DomDaw Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Is it legal to have a Boyd's Rainforest Dragon in New Zealand? Just have had someone offer me one for a fire bellied newt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 dont think there is a legal status so no and think he is dreaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaw Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I thought so too, never heard of anyone owning them or anything. The guy that wanted to trade was from Hustle live, which is a Facebook group known for scammers. He wanted one grand for it which is too much I'm willing to spend and I'm not willing to do bank transfers or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Just saw it on facebook and searched the picture on google that he sent. Came up from a site in australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonz1833 Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 they look abiy like a tuatara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Just saw it on facebook and searched the picture on google that he sent. Came up from a site in australia. Baby's first reverse image search :3 Of course they wouldn't use their own image, they just grab whatever stock they can find on Google, which is also illegal. They're quite clearly scammers, report them as you see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaw Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 I did that too!! Reported him to the admin (: Is it really illegal to put a google image up? I did that because I couldn't get a good image of mine. But I did put a link to my facebook amphibian page where I had photos of the actual newt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted September 7, 2013 Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 better than reporting it to FB would be to report it to MPI and get them to go over all their property with a fine tooth comb, although MPI might have better things to spend their time on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaw Posted September 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2013 Before I'd do that I would have to be fairly sure this guy isn't just trying to scam me and actually has one of these. I'd also have to know his address. From what I know it looks like a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 8, 2013 Report Share Posted September 8, 2013 He may have one and be in Australia with it. You still can't import it legally. If it is in NZ and you buy it be prepared to lose your lizard and your money. Stick to leos or get a permit for natives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaw Posted September 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 He may have one and be in Australia with it. You still can't import it legally. If it is in NZ and you buy it be prepared to lose your lizard and your money. Stick to leos or get a permit for natives. On his profile he says he's from counties manakau. Although you can't trust everything they post on facebook. I'm going to do some research on natives. I won't start this till next year though as I'm not 100% sure I will be staying in New Zealand and I don't want to be stupid and get stuck with some natives, wouldn't be the smartest thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 9, 2013 Report Share Posted September 9, 2013 You can put what you like on your profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarrysHerps Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 This is quite a unusual reptile for someone to be claiming they own in NZ and i have seen this photo and it is most certainly a scam as he claims its a female in his backyard but in fact its a photo off google images of a female in australia. Its simply his choice of reptile in this scam that confuses me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aotealotl Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 that's me in my backyard with my dragon... you wanna buy ? ...YEAH RIGHT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDaw Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Yeah it confused me too! Normally the people on hustle live aren't very errr experienced. Why would he choose a boyd's rainforest dragon. He could have just posted a bearded dragon. It would've been much more convincing. Plus how does he actually expect to scam me? Like I would obviously want to come see it first and pay cash. So confusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Scammers don't expect to win every time but it seems they win enough times to make it worth while. 1K now and again aint too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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