos since he posted the same exact pictures from CrownJewelReptiles.com....I truly believe he does not possess these animals...
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For what it's worth (and it's not worth much!) he was at least sending folks pics of Vegan earlier this month. They were posted earlier in the thread, the EXIF data does say the pics were taken this month with a Samsung.
 
CGMa said:
Try texting the 508 number.
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I just did. I'll see if he replies.

And ultimately, a lot of people are going to get screwed on Vegan Cupcake. If she's in that bad of shape, doesn't it matter more that someone responsible can go get her out of that situation? :( I'm more worried about her getting out of that situation at the moment.
 
pei8147 said:
Ok, If the police officer says they can escort you to pick up the geckos, why would you get ownership of Vegan Cupcake? 5 people have claims to the gecko.
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I have thought about that as well and would think that the first person to have sent PayPal would logically be the original buyer. Please don't everyone flame me for this, I am just trying to think of a reasonable solution regarding the geckos involved in this mess.
 
in the very end, alot of people lost their money, and only one person may get the gecko, who even knows if vegan is still alive, or any of the geckos in that matter
 
Does anyone else have claims to Candy? Thankfully I think I'm the only person who actually paid for her.
 
here is the scoop guys, i just got a call from the police station, the officer, corporal ury, 978-355-4991. he said that if i go down there he will bring me to derek and try to get him to release the geckos, if he does not comply i will need to come back for court. he says i am not legally allowed to get ur geckos, but he said if you call him you guys can start going through the process, so i dont know if he means that he will release them to me then i can ship them out, or if you guys have to come and grab them. all i know is that after vegan is safe we can try to work out something about ownership, but everyone equal right to vegan so i dont even know how this is going to go. the officer works from 3pm to 11pm
 
I bet that was an interesting phone call! Did the officer ask why you paid so much for a "Lizard"? If you go by his place please ask him if he has Candy and if he intends to ship her out. Thanks in advance!
 
dang...SO glad i don't have paypal. :(
This really sucks, and I hope that everything gets worked out!
 
lol, the operator seemed a little weirded out, but honestly the way that i see it is that unless you are in the crested gecko world, no one understans why you would pay more than 10 bucks for a gecko lol, ill see what i can do, if no one wants to call, feel free to send me an email, [email protected] with Your name, phone number and what gecko you bought so we can try to map this out, it might help us, or the officer might dismiss it. but its worth a shot
 
But he needs to refund so many people, that I would think shipping's a moot point. I think I would figure that the first to pay would be the owner, and all others that paid for them should be given their money back.
 
For all the people that purchased cupcake and others, if you paid thru paypal with a credit card simply inform your credit card company it was fraud and they will credit the amount back to your account regardless of what paypal states.
This might endanger your relation with paypal but you will get your funds back. If it was just cash in your paypal account it is going to be harder.
 
Dennis Hultman said:
For all the people that purchased cupcake and others, if you paid thru paypal with a credit card simply inform your credit card company it was fraud and they will credit the amount back to your account regardless of what paypal states.
This might endanger your relation with paypal but you will get your funds back. If it was just cash in your paypal account it is going to be harder.
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The only exception to this seems to be capital one.
 
Oh, and seriously! Contact Corporal Ury! He's a fantastic person and he seems delighted to be able to help us. :)
 
ok, a new update, im sending my info to him, he is going to be doing something for us but i dont want to say what just incase if derek is watching. please feel free to email me at [email protected] for further information. but basially he doesnt want me to go down because the officer feels like there are no geckos at the house.
 
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