New to the scene and SCAMMED by a BitcoinTalk member

[BitCoinDream]

If that's the case, I can consider myself out of the game as I only use Paypal pretty much everywhere on the net.

Can't you transfer money to a reputable exchange or pay via cash deposit to a reputable private seller?

Unfortunately at the moment my only viable solution is Paypal. All it would take is someone who I can buy some BTC or COYE from and then I can't forget Paypal for BitcoinTalk transactions and use only e-currency.

No serious guy will send u BTC against PayPal payment even if u r using escrow, because whoever u r paying with PayPal is at risk of ChargeBack. And plz dont go up to everywhere to claim 'U r Honest'. In internet every bloody scammer claim the same. If u want to do business, use escrow and use a transaction method which does not support chargeback. SIMPLE.

[brokedummy]

if you really want you can buy on ebay using paypal. read the feedbacks. I've bought .1btc for $150 bucks. Now I've bought some more using coinbase from my bank account, but I had to get my account verified and wait 30 days to buy more. You can also buy on virwox with credit cards trade for sll and trade the sll for btc. You lose a lot in the trades. maybe spend 100 and get 70? I don't do that anymore, I'll just stick with coinbase now. I never tried the buying on the forum as a newbie route.

[tonino]

why not buy through Virwox.com yes i tis a bit expensive but it is for sure and you will not be tricked out of your moeny

[some1]

Hi everyone,
I'm glad to be now part of this great community and start my adventure in the charming e-currency scene, whose first day for me wasn't unfortunately as I hoped. Yesterday I bought $150 worth of BTC via Paypal from the user Ludacrisx after seeing his thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=406805.0 but he didn't send me anything. The scammer wanted to "sell" $600 worth of BTC but luckily I decided to try him with a quarter of the full transaction.

Since new members can't post, send pms, etc, but I still wanted to buy some BTC, I contacted that guy because he published his Skype (of course none of the posts about his negative reputation you can read now in that thread were present). In fact, I had previously contacted an established member who had their email in their profile, but as I expected, they didn't reply since I'm a forum newbie.

His details:

Name: Alvaro Barboza
Country: Costa Rica
Skype: mircx777
Paypal email: roynergarcia@yahoo.com

Please post a link to this thread in the scammer's thread above.

Don't forget to give him negative trust feedback so other people will know he is a scammer lokking at his profile