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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: tacociel on April 21, 2018, 07:47:54 PM



Title: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: tacociel on April 21, 2018, 07:47:54 PM
What happened::
I was looking to purchase some bitmain coupons, but saw the related sticky thread too late (I know, I am a noob), so I paid 17$ in ltc for a 220$ coupon, or, in other words, for a rather cheap lesson.
Half an hour later or so, I got an email suggesting to upsell me one of his other available coupons, as the one I bought was "sold out".
Obviously I skipped his offer, suggested a refund, never heard back from him, never got any coupons, and got my posts deleted in his thread.
Again, rather cheap lesson to be honest, this could be much worse (not sure if I would be as dumb if more money were involved though).

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

Reference Link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3357608.0
https://rocketr.net/sellers/g1shop

Amount Scammed: 0.11360625LTC/17USD
Payment Method: Litecoins
Proof of Payment:
https://chain.so/tx/LTC/58d4dbd751acc57ef673e8cfdeb7395e0b46a5d6a2bb89a045427645b520c177

PM/Chat Logs:
Not many really. I told you guys, I am a noob  :). So, I bought through an auto-processing option.
Here is proof of him deleting my posts though, and that of another user.
I also attached the above mentioned follow-up email.
https://imgur.com/a/k4yt9fV

Additional Notes:
The user seems to have a farm of accounts, interacting with each other to seem normal.
Other possible usernames, apart from G1Shop, based on the link below (different forum, same user, obvious through posts history and patterns):
toshenshop
GetAndPlay
DanaLika
lekr0
bs-thomas

https://forum.bitcoin.com/post171066.html


Title: Re: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: hugeblack on April 21, 2018, 10:20:43 PM
Why did you make a deal without reading the sticky topic Avoid auto-buy links, mainly locked or self moderated. Register before dealing (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3035620.0) ?.
Also, before concluding any transaction, visit the trust page (read untrusted feedback). I tagged him before [2018-04-09].
Sorry for your loss. Always remember not to send money before making sure of escrow service (bitcointalk escrow or trusted sites "bitify.com").
Support this topic by posting your story, theymos may make a change https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.msg31501493#msg31501493 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3058480.msg31501493#msg31501493)


Title: Re: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: jhenfelipe on April 21, 2018, 11:55:22 PM
You really had shortcomings since you did not search thoroughly about the seller and his service. He even had a negative feedback on that site : https://rocketr.net/sellers/G1Shop#feedback aside from here in the forum, plus the GC prices are to good to be true which is suspicious in the first place.

Be extra careful on your next deals.


Title: Re: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: magneto on April 25, 2018, 11:59:28 PM
What happened::
I was looking to purchase some bitmain coupons, but saw the related sticky thread too late (I know, I am a noob), so I paid 17$ in ltc for a 220$ coupon, or, in other words, for a rather cheap lesson.
Half an hour later or so, I got an email suggesting to upsell me one of his other available coupons, as the one I bought was "sold out".
Obviously I skipped his offer, suggested a refund, never heard back from him, never got any coupons, and got my posts deleted in his thread.
Again, rather cheap lesson to be honest, this could be much worse (not sure if I would be as dumb if more money were involved though).

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

Reference Link:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3357608.0
https://rocketr.net/sellers/g1shop

Amount Scammed: 0.11360625LTC/17USD
Payment Method: Litecoins
Proof of Payment:
https://chain.so/tx/LTC/58d4dbd751acc57ef673e8cfdeb7395e0b46a5d6a2bb89a045427645b520c177

PM/Chat Logs:
Not many really. I told you guys, I am a noob  :). So, I bought through an auto-processing option.
Here is proof of him deleting my posts though, and that of another user.
I also attached the above mentioned follow-up email.
https://imgur.com/a/k4yt9fV

Additional Notes:
The user seems to have a farm of accounts, interacting with each other to seem normal.
Other possible usernames, apart from G1Shop, based on the link below (different forum, same user, obvious through posts history and patterns):
toshenshop
GetAndPlay
DanaLika
lekr0
bs-thomas

https://forum.bitcoin.com/post171066.html

Nice to know that you've learned something from this experience.

I think his autobuy got taken down because of a lot of people getting scammed, and rocketr finally did something. But just because Rocketr did something this time to the scammers, doesn't mean that they always do it. 99% of the listings on the site are still scams that they haven't attended to.

The biggest warning signs are if a seller has a self moderated thread so that he is able to delete any comments of people who has gotten scammed; if the seller has a locked thread, so nobody can comment; and if an autobuy link is used. In this case, all three warning bells should have rung.

Remember that autobuy links don't offer any escrow protection. They are different to bitify, etc. Even if the goods are delivered there are no guarantees that it's not fraudulently obtained.


Title: Re: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: sam2014 on April 26, 2018, 07:02:18 AM
Guys please help me too,  I have just been scammed.  Here is my thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3398768.msg35586566#msg35586566


Title: Re: G1Shop is a scammer
Post by: sandy-is-fine on April 26, 2018, 03:39:20 PM
You can also add this guy FriendlySignal https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2049199 to his list of alts.  He vouched for every single scam thread of G1SHOP (and subsequently deleted all the dozens of vouches after I called him out on it).  I have screen prints somewhere.