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What happened::
I Post a thread for Have Bitcoin and Want Skrill @Zerbis send me PM and address I sent him payment 0.03 after receiving Payment he went offline and now no giving any response.

Scammers Profile Link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=949547

Reference Link:
I sent him 0.03 Bitcoins but he is not sending me 270.5$ in Skrill https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5200255.msg53038643#msg53038643

Amount Scammed: 0.03 BTC/$270.5$
Payment Method: Bitcoins
Proof of Payment: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/3fa68ae8645c220d244501fa986576828cbebf61045cf55435cec4abc6529425

PM/Chat Logs:
https://i.imgur.com/ktV2aky.png?1
https://i.imgur.com/w9AOqTR.png?1

He asked about escrow then why didn't you agreed? A $10 escrow fee could have saved your $270 buddy...

Give him one more day to respond and settle, if he does not settle by this time then create a flag against him. Sorry for your loss!

Its my mistake I just check his green trust and done this all as he sent positive trust to OSS for loan as well.

So sad to hear it. He was asking me a loan of 0.045 BTC around three weeks ago and I was offering him 0.005 BTC or something. Good thing that he did not take that but emphasizing for the amount he was asking. At the end I really did not bother much.

But let's not get too much hopeless, I hope he will come back and settle it. I noticed he has some good feedback after all.

I assumed that... But it was the ratings you just looked and on the other hand he's not a reputable member; this thing should also be considered before trusting anyone.

Anyway, I tagged him for now to prevent any new damage but it's not effective enough, a DT tag will work out.

I made a similar mistake once, giving a loan to a member based on his green trust--and I should have known better, too.  I tagged this guy but I'm hoping he'll resurface and pay what he owes you, though if he disappeared right after you sent him the bitcoin I wouldn't get my hopes up.  Sometimes we have to learn very expensive lessons.

And you would think that should count for something, but with account sales rampant you never know exactly who you're dealing with.  I'm not saying that's the case here, but in general it's true.  He has some recent positive feedback, but who knows if he planned to earn that as a way to boost his trust score in order to scam or something like that.  Scammers tend to pull tricks like that.

You are right its lesson for me as right now I have to pay school fees for my kids and he run away may be he came back but I want not too much late thanks.

Always use Escrow man. If he refuses escrow then you saved yourself from losing money. No escrow=no deal.

At this point I am not counting anything now. In fact I feel a little lucky that I was able to escape myself from his plan. I am sure he was targeting me on my lending service.

The trick was done from the recent feedback. We really need to be very careful when sending out positive feedback. I really do not give away positive feedback easily even if I do few thousand dollar worth of trade.

@OP, I'm sorry for your loss.  You should create a flag as well, here's the link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;addflag=949547

Zerbis sent me a PM on the 9th asking for a 0.025BTC loan.  When I rejected his request for a no-collateral loan he offered some shitcoin as collateral.  His trade history made me consider it, although briefly.  I rejected his request due to his activity, and the only exchange that has buy orders for that shitcoin is Yobit.

Due to his lack of recent activity and the amount he was asking for, I felt there was a strong possibility he was gearing up for an exit scam.  I hope I'm wrong, and he'll be back to compensate you for your loss.

In your PM screenshot its showing that he mentioned the matter of Escrow but you didn't feel it necessary to use that secure process. It was your responsibility to go with Escrow and that could keep you far from this kinda unexpected situation. I will suggest you to wait for his next activity and after than if you don't get any valid reply from his side then chances of getting your fund is lower.

I don't know he will comeback to give your fund back or not but clearly its a complete shady activity.   

He played it quite smart though. Went in the Collectables section, won an auction of 0.01 BTC, got some red trust and used that to scam you. Not sure why you didn't go for the escrow. Don't trade blindly with anyone just because they have a green trust. Check for the reputation of the account on the forum as a whole.

It's easy to say "why didn't you use escrow?" but I don't think many will touch reversible currencies such as Skrill or PayPal. There's not much stopping Zebris from using a hacked Skrill account or social engineering Skrill customer service.

OP made a flag which you should support: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;flag=978