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Info Dustin Draper

How did you pay for the monitors? Every single reptile I own I either have a sales reciept for or if it was a trade I have all of the messages saved. You should one or the other, especially for animals as expensive as these monitors. Posting them would really help people believe you.
 
Why won't you address the lace issue? It's your most recent scam and it seems like a good place to start.
 
Mr Castro - you seem to be seeing how much you can get away with of late. You should probably stop trying to dance the line, and keep your BOI posts relevant to the topic.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, because lying, scamming and stealing from innocents really takes a toll year after year. Poor thing.

I'm sure all those people you stole from these past years will take solace in your new "born-again" persona.

That said, grow up and do what is right. Honor wins in the end, not your :censored: scams, multiple personalities and thievery.
Oh that's good to know. I'll post the text thread tomorrow. You gave me an address for a Western Union by my home. You even gave me a flight number. You lied about having your lace monitors stolen. This all happened just yesterday. No apology yet you want to be trusted again? Yes Dustin, sounds like I'm the child. People like you are ruining this hobby.

I don't want to speak on behalf of the mods but I THINK they're asking you for some specifics.
Dustin,

You kept trying to get me to wire money. Once you became aware of the picture I posted on your for sale ad you changed your story because you knew the gig was up.

I suspected that your ad was a scam the minute it was posted. You were selling lace monitors for a fraction of their value. I figured that maybe you were Berle trying to unload the lace monitors that he stole through a breeding loan. Once you confirmed that you were friends with Berle I knew you were up to no good.

According to Berle, he had no lace monitors to steal. They didn't exist??? I've suspected all along that he did in fact hatch lace monitors and didn't honor the terms of his breeding loan. He was stupid enough to send a few people who I know pictures of his hatchlings. See why I figured you were trying to dump the monitors he stole? And that's why the price was so low? That's the only reason that I contacted you and played along.

You say that there's a police report but I know that this too is a lie. There's a reason that a police report doesn't exist. First of all, you don't have any bells lace monitors. You've never had any which is why you can not produce pictures or a police report. You were doing Berle's dirty work. If Berle's monitors were in fact stolen, and I find this hard to believe, he should post a police report. Or, was he afraid to get the police involved? If so, why?

I'm going to post our entire text string. I lost count of the number of times that you lied even when confronted with facts. Once the BOI was posted you tried to cover your butt. But, it was too late.

You struggle with the truth and take advantage of people. This hobby has enough challenges without people like you making things worse.
It's not harmless Dustin. It proves that you're a liar and scam artist. You were calling every 2 minutes, panicked, once I called you out. You wanted me to remove your cell number from the text thread because you knew your cover would be blown as soon as someone looked up the cell number.

You do not and have never owned bells lace monitors. You have never filed a police report. It's easy to prove me wrong Dustin. Go for it. Or, is it possible that you're lying?
Your eyes are probably brown, huh? Dude, I can't even describe how bad of a liar you are. Give it up man. Repeat after me: "I tried to rip this guy off for a bunch of monitors that don't exist and now I'll crawl back under whatever rock I was hiding under." I'd say it'd be good to apologize, but I don't think that apology would hold any weight, so it'd be pointless.

You should then move on with your life and leave the reptile hobby alone. You've burned too many bridges and made yourself way too unwelcome for anything positive to come from you interacting with people in the hobby. Go find another hobby and make your supposed fresh start there.
You're lying Dustin. It's very easy to prove with a name and pictures.

How about the police report that you filed? That's extremely easy to prove.

Why do I keep hearing the same word???
 
Dustin / Brad - what ever your name - you ( thankfully ) indicted yourself in an on going legal investigation involving Berle. I believe you are the missing key...so thanks for hanging yourself with your own rope.

I guarantee you will be notified with legal papers from an attorney involved in this case.

Only 3 of us in the states have LEGAL bells phase lace monitors - including all the proper cities documentation. It has taken us decades to acquire them...for you to besmirch our hard work with lies and false statements is reprehensible.
I know the Australian keeper you shamefully poached that photo from of your so called hatchlings. I would post an entire sequence further claiming your lies if he had not requested annominity.
Ironically your M/O is quite familiar to a person selling lace monitors a few years ago for a fraction of the value on this site. The cage and lizards shown belonged to 2 different Australian keepers. When I called this out, I strikingly received the same answers you gave to my friend - " Send a money wire, I can't take a picture, I can ship right now, too late some one just bought them"....very odd....and quite the coincidence...my A$$ - I do believe this was YOU.

Inform Berle I still have the photos of the bells he breeched a contract on and might be trying to sell thru you and the whole scam it represents.

See ya soon
 
Soubfs good Treecroc. Unfortunately for you and your investigation I did not know Berle at that point in time when all of that transpired. Furthermore I never laid eyes upon his monitors. All of your nonsense is circumstantial and would not hold up in court. Because to be quite blunt...i know only what I have been told from Berle. So good luck :)
 
Further more, given your track record of trying to scam money from people will no doubt raise an eyebrow from said investigation. "I'm just a pansy" does not hold up any longer my friend. Not to mention copyright infringement claiming a photo as your own in order to scam money from someone. That alone is a separate issue, which I'm sure if John pursued would cause you some grief. Let alone the evidence clear as day siding in his favor strongly
 
This is almost becoming comical. Instead of addressing the real issues here, you continue to hide your lack of defense through insulting those who have genuine, legitimate concerns with your actions?

There is no insinuating. You incriminated yourself. Publicly.
 
This is almost becoming comical. Instead of addressing the real issues here, you continue to hide your lack of defense through insulting those who have genuine, legitimate concerns with your actions?

There is no insinuating. You incriminated yourself. Publicly.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks this
 
I was trying to help Berle find monitors that had gotten stolen before I met him. He is my friend. I dont see anything wrong with that.

You say its comical. And you say i am insulting people. This is a 2 way street, dont insult me and i wont insult you.
 
Its pretty bad when someone is trying to do better and wants to contribute positively to the hobby and yet gets insulted and threatened by those they share a common interest with. I have a righteous reason for being on here and getting slapped in the face is counterproductive.
 
I was trying to help Berle find monitors that had gotten stolen before I met him. He is my friend. I dont see anything wrong with that.

You say its comical. And you say i am insulting people. This is a 2 way street, dont insult me and i wont insult you.

In other words, everything that you've said about actually owning lace monitors is complete BS. Huge surprise. You threw you're friend Berle under the bus. Well done.
 
Its pretty bad when someone is trying to do better and wants to contribute positively to the hobby and yet gets insulted and threatened by those they share a common interest with. I have a righteous reason for being on here and getting slapped in the face is counterproductive.

You've done a fine job contributing over the past 48 hours.
 
I was trying to help Berle find monitors that had gotten stolen before I met him. He is my friend. I dont see anything wrong with that.

You say its comical. And you say i am insulting people. This is a 2 way street, dont insult me and i wont insult you.

Alright Dustin,

I'll let you in on a little secret. Berle is suspected of stealing about 6 or 7 bells lace monitors worth approx $60k. I was laughing when you claimed that there is a police report because you are correct. But, it's not you or Berle who filed the report. Ask Berle is he's had any visits from police in the past year? There's also an attorney involved and there's an effort underway to collect as much info as possible. I'm hoping that Berle is still in possession of these monitors and has them hidden somewhere. I find it hard to believe that they were stolen but nice job trying to deflect. You've been a big help and it's much appreciated.

I knew who you were as soon as you texted me your cell phone number. By the time we had our first phone conversation I knew your name was Dustin Draper and I knew you were a well known scam artist/scum bag. I played gullible in an effort to milk you for info. I started a BOI in an effort to milk you for additional info and to warn people away from you. And, I wanted as much in writing as possible. Again, well done.

This isn't the first time that you've advertised lace monitors for sale and tried to steal someone's money. Comparing notes with Bryan was a lot fun because you used some of the same lame excuses and stories with him.

I have no doubt, none at all, that you would have taken $5500 from me or some poor soul who thought you were for real. I'm one of those low key guys you talked about earlier. I've been in the hobby for 25 years and have kept and bred some very rare and interesting reptiles. As you can see, in the 6 years since I joined fauna I've only posted 55 times and half of them have been in response to you.

I respect this site because of the effort that the mods, and others, put into stopping scam artists like yourself. It's a valuable public service and they do a nice job. It's not up to me, but I do hope they ban you for good. The fact that you're still lying about lace monitors should be cause enough. You've never owned any, don't currently own any, and have obviously never had any stolen. You've done nothing but lie and lie some more to cover your lies. Unfortunately, this is typical behavior of an addict who is not truly in recovery. Please, get help.

Let me throw a curve ball at you. If anyone has any information that leads to the recovery of the bells lace monitors that Berle (and maybe Dustin?) have stolen, please send me a PM, and I will reward you for your efforts.

I'd like to hear what you have to say Dustin. After that, I'd like to see you go away for good because you're a cancer and you're bad for a hobby that I truly enjoy. But, it's up to mods and I respect their decision either way.
 
You say I through him under the bus, but apparently i didnt know the whole story. I confronted Berle about what was said on here and he immediately clammed up and wouldnt talk to me about it. I was not aware that he stole anything from anyone. It seems you are telling the truth. As of now he has no monitors at his house from what he told me tonight. I didnt see any Lace over there when i was there a few months ago. So idk. I was trying to help him under the impression that someone robbed him. I dont know anymore. This is messed up.
 
John. Obviously I was gullible for believing Berle and falling for his story. You call me a cancer and continue to insult me. Thats fine. But dont you dare question my sincerity when I say that im here for good intentions. I was in no way shape or form involved in his dealings with the monitors.
 
You say I through him under the bus, but apparently i didnt know the whole story. I confronted Berle about what was said on here and he immediately clammed up and wouldnt talk to me about it. I was not aware that he stole anything from anyone. It seems you are telling the truth. As of now he has no monitors at his house from what he told me tonight. I didnt see any Lace over there when i was there a few months ago. So idk. I was trying to help him under the impression that someone robbed him. I dont know anymore. This is messed up.

Dustin,

I'm glad you called him. Now you see what we've been dealing with. Sounds like he pulled the wool over your eyes too. Try and steer clear of him because he's not someone who can be trusted. Hopefully, now you understand why I've been so fired up about this. My apologies for the name calling. Not cool on my part.
 
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