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

[Gleb Gamow]

Again, please enlighten us as to who master-P is, for I, among others, have yet to see the proof.

His identity has been confirmed by Blazed, and perhaps TECSHARE as well. While it has been in private, both of those are trusted members (though that doesn't really have much meaning).

If that's the case, then why have I spent the past 24 hours virtually dedicated to this thread? That includes reading MP's earlier posts prior to being told that wasn't him, so I started on mid-September 2014, forward. Then, showing my ass to the dude who supposedly has the vitals. This is fuckin' sick on so many levels.

[GSpgh]

I am not stopping anyone from "calling master-P out on his lies", I am asking uninvolved parties such as yourself to calm the fuck down and let the people actually involved try to work this out before you shit all over everything to get your compulsive fix.

by the same token I'm not stopping you from doing whatever you think you're doing.

in fact I'm not telling you to do or not do anything while you feel you have some authority to boss everyone around so if anyone needs to chill it's you bro

LOL at the grand conspiracy of framing Master-P... unless it's not a joke

[Gleb Gamow]

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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.

I am signing this message from an address I used to stake back in March, before I sold the account and was not included in the sale since the buyer would have no real use for it.

The address is 16Ag7a28TfKwUQiUKcQuvTxATJM5khmX5p

Posted here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.msg10821951#msg10821951

I don't think I can really do much to help, but just wanted to post this here since someone on my steam friend list informed me of this situation. I don't necessarily partake on these forums anymore, and don't intend to continue.

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.

Dec. 28, 2015
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Here's my fuckin' theory: TECSHARE is in on the scam.

[subSTRATA]

Here's my fuckin' theory: TECSHARE is in on the scam.

actually, i was the one that messaged him when i saw this thread. thats when he told me the fabrication of his account having been sold. as for now, im leaning towards thinking it was an exit scam.

[TECSHARE]

Here's my fuckin' theory: TECSHARE is in on the scam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQftYK2n8o

[Gleb Gamow]

-----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.

I am signing this message from an address I used to stake back in March, before I sold the account and was not included in the sale since the buyer would have no real use for it.

The address is 16Ag7a28TfKwUQiUKcQuvTxATJM5khmX5p

Posted here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.msg10821951#msg10821951

I don't think I can really do much to help, but just wanted to post this here since someone on my steam friend list informed me of this situation. I don't necessarily partake on these forums anymore, and don't intend to continue.

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.

Dec. 28, 2015
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Unless the Mother Fucker Jones also sold his Steam account, I'd say the following post negates the above post, eh?

Screenshots of a short conversation I had with the accused scammer:

https://i.imgur.com/Xq27eYg.png
https://i.imgur.com/X8oYaFL.png

Basically trying to justify scamming because the other party was being rude/impatient.

Avid CS:GO player (SMFC) and trader here: https://steamcommunity.com/id/mfjonezz/

Any chance for a free/discounted review copy? I'm interested in seeing what this is about

Waiting for my supplier to come online, I actually have lots of people waiting on me.
My steam name right now is Brownie a La Mode, I think I have you master-p

Yeah, I'm MF Jones

It's no biggie if you already have people waiting, but if you do have any keys for sale let me know, best to message me on Steam.

up

did I have ur steam?

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I have you added.

my nickname is MF Jones

[Phildo]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

[TECSHARE]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

[Heutenamos]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

If he is really a kid then i would not be comfortable in doxing him and releasing it publicly or even making him spend years in jail.But i doubt he is.

[GSpgh]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

wait it gets better

assholes can now pay back in hashlets or magic the gathering cards or some online game widgets

As far as his steam account, what I suggest is one of the larger victims of this scenario makes a deal with him to resolve his debt in exchange for his discounted inventory of gift games, virtual items, and anything that is tradable, etc. Since the items could easily be reclaimed by filing a fake complaint with Steam, some time would have to pass before the trade is official and permanent. I believe the window is 190 days for Steam last I checked, but I am not 100% positive. I am sure some one else here who trades virtual items on Steam knows. Then it would be up to the individual debt owners to decide what they think the discount on the virtual goods should amount to in order to make up for the hassle of personally selling them on their own time. In my opinion this would be the most efficient approach to this situation.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

wait it gets better

assholes can now pay back in hashlets or magic the gathering cards or some online game widgets

As far as his steam account, what I suggest is one of the larger victims of this scenario makes a deal with him to resolve his debt in exchange for his discounted inventory of gift games, virtual items, and anything that is tradable, etc. Since the items could easily be reclaimed by filing a fake complaint with Steam, some time would have to pass before the trade is official and permanent. I believe the window is 190 days for Steam last I checked, but I am not 100% positive. I am sure some one else here who trades virtual items on Steam knows. Then it would be up to the individual debt owners to decide what they think the discount on the virtual goods should amount to in order to make up for the hassle of personally selling them on their own time. In my opinion this would be the most efficient approach to this situation.

Well when companies go bankrupt, usually they sell everything right down to the little red staplers.  I don't see this as a bad idea for Master-P to do this so that he can avoid federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.  And why was it suggested that he might be a minor?  That certainly throws a wrench into things, but I would have to ask:  Why the fuck would a company hire a minor as an escrow???

[bitspill]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

If he is really a kid then i would not be comfortable in doxing hiim and releasing it publicly or even making him spend years in jail. But i doubt he is.

So it's all kosher if he's a minor?  Kids are allowed to steal $12k without repercussion?

The above pertains to minors and punishment in general rather than master-p's case in particular, I haven't yet decided what side of the story to believe and it doesn't actually matter what I think so long as people get paid back.

[GSpgh]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

wait it gets better

assholes can now pay back in hashlets or magic the gathering cards or some online game widgets

As far as his steam account, what I suggest is one of the larger victims of this scenario makes a deal with him to resolve his debt in exchange for his discounted inventory of gift games, virtual items, and anything that is tradable, etc. Since the items could easily be reclaimed by filing a fake complaint with Steam, some time would have to pass before the trade is official and permanent. I believe the window is 190 days for Steam last I checked, but I am not 100% positive. I am sure some one else here who trades virtual items on Steam knows. Then it would be up to the individual debt owners to decide what they think the discount on the virtual goods should amount to in order to make up for the hassle of personally selling them on their own time. In my opinion this would be the most efficient approach to this situation.

Well when companies go bankrupt, usually they sell everything right down to the little red staplers.  I don't see this as a bad idea for Master-P to do this so that he can avoid federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.  And why was it suggested that he might be a minor?  That certainly throws a wrench into things, but I would have to ask:  Why the fuck would a company hire a minor as an escrow???

I'm not against the idea of selling off the steam inventory in fact I think that's the first thing Master-P should do

the idea that the creditors should be selling it off is ridiculous

why hand it over at a discount if Master-P could sell it off at higher prices and pay off a larger part of the debt?

but let's wait and see what the excuse is going to be this time. So far master-P refused any suggestions that would result in any substantial repayment.

[Dabs]

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

If he is really a kid then i would not be comfortable in doxing hiim and releasing it publicly or even making him spend years in jail. But i doubt he is.

So it's all kosher if he's a minor?  Kids are allowed to steal $12k without repercussion?

Uh, minors who kill people are called murderers. Minors who steal are called thieves. Minors sometimes have their own version of jail, or juvenile punishment, or maybe even house arrest.

Depending on what the truth is, this guy is either a criminal or incompetent. Or there might be the very small chance he was the unfortunate target of a brilliant hack, despite taking proper precautions. This is not meant as an insult, just an observation.

[Heutenamos]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

If he is really a kid then i would not be comfortable in doxing hiim and releasing it publicly or even making him spend years in jail. But i doubt he is.

So it's all kosher if he's a minor?  Kids are allowed to steal $12k without repercussion?

The above pertains to minors and punishment in general rather than master-p's case in particular, I haven't yet decided what side of the story to believe and it doesn't actually matter what I think so long as people get paid back.

Who said it's acceptable or appropriate ? but i can't agree to spoil his whole life for one mistake he might have done when he was in puberty.
Kids get thrilled by these things quite readily and if this is a foster care case then it's more worse.

[TECSHARE]

I guess 2016 is not the year people here stop getting all excited when assholes pay back <1% of the money they owe and give them more time to get away. Maybe we'll stop getting robbed in 2017.

Get away? I have his name and home address. He might even be a minor. What is he going to move to Mexico on $12,000?

If he is really a kid then i would not be comfortable in doxing him and releasing it publicly or even making him spend years in jail.But i doubt he is.

Well when companies go bankrupt, usually they sell everything right down to the little red staplers.  I don't see this as a bad idea for Master-P to do this so that he can avoid federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.  And why was it suggested that he might be a minor?  That certainly throws a wrench into things, but I would have to ask:  Why the fuck would a company hire a minor as an escrow???

He may or may not be a minor. Also who said he identified himself to anyone he escrowed for? How would they know he is a minor? I haven't looked into him but I did get some new info recently from another user that leads me to believe he may in fact be a minor, but the torch holding dildos don't have to worry if I get into legal troubles for doxing a minor do they? Nor has anyone considered how this changes the situation. You all think you have it all figured out. The moment you think you know something is usually the second you are wrong.

[Gleb Gamow]

Current date: 01 January 2016.

Order date: 25 November 2013.

Promised shipping date: 24 February 2014.

Status: order not shipped.

Refund: refused.

Update:

Black Arrow is current offering compensation to their customers for being lied to and stolen from in the form could mining. Customers are required to send more money to receive this offer.

Fuck these Romanians and their scam company!

I guess giving Mr. Jones some more time is the wise thing to do.

[grtthegreat]

No, I'd rather sell it on my own as I know the true value of my inventories. Regardless I won't be able to sell anything from my inventory for now due to the 14 day trade lock from changing my password, but it's something I am planning to do in order to be able to pay a more substantial amount in the 3-4 weeks. I don't think I'm obligated to hand over any of my assets for someone else to liquidate just because the community tells me to do so.

Leave that, what about today's payments? You promised to send some money today 2 days back.

Alright, I received 0.2 BTC via TXN ID:

https://blockchain.info/tx/adb92ab20cd7885d233c107bb1af527deecc37b719ca5ddbfae70b8b8ee94647

Mexxer-2 received 0.15 BTC via TXN ID:

https://blockchain.info/tx/b3e76dbd2767811e3b4d29add2b34921035d54add6482fb0685be017b56c31b1

KingZee & yahoo62278 received 0.05 BTC each via TXN ID:

https://blockchain.info/tx/4311a422c46adadbb5a3363c27fd8a4d2650ffa7aa3c594f25af054568e313c1

So, in total, the amount repaid is 0.45 BTC for today.

KingZee please update the OP. I need to be paid 2.8 BTC more. yahoo62278 needs to be paid 6.47 BTC more. You need to paid 0.7 BTC more. mexxer-2 needs to paid 2.38 BTC more.

----- SNIP -----

Registered total scammed : 23.957BTC

Registered total refunded : 0.84 1.29 BTC

----- SNIP -----

[Gleb Gamow]

I wonder if it's worth making a note at the end of the post that it's a work of satire. Some people seem to be missing the joke.

You should always put a small note at the end. Many people miss the joke. Some people take it seriously. At least put a smiley.

Like this.



On the other hand, some things I post about people think are jokes. Like, "Gleb, loan me 500 BTC? I have a thread in the lending section."

Here, try this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DT7bX-B1Mg

aaaannd it's gone.

I have a thread dedicated to Leroy Fodor when StakeMiners was in its nascent stage, yet closed to 200 folks still joined the now insolvent Ponzi. I'm pretty sure that if them same folks happened to stumble upon that thread honestly believing that they can currently earn a 20% profit, no multitudes of smileys or /s is gonna stop them from at least inquire where to send escrow funds.

That said, don't worry, I'm not gonna fleece anybody via that thread... I mean, I'll make sure that the new owner of Al the Alpaca doesn't fleece anybody.

/s

[Gleb Gamow]

Hi everyone, I am the REAL master-p.

MY ACCOUNT WAS NEVER SOLD.

It was hacked.

I seem to have gotten keylogged and have lost all my saved passwords including my accounts on bitcointalk, gmail, keybase, etc.

Right now I don't have access to my PGP key, my bitcointalk and gmail account, and my skype account which I seldom use.

I believe I got hacked on the 14th or 15th where I mistakenly downloaded something which may have caused the keylogger/malware to be installed.

I did not know it was a keylogger at the time and then shortly after that I went out of town. After the evenining of the 14th I no longer had constant access to the internet. When I did get wifi I tried to log in to bitcointalk but oddly found that my saved password wasn't working on my mobile. I assume that my mobile was not synced correctly to my desktop's saved password.

After getting back online and seeing all this it now makes sense. I am not currently at home, and I won't be for another week or so.

I can assume my private keys have been exposed as well since it seems like the hacker has gained control of my wallet on my desktop PC. Looks like the hacker may also have access to my steam account now but the password has not been changed as the steam guard has protected me on that front.

It is also safe to assume the hacker has been impersonating me via PMs, e-mail, and even Skype and now has pull off this terrible scam.

At this point is there anything I can do? I have remote access to my desktop. If there's any way for me to remedy this or to change my bitcoin wallet passwords please let me know.

Right now my computer is shut off, I guess a power outage happened but I can get it booted up remotely. I don't want to turn it on though as I assume the keylogger/hacker would gain immediate access to all my info again if he has not already.

Is there a way for me to safely change my wallet passwords without having to log in to my main PC where my Armory wallet is installed?

Guys I'm sorry this happened. I wish I had seen this sooner but I didn't have time to find wifi to sign on while I'm out of town.

I will check back here whenever I can for the next week or so but I can't guarantee any fast responses.

I looked up a few of the addresses and see the funds are not moved, including my tipping address where all the funds are still there. Is there a chance the hacker can't change my wallet password because my computer is turned off, thus unable to move the funds?

Well, at least Mr. Jones filed a police report for being ripped off for $12K while he scrambles to honestly pay everybody back outta his pocket. If not, this SOB needs to be doxxed to hell and back.