Master-P SCAMMER. I lost complete faith in this forum now.

[errorcoin22]

I believe techshare or whoever has info on him is giving him the benefit of the doubt and a chance to come by and make this right by paying everyone back. If he does that then in time everyone will forget about this and move on but if he doesn't then ultimately the info will be released.
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-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Comment: Signed by Bitcoin Armory v0.93.2

Hey bitcointalk, this is the "original" or previous owner of master-P account on these forums.

I had sold the account to an anonymous offer in August 2015. Along with my forum account, the keybase account "masterp" was also sold as the buyer wanted to continue to assume my identity and provide escrow.

The private keys to the wallets I used for escrow were also included in the sale so the new owner could continue providing escrow as I already had some transactions/campaigns taking place.
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I apologize for selling my account, in hindsight I see how selfish of an act it was. But I was at an all time low and I didn't exactly have much time to keep participating and help escrow for these forums anymore. The amount of money I was offered for my "bitcointalk identity" was enough to help get me through a couple of really rough months.
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A youthful mistake. Nothing serious, already forgotten.
Would totally trust in the future with any amount of money

[twister]

I meant forget about it in the sense that no Dox will be published and no further actions will be taken. If he comes back and return the money then these can be avoided, I am just saying that the he still has the chance of making it right, he has already lost his reputation but by returning the money he can prevent getting into legal trouble.

[grtthegreat]

I meant forget about it in the sense that no Dox will be published and no further actions will be taken.

But in any case, a bad impression will surely be left and no one would ever trust him.

It takes a long time to gain reputation, a split second to lose it.

[notaek]

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Once again, this is not relevant here. Make a thread in Meta or stop talking about it.

Well, I felt the need to express my views and I think it's fully related to this! (no need to start another drama in meta now) Had it been that master-p did sell his account, and these rules were imposed beforehand, this scam wouldn't have happened. Well, I already know these rules aren't going to get effective in either way.

Apparently this is the TX id of part of the transaction, though it does seem a bit strange that it only has half of the supposed amount, and later than the supposed selling date.

Well, where's the other half? And, why he just gave a lame excuse that he forgot about the other half of the txn?

If anyone did a trade with him on Namecheap previous to August then we could perhaps compare the accounts for that, though that may have been included in the trade.

Yes, that's a good point IMO.

[Tabata11]

Wow I cant believe an account providing escrow was sold and contiuned to provide escrow... No one noticed this change???

[errorcoin22]

Wow I cant believe an account providing escrow was sold and contiuned to provide escrow... No one noticed this change???

But you do understand that the people who provide 'escrow services,' those suggesting the escrow to use, and those dealing in forum accounts are often one and the same person, correct?

(Case in point: Quickseller)

@twister: there's yet to be a single documented case of a scammer coming back to reimburse his victims.

[Blazed]

Wow I cant believe an account providing escrow was sold and contiuned to provide escrow... No one noticed this change???

How would you notice this exactly? The scammer sold the account along with the PGP info.

[subSTRATA]

I personally believe any of you who have information of this man and are withholding or are trying to sell the info are no better than the scammer. It like youre saying hey you morons just lost a boatload of cash but lose a little more n help me out n ill give you his info. Very sad that the community doesnt come together to help one another. Shows how selfish this whole community actually is and how pathietic ppl really are

this pretty much. this community is filled with manchildren that cant really think beyond how to take care of themselves. i dont condone doxxing though.
QS, ill send you a pm real soon.

[SebastianJu]

Sorry that i don't have the time to read the full thread but is the sale of the account confirmed? The real master-P was a great guy so it would be pretty bad when he would have sold his account because it would make him himself a scammer. He would know that the buyer can impersonat him now and he would be liable to damages in my eyes. It would be a pretty dumb move if he acted that way.

He would have allowed a stranger and possible scammer to impersonate him. He would not be able to speak himself out of this then.

[Heutenamos]

Sorry that i don't have the time to read the full thread but is the sale of the account confirmed? The real master-P was a great guy so it would be pretty bad when he would have sold his account because it would make him himself a scammer. He would know that the buyer can impersonat him now and he would be liable to damages in my eyes. It would be a pretty dumb move if he acted that way.

He would have allowed a stranger and possible scammer to impersonate him. He would not be able to speak himself out of this then.

Was waiting for your reply .There is still nothing that proves there are two different master-P's involved in this scam.The real owner fails to prove the sale and just wants people to believe his terrible lies.
He was continuously buying/selling from his steam account and says he sold his identity for 1 coin which he could have easily lended and possibly was his 2-4 weeks escrow fees.

The transaction ID he provided

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Can you tell use more about the deal? When exactly the account was transfered, how much coins you received, a TX ID, etc.?

https://blockchain.info/tx/61c3471d66a8b5f1cc61ede17545c14951ce96e5731f5c17846be175c11879aa

[Atomicat]

Sorry that i don't have the time to read the full thread but is the sale of the account confirmed? The real master-P was a great guy so it would be pretty bad when he would have sold his account because it would make him himself a scammer. He would know that the buyer can impersonat him now and he would be liable to damages in my eyes. It would be a pretty dumb move if he acted that way.

He would have allowed a stranger and possible scammer to impersonate him. He would not be able to speak himself out of this then.

Yeah the account sale has been confirmed with a signed message in this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306301.msg13378692#msg13378692

I still doubt that he would sell his account for 2 Bitcoins.

[Blazed]

I wouldn't sell my account for 100BTC even... How someone could screw over the community after trying to help it is beyond me. If the account was sold or not doesn't really matter...the original Master-p is responsible in my opinion.

[Tabata11]

I dont understand how he was still on the "trusted" list of escrow forum post, especially after the account sale. I wouldnt be suprised he is commenting on here with his shill account

[mexxer-2]

I dont understand how he was still on the "trusted" list of escrow forum post

The OP of that thread is AFK until 30th, some Mod might be able to edit it but I wouldn't have my hopes high on that

[errorcoin22]

I wouldn't sell my account for 100BTC even... How someone could screw over the community after trying to help it is beyond me. If the account was sold or not doesn't really matter...the original Master-p is responsible in my opinion.

Wonder who escrowed the (Master-P) account sale...

[OgNasty]

I wouldn't sell my account for 100BTC even... How someone could screw over the community after trying to help it is beyond me. If the account was sold or not doesn't really matter...the original Master-p is responsible in my opinion.

Agreed.  Selling your PGP key is never ok...  It is supposed to prove your identity.  Selling your account as an escrow provider is shady enough, selling your PGP key along with it is downright perpetrating fraud.

I can't believe I even need to state this, but I will never sell my PGP key, forum username, or my public Bitcoin address key.  I will also never act as an (assumed 3rd party) escrow for trades involving myself.  If I ever do any of these things, you can consider this contractual documentation that I will not press charges against anyone who finds me and punches me in the face.

[roslinpl]

Wonder who escrowed the account sale...

Stupid joke, but maybe Maidak?

What I mean is that there is no such thing as a 'Trusted Escrow' in my opinion.

[Tabata11]

I dont understand how he was still on the "trusted" list of escrow forum post

The OP of that thread is AFK until 30th, some Mod might be able to edit it but I wouldn't have my hopes high on that

He should have been removed after the account sale...

[minifrij]

He should have been removed after the account sale...

No one knew about the account sale, therefore no one could remove him.

[Heutenamos]

Wonder who escrowed the account sale...

Stupid joke, but maybe Maidak?

There was none escrow ..read the thread.