Have your ever met him? Any deals with him at all? Any info greatly appreciated.
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Has anyone ever dealt with Mario Gotti from Florida?
- Thread starter The BoidSmith
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Neverending
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Same question
...anyone?
...anyone?
Charles,
He offered me a female hetero for axanthic a while ago that apparently could be verified with Alan Bosch. Never did though, but you can start there. No-one has ever heard from him in Florida and he is now offering ball python morphs left and right (including some highly sought-after heteros and for best offers). Furthermore two people e-mailed me privately telling me that's not his real name but regrettably I lost that info. So if Mr. "D" or "A"
can re-send it to me I have no problem in posting his true identity. Just for the record, he claims to be nephew of John Gotti.
Regards.
He offered me a female hetero for axanthic a while ago that apparently could be verified with Alan Bosch. Never did though, but you can start there. No-one has ever heard from him in Florida and he is now offering ball python morphs left and right (including some highly sought-after heteros and for best offers). Furthermore two people e-mailed me privately telling me that's not his real name but regrettably I lost that info. So if Mr. "D" or "A"
can re-send it to me I have no problem in posting his true identity. Just for the record, he claims to be nephew of John Gotti. Regards.
What he is selling is very odd!
I dont know why anyone in thier right mind would be selling adult high het females with breeding season right around the corner. He never has any pictures in his ads. If he has adult het female stripes for sale he must be known by someone. Considering he would have had to buy a genetic stripe male five years ago. It seems really fishy. I defiantly would have to think long and hard and sill wouldnt make the purcahse. He seems to have adult het females that would fit everyones needs. That is also a sign of Scam. I could be wrong but I dont think so.
Mike Tucker
I dont know why anyone in thier right mind would be selling adult high het females with breeding season right around the corner. He never has any pictures in his ads. If he has adult het female stripes for sale he must be known by someone. Considering he would have had to buy a genetic stripe male five years ago. It seems really fishy. I defiantly would have to think long and hard and sill wouldnt make the purcahse. He seems to have adult het females that would fit everyones needs. That is also a sign of Scam. I could be wrong but I dont think so.
Mike Tucker
Mike,
His most recent ads:
Anyone in the “Sunshine” state ever heard from him? I'm with Mike, someone that has such a variety of high end animals to offer has to be known.
Regards.
His most recent ads:
Anyone in the “Sunshine” state ever heard from him? I'm with Mike, someone that has such a variety of high end animals to offer has to be known.
Regards.
Here is my first interaction with Mario Gotti:
His first message in reply to a wanted ad I posted in June:
My reply:
At that point no red flags yet
His second reply:
So nothing in writing? Hmmmm?
My reply:
His reply:
The animal can be verified by Alan Bosch’s pictures but he doesn’t have picture of his own, although he can take some…
Yesterday I sent this message inquiring about his 100% heteros:
And again here is his reply:
Every time I have asked for a verifiable telephone number and address he has asked for my telephone number instead.
My reply to his e-mail:
In this date and age if the seller wants to do business he has to provide with his complete info to the buyer. I’m still waiting for his answer.
His first message in reply to a wanted ad I posted in June:
My reply:
At that point no red flags yet
His second reply:
So nothing in writing? Hmmmm?
My reply:
His reply:
The animal can be verified by Alan Bosch’s pictures but he doesn’t have picture of his own, although he can take some…
Yesterday I sent this message inquiring about his 100% heteros:
And again here is his reply:
Every time I have asked for a verifiable telephone number and address he has asked for my telephone number instead.
My reply to his e-mail:
In this date and age if the seller wants to do business he has to provide with his complete info to the buyer. I’m still waiting for his answer.
Headline news.
As I said before, it's nothing personal, and maybe I'm wrong, but non-verifiable phone number with an address...no money is going to be sent.
Regards.
As I said before, it's nothing personal, and maybe I'm wrong, but non-verifiable phone number with an address...no money is going to be sent.
Regards.
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I just copy and pasted the text from my response to him below.
...he never answered me.
Did you produce her?
Can you send me some pics of either your homogenous parent or of some
paperwork on her (if you purchased her elsewhere that is).
..and her pic too.
Thank you
Charles Glaspie
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:27 PM
Subject: Message about: Female ball pythons for.
>i would trade a 05 female het albino for the 3 of them
>
> ----------------------------------------------
...he never answered me.
Did you produce her?
Can you send me some pics of either your homogenous parent or of some
paperwork on her (if you purchased her elsewhere that is).
..and her pic too.
Thank you
Charles Glaspie
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:27 PM
Subject: Message about: Female ball pythons for.
>i would trade a 05 female het albino for the 3 of them
>
> ----------------------------------------------
gmherps
New member
This has Ray Strickland stink all over it. He too is in Plantation area. Paypal that email address a dime and the receipt will give you the full name of the person you sent it to. I've done this before and it worked great.
David Reid
EmberBall
I talk to Mario on a daily basis online.
I have a deal worked out with him, that is supposed to be done at Daytona, in person. The deal is, a friend and partner of mine is going to Daytona, I am not, he and Mario are supposed to meet at my friends booth, and we give Mario 1.1 Mojaves and $2K, he gives us a 250 gram Striped male. He has sent me several nice pics of high end animals, but I have no way to varify if those are his animals. He has not, however, sent me pics of the Striped male. Too me, it is no big deal, as the transaction will be done in person. I enjoy talking to him online, through IM, and if he follows through with the deal, I will post it here. I have no reason to doubt him as of now. He is supposed to be partners with Brock.
Dave
I have a deal worked out with him, that is supposed to be done at Daytona, in person. The deal is, a friend and partner of mine is going to Daytona, I am not, he and Mario are supposed to meet at my friends booth, and we give Mario 1.1 Mojaves and $2K, he gives us a 250 gram Striped male. He has sent me several nice pics of high end animals, but I have no way to varify if those are his animals. He has not, however, sent me pics of the Striped male. Too me, it is no big deal, as the transaction will be done in person. I enjoy talking to him online, through IM, and if he follows through with the deal, I will post it here. I have no reason to doubt him as of now. He is supposed to be partners with Brock.
Dave
Apparently it's not Ray Strickland, and it seems together with one other concerned herper that we are really close to determine who he is (his name is not Gotti either). Dave, if you have any of those pictures please post them. I have the funny feeling that some people in this board will be able to identify who those animals belong to.
Thanks.
Thanks.
At this point either Matt Goldman and Mario Gotti are the same or they are partners. They share the same shipping address where you are supposed to send your money for snakes.
This is Matt Goldman:
(http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58414&page=1&highligis)
This is Matt Goldman:
(http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58414&page=1&highligis)
BenSiegelReptiles
New member
scammer busted
sounds like you got to the bottom of it--good job-
sounds like you got to the bottom of it--good job-
Suncoast Herpetological
Lurking in the Shadows
Interesting that the initials are the same as well. M G. Doesn't prove anything conclusively but it is a pretty large coincidence.
No, what is conclusive though is that he sent me an address where to ship the money to, which is exactly the same address that we had for Matt Goldman. If I were you David, I wouldn't even take the 2 mojaves to Daytona. You will just stress them out needlessly as the male stripe is not going to be there.
Regards.
It seems Mario Gotti is about to start posting to clear some of the confusion.
Regards.
Regards.
BenSiegelReptiles
New member
this should be rich