ITT: greedy people getting scammed by other greedy people
I set an inflated price to see whether people were really that desperate to get hold of bitcoins legitimately or whether a scam was going on. It was more curiosity than greed. Yes, you were curious to see whether you could rip some people off but you ended up getting worked over by someone else. My little violin is playing hearts and flowers just for you! Lol you have a warped view on "ripping someone off" and FWIW I have actually made money selling bitcoins on eBay so not that bothered about the scammer/karma. |
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This is just an idea, so thoughts welcome. It could be similar to the justgiving.com website (where people get donations, usually in return for doing a difficult challenge, towards a set target). All money would go directly to the charity/ies of their choice. Using BlockExplorer and a static payment address this would be easy to set up. I think it would help improve the perception of Bitcoin as a useful currency in the eyes of the public. Thoughts?
Charity is always a good way to introduce a new product to the public. Get a site up, get some ideas flowing, and come back to show us! I was hoping this forum could help generate some ideas  Even just a homepage with 1 charity a week featured on it and a bitcoin tipping address would work. Then all the money goes to that charity directly, or via JustGiving.com |
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ITT: greedy people getting scammed by other greedy people
I set an inflated price to see whether people were really that desperate to get hold of bitcoins legitimately or whether a scam was going on. It was more curiosity than greed. |
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We are sure of that here is that proof:
under the ebay id jabgasrm on june 28 he files a chargeback against another seller btcmania, so paypal is aware of the situation since it only makes sense that only a legitimate user will file a chargeback, but then on July 1 he buys bitcoins from me, and then on july 2 he files for a chargeback.
Not exactly proof, but nevertheless very damming evidence. Another thing that concerns me... I was selling bitcoins for the past few days on eBay, at very high prices (~$40/BTC) and yet they were being snapped up almost instantly. The accounts that were buying them were quiet generic and well established - just the sort of account that could be hacked IMO. I am scared that these have been hacked and so I'm holding off sending the bitcoins for the time being... |
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On june 28 he filled a charge against an ebay seller btcmania, then on july 1 get paypal payment from him, the next day he files a charge back. btcmania bought a couple of bitcoins from me (although he hasn't paid yet)  |
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update:
I got an email from a seller that was scammed also by this guy, it appears that he is going by different names, according to an email I got he also goes by the name of "the-mullet09" under ebay.
I also got scammed by the-mullet09 and a couple of other IDs. Are we sure that he hasn't just hacked into peoples eBay/PayPal accounts... |
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I have been scammed by him too. I though he had hacked into peoples eBay/PayPal accounts and then just bought the non-reversible bitcoins with their money...
Please let me know the progress, I have lost ~10BTC FWIW.
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This is just an idea, so thoughts welcome. It could be similar to the justgiving.com website (where people get donations, usually in return for doing a difficult challenge, towards a set target). All money would go directly to the charity/ies of their choice. Using BlockExplorer and a static payment address this would be easy to set up. I think it would help improve the perception of Bitcoin as a useful currency in the eyes of the public. Thoughts?
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Another really n00b question, apologies... can someone explain to me how to read BlockExplorer.com... like which addresses mean what? For example, on http://www.bitlotto.com it says you can send a payment (the winnings) back to the person who sent the winning ticket bitcoin... so I assume another address is created which is associated with the sender of bitcoins? so confusing  |
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That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
How do I spend that particular coin? how do you spend your change? the ability to spend the change never left your wallet, so you can just spend using the bitcoin client as normal.oh, i hadn't read back to see what you are trying to do. the bitcoin client chooses for you which coins to use in spending. there is a patch that you can use to help though: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23354.0Thanks for that, although I sent the payment using a web-based client (mybitcoin.com) and would this therefore not work in my case? |
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Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
How do I spend that particular coin? |
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Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
Thanks! Just out of interest, how long does it take for a transaction to appear in BlockExplorer?  |
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You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! Which part do you want to have explained? The "change" part... and how I find it and spend it. |
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You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! |
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Hi all, just a basic question really.... is it possible to prove that A sent X BTC to B? Thanks |
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"I just deposited GBP. Where are my Bitcoins?" LOL |
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Hi - firstly sorry if this is in the wrong section!
I'm going away for a month and would like to know where the safest place I can leave my bitcoins would be? They are currently on mybitcoin.com but something tells me there are better places to keep them... is there?
Thanks for any help!
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how small is the a chance that this money will be mistakenly sent to the wrong account number and be lost forever? Very. The account number and sort code must match for a transaction to take place. Do the math. |
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I just bet 0.1 btc that the price will be $10.
It's coming from 16rdqfvMxgArJXZ28RR91t3HiJDhmuitjJ
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