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Prahanien said:
Pardon, but shouldn't the burden of proof be on the website's end? Like as far as proving they have permission to use such photos? Andrew shouldn't have to be proving that they /don't/.

Just curious! That's usually how it works in the art communities I'm in but I'm not sure if that translates to business/reptiles.
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It's the same for photographs. The owner of the photos could request that they be removed. The easiest way is to contact the hosting service with your proof.
 
Wow....talk about overreacting! The responses to your texts, Craig, were over-the-top and concerning. I will say that progressing to threats of violence and "go kill yourself" seems to the new "thing" with scammers. I had a phone call from a 1-800 number pretending to be one of my credit card companies. When I kept pressing the guy as to which card he was calling in reference to, he went silent, then started making very fake gun sounds and pretending he was getting shot. I told him that is not funny, and he proceeded to curse me out, telling me to go f**& myself and go kill myself.....

It was terrifying and upsetting. I immediately called my cell phone company and reported the number. I guess stealing money and credit card information isn't enough for scammers now, they have to try to terrify people and urge them to self-harm now!
 
Good Job Craig...

Except the profanity. lol

But you got a lot more out of him than I thought he would give up. He's still pretty crappy at doing his "biznus" lol
 
Will0W783 said:
Wow....talk about overreacting! The responses to your texts, Craig, were over-the-top and concerning. I will say that progressing to threats of violence and "go kill yourself" seems to the new "thing" with scammers. I had a phone call from a 1-800 number pretending to be one of my credit card companies. When I kept pressing the guy as to which card he was calling in reference to, he went silent, then started making very fake gun sounds and pretending he was getting shot. I told him that is not funny, and he proceeded to curse me out, telling me to go f**& myself and go kill myself.....

It was terrifying and upsetting. I immediately called my cell phone company and reported the number. I guess stealing money and credit card information isn't enough for scammers now, they have to try to terrify people and urge them to self-harm now!
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That's their new MO...If they know they're caught, they try to harass the person into giving them what they want. It's asinine but obviously it works some of the time or they wouldn't continue to do it.

Just like the catfish stories from dating websites...Obviously some people still fall for the crap, no matter how outlandish; or else the catfishers wouldn't be in business.
 
Mistyck said:
Good Job Craig...

Except the profanity. lol

But you got a lot more out of him than I thought he would give up. He's still pretty crappy at doing his "biznus" lol
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Yeah there was quite a bit of profanity. I figured the only thing I could was not to add to it. Normally I do with these types of people but I did solely for the purpose of setting him up to post it here.
My favorite part was he wanted the money wired to him on a face to face transaction. As far as these types of people go my best friend lives in every single city in every single state.
One thing you guys can't see is the actual time line. There was huge pauses between certain texts I sent him. But if it was an easy question like how much for the pair or how do I pay he responded instantly.
 
Craig Wyatt said:
Yeah there was quite a bit of profanity. I figured the only thing I could was not to add to it. Normally I do with these types of people but I did solely for the purpose of setting him up to post it here.
My favorite part was he wanted the money wired to him on a face to face transaction. As far as these types of people go my best friend lives in every single city in every single state.
One thing you guys can't see is the actual time line. There was huge pauses between certain texts I sent him. But if it was an easy question like how much for the pair or how do I pay he responded instantly.
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Ur the man bro that's a pro baiting job! These scum bag Nigerians scam my friends mother by saying he was a UN soldier and got on a dating site with pics and all and had her send soo much money over years of her life..... Seriously they are just scared that Trump with just look at Nigeria like a business and realize it's worthless and nuke there fake asses. That hole country is a craphole with most of its income from scams.

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Hah that was epic Craig! I love how he couldn't take cash and needed a walmart money order even though your "friend" was driving over.
 
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