Hello.

So, September last year, I talked to Maidak because I wanted to sell him 41 BTC and receive the money via Paypal.

We talked a little bit, and since I was (and I am) new in the forum, and he had good reputation here, I sent him the 41 BTC ($462 worth each at that time).
He had a few problems, and I had to wait for a few weeks. No problem, I waited.

He then sent me only half of the money we agreed ($9000). That was end of September. Since then, he started telling me all kind of excuses. That someone scammed him, that he lost his job, and so on.

After sending him a lot of messages, he could sent me anoter $3500 (6th day of October). And finally another $500 at the end of November.

He still owed me $5000. Since December 2014, until now, he's been giving me a different excuse every day. Now it's been 3 weeks since he doesn't answer.

I was VERY patient, and never posted anything here, since he had such a good reputation. I mean, everyone can have some problems. But now I'm seeing he scammed a lot of people.

Here's my conversations in skype with him. You can see everything we talked and every excuse he's been telling me for the past 6 months.

From last year until middle of January:

http://pastebin.com/ce5CNWZy and http://pastebin.com/yHfZxPLi

And this one since middle of March:

http://pastebin.com/4Bm2whMp

I guess there's nothing I can do (if there is, please tell me!), but PLEASE do not trade anything with this member.

I also have transcripts from his website chat since first day, and screenshots of the PMs in this forum. If anyone also needs that as proof, I will upload the pictures and post them.

Yeah, I know. That was really stupid of me. I needed the money really quick (I'm from Argentina and everything's complicated when trying to withdraw USD), and my only option was to exchange from BTC to Paypal, and then withdraw to my Payoneer card. With all the transactions that Maidak had over the years, I didn't think he would scam me.

And I was really patient, and believed everything he said. I didn't want to ruin his reputation, but now I think it's too late. I mean, I don't think anyone would wait 6+ months as I did.

Thanks for the reply. You're both right. I guess it's a lesson learnt right?.
It was really stupid from me not to post a warning about it. It's sad that someone decides to scam a lot of members after being so successful for years.
Regarding Paypal, with the money that he did sent, I had no problems. It was really the only choice I had. In Argentina we have such a difficult time trying to withdraw money, or even buying something overseas, that there were nothing else I could do :/.

It might not be a lot, but here 1 USD is worth 12 Pesos Argentinos, so here yeah, it's considered a lot of money.

If he ever decides to reply or do something about it, I'll update, although I really doubt it now. I just hope he's not scamming more people outside BitcoinTalk.

If you had reported this earlier, then others on this forum wouldn't get scammed. The moment someone delays the payment even for a week, you should either complain or ask him to send the money back, thus cancelling the deal. If the accused user even has a personal problem, that is his issue and not yours. He should be able to refund you the amount in BTC and if he doesn't want to, then he is definitely a scammer. Now since it has been 6 months, he can give any excuse of not being able to refund you the money. Sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the advice, that's exactly what I'm trying to do right now. I don't know if it will be useful for me since I'm located in Argentina, but it's worth the try. I will be updating the thread if something happens.

It's allowed, but I'd contact maidak himself first and ask him what's going on and when people can expect their money back. If he doesn't pay then you could contact his family and/or post the dox here. That should be a last resort though.

It's been 1 month since I'm sending him PMs, Skype messages, emails.. and nothing. So this is kinda my last resource, I can't do anything else.
I'm thinking that maybe if all of us who got scammed contacted his family (with proof), it could help to get our money back...

it does hurt I was scammed 95 bucks yesterday 

I am sorry to hear you were ripped of man.  I was scammed for a smaller amount, 100 USD in BTC, a few months ago.  You just have to learn from it, forget about it, and apply what you learned to all future business.  It honestly happens to everyone at some point or another.  Learn from it so you can see you didn't come out empty-handed.

The staff generally do not get involved in personal scams as thats what this forum is for. They might however be able to add a negative trust to his/her account to avoid him from scamming someone in the future. You should start a scam accusation and post all the information about it.