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Bad Guy John Dillard / Casey Stewart?

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Recently put up an add on fauna classifieds looking for a sub adult axanthic iguana and got a response by someone's email name "John Dillard" his email was [email protected] I was so happy because I've been looking for one for over a year now and the price of $290 was perfect. Sent him the money over PayPal to an account [email protected] I thought it was odd that the name accounts didn't match up but I didn't think anything of it really. I have had other close friends in the hobby that have told me to send to their wife/ girlfriends pay pals so I thought the same here. I sent over the money, he delayed shipping for a week and said the following Monday would work (due to weather issues) I agreed and he never shipped it or emailed me back or anything.. Haven't heard from him in 2 weeks and I have emailed him countless times regarding the situation. Pretty stupid of me to trust someone I didn't know, but really? How many internet scammers scam using big blue lizards?? I've definitely learned from this one and am counting on getting that $290 back!
 
People scam using any opening they find.
Hopefully you weren't foolish enough to send the money via the gift option. As long as you paid via Goods & Services, you should have no difficulty getting your money returned. File a non receipt claim. (Do it now)
 
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