Scammer: SynOps

[Britainacoin]

I have bought almost every note that has been issued. I have bought about 15 and about 9 left.

I also plan on starting to start paying the installments on btcjam.

The website is a bit better,not great, but more informative and not too ridiculous, please do contact me for any issues.

www.bitfiservices.com


I do apologize for how things became, but I do assure everyone things will be put in the right spot and I will continue working, whether it is here once I am done or some other venture. Ive had 2 successful ones , 1 still going, and this one, this was a total different world/culture/way of investing and trading and making money and apologize if anyone feels I abused you or the community, there was 0 intent in that.

Thanks

I don't think anyone is being like this just because you fell behind SynOps, it's more that we feel that you are misleading and not being honest with us. You paid an installment late on btcjam before but I wasn't concerned, because it was only like a day or a few days late, and you informed us about the late payment on twitter so I felt like I was kept up to date.

[tweeeaks]

Still nothing, no response back from SynOps and no package - tracking number is still:

Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

Location: (blank)

[Lemon]

Still nothing, no response back from SynOps and no package - tracking number is still:

Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

Location: (blank)

Contact his local PD for theft/fraud.
He's had your laptop for a month now, no payment or no return. Constantly issuing fake tracking codes yet still tried to sell it on Bitmit.

The auction seems to have ended but this showed up by a new user with 0 feedback... I'm always skeptical of things like that.

Agreed, contact the local police department and explain that you feel you have been a victim of fraud, in regards to goods obtained by deception.

[tencevad]

Just wanted to add that SynOps is a confirmed scammer for low value #bitcoin-otc trades too. I sent him a Best Buy gift card for OTC on April 16, 2013. He strung me along with a number of excuses and still hasn't paid up. Once I confronted him on this, he became totally unresponsive to my e-mail and IRC communications.

[yellowdog213]

I have re-issued my notes for SynOps to hopefully purchase this time. In total they end up being less than one full bitcoin so there should not no problem purchasing these. They were left for a week last time and expired, so hopefully SynOps will buy them this time.

[tencevad]

SynOps is a scammer on Bitmit too, where he scammed me on $1,000 worth of MoneyPak along with the Best Buy $50 gift card.

I actually have one of the bestselling items on Bitmit so I decided to make a little billboard pointing people to this thread. Hope it helps people learn about SynOps before they deal with him.

[tweeeaks]

Still no contact from SynOps - and the tracking number is still pending.

Guess its time to chalk this up as a complete loss - at least people are aware of his shenanigans now.

[zero3112]

no way

[tencevad]

If SynOps has scammed you, please take a moment to report him to the relevant authorities. Since he has done this repeatedly and continues to do it, it is possible that he could be referred for investigation by the Virginia Attorney General, for example, if enough people complain.

If you feel that he has committed fraud against you, please file a complaint here:
-> http://www.ag.virginia.gov/CCSWeb/ReportCrime.aspx
-> http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
-> https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov

If he has committed mail fraud (i.e. any USPS mail was used to transfer money, property or gift cards that ended up in fraud), please file a complaint here:
-> https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/contactUs/filecomplaint.aspx

SynOps's real name and address for reporting is:
James Boswell
117 East Omni Court
Ashland, VA 23005

Also does business as BitFiServices.com and HabJab Webmasters, LLC. As far as I can tell, the LLC is not a legally registered entity in any state.

[Welsh]

Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net


However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like  some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

[Britainacoin]

Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net


However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like  some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

I am torn between thinking his intention was always to scam, or he started out legit then decided to scam people instead of being honest when the price hike caught us all by surprise. If it was the second, then he should have just been honest.

Honesty goes a long way with me. If I received a late payment, but absolutely no contact from the person about why it's late, or even letting me know that it's late, I would be very reluctant to loan to them again.

If I got an email in advance saying something like "sorry I can't pay you this week, I will pay it on monday instead because X Y and Z happened", I would probably feel confident to invest in that person again. At the very least, I'd feel a lot happier dealing with them than the first guy.

[Welsh]

Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net


However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like  some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

I am torn between thinking his intention was always to scam, or he started out legit then decided to scam people instead of being honest when the price hike caught us all by surprise. If it was the second, then he should have just been honest.

Honesty goes a long way with me. If I received a late payment, but absolutely no contact from the person about why it's late, or even letting me know that it's late, I would be very reluctant to loan to them again.

If I got an email in advance saying something like "sorry I can't pay you this week, I will pay it on monday instead because X Y and Z happened", I would probably feel confident to invest in that person again. At the very least, I'd feel a lot happier dealing with them than the first guy.

Exactly, life doesn't always work out the way we want it too.
So sometimes we may be late on payments/delivery, but a nice little message which takes 10 minutes to type up and proof read goes a long way.
People do feel more confident, I personally think he tried to start a legit business up.
But, like you said when the price shot up and took us ALL by surprise, he/she might of saw a opportunity to scam.
It seems he has been scamming in-between legit trades though, to make it look like maybe the buyer wasn't considerate.
Going back to the loans, yes he/she was late by the looks of it on a lot of payments, he/she did say earlier on in the thread that he/she is still paying back a loan, because of the sudden increase in bitcons value.

But, it does seem like he/she did purposely go out and scam others.

[tencevad]

SynOps did end up paying me for my Best Buy gift card over 20 days later, after I complained many times and left a lot of negative feedback for him.

Regarding his Bitmit activity, he's selling a lot of low value items like $1 Amazon gift cards at a loss to pad his feedback and flush away the negative feedback from view. He selectively chooses which offers to fulfill and it seems he's definitely fulfilling the small orders that are meant to pad his feedback.

I ordered a $1,000 MoneyPak from him on Bitmit and he held onto my BTC for a week, stringing me along with excuses, and then finally canceled. I would not release escrow early for him, as it seems some other users on Bitmit have done. He's not to be trusted.

[tweeeaks]

Still no laptop, heh.

Figured I'd update the thread for shits and giggles while I was on...

[Tomatocage]

I had this guy listed on the suspected scammer list from the first day he got out of newbie jail