Bounty for retrieving 3 Icarus from Wildemagic in Lightning Ridge Australia

[Pipesnake]

I sent Wildemagic 102btc for 3 Icarus.  He never sent anything and instead PM'd a fake tracking number.

This is the info I have for him:

Jon Allison
PO Box 1847
Lightning Ridge NSW
Australia

From what I understand it is a relatively tiny place established solely for the purpose of mining Opals.  It is way up in the north west of New South Wales.  It's probably so small that nearly everybody knows everybody else.  It would be a trivial matter for somebody that lives close by to go have a talk with him.  Just camp out at the Post Office until he shows up or just ask around.

(Bounty outdated and removed.  PM if interested.)

[JMAHH]

Pipesnake, how do you know the address is legitimate?

[Pipesnake]

I asked the people in his signature whom he had successful transactions with.  Luckily one had kept the box from him and that was the return address.  The box was postmarked from Lightning Ridge so even if the name and box number is fake he is in that area.  I am following up on whatever lead I can.

(I filed a police report but doubt they are going to do anything.)

Relevant posts:

I have a 1.7Kw offgrid solar power setup, where I am its a remote mining town in lightning ridge Australia.

I run 4x icarus and a 5850 from my array.

Its not a cheap option, but it works, the array cost about 6-7K but I needed it for power in the first place, so now I just 'sell' my excess power through bitcoin mining.

You couldnt run a GPU farm economically but fpgas work fine.  I get 1.5GH/sec @ 100w from the fpgas and 350MH/sec @ 100w from the GPU.

I also have wireless internet, so im not connected to any form of power or land line internet.

kind regards

Offgrid mining pictures (where he lives?)

[repentance]

If he's actually a Lightning Ridge local, you're not going to get anywhere.  It's the kind of place where locals close ranks against outsiders and someone going there to "have a talk" with him is likely to be leaving very quickly.  "Close by" would be Walgett, but it might as well be Mars - like most mining towns, it's a world unto itself.

And yeah, a police report is unlikely to achieve anything as it's a consumer matter.

[Littleshop]

If he's actually a Lightning Ridge local, you're not going to get anywhere.  It's the kind of place where locals close ranks against outsiders and someone going there to "have a talk" with him is likely to be leaving very quickly.  

Or they end up in the bottom of the mine. 

[Bitcoin Oz]

If he's actually a Lightning Ridge local, you're not going to get anywhere.  It's the kind of place where locals close ranks against outsiders and someone going there to "have a talk" with him is likely to be leaving very quickly.  

Or they end up in the bottom of the mine. 

I grew up in NSW and there are some pretty fucked up people in some of the county towns up there. The movie Wolf Creek isnt that far off the mark.

[Pipesnake]

Well from the posts here he seemed like a pretty reasonable, responsible person.  That's why I trusted him.   I almost never go first and the one time I do...boom, scammed.

Humanity is gone.  Fuck all of you.

[Pipesnake]

I asked the people in his signature whom he had successful transactions with.  Luckily one had kept the box from him and that was the return address.  The box was postmarked from Lightning Ridge so even if the name and box number is fake he is in that area.  I am following up on whatever lead I can.

(I filed a police report but doubt they are going to do anything.)

Relevant posts:

I have a 1.7Kw offgrid solar power setup, where I am its a remote mining town in lightning ridge Australia.

I run 4x icarus and a 5850 from my array.

Its not a cheap option, but it works, the array cost about 6-7K but I needed it for power in the first place, so now I just 'sell' my excess power through bitcoin mining.

You couldnt run a GPU farm economically but fpgas work fine.  I get 1.5GH/sec @ 100w from the fpgas and 350MH/sec @ 100w from the GPU.

I also have wireless internet, so im not connected to any form of power or land line internet.

kind regards

Offgrid mining pictures (where he lives?)

He's clearly reading this thread since he took down his pics.  Jon I am an elephant.   I will never forget or forgive.  I WILL pursue this until I get justice, even if it takes decades.  You have scammed the wrong person.  Please send my btc back and let's end this.

[irritant]

If he's actually a Lightning Ridge local, you're not going to get anywhere.  It's the kind of place where locals close ranks against outsiders and someone going there to "have a talk" with him is likely to be leaving very quickly.  

Or they end up in the bottom of the mine. 

I grew up in NSW and there are some pretty fucked up people in some of the county towns up there. The movie Wolf Creek isnt that far off the mark.

or like Scarce (2008) ? 

[AndrewBUD]

Dude lives in some old ass shack completely off grid... I really hate how many scams are going on here.

[repentance]

Changing reward to very early bASIC order for 2 54gh/s units (early 300s).  You get my place in line but will still have to reimburse me for the actual hardware cost.  If you prefer the 2 X6500s that offer is still on the table as well.  I just want some justice.

The Icarus don't have much value anymore so I want my 103btc back from Jon Allison (or $1250 if he has spent them as that was the value of BTC at the time).  If you live close to Lightning Ridge, and want the opportunity to be one of the early ASIC adopters, now is your chance.  I'm not asking you to be a vigilante just somebody on my behalf to go in person and talk to the local police and explain why/how he is a thief.  Judging by his posts he seems like a reasonable person and is only able to get away with this because I am halfway across the world and am unable to confront him about this in person (for now).

If you're interested please PM me.

It's not "theft".  The local police would be more than happy to tell you that non-payment for goods/services is a civil issue and that you need to pursue payment through small claims.  Even if it was a criminal issue, the complaint would have to come from the aggrieved party or their legal representative - the police would need to take the details from you.

Lightning Ridge is a small place, but it has a very transient population.  You'd be able to locate him if he's still there but it's not the kind of place where the locals are going to give a shit that someone didn't pay for something and it's the kind of place where confrontation with a local can quickly turn ugly.

[AndrewBUD]

Where's crocodile dundee when you need him

[Bitcoin Oz]

Where's crocodile dundee when you need him

My brother camps along the stock routes up in NSW and has a pack of dogs that hunt wild pigs. If I didn't have any responsibilities here I'd be going on a little trip with him out to LR lol.

[Bitcoin Oz]

Well from the posts here he seemed like a pretty reasonable, responsible person.  That's why I trusted him.   I almost never go first and the one time I do...boom, scammed.

Humanity is gone.  Fuck all of you.

I dont know wtf this is.

[AndrewBUD]

Probably a picture from his roof showing the graves of all the dogs he's screwed to death...

[repentance]

I dont know wtf this is.

Probably where he buried the last person who showed up chasing him for money.

[btcANGEL]

I dont know wtf this is.

Probably where he buried the last person who showed up chasing him for money.

Don't be silly, repentance, that's clearly a love bower full of faux-stone pillows. 

Wildemagic, if you're reading this, the OP sounds like he's almost finished working up enough courage to leave the family basement and come looking for you. If you haven't ordered the rose petals yet, you should probably spend the extra money on rush shipping.

[yamaka]

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maybe this can help find him..

[MPOE-PR]

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maybe this can help find him..

Totally.