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He is still here in Louisville, but I know that he moved and I no longer have contact info for him, just an e-mail address.
I received a couple a nice scorps from him. I know someone on the AB that had been suspicious of Krack and Fin being the same person. He had thought that for a long time. He was pretty sure of it. It amazes me that he figured it out. It was mentioned to me many many months ago. But it was hard to say anything with no proof. After it was brought to my attention, we started digging and picking at it and saw many clues. But still, hard to say anything because we weren't sure, at least I wasn't. And, well I still don't really know what's going on here so, I'm not sure about posting what I just typed but, oh well.Well, its pretty apparent now what has happened. "Kraken" was just an alias for Charlie Wease (aka Finman31). Charlie was having funds sent to my PayPal account. I do not appreciate being deceived by anyone.
My many apologies to anyone who had negative dealings with "Kraken"....rest assured that I played no part whatsoever in any dishonest activities.
WOW! The AB member (you all know him) that told me about it basically said the same thing. He cracked kracken a really long time ago. I think it'd be ok to tell who that was but maybe for some reason, he wouldn't want me too. I thought it sounded a little paranoid at first but I started digging around because I had a couple of dealings with him/them too. I could see it then. It's pretty sorry but interesting at the same time.I said the exact same thing to my other friends. I had a suspicion that Finman31 is still lurking in AB. Kraken suddenly appeared in the scene when a lot of other people were looking for Charlie(Finman31). I immediately got suspicious because both were from Louisville. I still have Charlie's old mailing address.
I think this is how he operates.
-He looks for collectors who would be willing to trade inverts.
-He tries to befriend you so that you will trust him and decide to send first.
-As soon as he has them, he will stall and postpone sending his end of the bargain. He is proficient with his excuses and apologizes for the delay.
-Unknown to the other members, he would start selling the inverts that he has collected to other unsuspecting members.
-On their initial order, usually this are just small quantities, he will send them as promised. This will also help him get established and get good seller reviews.
-Once you're hooked. He will give you a for sale list that will be to hard to resist. So you end up placing a big order.
-As soon as he gets the money, he will give you the runaround and sob stories similar to the one's he has given to the other collectors who sent him inverts for trade.
-Then everyone starts to as questions and look for him.
-When it reaches boiling point. Poofff! He disappears!!
And I'm pretty sure he will be back again as soon as things cool down. As I said before, this is a learning experience. Let's just be vigilant so that he doesn't get the chance to strike again.
Hallo,And I'm pretty sure he will be back again as soon as things cool down. As I said before, this is a learning experience. Let's just be vigilant so that he doesn't get the chance to strike again.
I´ve thought about doing so and as it obviously seems to be a ripoff i think it would be good so that he could be stopped. Are there many others without animals or refund? Thank god i saved the pm´s and all other stuff, he´ll propably get more trouble because he obviously sent those illegally (got animals not native to U.S. that he sent here) but thenagain shouldn´t be ripping off others.I think there is already enough information then for anybody here that wants to confront him about what the hell is going on, and can file a complaint with the polizei if they wish to press charges for being ripped off.