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He took me for 17LTC tonight, in an exchange for DGC.

I was being lazy, and didn't check here first so it is my own fault.

He seems to be creeping around the alternate currency forum doing "trades" and stealing LTC.

I hope this is a heads up for everyone else.  dont do any business with him.

-Brian

Post proof please (screenshots, TXIDs, PMs). I can leave negative feedback for him which should show up to everyone.

Here is the screen shot of the message he sent after I told him I sent the LTC.

http://i42.tinypic.com/5vndwn.png

-Brian

I was aslo scammed by "bohanz" I should have checked here first.  would have saved me 1k DGC

I added you to my trusted list.

Dont trust trade fortress he has numerous scammer threads

Try reading the contents of them.

I dont know what to tell you trade fortess I have sent moneypak trader several btc and sent first... I trust MPT I have known him for 8 months or so no one has called him a scammer and he calls you a scammer.... So real simple I trust MPT I dont trust you and several other members call you a scammer... plus you say I am a shady troll on my reputation thread... I am 100 percent trusted with thousands of online transactions. So all I say is beware of tradefortress I wouldnt trust him as far as i could throw him.  

Nice ignore button, I can see it glowing. Must have took some work to get so many people to ignore you.

You aren't "100 percent trusted" lmfao. You do seem like a shady troll.

I am 100 percent trusted to me fucker you can hit it the ignore button too..

I already had you on ignore l0l0l0l0l. Just took you off ignore for 5 seconds so I can reply, welcome back to the ignore list, "fucker". R00000fl

^^well that escalated quickly

damn looks like I got scammed by bohanz as well, I sent first btc and the gld he promised me never showed up.

he sent me this as proof.

Status: 341/unconfirmed
Date: 5/23/2013 23:56
To: Dy87SroF7E58M2RLrRE84MThhbXBHJmJwc
Debit: -6000.00 GLD
Net amount: -6000.00 GLD
Transaction ID: e66919986d6a10d053058e6de15yy2ba1726be7ebf2abf14j2f49479a8bde24c

is there a way to get a scammer banned? wreaks the whole community.

I gave up on BTC cause I got scammed bad back now after over a year away, now happens within days of returning.

Don't trade without escrow or if the other party is reputable.

If you got scammed AGAIN to an obvious scammer, then..

sorry? how did I know he was an obvious scammer?

Yes, by reporting him with screenshots and actual proof.

"text" transactions are not valid proof because they can easily be faked.

Also, why would you give up on BTC because you got scammed? It's your failure to do research or use escrow that led to you being scammed, not the fault of BTC.

Rule of thumb: less than 3 months old = escrow.

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Also, I do not think the forum bans scammers?

sorry i don't buy the whole its the victims fault...and its the attitude that made me leave last time....early days it was fun..then soon filled with scamers.

Use escrow, you won't be scammed.

Of course for a scam to happen there need to be two parties involved - a scammer and a victim. The scammer is to blame for scamming, he clearly is the bad guy. But the victim is to blame for trusting someone without sufficient reason (I won't go into the clear stealing situation where security was present but subverted).
With Bitcoin, you alone are responsible for your financial safety. Unlike Paypal or other payment systems where you as the buyer can reverse the payment if you've been cheated, Bitcoin (and similar cryptocurrency) payments are final. I think there are good reasons that payment systems have an "undo" mechanism, and if you need such a mechanism, such when dealing with unknown sellers, you should use an escrow which allows you to reverse your payment if you don't receive goods. It's just not built into Bitcoin, so you need to arrange for it out of band.

Onkel Paul