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April 15, 2013, 10:19:46 PM
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Hi there,

So I'm a newb. Consequently, I'm wearing a dunce cap. I was mugged by a lovely individual in Toronto to the tune of 5 BTC and $500. I made an interac transfer and poof. He's out. My bank is telling me that I have no recourse.

I would love to either get the 5 BTC or the $500 and exchange it for some identifying information in order to find this person and shame them in some funny, public way in the style of http://www.419eater.com

So, quick background. I'm a freelance finance journalist in Toronto and after a few days of lurking around, I decided to pull the trigger and purchase some BTC to go through the whole experience. Some friends in the office wanted some too--so we decided to go to LocalBitcoins.com and find someone willing to sell either live or via interac in Toronto. Counter party was user "Duckie" with a previous positive review. We texted back and forth--his number is +1 647 795 3222. Funds were accepted for 5 BTC and poof. A couple of hours later, a disconnected phone number and nothing, nada.

I have a header from the e-mail (his address is premiumbtc@gmail.com) he sent confirming receipt of funds and alleging transfer of BTC:

Received: by 10.50.185.232 with SMTP id ff8csp111908igc;
        Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.50.170.36 with SMTP id aj4mr3922913igc.67.1365987612880;
        Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <premiumbtc@gmail.com>
Received: from mail-ie0-x244.google.com (mail-ie0-x244.google.com [2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q9si7940887igl.58.2013.04.14.18.00.12
        (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128);
        Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of premiumbtc@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244 as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
       spf=pass (google.com: domain of premiumbtc@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=premiumbtc@gmail.com;
       dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com
Received: by mail-ie0-f196.google.com with SMTP id c10so2002039ieb.11
        for <max@XXXXXXXXX>; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
        h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id
         :subject:from:to:content-type;
        bh=6Lhw8K6z1lDJr46QdFjHKy4WVgUkie0pKug7HMz16qU=;
        b=A+d/SJwvgxuXzIrjTueh/OQvsyvVm6MyAoswOcOy4KclB8+LN+ZFTBHpGL4DXH0/13
         TglfiCyhQ13Xuz8H3F5RyLHY1yLCvjbsfqSQk2Tpuj3x3AlIQ02BGMwDITAQq9RDS571
         NmRXcy3N2elpLcwuXO2zgYxWkU0FSGp1ffN+REch34MvjKwVJnvCoIf7n3Dfp66rcfBR
         z0kPxp0VD8DG4gy5nmT6aabXN3YxLh75Uz5/XxA5+luHMUZlM7RbZR1nB+kw//iFc5v7
         N1HUUiUvMXuR4KIpNnlk1CqJ/LRSD3gLW9kJU1ivTQCu+jEanveI2H2N1+JS9z/rdo49
         WthQ==
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.50.192.138 with SMTP id hg10mr3823515igc.95.1365987612705;
 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.64.136.82 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <CAAPeHVTJv-rnLfg_J6b0Nib1H1hbNeo9wXQQZjfrAhqRgV4YgQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAAPeHVTJv-rnLfg_J6b0Nib1H1hbNeo9wXQQZjfrAhqRgV4YgQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:00:12 -0400
Message-ID: <CAD160-0SkLz5KZtSvRcGjWadkzaFV0T5NsQwPyBx4i10te2LzQ@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 5 BTC - makksik
From: Premium Btc <premiumbtc@gmail.com>


Any advice?  I'm not sure if it would be appropriate but I'd really like to place this bounty on the identification of this person. I really believe in the power and potential of BTC but some examples have to be made of people like this--and I guess I've learnt a lesson as well.

This was my first transaction and I just feel so deluded and let down--Legit hit the ground running: http://www.youtube.com/embed/qNPhVVjnoC0
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April 15, 2013, 10:54:51 PM
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Ask tldoctor, he seems to be pretty good at his job: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=138866.0

And there's the Shitlist too: http://bitcoin-shitlist.com/

Bounty: Earn up to 68.7 BTC
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April 15, 2013, 11:10:34 PM
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Thanks Bitsky!
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