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This shouldn't be necessary as escrow should always be used:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=133931.0

However, I've seen lately a lot of threads where newbies (or any user without strong trust *) post auto-buy links on self-moderated or locked threads:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2900503.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3034331.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2864178.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3023479.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2176395.0
Several users have been scammed that way.

Never buy using those links. Always ask for a trusted member to act as escrow.
If the sellers refuse or ignore your request, please post here or PM me to add red trust to them.

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* Register to see the seller's trust before making any deal. Bitcointalk has a complex trust system (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=211858.0). While it's not perfect, it's far better than nothing.
If you are not registered you won't be able to see this trust and won't see what users are tagged as scammers, as shown in the image below (https://i.imgur.com/ldmrT2o.png):

https://i.imgur.com/ldmrT2o.png

Do register (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=register) or login (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=login) before browsing this Marketplace and be careful when dealing with anyone, even if not tagged as scammer.

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I will be leaving trust flags (info (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5153344.0)) to users who don't have reputation here and post locked or self-moderated threads on the marketplace, especially if posting auto-buy links. It's almost certain those threads are created with the sole purpose of scamming. I recommend others to use this thread as reference when flagging users for the same reason.

Why is the forum even allowing this feature, though? It seems to be constantly abused to scam newbies to the forum, and I personally can't see any benefit to allowing the self-moderation option in a sales subforum, where the replies are a good way to get reviews of scammers.

I agree it shouldn't be allowed, and even more so self-moderated + locked. This point should be discussed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2929216.0

Anyway, escrow should always be used.

I hate that I have to merit this post, as it should be quite obvious, but I guess when it comes to deals that are "too good to be true", they usually are. I'll do my part in helping keep this thread bumped if it gets buried; I use the merit system to help personally "flag" posts, like bookmarks, for me to reference and re-visit in the future.

And yes, I agree that the "Self-Moderation" feature shouldn't be allowed in the Marketplace. I'll discuss it in @MiLkz's thread. Thanks!

For anyone that has not seen my post in Meta regarding the removal of self-moderation, please check it out.  ---> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2929216

Post even if you are against it, I am trying to incorporate everyone's ideas and concerns.  If we get enough support the mods may take a look at it.

Tips, ladies and gentlemen. Recently due to Microsoft MSDN account and AWS Amazon vouchers. Particularly hot. Cause some trumpet, only accept the virtual currency to trade. They are all liar

This guy, PLEASE red trust him, I can't believe a dt member hasn't done it yet.
This is the same guy sandy-is-fine posted about in post #2.
When I first encountered him as a newbie myself I asked him to use an escrow, but he came up with excuses not to, I bought from him and got stung, since then I have been on his back whenever I see his posts, but lately he has been using self moderated thread to scam people, which makes it harder to warn people, a red trust from a dt member would go a long way.

He continuously locks his self moderated threads and  deletes scam accusations in his threads whenever he leaves them unlocked.
He has been scamming here for years under different accounts and gets away with it every time because newbies don't understand about the trust system here and buy from him.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1232944

I've tagged him and some of his alts. I'm watching others until I get more proof.
Thanks sandy-is-fine and bolinao

Well done, you have done great work, would like to see other dt members do this also.

May as well add Duck.D to the list

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1895797 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1895797)

New alt of the notorious list of:

bestseller.starbucks
good.egift92
seller.egift
egiftstarbucks2015
egiftcard.cheap
starbucks.good_cheap
starbucks.bulk
egiftcard.bestprice

Among many others. This moron is dumb enough to continually use the same ICQ number for all his alts. Please flag this cockroach like the others.

I see it's obvious he has a lot of alts. However I can't find any real proof of scam attempt on any of his alts.
Some accounts have negative trust but without references so they're not useful. Also, he's not selling on locked, self-moderated threads.

What exactly are you asking me to tag him for? Please direct me to some accusation with proof.

Update: I've tagged several of his alts by linking them to egiftstarbucks2015 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=483103), already tagged by Tomatocage (thanks sandy-is-fine )

Let's keep this bumped for all the newbies as a warning.

I am not sure whether this point is necessarily valid, since for small trades, the time and effort required to find an escrow and cover the escrowing fees often exceed the value of the item itself. When the marginal benefit of escrowing is negative, rationally people will not escrow.

These smaller trades are therefore much more vulnerable to scams by those fly-by-night scammers.

Also, bump.

I'd love to have big fat red warnings on locked posts or posts that are "managed".

Even better they shouldn't be allowed in Goods at all.

amen! so many newbs scamming lately

Hello guys, Ill join the crew great work you have been doing lately for the community betterment Ecuamobi.

Thempanince (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=740548)

Thempanince - Selling Fully Verified Trading Accounts <- Locked & self moderated thread.   (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2604220.msg31396506#msg31396506)

 Thempanince - Selling Digital Bank Account/Iban/Debit cards <- Locked & self moderated thread. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2905040.msg31396478#msg31<- Locked & self moderated thread396478)

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premiumCodes (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=805567)


 premiumCodes - Virtual Visa Gift Cards + more 80-90% off <- Locked & self moderated thread.   (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3051406.msg31410018#msg31410018)

Bumpity bump for our newest scam account baluba. Three cheers for a blatant scam thread which looks oh so familiar

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058140.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058140.0)

Thempanince, premiumCodes, baluba and uniqueAmazon have been flagged. Thanks.
It's a shame non-registered users can't see the warnings. It seems they are the main target of these sellers. I hope that changes soon (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.0).

Since you're neg-reping scammers, might as well as do this one too:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3001489.0

Shilling a known scammer's posts on another forum, and apparently is still trying to bump the scam threads despite evidence being posted in his thread.

I don't see enough evidence to tag it. I'll keep watching it. I recommend you to open a thread here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) with the proper format (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260073.0)

Even most registered users can't see it (and the scammers know) unless it is set in the user profile.  You don't see the "untrusted" trust which contains 95% of the warnings which usually are correct on those scxam threads.  Only DT shows by default.

Every registered user can see the trust according to their trust list (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust), which is DefaultTrust initially.
My point is non-registered users can't see any trust at all, not even as "untrusted". I've asked that to change (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.0)

Bump this to keep it visible. And be cautious folks of this newbie with the usual locked thread and rocketr buy links.....the one and only omyyy

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3062761.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3062761.0)

Yes, understood, but I'd bet but virtually no one logging on here for the first time (or 50th) on this section has a clue as to what a "trust list" is or how it works and certainly doesn't change it so all they see is the "default" trust which, if you look at the "major" scammers, usually shows 0 since with very few exceptions no one on default tags them. I fully understand the reason for that but it doesn't give an "up front" mostly true picture of who you are dealing with here in the ScamWorld section of BCT.

Bump and adding https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3062697.0 (fresh out of the oven!)

Bump for the cause

This seller is offering unreal discounts and keeps deleting posts and locking his thread as soon as someone complains.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3061332.0

Flagged

Flagged. Besides, this user is almost certainly laundering money. Even if he does send the cards they will probably fail later and the buyer can get legal problems for using a code bought with a stolen credit card

Indeed! It's getting absurd

Thank for warning me.

Like nothing I have seen, I am getting to the point where i am not doing business with anything that looks off at all, new or old. 

That's just about everything! :D   

Yeah, can't state this enough. No matter how fancy or professional the thread looks, 100% of the newbies with locked threads I've encountered have turned out to be scammers - even those who have been willing to send "vouch" copies

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1798836

This guys seems to follow the same path.

His locked threads- with autobuy links of course:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3065081.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3065081.0)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2900503.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2900503.0)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2910145.msg31692617#msg31692617 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2910145.msg31692617#msg31692617)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2900503.msg31691616#msg31691616 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2900503.msg31691616#msg31691616)

bump

You should add self-moderation to the title, they are starting to unlock and just rely on self-moderation, haha

Yes, it seems some of them changed their modus operandi :/
I've updated the title and OP and flagged a few more

Bump it up, keep it strong. Yes it is nice not seeing locks all over the place, but be just as cautious with self-moderated threads.

I just did a Google search for PS3o (AKA JAAC / SKELDER) Skype email jwh.0155@gmail.com and found he was BANNED on the MPGH forum. Why don't they have the balls to ban scammers here? That's probably why they all end up here.

https://www.mpgh.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1285576

Bump it up

Can we ask the mods to stickie this? I think this is quite important and I've seen this quite rampantly in the past.

They can, but I would rather they do something to fix the problem

With something as simple as restricting the ability to lock and self-moderate to member and above only? Or better yet, removing those abilities altogether in this particular forum which has no need of them? Nah....to easy :D

I think what they need to do is ban these clowns like other forums do.  Yes, they can come back under another alt but at least it keeps them off balance.

THAT would solve 90% of the problem.

This is never going to happen though...remember this is a forum where buying and selling accounts is legal lol

Ban sales of software entirely. It is illegal to resell anyways lol all the prices on this forum are too good to be true & the keys won't last a "lifetime" Adobe & Microsoft will eventually BLOCK ALL the keys sold here. Same rules apply on Ebay & Amazon. You can trust Amazon if the keys are sold directly by Amazon but do not trust the sellers on Amazon.

For those who purchase keys at their own risk, avoid the following resellers:
1. Resellers with little to no knowledge of basic English
2. Resellers that do not answer EVERY question. Most do not answer the question: "Are the adobe keys UNREGISTERED?"
3. Resellers who do not offer Escrow
4. Avoid the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Asian International resellers even if their English is perfect.
5. Resellers who do not provide proof that the keys are not MSDN keys.

I recommend talking to a Microsoft/Adobe agent on their websites. They can verify the keys but I would not trust their word 100% either since some of the live chat agents are just as ignorant as the buyers on this forum.

true dat!

Just to rebut some things here, though I am not saying I am for them,
1. English is not a prerequisite to being trust worthy.
2. If you were a merchant and have thousands of questions everyday and your customers don't know how to back read, lets see you answer all of them. What do you mean by the "unregistered" though, don't see the relevance.
3. Some sellers don't really need an escrow to deal, assuming they are trust worthy already.
4. Racist much?
5. You can expect the keys to be something illegal or a gray area one.

I'd stay stick with the rule, "if it is too good to be true, it probably is" and "you get what you pay for".

Oh they're always around but sometimes it seems like they comes in waves. These sketchy autobuy link and lock the thread newbies have been around for years and it's so obvious that they're going to scam you. The problem with scams coming in waves is that newbie's also come in waves and are very naive.

You aren't shopping for a new pair of shoes with a credit card on bitcointalk. They fail to see the difference in these types of transactions, which is unfortunate.

Yeah, they've been here probably even from the start of this forum. There is no time they were gone or their numbers decreased. They are just finding new ways to scam some poor sucker that would fall for their tricks. They get creative each day and each time their dirty tricks gets discovered.

I guess it is the role of people like us who hate scammers to defend the newbies of this forum, and even the veterans that may fall for their scam attempts. We cannot eradicate scammers but I would say we can minimize the chances they have to scam.

Bump it up to keep the scammers down!

Right... even on posts that aren't locked there is great potential to get scammed. I'm trying to get some vouches for reviews here and there just to try and keep this marketplace a little more trustworthy. Some of the guides people are trying to sell are extremely low quality. Keep your money close people.

I saw this post about 30 minutes too late  ;D

That's why it should be stickied.

I'm LMAO ROTFL!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3098161.0

I had to print screen that before it gets deleted.

JAAC is back to harass us again!! Praise the lord!! His crack has run out and he's looking for a quick fix. Do not contribute to JAACASS'S drug habit, stay farrrrrrrrrrrr away from this scammer's thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2202092.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2202092.0)

This has been a public service announcement from the Better Bitcoin Bureau :D

Looks like this finally got stickied.

At least this should greatly reduce the revenue of these scum coming from newbies.

Hopefully but highly unlikely ...... there is a sucker born every minute. 

Best thing it would be to stop newbie the ability to post in Marketplace until some amount of activity they pass . And self moderated thread is bad feature seriously . Nice thread of warning and hope people avoid these traps .

Stickied!! Finally, and well deserved


Agreed, gotta make it harder to create so many accounts and put up so many threads. There's literally no barrier to market entry right now.

Alternatively, we could divide the marketplace into a newbie and other section...

And about 100 of those join Bitcointalk every day. People just don't understand that you can't trust anyone and don't understand that sending them crypto first is trusting them. Like omg newbs this isn't PayPal and you're not buying a pair of socks off of eBay. Wtf are you thinking?

If you've been here long enough to read a few posts you should know that if someone has negative trust, an autobuy link and the thread is locked, it's an obvious scam. Even if there's no negative trust (yet) it's a very very obvious scam.

Are these the same people that would go an meet up with someone to buy a $50 iPhone on Craig's List? Lol. That will end well.

Ha, classic , he once complained about me harassing him and said he tried to get me arrested,, lol...

i never buy anything from newbie post.

This is generally the best practice that I would recommend to anyone and everyone on the forums.

I try not to purchase anything from Newbies, either, but there have been specialized cases that I have purchased products from them.

Because of their PM limit, as a newbie, I send them my email address so that I can conduct a conversation with them, and do my due diligence before committing to any kind of purchase. While I can comfortably say that the majority of Newbie-ranked sellers are here to simply pump a quick scam, there are a few legitimate sellers who are trying to build reputation the right way. Such as offering vouch products to build reputation.

Just be very weary when dealing with ANY Newbie seller on the forums.

I'm really glad that this post got stickied. Good job, EcuaMobi and forum fam.

I've edited OP (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3035620.msg31226379#msg31226379) to ask guests to register before browsing the marketplace or dealing here so that they can see other users' trust.
I still think trust should be shown to everyone (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.0), registered and non-registered users, but I hope this small warning helps a few people in the meantime.

New scammer thread by an old scammer with known scam reports:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3125868.0

YES! Finally we can have a thread about this. I've warned about such threads more than a year ago  (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1777117.0)but it's only now that we get a sticky about this. Thank you OP and thanks to the mod team for working on allowing such a sticky.

Let me know what old scammer that is, with what scam reports

It's available on the guy's profile page.

In any case it's the standard run of the mill newbie with locked self moderated thread.

Kimb0Jamz

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1232944

This guy scammed me out of $20, struck up a conversation on skype, no Amazon gift card. Please catch his alts and remove the posts.

I found his post on google search, doesn't look good for the community, when this is how I found the site in the first place.  Message me if you need proof from skype conversation/ $ transfer etc.

I've tagged him almost a month ago and others left negative trust to him even 5 months ago. He's a known scammer

Sorry about that. I and others are trying to find his (and other scammers') alts. If you have any information on that let me know

I agree. That's why I recommend everyone to register before dealing here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3035620.msg31226379#msg31226379) and I've asked default trust to be shown to non registered users (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.0), among other options to solve this. I hope that will be implemented some day

That's not necessary as he's already tagged as scammer. But you can create a thread about that with proper proof here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) using the format shown here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260073.0).

My issue is I don't know why moderators allow the posts to stay up and get indexed by Google.  I assumed these threads would be removed, especially with fake alts giving him merits and vouching.

Yes this guy : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2838538.20

Is the scum of the scum. Scammed and how he asks you to join the Telegram group and then as soon as you pay, he removed you!!

Kimb0Jamz

Because mods do not care and think we should be able to take care of ourselves which I totally DISAGREE with. 

Start reporting all the auto buy links, get rocketr/selly to remove their entire store  ;D

Wait, is this possible? Does Rocketr and Selly actually suspend or remove malicious stores' products/accounts?

New self moderated autobuy thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3286705.0

The worst part is he posted fake vouches, stolen from another thread. Tagged (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=2016541).

Yes, simply report it with proof.  That proof can be scam reports, negative trust, explaining the locked/self modded threads, etc

Thanks OP for this thread...wonder why i didnt realize this thread before.
more over,this thread have save me hundred dollar before purchasing any offer here.

regard

Having users self moderate or lock topics is beyond me in marketplace. Its a stupid move that needs to be stopped and will avoid a lot of scammers posting as it gives users a chance to post in those threads which now cant be because of self moderation and locking threads.

Vent here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2929216.0

Kimb0Jamz has a new account!!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3315079.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3315079.0)

Amazing how stupid some of these people are, they don't even change up the posts. Self-moderated of course which is his M.O. anyway. Guess he's not getting the chance to rob newbies blind anymore, so he's trying to reestablish himself as a new user.


SCAMMER and a LOSER to boot

Maybe his Kimb0SCAMz account got banned for excessive bumping? LOL

Kimb0Jamzs alt, needs to b painted red.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1712925

Thanks EcuaMobi, that was quick :)

Another alt of SellingGiftcards known scammer CryptoCoinInvestor

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3283987.0

Exact same post as SellingGiftcards here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3255956.0

And the same alts in both posts vouching:

gecox22
scouttedzed
Jdope

Saw the self moderated post and was about to report it and saw you already got him. Thanks for keeping the section clean :)

These guys (especially KimboSCAMZ/YouTube/Cornholetubeboy/accountservices2) must need a spreadsheet to keep track of all their alts.  Must be tough scamming these days.

NEVER FORGET THE ORIGINAL GIFT CARD SCAMMER  : SANDY-IS-FINE


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=400366

READ ALL HIS TRUST ESPECIALLY UNTRUSTED FROM 2015 to Present

Now he pretends to be a SJW to gain merit  ::)
Basement dwelling Sandy, SHAME ON YOU!

Probably would steal from his mother for a glass of beer if he had a mother
See for yourself ——> https://ibb.co/j63aj7


Go back in your hole , Sandy
I don’t forgive or forget

LMAO  @Kimb0scamz,MrCornhole,305emmy, Cryptoshepard, burstcoin101, YouTubeTV, Jaywaves, esetnod32s, DeezAccounts, Prescott1987, irritatedd, cardzzzzCoin, Insideinfo30, ManofConstantSorrow1, Atearinmyheart, GoldbitIO, StellarLumenious,  GiovaniTheGreat,  Elfonashelf and your 20 other alts .....

Really, do you think I care what you post?  Do you think I care how many negs you and your moron friends leave? Do you think I would ever sell anything on this wasteland? As long as I can continue to drive you and your 20 other accountservices2 alts nuts I am satisfied.  Oh, same for JAAC as well.  Maybe you both were born from the same goat.  After all, you are both stupid enough to use the same skype or email or telegram on every one of your 20+ alts you deserve someone with lots of time to waste to keep you on your toes.

Congrats on your latest alt KernalCornhole ... the name is fitting.  LOL

I still luv ya!  


As for your threat:

https://s7.postimg.cc/u2btsoiu3/shake.gif

Thanks for the scammer tag EcuaMobi . Why don’t you go ahead and tag your butt-buddy Sandy too
He should have been tagged along time ago.
Im sure there’s some sort of “collusion”

Yea, we "collude" to expose scammers like you.  HAHA

By the way, if you can find even one thing I ever sold on this forum in the 3 or 4 years I have been here I'll buy a whole bunch of your fake cards WITHOUT ESCROW!   All those negs are from scammers like you. I'd NEVER sell anything here (or buy anything anymore).

It's always nice to see those scum get riled up when their plots are exposed.

Yet another scammer for yoy:.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3361152.new#new


Yet another Kimb0SCAMZ newbie/ALT/voucher.

HAHA, selly has suspended his account.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3357478.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3357478.0)

Got the money and then stopped replying and no answer yet. Seems other didn't received the codes as well.

Sorry for your loss.

Looks like the scammer's already tagged though.

I guess that's why Kimb0 has had to use all newbie alts.  He must have at least 10 active threads now.  I just compiled a whole bunch of screen prints connecting around 20 of his accounts together via skypes, emails, telegrams etc etc to accountservices2 group going back over a year.  LOL, I have too much free time.  

At this point it's become like a hobby. I just like annoying them constantly.  Since I'm retired I have lots of free time.

Another seller who needs extra red paint, self moderated thread and he deleted my post and a victim warning people he is a scammer.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1923831

Another self-moderated scammer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3379475.0

Yet another self-moderated locked thread scammer without tag yet. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3378220.0

Another account needs tagging: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3413265.0

Interesting ... been using WAYBACK machine and it seems scammer JAAC/SKELDER/Demonslayer has close to 50 alts (mostly just fake vouchers) but the fake vouches (PS3o for one who bumps JAAC's thread every 10 minutes or so) have also connected him to FASTENS/BOLG1 and a bunch of other active scammers.  LOL, there must be quite an organization because there is no way one person can maintain all these alts. 

I wish I would've read this thread a few days ago. I just got scammed by a member named YoutubeTV.

Very sorry to hear you got scammed by that low-life. You didn't need to read this thread, just his "TRUST" which clearly says next to his name in red "Warning: Trade with extreme caution!"

Another yet untagged scammer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1906008.msg35011513#msg35011513

2 more untagged scammers:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3536935.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3536563.0

Tagged them and a few others. Thanks.
I'm not tagging those who created threads which are not locked and are not self-moderated, unless some proof is posted that they are scammers.

Very informative, appreciate the veteran members looking out for us newbies...wish too I had registered first to see the trust level before I was dumb and purchased from YoutubeTV as well...luckily only got me for $10...

You didn't see this sticky to avoid self moderated threads ?

Sorry to hear you got scammed for $10, but it's good you learned quickly so you can watch out for scammers in your gift card sale thread.  That YoutubeTV guy is the bottom of the pits. Oh, so is JAAC.  ;)

What I dislike most about autobuy links on moderated threads is that they allow for sellers to have more leniency with illegal services.
Nobody can call them out and in this way their threads remain up for much longer.

For example:
Anyone offering giftcards with discounts greater than 5% is most definitely selling carded cards. This is highly illegal as it involves stealing other people's credit card information and is essentially money laundering. Those cards end up refunded, sometimes in the same day as well. So it's an activity that does no good to the world other than benefit the one that stole the credit card.

Perhaps e-giftcard selling should be entirely banned on this forum. That's my opinion, some might find it draconian though. However, there's no way to tell legit from fake when it comes to e-giftcards and it'd be too resource intensive for mods to moderate every thread so a total ban makes sense to me.

Also: cracked accounts go for sale

All those accounts on subscription based services that go for sale for a fraction of their monthly subscription are obviously hacked into. They stay active for however long the original owner doesn't notice that someone else is in their account. But that process involves hacking and naturally, breach of personal information.

Thanks for pinning this thread it saved me from some issues. I'm sure many noobs (me included) initially find the forum because of the marketplace. I am having trouble finding legit threads in the wake of this info, however.

And now you want to purchase from Jaac who is a bigger scammer ? doesn't make sense. unless you are an alt.

Surprised you aren't already using the ignore function on all of them, it's much easier to find and report the untagged ones here that way.

I like to watch.  :D :D :D

Why isn't this guy tagged? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2097428
You can see clearly on his Selly's Feedback that he gave himself the feedback. (Consecutive feedbacks at the same day and hours, with a few minutes between them, is clearly self-feedback.)
https://selly.gg/f/SexyGazelle
https://i.imgur.com/ZgwPg8z.png
https://i.imgur.com/HUCAtxO.png
Also, he has a locked thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3652196.msg36696502#msg36696502

____________________________

Edit: another one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3615523.0
80% off gift cards? Let's be honest.

A new scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2105937
His thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3737658.0
His feedback on Selly: https://selly.gg/f/CouponCodes
He has 2 positive feedbacks and both are made in aprox. 2 minutes.

just got scammed $30

url : https://bitproducts.us

scammed for amazon gift card .... i wanted to test if he is legit. He is not. So guys beware. Lesson learned.

scammer name on bitcoin talk : safram
                                             https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1444132

Thank god this thread is pinned now.

Please, please PLEASE remember, that a self-moderated thread is almost 100% scam!! especially if the deal sounds "too good to be true". All those "$1500 AWS credit for only $50" - yeah right...

You never saw his -64 red trust feedback and didn't think twice why he has locked threads  ?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3854296.0

As yet untagged scammer with self moderated thread

LOL.  This place has become a total wasteland.

New untagged locked/self moderated scammers:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4161841.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3938851.0

Another locked autobuy scammer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4406535.msg39211987#msg39211987

Self-moderated topic is not a scam, its a option which this forum allows u to defend yourself from sale trashers and trolls.

U r a newbie here and u dont have a single clue.

In this section, 90% of the time you are wrong. While there MAY be some legit ones for the most part the self-moderated threads in THIS SECTION (digital)  are scams especially those from newbies.. 

So there's a option put on forum, and when u use it - its a scam?

Locked topics (where OP doesnt ALLOW posts) are scam for sure, self-moderated ones (not from newbies) are not.

Your logic confuses me.  Any "option" can be abused and in THIS part (digital goods) of the forum THAT OPTION is regularly abused.  Pick out any 30 "self-moderated" threads IN THIS SECTION - DIGITAL GOODS - and show me how many aren't scams out of those 30.  And yes, I did specify NEWBIES but in this section it's most (not all).  In this section of the forum I'd wager 80% off all threads are scams.  

In other sections of this place you may very well be correct, but not here (DIGITAL GOODS) which is the original discussion of this thread.

73's  ;)

Ive seen also people selling bitcointalk accounts here, nobody got banned.

Its more obvious scam, and nothing is done about it since Ive registered.

So this is pretty useless.

The official stated policy of this place is that they do not moderate/delete/suspend/ban any scammers  (proven or suspected) so it's a free for all.  Also (according to mods) selling accounts is not against the rules so sellers won't be banned. 

New untagged self moderated / locked scammer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4428928.msg39525745#msg39525745

I have called people out in threads and the mods deleted my posts and told me not to report the posts...the biggest problem is no control from up high.

Another locked thread new user scammer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4574139.msg41240080#msg41240080

Damn didn't read this thread got scammed by YouTubeTV. Why can't mods delete their posting.

He locks his threads, didn't that ring a bell ?

New autobuy locked self mod scammer https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4720739.0

Thanks for showing us another scam.

why hasn't he been red tagged yet ?

Done now, as well as his alts leaving fake feedback

Well done sir.

Contact:


Telegram: http://t.me/Kenzible
@kenzible

Telegram Channel: https://t.me/cryptogiftcard

Email: bitcoincards@yahoo.com


Do not buy from him he is a scammer and ripper.... admin please delete his thread and accounts

Does this guy has main bitcointalk account?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4574139.msg41240080#msg41240080

https://s33.postimg.cc/yvkx8z7a7/2018-08-04_18-42-52.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/m46r2gxi3/)

https://s33.postimg.cc/zb5uczmdr/2018-08-04_18-40-44.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/92upnm2a3/)

https://s33.postimg.cc/ee9m8de33/2018-08-04_18-41-28.jpg (https://postimg.cc/image/h8crltg97/)

Another YoutubeTV alt that needs  red trust.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2325769

EcuaMobi, are you able to edit title to add "YoutubeTV is a scammer" ?

Got scammed by user “SellingGiftCards”
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1976106

He scammed me out of $200 in bitmain coupons
How do I report this guy

Report him to your local authorities.

@EcuaMobi: Please add a list of scam members to avoid dealing with them or must using escrow before that. "There are a lot of scam reports against YoutubeTV.^{[1] [2].......}"

@sandy-is-fine: You have the first reply, so it is very likely to be viewed, please include this list if @EcuaMobi does not do it.

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for all: What do you think of making a list of scam members who should avoid dealing with them [using escrow before buying "blacklist members"] and then ask the manager to sticky it?

[1] SCAMMER ALERT - YoutubeTv (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4930720.0)
[2] Scammer alert - Scumbag seller - YoutubeTV (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4925229.0)
[3] Dont buy from Youtubetv (crypogift) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4668280.msg42129332#msg42129332)

How would that work when I don’t know his name?

That list would be too long, would require to be updated several times per day and it would be imposible to be exhaustive.
That's why I and others leave negative trust and I recommend guests to register to see the seller's trust before making any deal and to avoid auto-buy links.

I can't find any advantages on maintaining this list instead of using the trust system:

• It's more likely people check someone's rating than this list before making any list
• This list would be maintained only by me instead of several people (your suggestion of having several users to maintain it is better, but I still don't think it's better than the trust system)
• People could think the list is exhaustive and trust a scammer just because it's not on the list yet
• A lot of work would be required to maintain the list
• ...

Let me know if I misunderstood what you mean.

New alts to watch out for:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4802791.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4802791.0)

started by sunnybleacher, exact same post and rocketr buy addy as

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4970606.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4970606.0)

now posting as Full member vervainagospoda who is accused in Trust ratings for defaulting on loans. I remember this scumbag from a bit ago and I thought was being accused of buying this Full member account. Could be wrong but I remember this name.

At least they do not lock their thread so we can bash them :D

They were already tagged by another DT user but I've just tagged them too anyway.

Left some feedback to them...
(and to you too, thanks)

It's lonely at the bottom of the shit pile.

Tagged and added references. Thanks

Yea lots of scammers on here. YouTubeTV scammer for sure.

This has been brought up on numerous occasions, but it's not that the forum supports scammers; it's just that there isn't a viable solution to nip their actions in the bud without becoming a censored dictatorship.

At the end of the day, the users who actually fall for these "too good to be true" deals are the ones who haven't done enough due diligence or research before purchasing the products, and they're ultimately the ones at fault.

I've said it here before, and I will say it again: I support the idea of not allowing sales threads to be self moderated or locked, and really wish a new standard will be implemented. Perhaps only allowing self moderated and locked threads by Jr. Member ranks and above, as long as they do not have any negative feedback from DT1/2 members.

It sucks that this continues to be a problem, but I really don't see the admins taking any actions against this. Just keep doing what you're doing @sandy-is-fine; you're fighting the good fight!

This guy needs red trust, he is an alt for 1inside1

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1265101

Yea, I understand but a couple of these scumbags (Ps3o aka JAAC Skelder and 20 others) and YoutubeTV with like 30 alts have been around here for years and are so blatant they should be banned even though they will still come back again with a new alt.   A dictatorship isn't needed just a little common sense to push the delete button.

Tagged

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The forum can't censorship. It would be difficult to draw a line.
But it can certainly do something, like what you mention here plus showing some kind of trust to non registered users. It has been suggested several times and always ignored. Even if it's mainly the scammed users' fault, anything possible should be done to reduce it. Besides the need to help those users, this just increases the bad reputation of bitcoin that links it with illegal activities.

Censorship is not defined as NOT stopping illegal activity (THEFT).  Censorship is the suppression of free expression but not the supression of theft just like the first amendment allows "free speech" but precludes yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is none.  Do cops "censor" thieves when they arrest them for illegal activities ?  This part of the forum condones illegal activity by not stopping the obvious thieves.  Sure, sometimes there is a grey area but many times it's quite obvious especially in the cases of PS3o and YoutubeTV.  There should be no question about them and they should be disposed of like the cockroaches they are.

Censorship can be argued when removing posts before a scam is made, or without absolute proof, even if it's obviously a scam, as "obviously" can be subjective.
But we agree the forum must do something about this.

hi EcuaMobi its enough time please remove your negative remarks thanks

You keep asking for loans with invalid collateral (1 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1596878.msg41913441#msg41913441), 2 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5030169.msg47181501#msg47181501)) and have posted absolutely nothing useful (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=902465;sa=showPosts), so no, it won't be removed.

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Done

Scammers are coming thick and  fast, if there was only a way of slowing them down.  ::)

What if my service/ shop are legit, but other member didn't leave a feedback? Can I still use autobuy?

Thankyou

There are lots of ways but the owners of this forum seem to condone and encourage them by doing nothing so it will never slow down.  This forum is known on other sites as the "place to scam" and get away with it so they seem to gather here like a swarm of cockroaches.

Autobuy eliminates the use of escrow so those who use it (especially newbies) are very often seen as scammers. While it may not ALWAYS be the case the few honest people suffer for the dishonesty of the majority.

LOL just going to post it myself. Apparently he did not take kindly to be red repped. Poor baby. But he apparently has a hard-on for Harambe, poor ape.

Thanks for your reply, but the point of my question not yet ansewered.

There is nothing stopping you from using autobuy.

because i asked for loan i told them my account if he said No then its oky i did not scammed him he/she offers loans against Bitcointalk accounts thats why i asked him i clearly mention my account as a collateral if he NO thats it i have not to ask again so once again please remove your negative remarks

i removed so u have to remove otherwise i will report to admin  dont understand what u want?

How to make a product sale theme? How to make a safe deal?
I am a programmer and I have a lot of things for sale ..
How can I sell it right?
Sending goods forward, if you have a high reputation?

Avoid this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4488145.0

Fucking herpes rat this user: Breezeyou2

Paid him 40 dollars for stealth paypal. Worst service ever, unpolite and rude. Have not gotten shit from him.


Evidence:

https://imgur.com/a/JjHGHrE

He is ignoring me on skype without any reason.


Send him to the graveyard.

Watch out for this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5063008.0

I asked him if we could use escrow to build some trust, or if he could go first and let me check if product worked.

https://imgur.com/a/WfY4RVh

There was a post last week in Digital Goods that another account of this same person (Skpye: xychrizzy) ripped off a user for multiple Microsoft licenses. Same old shit, new account, and yes they should be red repped, but that other post has more than likely been removed from this forum. Sandy may remember as they commented to the user that their post would be gone according to forum rules and to post a Scam Accusation (which I haven't seen done).

Edit: Here is one of the other posts that person had made about this user (sandy also replied here but just that trust should have been checked):

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5062326.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5062326.0)

And today's topic from the never ending scammer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5065202.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5065202.0)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5067638.0

Same crap, different day

And another, self moderated with selly links and currently locked:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5067094.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5067094.0)

You know you're doing the right thing when they start posting like their true age.

someones mad that their selly's got banned within hours

Hey shit for brains....all you need to do to stop this is open an HONEST thread that is NOT LOCKED or SELF-MODERATED so people can respond to the service or scam they've received. Not a difficult concept to understand. We are trying to protect newbs from predators on this site. The solution is simple for keeping one of your threads up and Negative Trust free. If you are truly honest, folks will respond as such and you will thrive. Just don't try and post with newbie accounts vouching for yourself like other shitheads on this sites and you will be good.

Fight the good fight!!

User with name MAX KOVNIK is a SCAMMER. Be care with HIM! He is offering a cheap Amazon Gift cards and escrew this link to you http://www.dreamteammoney.com/index.php?showtopic=223069&st=60 and this picture

[img]photo_2018-11-20_07-08-54.jpg/img]

 BTC Addresses:3Ap1tcbQEP6fys32xiGs1efnW4Y7C3RpsD or 3QkBzVALm55Esvs1NbGECR4HiLGAW2Ybog or 17ac9tXHxu1nxdLgLu9WYk7vR8ggFN5GkH

basically it is not forbidden to buy accounts.
so the question is whether there is such a thing as a trustworthy seller?

in my opinion, scam lurks behind almost all offers.
since it is not forbidden to sell accounts, there should be a market of good traders?

The 100% trustworthy seller (or person) doesn't exist.

But you can take precautions to drastically reduce your risks, so my first sentence can't be used to avoid using escrow for example. I've seen some scammers use this excuse or something similar to try that.
Of course it's safer to deal with an old member with good trust, whose account doesn't show any signs of having changed hands, who can sign a message with an old BTC address or GPG certificate, willing to use a more trusted escrow if asked, etc.

This doesn't change anything by the way. If selling accounts were forbidden people would still sell accounts and the 100% trustworthy user wouldn't exist either.

And he's back. I'll let sandy post the aliases:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5080703.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5080703.0)

Add yourself to that list. This thread is about protecting noobs from scams so what I'm saying is relevant. Sandy is also YoutubeTV and many others. Why you guys think she always online but never post anything? It's because she's checking on her alt account. She's using same tactics as Quickseller did, up here posting to look honest to gain trust but will use same account to scam. Don't trust Sandy. She number one buyer of hacked Starbucks egift which is fraud if you don't believe just look at the positive feedbacks she's given to sellers in those field. Me, I got a million bad feedbacks on my account I don't deny what I do but I hate to see people who participate in fraud like Sandy does but act like she innocent. Thumb her down.

You seem to be confusing yourself with Sandy, everyone knows you are YoutubeTV and the other alts.

Oh look everyone another YouTubetv alt, they are everywhere here. The kid is like a virus.  ::)

Wow, wish I would have found this first

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4709161.0

He got me good  ???

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5071365.40
Now he locked the topic after I called him out. Check trust for further information.

damn it, I wish I would of took the time to read this post.  I guess i'm to nice,  lessons learned.  Luckily it was just mined crypto, but still disappointed.

I wanna move my topic to new place. However, I did not know that forum has moving topic feature for topic owner.
Then I locked it and created new topic at new board. Unfortunately, someone else marked me as un-trusted (negative infractions) because of using AutoBuy link + Lock topic.

How can I do?

Stop using auto-buy links. You're not trusted enough to do that. Instead sell directly here asking a trusted member of this forum to act as escrow.
Edit all your posts with that change and then PM the user who tagged you. Almost certainly he will remove it.

.....

So are there any viable sellers of cd keys or they are all scammers ? Especially the ones which are new members with as they say (MS Admin with 3k+ cd keys) ?

Alice_Rooney is a scammer btw. Just for the new members to know it. I am realy disappointed of this forum too much scammers not adequate system (escrew ... realy?). Especialy foe a new members... take care guys... never pay first and always want a sample first because here is the scamspace.

I would not buy from him with his neg score, the mods don't care if he is a scammer, they won't do anything about it, scammers are tolerated here, that's why there are so many.

The topic or board you are looking for appears to be either missing or off limits to you.

So, just lost $50 on this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1807733.0

My question is why do you guys even let this post stay here in forum.

Did you check the trust before buying? Your account is not new and it is easy to note the red Warning on his account.
Did you read the sticky thread in this section? This topic warns you of these deals.

Sorry for your loss but the forum tries to prevent these abuses, and since Possible (or real) scams and Trust ratings are not moderated (to prevent moderation abuse) (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0), prevention is better than cure.

More solutions may need to be added, such as preventing members of red trust or small ranks from posting Auto-Buy
 links.

The forum Moderators can't tell you who to trust and who not to trust, but the members here try to warn about scammers , you need to look at the user trust page, most of the time scammers have at least 1 negative tag. but a general rule on this forum is to always assume that whoever has a locked/self-moderated topic is scam by default, there are however a few legit sellers who make self-moderated topics to avoid spam, but that will be 1 in 100 at best case scenario.

and another

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5118213.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5118885.0

And a "new" arrival to the game:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5122693.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5122693.0)

Now why the hell would you leave these topics open?

Listen, obviously i'm a noob here -  but you need to understand a couple things, i'll own up to it being my fault but here's how I just fell for the first scam ever in my life.

- The missing 'reply' button doesn't stand out until you go to reply.

- The trust system isn't part of any other forum i've been a member of, so I don't even know to look for that.

So what you're basically doing is leaving up topics that have replies with good (fake) feedback on them - a noob like me sees that, and that it's been up for days.

Why would you not at least edit out the links from the OP????

This is the STRANGEST moderation of scammers i've ever seen, leaving the links to purchase from them live on your forum under any circumstances.  I'm at a loss on who thought there was any need to preserve this info.

Thankfully only out $50 but still - shocked.

It's not the "strangest" it is non-existent. Sadly, the owners of this forum do not moderate scams so the folks in this thread try to help.

No one here can do anything. Since you didn't post where or who scammed you which is strange, if indeed it happened to you we can't say to you "did you read his TRUST"?  You have been registered for 6 months so the scammers trust should be right there in red under their name unless he too is new. Sorry you lost $50.

Pretty ironic that you laugh at others who have been scammed and tell them they deserve it, then get scammed yourself.  ;D

Hilariousandco is pretty cool, he helped me about a year ago delete multiple scamming threads started by one of YouTubeTV's aliases.

Great reading here. As a member here I will put my hard work in to get rid of these scammers. I was scammed by Skeptical One and YoutubeTV. I loss total of $90. I was stupid for sending money upfront but now it's times for the big pay back and put my best support to rid off the rest of these lowlife scammers. Alot of these scammers now are recognizing that locked threads are red flags for being labeled as a scammer so alot are not locking their threads now. I'll make sure to tag them and reply if I notice funny business.

They may not lock the threads but 90% of the time they self-moderate, it which is the same thing. Gives them control to remove any post in the thread they wish. So all that negative feedback disappears like it never existed.

Not really.  

Bitconnect being a scam was literally EVERYWHERE.  If it was mentioned it was followed by an argument over if it was a scam or not.

I fell for a scam post followed by 3 pages of (fake) replies all saying they successfully made a purchase from the scammer.

The ironic part is how you just posted an example of what I just said.

Both cases can be argued to be "obvious" scams. But that doesn't meant anyone deserves to be scammed, not you and not them.
I totally agree much more should be made by this forum's admins to make things harder for scammers.
You could post here to add some pressure: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.0 It will be a good real life example.

I am surprised he got away with it for so long.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5126176.0

Interesting website this "seller"  links to.  Googled this websites (severnadze dot com) supposed physical street address.  There are about 10 other websites with the same fake street address of "557-6308 Lacinia Road NYC" all pretty sleazy all all made with wordpress and a few say "bandwidth exceeded."  Malewarebytes blocks it as a phishing website. Obviously the street name doesn't even exist in NYC or anywhere in ny.   Least they could do was take 10 seconds to find a real fake address.  

Even better yet the fake phone number +639480718795  links to about 10 scammers here  including at least the following usernames: indpol1, AWSbhw, ne91K, ne92k. cpmzin, KentSupplier, bysmoith66, iliair110, Hagenuk1976, NutrichMass, SuWang91, hpot82. SoftW888, MinecraftKeys, SoftwareKeysXYZ, XYCHRIZZY who uses this and softwarekeys.xyz as a website and other crossposted details.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121075.0
 
Google is always your friend.  Scammers aren't.

Here is one that could use a few more tags:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5120516.0

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2562244

Can you tell me for what? Because you are false accusing me? You give me negative trust without doing any business with me. For that reason you get negative back from me.

Here's another newcomer:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5127996.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5127996.0)

He's "locked" and loaded to scam

I gave him red trust a few hours ago, hopefully other dt's will also, he has a few scam accusations against him and locked thread.

He is not banned.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2537056

Thank you

What's lower don't you mean.  ;)

It took me a little while, not gonna lie but now I see it. Have given bad trust and even took it further and reported it to Moderator.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5129313.0

Careful for these two scammer threads

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1262619.0

And

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1412261.0

Both threads bumped years later by same user who's most like an alt account of those threads https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2574652

I have no idea what you're talking about. This member https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2574652 was the person who bumped those old threads. Yesterday he was bumping alot of old threads the only reason why you don't see it anymore because I reported it to mod and comment was not only taken out but I think I got him or her banned.

Maybe you're the one angry because you still didn't give me the merit you promised me and I actually went beyond by giving him bad trust and reporting him to mod.

This scammer seems to have a crush on Sandy  :D

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5131565.msg50593582#msg50593582

Only kids like you who lock their threads, if you left your thread unlocked I wouldn't of left red trust for you simples.

I have no idea what you mean. To think people that give you positive feedback are the same people is foolishness. I only gave you positive feedback because you deserve it. I always see you fighting off scammers on this site. I give nothing but respect to you and you'll see for yourself I got no hidden agenda or any bad intentions for you. That positive feedback is for you because you earned it =)

lol, maybe they do not have any plans, it is possible that it's their way of saying thank you for fighting OTHER scammers, it eliminates competition on some level , but you have the right to be "skeptical" when they do something like that.

Congrats Sandy I see your thread finally got approved on meta. Now even newbies who are new to bitcoin Talk can now view huge pink sign that reads "Beware of scammers" doesn't matter if account is locked or not. All anyone has to do is give someone bad trust and that huge pink sign will show up every time you sell anything. Even noobs will see it and it specifically states more than 1 person reported this seller as a scammer.

Ill admit, this pretty much ends all the scammers future here in the digital goods sections and bitcoin Talk website period. I aint mad, congrats I knew it wouldn't last forever. I'm gonna stick around for just a little bit longer then packing my bags and moving on to search for a new site. It was fun to meet you all. This is a plus for Bitcoin Talk the only downfall this site will suffer is that the Digital Goods section carried all the heavy traffic to this site its why Mods had a tough time making changes because they know that. Google only got bitcoin Talk high ranked because of the digital goods giftcard and everything else advertised carried almost all the traffic to this site. Now that's eliminated I bet the Google rank of this site drops heavily within 6 months because all the scammers will leave this site leaving their locked thread to vanish no more bumping to build up views.

There are plenty of registered newbie buyers who don't see the red trust, they will still get scammed. There is still hope for you yet.  ;D

I don't know if you know yet but they might not be able to see red trust but there's a huge pink sign that they do see which says "Warning this person has been reported by more than 1 person for scamming". That alone puts an end to the game.

That huge pink sign is not seen by registered members.

No I don't think you understand my friend. You understand it better when you're in the field. I'm one of the best in the game because I understood the science of it and look at it differently then most people do. Most of all scams I'm talking about like 95% of it is Google bringing newbies in. Now pay attention to this part, 95% of noobs see thread and they don't care to create an account here. They see your telegram or wic or whatever you use as a communication they immediately jump to that they don't create an account here. They only create an account here on this site after they got scammed to complain about it lol So by this new rule that has been applied by this site it now puts an end to that scam or scamming period. Now new registered accounts won't be able to view it as you stated that's true but you have to understand that Google was driven by the digital goods section on here so all newcomers that join this site mostly found it due to keywords so before they create an account here they'll see the scammers thread with the big pink warning before creating an account. Newcomers are now better educated due to the process. Sure you can still scam but chances of success will be 1 out of 100 it will get to the point it's not worth the time and effort. I see theres still lots of scammers with threads the reason why because they haven't realised the new rule yet or understand how this new rule will affect everything but they'll see what I mean give it 4 weeks you'll see everything slowly dying out. It's not against the rule to scam digital goods section lol I'll stick around just a little bit longer just to see if there's a work around I'll give it 2 weeks top if nothing works then I'm out for good. Maybe I'll try to create my own website I don't really know yet but will see. Take it easy. Peace.

This will not stop all scamming, scammers will become more creative that's all.

Truth be told I never had any real issues with you I always thought our crashing into each other was funny. I'll admit you're one determined son of a gun when youre determined to do something you do it. Reason I never took anything personal here because I knew if it wasn't you there would be someone else that would step up to fulfill the duty and that nothing last forever. My ass will be heading back to were I came from which is the darknet lol Dream market is down but soon to be replacement coming soon in May. I'm gonna go back to causing chaos from them and youtube again.

Some say why do I do what I do? It's because our country built this world for only the rich to survive. Credit card companies and loan sharks charging craziest interest rates to those that's struggling to make sure they stay in poverty forever, doctors charging all the senior citizens outrageous prices and prescribing them pills that they can't afford to buy but need it in order to live. Our war veterans go fight for our country and when they come back to their country our country don't even help or support them. Alot of veterans are homeless and begging for food in the streets everyday while people with no talent who do anything to get likes and views to go viral are the ones to get famous and make a fortune. Our school teachers and firefighters constantly going on strikes because they don't earn enough money.

I went to college and got my degree because I was promised a good life if I did, that's what our country taught us as a child but now I know they do that so we can end up paying them hundred of thousands of dollars for an education but when we go to the job interviews they tell us we're overqualified due to that education and end up not working for many months so in that point in life you realize that this world isn't fair and honest people can't survive here. Only the strong and heartless can survive here the rest will stay poor forever. In that point in time one must make a decision of what path he or she chooses. For alot of us we don't got the option to choose.

Everything I did was strategic if you go look at all my threads I always posted $500 and up in order to take away from the rich I never took away from the poor. I could post many screenshots were I denied many people of them sending me bitcoins because they were poor. Last person I denied was 2 weeks ago a woman who wanted chucky cheese giftcards because her kid birthday was coming up and she couldn't afford to spend much. I told her I don't have any giftcards and all sellers on digital goods are scammers I can post screenshot for proof if anyone think I'm lying. I too have a heart but I too am trying to survive this harsh world. Those that said I took $50 from them was greedy resellers that had alot of money but wanted to buy low first before buying big in order to gain trust. That's why all my threads I aimed high in order to take from the rich kind of like Robin Hood. If you can easily throw $500 to me for giftcards then you're rich. Most people can't easily just throw 500 dollars at someone.

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Sure, let's see the screenshots.

I aint gonna post it due to you know the reason but her name was Daisy Fuentes sent me email on April 14 and I denied it.

No problem I never asked for anybody acceptance just gave my honest answer since I'm moving on lol See u guys on the flip side. I'm headed back to my home the darknet. No more bumping threads for me, no more coming to this site again. I'm gonna back to making money on PayPal like I did before and darknet. Wish the best for you all. I made alot of money here. This site has been really good to me and I appreciate it. Still got alot of money I haven't even spent yet from here. The pictures of me posting money isn't photoshop i really have it that's real money and that's only few dollars if I put all the money together it will be 5 miles long lol Okay that's an exaggeration but you get my drift. I'm just saving my money up so I can have enough to start a legit store of my own. I'm officially moving this the last reply from me. Take care my friends I hope the best for you all and hope you all get alot of money and I mean that.

Haha, typical scammer telling a bullshit story, I thought you wouldn't post the screenshots even after you offered, it's now established that no one can believe the rest of your sob stories.

I came to this site one last time because I've deactivated my telegram, many emails, Selly, and everything else attached to this site. This is my final message and will not be back anymore but before I leave I will answer your question. Below is email picture of me denying this person who wanted to buy chucky cheese giftcards for her kids birthday but I denied it because I don't take money from the poor only the rich. Now someone might say how I know it's not just me emailing myself? Easy look at the date of that email and look at the date of my response on this thread. You'll see this happened like 2 or 3 weeks ago way before I even brought this story up. That is one of my emails copy name of that email from picture which is ngalofunrunlegend@gmail and you'll see it's one of my alt accounts on this forum. Here's proof below but I done this many times, I denied many people on telegram if I sensed they're poor. If you look at all my threads I listed cash app as payment and accepted debit cards now ask yourself why? Because it screwed the big greedy credit card companies not the person. The person that got scammed files chargeback from his credit card and gets money back from cash app, the only person that loses money was the billionaire dollar credit card company. I used fullz to build fake bank account so chargeback never affected me nor my buyer =) Anyways this my last response wish you all the best.

https://i.ibb.co/f1g5Sd5/Screenshot-20190430-122119.jpg (https://ibb.co/3r3qsmq)

https://i.ibb.co/FsnGtFd/Screenshot-20190430-122142.jpg (https://ibb.co/q0xbwv2)

https://i.ibb.co/7YqHC8W/Screenshot-20190430-122212.jpg (https://ibb.co/ZL03Xt8)

https://i.ibb.co/BtZmBBH/Screenshot-20190430-122232.jpg (https://ibb.co/yXyDqqm)

i have been scammed for 110$ last saturday from a guy here who sells amazon gift cards

Another scammer who doesn't have a self moderated thread or a locked thread either.

But he has several scam accusations against him in his trust, I seem to have hurt his feelings as he keeps messaging me with abuse cos I gave him the red trust.  :D

He also claim to have other accounts to use for scamming, so keep an eye out for them.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2497864

Hi-

I would like to post a "for sale" thread that will list some IPTV hosting services I can provide.  I have a website and it's setup with bitcoin as a payment processor and was looking to get on some "places to shop with bitcoin" lists to help get some more attention.

I didn't see any rules on posting and I know digital goods for bitcoin can be a cesspool at times so I was hoping for some pointers on best practices.  The buyer pays first then we deliver and we offer trials that start at $1 or $2 so risk is low.  We have a good reputation on reddit too.  Thanks

-bruteIPTV

Hi. Unfortunately when a brand new user posts a new site that asks users to pay first it's impossible for us to know whether it's legit or not. I understand some site are completely OK but most are not.

I'd recommend you to:

• Post your reddit profile on your thread and prove it's really you (for example posting on reddit a link to your thread here)
• Agree to deal with trusted members of this forum acting as escrow. You could ask users to pay for any fees in this case but you shouldn't reject using escrow. Here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2439910.0) are some users offering escrow services.

Edit: Thanks for following my advice and showing signs you want to do things right instead of asking to blindly trust you as several newbies do.

No problem man, thanks for the advice.  If you're interested in a free trial, PM me on reddit.   8) 8)

Good idea.  Too bad this thread isn't self-moderated so you can get rid of the off-topic stuff.

This is helpful thank you!

Just don't get stung, if you have any doubts just post here and we will help ;)

This is extremely stupid lol, I was browsing the site, NEW obviously by the look of my account, then just got scammed $15.. They need to ban, and remove their damn links, what useless moderators does this website have? wtf...

Who was the seller ?

YoutubeTV, I mean MadmanAmazon according to his neg.  When a newbie goes to that thread they see this which should be little hint and make you do your due diligence:


https://i.postimg.cc/HsMJdjKg/x.jpg


Sorry, sounds strange.

Yes, I didn't check to see if he left trust ..lol. But the warning was there, so they still bought from him even though  :o

These scammers need taken down/flagged:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5206748.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5211435.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221052.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5221033.0

Hey i want to know is posting same product on two bitcointalk accounts to increase sale ( Run by same Person ) Is allowed on marketplace?

I was cheated by khacnam.
I said that I wanted a third-party escrow transaction.
Khacnam said that he would pay eth.
I trusted him.
I didn't receive Eth and my account was gone!
Remember him.
It's a lesson that deals have to go through escrow, and one more thing, watch out for Vietnamese cheaters.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5264211.0


This seller is scammer.

He scammed me after receiving the payment of which was a play store card. He redeemed the card on his account then blocked me. Now every time I comment on his topic he deletes the comments. Yesterday I saw many comments too about his fake operations also from two other members and he deleted them too. Please do something about and keep this fourm safe.

it is better to stop newbies from posting selling thread.
you can request a certain number of post or trust before letting them abuse the forum with these scamy thread
a system of levels will be good for example

Hi,

username stevenwin19991

https://prnt.sc/uccnvp

and a6urbanss

https://prnt.sc/uccpgj

are the same person.

Proof that it's the same person :
https://prnt.sc/uccpzj
https://prnt.sc/uccr2z


Scammer alert :
Few months ago he scammed me for only 20 or 30 usd in BTC ...
Usually i don't say anything when i get scammed but this person is a genius, graduated with a master's degree in stupidity lol.

He scammed me with a6urbanss by telegram, some discount "methods" buyed by btc but i did not receive anything.
I waited a few days without any response from him. So, i contacted him to another telegram username that i seen on the forum and he told me that someone hacked him blablablabla.

"Where are my methods ?"
answer -> I will give them to you tomorrow
*I never seen any of the methods that i buyed*

Ok, this is the game and I lost. I won't waste time for 20/30usd.
BUT yesterday ( September 5, 2020 ), i was on the forum and i seen a familiar username "stevenwin19991".
His last username on telegram was stevenwin. The probabilities that it is another person are very low so I investigated and saw that it was the same person (a lot of fingerprints).

I contacted him on his new telegram account ( a lot of telegram account  ??? ) to explain to him that I knew it was the same person and that I wanted my methods.
AND .......

https://youtu.be/hpjV962DLWs?t=18 (https://youtu.be/hpjV962DLWs?t=18)
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

ACTING 0/20
he says me it's not the same person and I show him all the fingerprints ... 2 min later he blocks me  :D

And today ( september 6, 2020 ), I see that he deleted a lot of posts from his 2 accounts.
stevenwin19991 Activity 95 and now 86
a6urbanss Activity 90 and now 76

DO NOT DEAL WITH HIM

#1, from your printscreens you seem to be correct.

#2) this should be posted in scam accusations section not here

#3)  Here is a thread from 2017:  https://archive.vn/ZZ925 (https://archive.vn/ZZ925)


Please link to the 2 posts you screenprinted. 

It's the same person (Scammer) :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1038909
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1602737

Proof :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2702461.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5263043.0 ( he deleted his last post so this is another post with the proof )

They have plenty of legitimate uses which aren't shared by scammers such as yourself. You're not a newbie. You've been getting busted and coming back as a new account for years. Did it ever occur to you that you suck at scamming and perhaps should move on?

Hi, can anybody explain what an auto-buy link is?
How does such a link work? Can it be a PayPal link?

This guy scammed me, Never received anything after sending btc! Pls ban him. Well its my own fault. Should have read those pinned messages....

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5390725.0

Next time, please be more careful, because buying and selling or transacting online is very sensitive to fraud. You can ask for evidence that can convince you before the transaction occurs.

Just want to report this guy @Billtlitmarket. "CloudSellerShops"
Please ban him, he is a scammer and has scammed me with a crypto, I did not receive anything post payment.
He is still active on the forum and thoroughly posting trying to fool others by offering similar services and goods

His online store" https://cloudsellershops.mysellix.io/

https://i.postimg.cc/pmgq3z7B/temp-Imagev-G3h3k.avif (https://postimg.cc/pmgq3z7B)

Exercise caution with auto-buy links, especially those that are locked or self-moderated. These can sometimes lead to hasty purchases or potential scams. It's advisable to register an account on the platform before making any deals. This step adds a layer of security and accountability for both parties involved. Always prioritize your safety and take time to verify the legitimacy of offers before committing to a purchase! :)

I've recently started a topic about Platforms that allow Selling Digital Goods for Bitcoin (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5551383) and I'm surprised to see how many users here are using "auto-buy" platforms to scam people. Especially using rocketr... now it has a 1k annual limit, enforced KYC and automated VPN ban. Have spam using this platform reduced now? or there are others platforms scammers are using?

Or is the issue related to all auto-buy platforms?