I'll join you on that and go for:
1ozProto-2 : 0.006 BTC
1ozProto-3 : 0.006 BTC
1ozProto-9 : 0.006 BTC

But you have to realize it is not obvious for me at this exact moment.  Because I did just get scammed, and even still, I just don't trust anything until it is said directly.  If I was dumb enough to send some scammer $1600 or so, then I put no trust in myself that I did anything else correctly.

In the end, it is this post that I woke up to find that really got to me most.  Even going back and re-reading it, I'm just looking for answers, trying to find out what happened.  So I take this as a pretty serious attack, and since you were not willing to engage me at all in all of these chats so I could simply have sent you what the transaction proof was (even though it was wrong), you instead took it to public blast.  The most frustrating part, is posting right here by him, literally simply asking if he got the payment or not.  But instead of saying, I've not gotten any payment yet, let's work together and figure out what's going on.  I was simply told I had to pay again in 24 hours or I would be reported. 

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I've ALREADY PAID again.  It's done.

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Here is the whole story from my side of things. 

First, I've been in IT for over 25 years, and I am normally excellent at catching stuff like this.  It's very literally my job.  This is the second time in my entire life I have fallen victim to a scam.  The first happened when I was 21 and to be fair, I was extremely drunk.  This time, I was completely sober, so I have no excuse.

In general, my life is pretty good, so being out $1600 or so is a solid slap in the face, but it isn't a knock-out punch.  I was still coming off the "high" of winning a different Kialara piece as well as another coin at the Scarce City CoinfestUK auction.  Christmas is coming up, and I'm buying a new house tomorrow, plus a million other things.  So I wasn't at my top game.  It was the end of the night, winding down after a full day.

I'm on Twitter, I'm on Telegram, and many other places, and all as "Coinheated".  I'm a scammers dream target, but a tough one to nail.  So, let me break down how it all went.

I get a message on Telegram.  I use about 7 different communications platforms all day long, and it is tough to keep track of who is on which one and where things are coming from sometimes.  The scammer just said hi, and introduced themselves as the seller.  We talked for a good while.  Their English was at a very advanced level, and conversation was smooth and good.  Not going to lie, I had a nice time talking to whoever that was.

It's my first auction here, and I really should have read up further, but I am a sucker for a deal, and it struck me as a good deal, so I went with it.  And we have the beginning of the setup at that point.  Whoever it was that scammed me, did their homework.  No joke, it was top level, and just in that simple fact alone, I can respect the effort that took to pull off.  I do not however respect the outcome or the person.

So, next a day goes by and I'm thinking all is good, then I get the "pay within 24 hours or you get reported" starts in, and I honestly have no idea what is going on.  Becoming a bit frantic, I start replying more than normal.  I never had a reason to post a lot before, so the system flagged me for posting and messaging too much for my non-bronze level membership.  I first waited the one hour to see if I could at least send out one more message before the end of the night.  Denied still after 90 minutes, I bought the bronze, thinking it would let me reply again.  I waited another hour.  Logged out, logged in.  Tried incognito, and I still had the message limitations in place, so there was nothing more I could do other than go to bed for the night.

Then, this morning, I wake up to find I got put on blast having all the DMs posted here, which felt like an attack.

So, I've come to realize I've been had, and solid, and then find I'm now under attack.  And the only thing I ever wanted to do is to figure out what happened, get some help perhaps, and get the whole thing straightened out.  Instead, I was only met with the demands of paying within 24 hours or get reported.

So now I had a choice, knowing I've likely been scammed already, I have about 7 hours before the 24 hour timer is done.  Since I got absolutely nowhere in the first 17 hours, I didn't want to risk hitting the 24 hour limit and being reported with such a brand new account.  My reputation is far more important than a few grand.  So, today, against my better judgement, I paid again.  I am still awaiting absolute confirmation from the seller at this point that he now has indeed received the payment.  Otherwise I just got scammed a second time.  eh, life moves on regardless.



To the scammer:
Not going to lie, I'm not even mad, you were REALLY good.  Good enough that I'll give you another 0.0005 BTC more if you send an email to scammed@youarebeautiful.org , and 1: admit it was a scam, and 2: just tell me why.  Any reason is valid.  Could be "I hate people and I will take everyone's money I can".  OK.   You don't have to include any personal info, and you can send it from any anonymous email.


And so now I am left in the aftermath of this.  If it was just that I got scammed, I'd be bummed, but would have moved on.  But the combination of first getting scammed and then pressured to pay within 24 hours before I knew what was even going on has been very difficult to deal with.  I'll be more satisfied when I know 100% that the seller was paid in the correct manor and in the correct time.

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yes, your rules are clear and I am not blaming you one bit in the matter.  I was only trying to figure out what I had actually done, and what I still needed to do to correct.  But with the limitations of the non-copper account, I was literally forced into silence for the rest of the night until I was allowed to reply again.

Right now, I am still waiting for you to completely confirm that you have indeed received payment.  With all the fiasco of this, I'd like it to be known publicly that I did indeed pay the auction correctly, and in the specified time frame.

I guess I don't know how to close the auction if there is something I have to do to confirm payment further?

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I have replied to your PM

I do greatly appreciate that, and if you wish to do that, that is awesome, but not required.  A few grand in BTC isn't going to ruin me, but it is a lot of money to me.  I'm no TheMoonCarl spending millions on low res jpgs.  lol. 

My very biggest thing in all of this is the severe frustrations I had when this began, and being limited by the non-copper membership, and then being stuck for the rest of the night last night not being able to send or post until the copper membership finally took effect.

Again, my biggest thing in all of this that is far more more important to me is reputation.  And having my DMs posted publicly showing I've not paid within only 15 hours of auction ending was rather damaging. 

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Well, I've already paid again, so unless I got scammed a second time, this should be mine.  Funds are long gone I'm sure.  I care less about that than I do than I do my reputation.

I guess be warned though about the PM offer for another one.  Could be a scam.  Happened to me.  I was also offered other Kialara pieces.  The scammer sent me images of other ones they "had".  Thankfully I did decline those non-existent pieces.  lol  I only chose to get scammed one time this time around.

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Yes, this is me.  And I did pay that one as well.  Again, I'm bummed that I got scammed.  It's my own damn fault, and I'm not blaming anyone else.  I'm really just trying to take a breath and figure out what really happened in its entirety, and I just wanted to get EVERYTHING verified and trusted before sending another payment, but it was clear to me that there was no way to change this date.  It was stated to me multiple times that I must pay in 24 hours or I would be reported, period. 

same name as my name here. 

Yes, I get it.  Whoever it was, was very good.  VERY good.  I normally am in high-defense mode when buying things online.  It is entirely my fault I let this slip through, and I got took.  It's true that I am new member to this site, but I am a veteran of IT.  I've been lurking a long time, but never really posted before. 

As I mentioned, if I had just simply figured out that I was scammed, and was treated decently and had some help in figuring out what really went on, it would have been no problem on my end.  But instead I was met with a stone wall and a countdown timer.

So, now it's paid again, unless I've gotten scammed again.  And if so, I just can't pay it a third time, and I'll just have to get reported.

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Well, that is part of the problem.  It came via Telegram, and it seems all info was nicely removed after the scam was over.  I'm only left with the lovely reminder in my wallet, along with the title I put in so I would know what that payment was for.  I have already posted that earlier now that I figured out how to embed image urls directly again (I just haven't had to do it this way in a decade or so).



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and just because we are being so hostile here, here is the second payment I've made now to the "correct" address in all its glory:



Anything else I screwed up this time?

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I actually had a really nice chat with whoever it was.  Probably chatted for a good 30 min or more on different things.  It was quite pleasant actually.  And then to go from that, thinking everything was fine and good and everyone was happy to being put on total blast that I'm a scammer and am going to be reported and just general hostility and no help at all trying to figure out what really happened has been extremely disappointing.  It's bad enough to have sent someone the funds.  That alone I could get over with mild annoyance and lesson learned.  But to then be ostracized for not IMMEDIATELY making a second payment within the 24 hour period is far worse.  I generally have strong trust in the BTC community, and I do get that scammers are everywhere.  All I ever wanted was some help in figuring out what really happened, that's it.  My frustration was amplified in not realizing the limitations of non-copper members, so that took me a little while to get resolved as well.

Probably the worst buying experience I've had in a very long time. 

And unless I need to send a third payment to someone else, I'm done, payment has been sent again, to the address listed in this forums, and verified and done.

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OK, I'm NOT trying to back out of this auction.  I'm trying to figure out what happened to the payment I sent to the person that seemed to be impersonating the seller.  It looks like I got scammed.  I really just need to figure out what happened before sending ANOTHER 0.025 BTC to another wrong address.  I generally only HODL bitcoin, I literally have only sent to another person once or twice.

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Miserable bastard.  Here is your stupid payment.  Thanks so much for not helping me in any way shape or form figuring out if it was really you or not that I sent the same amount to just yesterday. 


Payment sent.
d6a3760914e97de8d20644a2c9ceba45d04d2b30c40b99fc200ca50322576b57

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and now that my copper membership is finally working, I can reply more than just a few times per day.  That was also an issue I was facing in all of this.  I LITERALLY could not reply, despite having bought the copper membership, it wasn't taking, so every time I tried to reply, it said I had to wait longer.

Here is what I sent previously, which I am now thinking is a scam, which sucks ass:




And sorry again, because it has been a very long time since I've used a message board where I had to do html inserts for posting a photo.  Another reason I wasn't able to reply better yesterday.

Serious about of hostility towards me on this, and I really don't understand why.  I'm an honest person and it seems I just got scammed.  Just trying to figure out what the hell really happened, and more so, document it to prevent it from happening to others.

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Is it because I am too new that I can't post the photo of the sent payment?  I can't include it in DM either.  I'm starting to get the feeling I just got scammed.

going to wreck this fun.  Lot 4 0.005

0.016

I'll go 0.025

Are they sold out now?  If not, I'll take one, but I'm thinking I am too late. 

Lot 1:  0.01BTC

Just one for me, want to leave some for others.   

Will DM you payment confirmation, but it has already been sent.

Just paid for mine now.  I'll take whatever number is available, no preference.