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

[SebastianJu]

Quick overview at this moment:

Use this list as a starting point to see if you can find other links between them. Do not use my list as absolute proof. It is very common for two users to use the same IP at one point or another; 364 users have used the same IP as master-p, and the vast majority of them are not the same person.

Username	Scam accusations	Amount scammed	Other connection/link
[T] master-P	Obv.	BTC24
[T] komodovpn	Yes, on another forum.	$2.5k+	None at this moment.
[T] #yolo	Yes, defaulted loan	BTC0.01	None at this moment.
[T] sifter	Yes, ran ponzi.	BTC2-20 (estimates)	master-P account gave positive trust + bumping qDice topic
[T] iflewtoday32	Yes + Part of escrow-scam.	BTC1	Started "fake trades" with master-P as escrow
[T] antonioserrano72	Part of escrow-scam.	0	Started "fake trades" with master-P as escrow
[T] newflesh	Part of escrow-scam.	0	Started "fake trades" with master-P as escrow
[T] ShameOnYou	Yes, scamcoin.	?	None at this moment.
[T] AccTraderALT	No.	0	Linked by Quickseller
[T] berserkerbarrage	No.	0	Linked by Quickseller
[T] IronMarvel	No.	0	Linked by Quickseller
[T] MrBig	No.	0	MrBig sold master-P account to Quickseller in 2014
[T] malaimult	No.	0	None at this moment.
[T] protocol332	No.	0	None at this moment.
[T] djshshajtm	No.	0	None at this moment.
[T] jeffersonairplane	No.	0	None at this moment.
[T] kooke	No.	0	None at this moment.

Some of them seem to trade in the same goods (CS:GO skins, steam stuff, bitcointalk/reddit/etc accounts) and frequently trust "each other" - so I am sure there are much more "links" then the above listed ones. Obviously not every "link" is proof though.


Be free to quote/update/etc.

I took a moment to check my escrow labels with this list of usernames. Since i noticed before that i had a trade with master-P involved and me as escrow where he bought a steam acc on 20150627. I asked the seller about it but did not receive an answer in many days now. The seller was iflewtoday32.

iflewtoday sold an amazon account on 20150415.

IronMarvel bought something and the seller might know his address in case it turns out he is really master-P.

I don't have details about the other users i think.

[SebastianJu]

I sold QuantumDice to iron marvel.   Would it help anything if I dug through PM's and found information or not really?

My assumption was wrong it seems so i will take out what i wrote in here.

[pjsonowal]

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

[Dogedigital]

I sold QuantumDice to iron marvel.   Would it help anything if I dug through PM's and found information or not really?

And he did own MoneyPot too or how should the picture be seen posted one or two pages before your post?

If that is true and he really was master-P then... well... he was probably a really big scammer then. Dice Sites are pretty expensive websites. Profits are high. Strange though that he could get through with that with the amateurish scamming style he is showing.

Edit: Oh, i see, it probably was only the url or was quantumdice so unsuccessfull as a business that the price could be 0.4bitcoin only?

Could you please rephrase this to a more accurate statement?  Though he may anonymously have an app hosted with moneypot, he has absolutely no connections with or to it.

[kingaltcoins]

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

Staffs cannot get them involved in escrows and how will you just trust a staff because he has a profile tag of a staff? I will still not feel 10% secure in escrowing with an unknown staff. Even theymos also.

Its better you locked that useless thread.

[GlooBoy]

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

I went to reply to this thread, only to find it locked by the time I was ready to post.

~please comment only if you read it whole

My reply:
Almost every single person scammed on this forum DID go and look at a "list" of trusted peeps.

Another list in NOT the answer and is not going to change anything. Its is just too easy for scammers to infiltrate the list and look like they are legit.(they really do create new shills every day, this way, when one 'gets caught' they have a dozens more ready to step in its place)

Why not tell people to STOP looking at these list that are NOT kept up-to-date and are mostly started by questionable people in the first place.

Maybe do a little research YOURSELF on the person you are trusting with your money. (I know, crazy talk)

I am truly amazed how much info is found out about these scammers AFTER the fact. This exact same info was available BEFORE you handed a complete stranger your money on the advice of another stranger, based on a number next to their fake name.

Anyone caught dealing with selling of accounts should be avoided completely, forever. (you cannot ban all these peeps, but you can avoid them, and mark them in your trust list)
This includes buyers, sellers and escrows.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a trusted person to keep a list of shills. No reason for a trusted person to SELL THEIR IDENTITY.
And no reason why a trusted escrow would get involved with such deceitful practices.(except profit for them at your expense later)

Giving money to admin or staff does NOTHING to fix this problem.
Do I really need to break out the list of trusted staffers and mods that have gone scammer?

To me, the problem IS the trusted lists.

The solution has been around for ages but it seems NOT A SINGLE TRUSTED ESCROW is pushing multi-sig.
Its always "You can trust this one or that one or ME with YOUR money" not a one pushing multi-sig. You just need to ask yourself why.

Escrow should never be used unless for small amounts and the end result should ALWAYS be helping to teach noobs how to use multi-sig.
If your escrow is not teaching you about, and how to use multi-sig, you should find another escrow.
Its YOUR Money. and with a little extra work, you get to stay in control of it.(if you figured out how to use bitcoin, you can figure out multi-sig too)

Esp. if you are looking for "free" escrow - Why would anyone do free work unless there was a payout at the end of the rainbow.
The only Free service I offer requires YOU to do all the work. I would only get involved when arbitration is needed.
In fact, I wouldn't even know you used my service unless I'm contacted for arbitration.

You finally found a moneys that you are completely in control of.
When you hand this money over freely to a stranger, it is NO LONGER YOUR MONEY.
Stay in control, use 2-3 multi-sig with a trusted arbitrator.

And do your own research.   ......or buy a big box of tissues.

The choice is yours.

...And yes, I am going to put out there that I have been doing "FREE Escrow" in bitcoin-OTC for many years.

But if you did your research, you would already know that.

[ABitNut]

Almost every single person scammed on this forum DID go and look at a "list" of trusted peeps.

Another list in NOT the answer and is not going to change anything. Its is just too easy for scammers to infiltrate the list and look like they are legit.(they really do create new shills every day, this way, when one 'gets caught' they have a dozens more ready to step in its place)

Why not tell people to STOP looking at these list that are NOT kept up-to-date and are mostly started by questionable people in the first place.

Maybe do a little research YOURSELF on the person you are trusting with your money. (I know, crazy talk)

I am truly amazed how much info is found out about these scammers AFTER the fact. This exact same info was available BEFORE you handed a complete stranger your money on the advice of another stranger, based on a number next to their fake name.

*** ... snip ... ***

And do your own research.   ......or buy a big box of tissues.

The choice is yours.

You sound like TecShare. But I agree with your advice (which to me is common sense) to do your own research before making a deal.

Anyone caught dealing with selling of accounts should be avoided completely, forever. (you cannot ban all these peeps, but you can avoid them, and mark them in your trust list)
This includes buyers, sellers and escrows.

Not really. There are many users that farm accounts to "work" on signature campaigns. I'd almost say an economy has grown around it. And a side effect is buying/selling these accounts. Those accounts don't need trust (though a negative may make them worthless). Again, I dislike it but "working" on a signature campaign does not make someone a scammer.

There is absolutely NO REASON for a trusted person to keep a list of shills. No reason for a trusted person to SELL THEIR IDENTITY.
And no reason why a trusted escrow would get involved with such deceitful practices.(except profit for them at your expense later)

I disagree with this. There is a big reason for a (any, not just trusted) person to use shills. Shilling gets you attention, puts you in the spotlight and as such potentially gets your more deals. It's a marketing tool, and while I am against it I cannot deny its effectiveness.

[nejibens]

Consumed more than hour reading this thread and the posts, really shocking news about Master-P.
I used his escrow services for the near past, and don't think he was a great scammer..Just trying for years to build trust in the forum to scam people , to scam the people who trusted him, really shameful behavior and deserve Jail. I feel like the whole community here, not only me, was shocked as well, and meprising this guy and hating him for his shameful act, that's why each one try to help the other just to know and then publish the real identity of this scammer. What Eric is earning now ? he lost everything because his selfish..The money isn't everything in this world, when you earn the trust of a big community it's in my opinion best than thousands of dollars, the money will come and can be earned legally, but when you lose the trust of people you can't get it back , you lose everything.
And now he's refunding not by generousity, but because he's afraid of jail, and feel it's possible now..

[Gleb Gamow]

Consumed more than hour reading this thread and the posts, really shocking news about Master-P.
I used his escrow services for the near past, and don't think he was a great scammer..Just trying for years to build trust in the forum to scam people , to scam the people who trusted him, really shameful behavior and deserve Jail. I feel like the whole community here, not only me, was shocked as well, and meprising this guy and hating him for his shameful act, that's why each one try to help the other just to know and then publish the real identity of this scammer. What Eric is earning now ? he lost everything because his selfish..The money isn't everything in this world, when you earn the trust of a big community it's in my opinion best than thousands of dollars, the money will come and can be earned legally, but when you lose the trust of people you can't get it back , you lose everything.
And now he's refunding not by generousity, but because he's afraid of jail, and feel it's possible now..

I'm sure Eric is so afraid of going to jail for scamming the cryptocurrency community, joining the ranks of Charlie, Mark, Trendon and Ross. Did I miss anybody? Think about it!

[TECSHARE]

Almost every single person scammed on this forum DID go and look at a "list" of trusted peeps.

Another list in NOT the answer and is not going to change anything. Its is just too easy for scammers to infiltrate the list and look like they are legit.(they really do create new shills every day, this way, when one 'gets caught' they have a dozens more ready to step in its place)

Why not tell people to STOP looking at these list that are NOT kept up-to-date and are mostly started by questionable people in the first place.

Maybe do a little research YOURSELF on the person you are trusting with your money. (I know, crazy talk)

I am truly amazed how much info is found out about these scammers AFTER the fact. This exact same info was available BEFORE you handed a complete stranger your money on the advice of another stranger, based on a number next to their fake name.

*** ... snip ... ***

And do your own research.   ......or buy a big box of tissues.

The choice is yours.

You sound like TecShare. But I agree with your advice (which to me is common sense) to do your own research before making a deal.

What a shock. People are starting to realize that the completely corrupted trust system is the source of these issues, and me pointing this out was not just a vendetta as the staff and their jackals here attempted to cast it as. It only took 3 years for people to start putting 2 and 2 together. I predicted this would increasingly become a problem, but the resident brown-nosers want to make sure that narrative is never communicated to users of this forum. All is well. Nothing to see here. Move along.

[lottery248]

less then half funds to repay  until he can come back to bitcoin forum to comtinue to do his escros services.
would you remove his negative feedback if he resolved them all?

[pjsonowal]

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

Staffs cannot get them involved in escrows and how will you just trust a staff because he has a profile tag of a staff? I will still not feel 10% secure in escrowing with an unknown staff. Even theymos also.

Its better you locked that useless thread.

Sorry but i didnt wanted to put up a so called " useless thread ". I just tried up . I already mentioned that i might not be good and may miss up some points so correct me up . And i had already locked that thread at 5:34 PM around , so i guess there was no need of advising me again to lock that thread that was locked one hour ago.  You were asking for DOUBLE-LOCK  ? :p well thats not available

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

I went to reply to this thread, only to find it locked by the time I was ready to post.

~please comment only if you read it whole

My reply:
Almost every single person scammed on this forum DID go and look at a "list" of trusted peeps.

Another list in NOT the answer and is not going to change anything. Its is just too easy for scammers to infiltrate the list and look like they are legit.(they really do create new shills every day, this way, when one 'gets caught' they have a dozens more ready to step in its place)

Why not tell people to STOP looking at these list that are NOT kept up-to-date and are mostly started by questionable people in the first place.

Maybe do a little research YOURSELF on the person you are trusting with your money. (I know, crazy talk)

I am truly amazed how much info is found out about these scammers AFTER the fact. This exact same info was available BEFORE you handed a complete stranger your money on the advice of another stranger, based on a number next to their fake name.

Anyone caught dealing with selling of accounts should be avoided completely, forever. (you cannot ban all these peeps, but you can avoid them, and mark them in your trust list)
This includes buyers, sellers and escrows.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a trusted person to keep a list of shills. No reason for a trusted person to SELL THEIR IDENTITY.
And no reason why a trusted escrow would get involved with such deceitful practices.(except profit for them at your expense later)

Giving money to admin or staff does NOTHING to fix this problem.
Do I really need to break out the list of trusted staffers and mods that have gone scammer?

To me, the problem IS the trusted lists.

The solution has been around for ages but it seems NOT A SINGLE TRUSTED ESCROW is pushing multi-sig.
Its always "You can trust this one or that one or ME with YOUR money" not a one pushing multi-sig. You just need to ask yourself why.

Escrow should never be used unless for small amounts and the end result should ALWAYS be helping to teach noobs how to use multi-sig.
If your escrow is not teaching you about, and how to use multi-sig, you should find another escrow.
Its YOUR Money. and with a little extra work, you get to stay in control of it.(if you figured out how to use bitcoin, you can figure out multi-sig too)

Esp. if you are looking for "free" escrow - Why would anyone do free work unless there was a payout at the end of the rainbow.
The only Free service I offer requires YOU to do all the work. I would only get involved when arbitration is needed.
In fact, I wouldn't even know you used my service unless I'm contacted for arbitration.

You finally found a moneys that you are completely in control of.
When you hand this money over freely to a stranger, it is NO LONGER YOUR MONEY.
Stay in control, use 2-3 multi-sig with a trusted arbitrator.

And do your own research.   ......or buy a big box of tissues.

The choice is yours.

...And yes, I am going to put out there that I have been doing "FREE Escrow" in bitcoin-OTC for many years.

But if you did your research, you would already know that.

yeah i got my mistakes on the thread/post thats why i locked up the thread. And some of the points you picked up was the same.

[XinXan]

Looks like he is paying everyone back...still in progressed

How Eric stole people's Christmas
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013 in order to set up the escrow scam
2. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
3. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

Seems right?

Not likely he would spend over 2 years to scam that amount, here's what I think did happen(nearly the same as yours)
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013
2. During the last couple of months , he either gets in a economic problem, or starts noticing how easy it would be to scam a huge amount
3. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
4. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

If he really was in financial problems why don't just ask for a loan? He was extremely trusted, I'm sure more than 1 person would have been willing to give him a good amount of bitcoins, he could have done many things instead of scamming, he is a scammer and he always was.

[suchmoon]

less then half funds to repay  until he can come back to bitcoin forum to comtinue to do his escros services.
would you remove his negative feedback if he resolved them all?

Why do you keep repeating that?

Nothing in Master-P's behavior during this debacle suggests that he's a trustworthy person.

Even if you believe his tales it would mean that the Master-P account is in possession of a hacker and negative trust should not be removed.

And finally - if you would like to use his escrow services you can go right ahead. Negative trust does not ban a user or otherwise prevent from doing business. It's just a warning. Feel free to ignore it.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

less then half funds to repay  until he can come back to bitcoin forum to comtinue to do his escros services.
would you remove his negative feedback if he resolved them all?

Why do you keep repeating that?

Nothing in Master-P's behavior during this debacle suggests that he's a trustworthy person.

Even if you believe his tales it would mean that the Master-P account is in possession of a hacker and negative trust should not be removed.

And finally - if you would like to use his escrow services you can go right ahead. Negative trust does not ban a user or otherwise prevent from doing business. It's just a warning. Feel free to ignore it.

Yeah I don't think he'll be back to do escrow any time soon.   He says he's done with this community, so he'll probably not be back and even if he did come back no one here trusts him.

[Indianacoin]

Yeah I don't think he'll be back to do escrow any time soon.   He says he's done with this community, so he'll probably not be back and even if he did come back no one here trusts him.

Do you think he will come back and do successful trade with an account with -9999 trust rating?

Prolly he has already bought new accounts with those scammed funds to start his never-ending scams again as per his previous record shows.

Scammers always have a tendency to come back and scam as much as he can although he mentioned he will not return here.

[subSTRATA]

Scammers always have a tendency to come back and scam as much as he can although he mentioned he will not return here.

his word doesnt hold much value at this point.

less then half funds to repay  until he can come back to bitcoin forum to comtinue to do his escros services.
would you remove his negative feedback if he resolved them all?

Why do you keep repeating that?

Nothing in Master-P's behavior during this debacle suggests that he's a trustworthy person.

Even if you believe his tales it would mean that the Master-P account is in possession of a hacker and negative trust should not be removed.

And finally - if you would like to use his escrow services you can go right ahead. Negative trust does not ban a user or otherwise prevent from doing business. It's just a warning. Feel free to ignore it.

also, even if he was telling the truth about being hacked, fact remains he can never be trusted with other people's money again. in the case he was hacked, theres nothing saying it couldnt happen again; him holding the funds would be a risk in itself. then again, its pretty convincing that he wasnt actually hacked, so that doesnt even matter.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Scammers always have a tendency to come back and scam as much as he can although he mentioned he will not return here.

his word doesnt hold much value at this point.

less then half funds to repay  until he can come back to bitcoin forum to comtinue to do his escros services.
would you remove his negative feedback if he resolved them all?

Why do you keep repeating that?

Nothing in Master-P's behavior during this debacle suggests that he's a trustworthy person.

Even if you believe his tales it would mean that the Master-P account is in possession of a hacker and negative trust should not be removed.

And finally - if you would like to use his escrow services you can go right ahead. Negative trust does not ban a user or otherwise prevent from doing business. It's just a warning. Feel free to ignore it.

also, even if he was telling the truth about being hacked, fact remains he can never be trusted with other people's money again. in the case he was hacked, theres nothing saying it couldnt happen again; him holding the funds would be a risk in itself. then again, its pretty convincing that he wasnt actually hacked, so that doesnt even matter.

Yep, exactly.   I think the hacking story has been thoroughly discredited and I don't think he'll be back at all.  What a strange and awful happenstance.   I've never seen anyone break bad like that after having been trusted for so long.

[SebastianJu]

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

Hm, i wanted to give you my view on your suggestions but it seems you already closed the thread.

One thing you would need to consider is that escrowing is not really a work that is worth the time you invest monetarywise. I only know one escrow, i won't name him, who might be able to earn a considerable amount from it, but that's it.

So putting bitcoins into escrow with staff is like an investment on top, you can't access these coins. And i think that means already that a lot of escrows would stop doing escrow at all then.

I would write more but this is not the topic for it.

[SebastianJu]

I sold QuantumDice to iron marvel.   Would it help anything if I dug through PM's and found information or not really?

And he did own MoneyPot too or how should the picture be seen posted one or two pages before your post?

If that is true and he really was master-P then... well... he was probably a really big scammer then. Dice Sites are pretty expensive websites. Profits are high. Strange though that he could get through with that with the amateurish scamming style he is showing.

Edit: Oh, i see, it probably was only the url or was quantumdice so unsuccessfull as a business that the price could be 0.4bitcoin only?

Could you please rephrase this to a more accurate statement?  Though he may anonymously have an app hosted with moneypot, he has absolutely no connections with or to it.

Ok, i will edit that post. It sounded like he had a deeper connection to moneypot.