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Bad Guy Derek Beando Dbeando scams

i think she should know, i would want to know, but at the same time i dont know ericas personal reasons but Meg probably knows more then me so im just going to trust her on saying lets not tell Erica if its going to cause to much stress for her
 
On his site Dbeando claims he is a nurse. I tried to search the nurse registry in MA but the search could not be done on my browser. Could someone else go look please?
 
Do a screen shot for any of y'all who may end up in court, to show the judge.
 
Abby.

My name is Michael Kanicki and I have paid for Abby which was an extreme Harley in full $300 through PayPal. Now Derek won't respond to anything. I paid about a month ago. He wanted $300+shipping but said he would do $300 total so that's what I paid. What should i do?
Thanks
Michael
 
mkanicki said:
My name is Michael Kanicki and I have paid for Abby which was an extreme Harley in full $300 through PayPal. Now Derek won't respond to anything. I paid about a month ago. He wanted $300+shipping but said he would do $300 total so that's what I paid. What should i do?
Thanks
Michael
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Call Corporal Ury. 978-355-4991 is the police station's number. They will ask who you want to speak to, who you are, why, etc. He's a very nice fellow. Just say you're calling about the gecko problem and they'll probably know what you're talking about off the bat.
 
Kitishane said:
He also has a picture labeled "F*** Court", which leads me to believe he's done the court thing before...
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July 3 2008 Derek Beando, 19, of 37 North St., Worcester, charged with receiving stolen property over $250, dismissed upon payment of bar advocate fee.
 
hhmoore said:
July 3 2008 Derek Beando, 19, of 37 North St., Worcester, charged with receiving stolen property over $250, dismissed upon payment of bar advocate fee.
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There's other stuff, too, from July (July is not a good month for this man!) 2011. I just don't want to be a creep and link it or copy/paste it.
 
Not that you're being a creep or anything. I just don't want to get in trouble for internet detective work =x
 
Wow, this is just one big mess.
One would hope that Derek will wind up with criminal charges!

Kelly, I am so glad that you were able to get your gecko from Derek. Seems you are very lucky to have gotten it.
Am also hoping for the best for everyone involved in Derek's apparent scam.

Silveretta said:
I do believe he was a nurse at least at some point. Looks like his father was one too

http://www.memorialsolutions.com/sitemaker/sites/mercad0/obit.cgi?user=231529Beando
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From some things I found, it seems that Derek may have had some interest in nursing. However, I have found nothing to show that he, indeed, is a nurse.
There isn't a Derek Beando listed as a licensed nurse in MA.

However, Derek's father is/was listed as a MA Sate Licensed LPN.
It show's that Dale J. Beando was a MA State Licensed LPN - License expired on 09-08-11 (no renewal due to his passing away).
In Nov. 2005 to Jan 2006, his license had been suspended for an unknown disciplinary reason.
Address listed as Barre, MA.
 
I don't know if I missed it but has anyone tried calling the following number (if the number works)?
I believe it should be a land line.

Address & phone# is listed as:
Derek Beando
(978) 355-0026
79 South St
Barre, MA 01005-8890
 
Pasodama said:
I don't know if I missed it but has anyone tried calling the following number (if the number works)?
I believe it should be a land line.

Address & phone# is listed as:
Derek Beando
(978) 355-0026
79 South St
Barre, MA 01005-8890
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It says it's been disconnected, but that could simply mean he pulled the plug out of the wall.
 
This is one sad story...I'm so sorry for all the people that are involved and are getting scammed. :( I sure do hope that this all works itself out and that you see your money back. Unfortunately I wouldn't hold out on hopes that you'll get your geckos though. I bet they are either gone already, sick and/or dying, or he never had them to begin with.

I don't mean to deliberately rub salt in the wounds here, but for the people that actually sent payment when things were getting fishy...what stopped you from backing out? I guess it's not as clear when it's happening as compared to when you have the whole thing laid out in front of you like in this thread, but there were definitely a lot of red flags that would have prevented me from doing business at all. When I saw the ads posted, I saw that some random guy was selling a Crown Jewel animal using Erica's photos. Isn't that a huge red flag right off the bat? One of the biggest things I'm against is plagiarized photography :NoNo:, and I know many of you others pick up on that as well. I would have demanded new photos and correspondence before sending that much money for a gecko. Yes, it's an amazingly beautiful animal, but was her beauty and reputation clouding people's judgement? I hate to say it, but it seems as though it was more than just Beando being greedy. People jumped at a well-known animal coming from a not-so-well-known seller and we should all know better and be careful not to do that. To me, the signs were there that things were going to go sour. :(

A random lie I picked up on when reading this.....At first he said that his scale was broken so he couldn't get updated weights, but then someone else posted that he said his friend had his scale. Just something I noticed.

Can someone send me his IP address so I can block his postings and ads from the Repashy forums, if he should decide to post on there. If he has a username there, it isn't the same as everywhere else.

Silveretta said:
I had NO IDEA paypal will not help if you paid with partial payments, sounds like another excuse to me! What happened to good customer service and appreciation?
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I'm sure Paypal is doing what they have to do to protect their own rear ends...I wouldn't want to read through their fine print to figure out everything that they are about, so I don't blame them and hope that I don't ever have an issue. :eek:
 
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