agreed - there is no point in escrow for an in person exchange unless the escrow is there.
the deal does appear to have been a transaction where the items would be shipped.
I am not sure of the body of the dm's that "came" from both parties that suddenly changed it to an "in person" exchange.
Perhaps it would have been better to have returned the funds to the buyer and allow them to pay the seller direct.
If that had occurred the scammer would have been the only loser here.
in further review of the dm's - several were restored by Theymos - with a disclaimer, if one party still retains the dm, then it can be restored but if all parties on the dm have deleted it then the message is gone. So there is possibility of further messages that cannot be restored if all parties deleted them.
that being said, I can see where I believe eseayan's account was compromised. The sending account should be flagged.
the incoming dm
inspection of the link
close up of the link
also - in the restored dm's were dm's to mj from eseayan stating it would be an in person transaction and then a followup stating the transaction was concluded.
notice to minerjones that this would be an in-person transaction
notice to minerjones to release funds and that coins were in eseayans possession
and a dm to eseayan and minerjones from raj thanking both for a smooth transaction.
then the dm from minerjones stating funds were released
this does not help eseayan recover his funds but it does show it was some elaborate scheme/scam on the part of raj and the "mtowfiq" account. Worth noting is that the mtowfiq account had been actually identified as an account being used to impersonate other forum members and was actually left negative feedback by minerjones about a week before the dm to eseayan was sent.
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