If he really did scam you he's really stupid. I found his complete address in a few seconds and if he's been doing this consistently you can file a report with Action Fraud. Don't expect much to come of it from your report alone but hey if he's involved in other dodgy stuff then they'll investigate.

Glad to be here.  Wish I was here 2 years ago, but oh well, hopefully it's not too late.

I randomly learned about Bitcoins in late December, following the China crash.  Being active in Nasdaq stocks, I had seen a specific stock go up over 100% in a day because they created a trading platform for Bitcoins.  After doing some research, I realized they hadn't done anything new (MtGox, etc.) and were just a pump and dump scheme taking advantage of investors (most of whom have no clue about what Bitcoin is).  

I've become so fascinated with bitcoins that I took out all my brokerage funds and put them into the Bitcoins ever since.  I'm interested in the business aspects as well, and may possibly start my own wallet service soon.  I'm open to working with other members on entrepreneurial projects.

In any case, I'd like to ask some questions on the general discussion forum, so I needed to get this newbie restriction post out of the way