Indeed, check his feedback page on Localbitcoins.com: <https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/Geeney/feedback/>. "Geeney" (and hence his service at
www.bitcart.io) may have been legit at one time but it seems now he is a selective scammer at the best. So far he has scammed 14 people on LocalBitcoins from the looks of his negative review count. Admittedly that's a small percent of his transactions, which is why I took a chance on him, but the point is he is selectively scamming. I have reported him to Interpol, but who knows how long it will take them to investigate given the relatively small amount of money being dealt with here. Also reported him to Amazon, and they already have him under investigation with assets frozen anyway, according to him.
Below is my scam report on him:
What happened:: Graham ("Geeney" on LBC) sent me a $500 Amazon gift card. It loaded fine, but then 3 days later, Amazon emailed me saying the card was invalid and they couldn't give me further information. I told Graham this and he apologized, saying he bought the card from someone with good feedback. Then he offered to give me HALF my BTC back as compensation. I was a bit upset at that, since I don't think I should have to take a hit for his business not being 100% profitable (no business is always profitable, that's why you save up). He finally agreed to give me all the money back but then stopped talking to me until I threatened to contact authorities (which now has been done). At that point he called me a scammer, like the idiot that he obviously is. He will learn his lesson sooner or later.
Note to Graham if you are reading this: It is not beneficial to harm others. If you are having trouble sleeping at night, now you know why.
Scammers Profile Link: https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/Geeney/feedback/Reference Link:
http://s24.postimg.org/de3bgn35h/Screen_shot_2015_07_18_at_11_55_59_AM.pngAmount Scammed: [/color][/b]
Payment Method: Bitcoin via Localbitcoins.com
Proof of Payment: http://s16.postimg.org/6c79nr2o5/Screen_shot_2015_07_18_at_1_11_01_PM.pngPM/Chat Logs: July 18, 2015, 11:56 a.m.
meaninglessness: You yourself admitted previously the code was no good. I sent you the email amazon sent me which proved it. But here, I'll paste it again and also take a screenshot. Makes not much sense to say I'm the scammer since you got hard money from me and I got a fraudulent gift card in exchange plus 2 weeks of basically no communication from you. Anyway yes you can not contact me after I give you neg feedback which will happen in a second. If you go to jail (and even if you manage to flee) please take the time to contemplate what you have done: this money was to be used to buy herbal supplements for my friend Patrick's cousin in Gabon who is dying of Hep. B. If he dies due to the delay caused by your scamming, you will have that karma on your hands. Is it worth hurting others so that you can enjoy some fleeting pleasures? Be honest with yourself.
Your Account Amazon.com
Message From Customer Service
Hello,
I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you've had trying to use your gift card.
I've checked our records, and the claim code you included in your message isn't available for use.
For confidentiality reasons, I'm unable to explain further. I recommend contacting the person who bought the gift card for more information.
We hope to see you again soon.
Best regards,
Ashwin S.
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Amazon.com
Original Message
Hi Arshed,
I don't know what that Gift certificate ID number is from, as I've never
seen it before. The gift card I attempted to load was this one:
AQPR-WHBX8H-VNLFA
Is that the same thing you are talking about? What exactly was invalid
about it and why did it take so long to find out it was invalid?
Thanks for your time.
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filename: screen-shot-2015-07-18-at-115559-am.png
July 18, 2015, 6:28 a.m.
Geeney : The code I sent you is fine. Now please step aside.
July 18, 2015, 6:27 a.m.
Geeney : I have special powers, I can still contact you and oooo look I can also leave feedback for you
July 18, 2015, 6:27 a.m.
Geeney : SCAMMER STAY AWAY
July 17, 2015, 10:13 p.m.
meaninglessness: Also, Graham, after I leave negative feedback there will be no way for you to contact me on here since you will be auto-blocked as well. But you have my BTC address to return the funds, and if that doesn't happen by Monday, I will have no choice but to contact Irish police and/or Interpol.
July 17, 2015, 8:19 p.m.
meaninglessness: I don't like to leave negative feedback and hurt folks' business but obviously I will if you keep ignoring me.
July 17, 2015, 8:16 p.m.
meaninglessness: I really really need to get this money back. What are you doing?
July 14, 2015, 10:06 p.m.
meaninglessness: Send to 1LD3WBWe41rQCjVv2WKq4ZmDfhb3tFdf8k
July 14, 2015, 10:05 p.m.
meaninglessness: Hi, can you just refund the coins (including the extra $10 I sent directly to you), since it seems you aren't getting cards anymore?
July 13, 2015, 11:01 p.m.
meaninglessness: Still nothing?
July 10, 2015, 10:44 a.m.
Geeney : hey i hope to get it to you by Monday if that's alright
July 10, 2015, 10:41 a.m.
meaninglessness: I can't afford to lose this money.
July 10, 2015, 10:41 a.m.
meaninglessness: Did you forget about me?
July 7, 2015, 4 p.m.
meaninglessness: Hey, still there?
July 4, 2015, 11:04 a.m.
meaninglessness: thanks
July 4, 2015, 11:04 a.m.
Geeney : I'll get it to you as soon as I can
July 4, 2015, 11:03 a.m.
meaninglessness: yeah that's fine as long as they work this time (fingers crossed)
July 4, 2015, 11:03 a.m.
Geeney : Sorry about the card I don't know why it reversed
July 4, 2015, 11:03 a.m.
Geeney : I'll look at reimbursing you with a $450 or smaller multiples over the next day or two if that's ok
July 4, 2015, 11:03 a.m.
meaninglessness: i'm not in a super rush so if you want to wait and see until Monday if they will verify it, that's fine
July 4, 2015, 11:02 a.m.
Geeney : Thanks for sending
July 4, 2015, 11:02 a.m.
meaninglessness: yes i have ID here.. btw I just emailed them so maybe they will be able to verify that it was your gift card.
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July 4, 2015, 11 a.m.
Geeney : Do you have ID corresponding to your name on the Amazon account?
July 4, 2015, 10:58 a.m.
meaninglessness: Ok well this is I think the best I can get for you. I can't find anywhere where it shows "your" gift card and that yours has a zero balance. Maybe you can help me find where that would be. All I can find is this showing I have a zero balance and my last transactions. As you can see my transactions were prior to getting the gift card from you, so it shows I didn't just use the gift card up. But still it doesn't prove I didn't use the card on another account. I have no idea how to prove that to you.... unless I email Amazon and get them to maybe provide me with the gift card ID that was fraudulent, but I don't even know if they would.
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July 4, 2015, 10:51 a.m.
Geeney : Please send me a screenshot of your Amazon account where it shows my gift card and your new balance.
July 4, 2015, 10:47 a.m.
meaninglessness: I sent you the email that amazon sent me to that
support@bitcart.io address.
I understand that you and I both didn't get what we wanted, but I don't think that a 50% refund is acceptable. Not just because I'm anal, but you are the vendor and you are the one making profit on a daily basis, so you should be able to handle a small percentage of fraud. If I were buying these from you daily and 1 out of a hundred were bad, then I'd take your offer of half refunded, or I wouldn't even care about it perhaps. But I bought just one from you and now not only did I get nothing but my Amazon account is in danger of being banned if I give them one more bad card.
July 3, 2015, 5:54 a.m.
Geeney : can you send me all supporting documents and correspondence with amazon to
support@bitcart.io thanks
July 3, 2015, 5:54 a.m.
Geeney : had* good feedback
July 3, 2015, 4:15 a.m.
Geeney : Hey sorry about that. the guy who sold it to me gad really good feedback here and he's been around for over a yr. I just clicked on his profile and he's already been banned
so there's no way to get him to reimburse me.
Would it be acceptable for you if I send you 50% back in btc?
July 3, 2015, 1:01 a.m.
meaninglessness: Oh man, so the gift card you gave me was just invalidated by Amazon and they say if I give them another bad gift card they will close my account!...
How can we resolve this??
"Hello,
The gift certificate you attempted to use is invalid.
Gift certificate ID's :
6097364440945773
Continued use of invalid gift certificates could result in the closure of your Amazon.com account.
Sincerely,
Arshed Z
Account Specialist
http://www.amazon.com========================="
June 30, 2015, 4:53 p.m.
meaninglessness: oh right!
June 30, 2015, 4:52 p.m.
Geeney : please leave feedback and ill do the same
June 30, 2015, 4:52 p.m.
Geeney : thank you!
June 30, 2015, 4:51 p.m.
meaninglessness: thx again
June 30, 2015, 4:51 p.m.
meaninglessness: sending u another .043 btc now
June 30, 2015, 4:40 p.m.
Geeney : 500
June 30, 2015, 4:40 p.m.
Geeney : AQPR-WHBX8H-VNLFA
June 30, 2015, 11:18 a.m.
Geeney : send me the difference in btc:
16arjcjJHT3Hkr3PbN8t16JLYyb1vHzwRV
June 30, 2015, 11:18 a.m.
Geeney : ok
June 30, 2015, 9:01 a.m.
meaninglessness: that would be cool yeah i only have a total of 1.42btc or so
June 30, 2015, 8:45 a.m.
Geeney : hey i have 500 do you want?
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