[Warning: Serial Scam Artist] Alexis Drakopolous

[megashira1]

Scam Date June 12th, 2014

Why am I only posting this information now?

I was hoping with time Alexis conscience would catch up with him and he would return my stolen money. It seems he has no interest in doing so, so I thought it was appropriate to take further measures.

What happened::

I posted an advertisement on the currency exchange board trading BTC for PokerStars$. Alexis Drakopoulos under the alias FitnessRegiment replied to my posting wanting to trade for 9.5btc. We conversed and he eventually added me on skype under the alias Spuds Gaming .. He told me that he wanted to use escrow.com service for the trade and I mentioned that it wasn't necessary and that I am a reputable seller etc.. But he insisted, I decided ok sure. I did a background check on the site escrow.com and everything was legit so I thought why not. He told me to sign up which I did, and then he told me to send him my email address I used in order for him to initiate the transaction on the site. The transaction was initiated and I received an email from escrow.com stating the stipulations, and then I immediately received another email stating the transaction steps and what course of action was needed next. This SECOND EMAIL however was not legitimately from escrow.com and my unfamiliarity with the procedure and the whole escrowing process led me to believe it was legitimate as it contained the transaction Id, escrow.com banner and came immediately after the first legitimate email. However this email was, now looking back on it, from service.escrow@europe.com and not escrow.com. In short I followed the instructions on the followup email which under the guise of escrow.com stated that that buyer had sent full payment + fee to escrow, and that now it was my turn to send the btc to the address provided. I sent the the btc to the address and the rest is history.


Update June 14th: I contacted Alexis demanding him to return my btc or drastic measures will be taken. Afterwards his facebook was deactivated or hidden. He also messaged me from fitnessregiment15@gmail.com stating that he was hacked. This is all bullshit of course as his scams date back to 2011 and if your read through all the provided information you can see the links between Alexis Drakopoulous, Dom Gend, Fitness Regiment, Alexistheboss15 and all the scam accusations associated.


I am looking for help in prosecuting Alexis Drakopoulos so he can never scam anyone else again. He is a ruthless scammer and it just sickens me how conniving he is.

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=334325 , https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=101684
Reference Links:
Amount Scammed: 9.5btc/$6200
Payment Method: Bitcoin
Proof of Payment: https://blockchain.info/address/1CiG8y2SxhmKbMLqvi5TvVEvkdccsCJ5nB
PM/Chat Logs:

Additional Information:

Real name: Alexis Drakopoulos aka Dom Gend
Aliases: alexistheboss15, fitnessregiment, Revolution, domgend1995, Comcaster
Skypes: alexistheboss15, Spuds Gaming, ProTrader155
Email: fitnessregiment15@gmail.com
Website: http://fitnessregiment.com/home/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexistheboss15 July 1st: Alexis has deleted his twitter account
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FitnessRegiment/videos
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexis.drakopoulos?fref=browse_search EDIT: changed his facebook name to https://www.facebook.com/drogonbord
BodyBuilding.Com Profile: http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/alexistheboss/ July 1st: Alexis has deleted his bodybuilding photos




OTHER SCAM ACCUSATIONS

http://www.reddit.com/r/Dogecoinscamwatch/comments/1vy6ui/scam_alexistheboss15_added_on_skype_then/
http://www.aeriagames.com/forums/en/viewtopic.php?t=1640985
http://www.epicnpc.com/threads/488829-Skype-alexis-drakopoulos-Scammer
http://www.aeriagames.com/forums/en/viewtopic.php?t=1412063
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=641855.0
http://www.publicdemands.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-25910.html

I think I got him trying to scam me as well.  Anything you want me to try and get out of him.  Sounds like he is using the same technique to try and get me to ship Casascius Coins.

Luckily, I did not fall for the fake email...  It came from escrow@collector.org  (didn't even spoof escrow.com for me)

He is "apparently" going to call escrow.com and find out why the payment hasn't cleared in the portal.

Here is the info he has given me so far:

Skype: Spuds Gaming
bitcointalk:  FitnessRegimen

email addresses:
johnsmithtrader4@gmail.com
jamesweir379@yahoo.com

Name: Dom Gend
Phone: +357 97 631598
Address:
Schinias 1 ( corner Amaliados)
Panthea
Limassol, 4007
Cyprus

He tried to use the DHL depot for the 1st address - not sure what this one is.

Hey,

Some more info on this guy :

http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/want-buy/660142-wtb-btc-ltc-doge.html#post6686464

His ip address : 168.63.55.14:40031

He tried to scam others the same way, before few months, he got caught red handed, and been punished.

He is doing this again damn.

Did he added you in Skype?

He tried to scam me 6 BTC using escrow.com. I noticed the emails did not match. It was sent from some phony email company.

These users are likely alts: Revolution, DomGend1995, and Comcaster.

I only release IP addresses to police. If you contact police, have them email theymos@mm.st from an official police email address if they want the IP.

Sorry for your misfortune.

[koshgel]

Don't hope that these people will develop a conscience. He has already justified his actions with mental gymnastics and will continue to scam people to fund his life. These people are allergic to getting real jobs.

The only way to stop him is police/legal action. It seems you have a lot of information already. Keep up the pressure and nail this scumbag.

[Tomatocage]

You can't be serious.

[berserker]

antoher account from him: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=101684

[Gyfts]

He tried to scam me 6 BTC using escrow.com. I noticed the emails did not match. It was sent from some phony email company.

[megashira1]

Thanks for the information guys. Please post any other relevant information you may find.

[ferall]

Nearly all of the links you posted are down, so he's rattled.

[djjacket]

I can confirm that this individual attempted to scam me using the same escrow.com method using the account - FitnessRegiment

He has also used the account - Revolution 

His scam attempt failed fortunately.

In later conversations with megashira1, he revealed that Alexis mentioned his attempts to purchase (my) Casascius coins from another user during his Skype conversations. 

The actions of Alexis match the scam that was performed against megashira1.

[zyhsu815]

Never deliver anything out until the payment collected or confirmed by escrow,even if he push you much to deliver out via Dhl.
Last time,I know less about escrow.com,he can cancel payment like paypal.leave alone these escrow,no good for sellers,but good for scammer.
He always scam newbie for trading business ,better to trade online,no skype or email or pm to confirm order.

[DRKLord]

He tried to scam me of 2.4 BTC with escrow.com. I demanded localbitcoins or a forum escrow and he backed out, since escrow.com is easily manipulated. He contacted me through a fake facebook profile that had pictures of a pretty girl.

It smelled like a scam the whole time, the FB was clearly fake when I looked into it further.

DO NOT use escrow.com, even if he used it legitimately. It is extremely easy for someone to screw you over with escrow.com.

BTW, here's the facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kate.horward

Oh WOW! So that's who was trying to scam us for the Casascius coin?! 

[megashira1]

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