Scammer Report: ItsProbablyMars / Nakomii / Vita Nova Taxidermy

Scammer Report: ItsProbablyMars / Nakomii / Vita Nova Taxidermy

Requesting mods to please this be submitted this as Anonymous.

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WHO:

Marissa Hernandez or Mars Hernandez who has several alias through various social medias.  Commonly goes by ItsProbablyMars as of current but is also under the names of Nakomii and her supposed taxidermy business Vita Nova Taxidermy.  Below are all the recorded accounts of all medias she can be found on.

deviantART: Itsprobablymars (Formally Nakomii)

furAffinity: nakomii / itsprobablymars 

Etsy: VitaNovaTaxidermy

Personal Website: http://nakomii.wix.com/vitanovataxidermy

Facebook: VitaNovaTaxidermy

Tumblr: nakomii

Patreon: ItsProbablyMars

Instagram: itsprobablymars (Currently set to Private)

WHAT:

She has a long history of taking commissions and not completing them in a timely manner and by that I mean commissions that are 3+ plus years outstanding.  A lot of these commissions originally are from her deviantART where she took many taxidermy commissions over the last few years. There is at least an estimated 10+ customers that have not received their items nor have they even gotten updates on their commissions in a while.  Many are fearful to come forward as Mars, her current girlfriend and even her blind followers will attack anyone that calls her out and reject any wrong doing on her part.

When customers continue to pursue her for answers that there has been several accounts of her blocking/deleting comments or simply ignoring them.  Her deviantART page has been a good example of customers asking for updates throughout the last few months but have not gotten any replies.  When customers so get in touch with her or make complaints towards her work that she twists it and blames them.

Taxidermy isn’t the only issues as at one point she did take art doll commissions for a short period and all those customers have not received their dolls as promised.  There has been additional reports of possibly even art related commissions that are not getting done recently.

Customers that have received their taxidermy commissions from her have a long list of complaints from large holes in the pelt, wonky anatomy, staples and pins left in the mounts, popped stitches, and smoky smell to pelts. Some severe cases, BLACK MOLD on the pelts and rodents chewing up customer pelts.  There has been additional reports of poor packaging for customers that have received mounts and items that were damaged due to improper packaging, again blaming them or the postal service for the damages.  She is also known to claim to have shipped items but merely printed the shipping labels and not actually having mailed said items until weeks later.

WHERE:

Many of the customers are from deviantART, while some are even through Facebook, Etsy and Instagram. For protection purpose of those customers, I will not provide Facebook profiles as many do not want their names disclosed out of fear of harassment.

WHEN:

This has been an ongoing dispute with many of her customers that has gone on for years.  The most recent was a customer that received her hyena and coyote pelt after 3 YEARS of waiting on both pelts to be mounted.  Both pelts were damaged upon receiving them, the coyote in far worse shape.  According to other unhappy customers, some have been waiting anywhere from a few months to several years for their items.

PROOF:

http://zombie-kumos.deviantart.com/journal/Where-do-I-begin-Vita-Nova-Taxidermy-MOAR-562248581

^This journal basically has kept track of Mars’ track record of unhappy customers to other behaviors.  This is a very long journal full of information, text warning ahead.  Tons of screencaps included in the journal.

http://clockwork–crow.deviantart.com/journal/PSA-Vita-Nova-Taxidermy-IcelandicFox-s-pelts-564062312

http://clockwork–crow.deviantart.com/journal/Responsibilities-of-a-Pelt-564658915

^Person that handled the MOLDY pelts that another customer got in after threatening legal action against Mars.  Photos of damaged and moldy pelts included in the journal.

http://pookyhorse.deviantart.com/journal/BIG-REDS-TO-IT-SPROBABLYMARS-VITANOVA-TAXIDERMY-608794906

http://pookyhorse.deviantart.com/journal/Want-to-know-where-to-find-Itsprobably-mars-615321126

^Another unhappy customer, waited THREE YEARS for her items and when they did get them back, they were damaged.  Photos of the damaged pelts are included in the journal.

http://frontierfurs.deviantart.com/journal/Buyer-Beware-Nakomii-ItsProbablyMars-544459413

^Journal that pointed out some possible illegal activity, supposedly proven she did not break any laws but there was involved with New York Fish & Game.  Screencaps of the incident in question.  This person was later harassed by of Mars’ whiteknights to the point the whiteknight was giving away FF’s personal information to Animal Rights activists.

http://nightsgem.deviantart.com/journal/Buyer-Beware-Nakomii-544686542

^Unhappy customer

http://saltypuppy.deviantart.com/journal/VitaNova-ItsProbablyMars-Review-Finally-Done-609196937

^Unhappy customer

https://i.gyazo.com/58beb392c3cc20d835df5a84f7c5fae0.png

https://i.gyazo.com/97cc392ca9094d42ab74859af1ba0061.png

https://i.gyazo.com/803d1cfca2c4bdc3487984fb80463685.png

https://i.gyazo.com/1d4be1aad5801415f911e42a6363b282.png

^Customers trying to reach her with no response on her deviantART.  Many of these customer have contacted her through e-mails and through her Facebook accounts and have not gotten replies.

http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/vita-nova-taxidermy/new-hampton-new-york-10958/vita-nova-taxidermy-marissa-hernandez-severe-misrepresentation-of-product-and-service-qua-1249861

^Ripoff Report filed on Mars from an unhappy customer

http://www.outscam.com/vita-nova-taxidermy-fe

^Another scam report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYFCWjPgxS0

^Unboxing of coyote commission and how poor shape it came in, unhappy customer

http://itsprobablymars.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-569330537

^Journal made after the first major callout journal was made, attempts to paint herself as the victim of all this and trying to discredit the other journals that had mentioned her poor business practices.

http://horrificfursuits.tumblr.com/post/143694415818/a-slew-of-proof-on-itsprobablymars

http://horrificfursuits.tumblr.com/post/145812003253/another-unhappy-customer-from-itsprobablymars

http://horrificfursuits.tumblr.com/post/145925857423/so-a-customer-of-itsprobablymarsnakomiivitanova

^This blog has been keep tabs of some of the current information on Mars including being friends with Elbi who is also a notorious scammer.  Much of this is repeat information of the links above.

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13221582_180530755676311_4934483298553770420_n.jpg?oh=16fa78511d08ef33da8035f7824c936d&oe=5803CA79

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https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13221530_180552392340814_4217747089844459306_n.jpg?oh=a2b8eb8c35c0394239e57a2ce64fdd13&oe=580F595B

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13230057_180552945674092_7723832644488593418_n.jpg?oh=3d4a09fa6f28c7f340b6e54ccde38cd5&oe=57C43877

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13094271_180553019007418_909094638770752271_n.jpg?oh=cf80524bad7b1e64addd10849d2ae5a4&oe=57CD69E2

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13254277_180553045674082_8540865871910829170_n.jpg?oh=8aa0d46bd41128d7edfb3258956b6239&oe=580E02B5

^A convo that started on one of Mars’ Facebook groups she runs where two customers asked for information on their items and soon evolved into this. 

https://i.gyazo.com/6c442b6bc7c052e63282003d3f96d488.png

^Personal favorite of all this, Mars current girlfriend admitting Mars is still taking commissions despite that she owes so many people items and refunds, generally not a good practice when you owe so many commissions to customers.  She also dismisses the entire deviantART community which where many of her customers who are waiting for items are, lack of respect/kindness for the customers.

EXPLAIN:

While this is focused more of taxidermy commissions, the fact that Mars is making an attempt now get into fursuit/art commissions and a lot of these customers are not aware of the fact Mars has scammed numerous people through various medias.  She is clearly running from her angry customers from what information has been gathered and trying to hide the fact she has so many red flags on her right now.  I’d advise anyone not to commission her and for those that are trying to get their commissions/items back to contact Paypal if they paid her that way. For those wanting their items back threatening legal action as it seems to be the only way that she’ll actually listen.

I was 100% waiting for this chick to pop up here. The very conditions she works in and damages other people’s items is UNACCEPTABLE.

- Snake Mod