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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: Sawzall on February 10, 2016, 06:39:55 AM



Title: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: Sawzall on February 10, 2016, 06:39:55 AM
What happened: I purchased an amazon $100 in giftcard for $55 I wanted to do a complete order of $500 total he said he had to get off after that and we can resume the next day. He said he could do a $300 giftcard before he went to bed for $165 (The amount I was scammed for) and so I sent him the funds and he took off. The giftcards he sent me were recalled almost instantly before I could put a purchase in. http://prntscr.com/a1blbx

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=705136

Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1359200.0
Amount Scammed: Lost $220 in bitcoins
Payment Method: Paid with Bitcoins, of course.
Proof of Payment: first payment https://blockchain.info/tx-index/70a110fa209096dc1042a063c614e9c51dde163d3725074a19273e2f59fc4276 and 2nd payment
https://blockchain.info/tx-index/00157e0d9567383003dc6e24e2922713da28dceeefa4f9b1b0be2437cd43e26b
PM/Chat Logs: http://shrib.com/UjdhnhvjwJ8wSTV
Additional Notes: Just found out the $100 in giftcards he did send me that I purchased from him got recalled in amazon. So I am out $220 total. http://prntscr.com/a1blbx


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: --Encrypted-- on February 10, 2016, 06:49:08 AM
$500 $165 with a newbie and you're not using escrow? are escrows useless for giftcards deals or what? serious question.

sorry for your loss btw.


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: Sawzall on February 10, 2016, 06:56:02 AM
$500 deal with a newbie and you're not using escrow? are escrows useless for giftcards deals or what? serious question.

sorry for your loss btw.

Yep totally my fault, pure example of why escrow is required for deals on here. Most of the giftcard sellers ive done business with before don't like using escrow not sure why that is but they usually came through for me. This guy saw the money and it was worth more to him than future business because he is fully capable of getting these giftcards.


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: suchmoon on February 10, 2016, 05:31:03 PM
Isn't an Amazon gift card sold at 50% face value almost inevitably some sort of a scam? Carded/hacked or just plain "take BTC and run"...


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: jmsanto123 on February 10, 2016, 06:42:32 PM
Sorry this happened to you, that's a shame there is still assholes out there doing that shit.


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: Sawzall on February 10, 2016, 06:56:36 PM
Isn't an Amazon gift card sold at 50% face value almost inevitably some sort of a scam? Carded/hacked or just plain "take BTC and run"...

Yeah well he can get the giftcards but they get placed on hold for fraud. I called in to amazon to see why they were placed on hold, gave them all the guys info I had they are going to contact me if they end up taking action on him.


Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: moneybat on February 10, 2016, 07:52:00 PM
What happend here did you hack his account or something?

DO NOT CONTACT ME BECAUSE I LIKE SCAMMING PEOPLE FOR MONEY! I AM A LONELY ASSHOLE THAT LIVES IN OHIO, I CAN'T WAIT TO BE THROWN IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CREDITCARD FRAUD!




Title: Re: Amazon giftcard scammer: sniderwes
Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on February 13, 2016, 03:11:47 PM
$500 deal with a newbie and you're not using escrow? are escrows useless for giftcards deals or what? serious question.

sorry for your loss btw.

Yep totally my fault, pure example of why escrow is required for deals on here. Most of the giftcard sellers ive done business with before don't like using escrow not sure why that is but they usually came through for me. This guy saw the money and it was worth more to him than future business because he is fully capable of getting these giftcards.
Please tell me you're not that naive.