Whew! $10k next?
Really sorry to hear that fucken guy went off with your money, Raja
Hope it turns round, that's a lot of money.
Hopefully! It looks quite sh!t right now. Still no reply. Opening a scam accusation thread, collecting stuff.
Its possible they were just using the old transactions to build up reputation, then using that reputation to scam you, since it was clear no one was profiting off of those transactions as mentioned in the OP, also most of the trust he gained was from sending first, and you allowed him to send second, which was probably didnt help
Good point. Thanks!
Raja I've got a brand new Alienware laptop I don't need. It's a bargain for you just $800 in BTC. If interested please let me know and I'll send you my BTC address. Deal?
I really appreciate your offer; I received a similar offer from rdbase as well, I appreciate that too! However, I'm no longer going for an expensive gift, will just delay it for a few months.
@Raja_MBZ: The scammer played it smart, by agreeing to receive the quarter ($250) installments, in order to gain your trust, and he did... I would probably do the same as you, being influenced by the eBay culture, where I've bought hundreds of things and always paid upfront in full ($500+ in some cases) without any problems.
Your story serves as a lesson to all of us, to never trust anyone we don't really know, especially when it comes to Bitcoin. "Don't trust, verify!" is the motto. Bitcoin's strength of irreversibility can cut both ways, like a double-edged sword. Got to treat it as such.
Yeah, it's a lesson for all of us. A bit expensive one for me, but a free one for you guys!
You should post in Scam accusations to stop him from scamming others. The account still shows positive trust and your BTC have moved since you sent them to him.
I hate to see this happen, because I've done business with petahasher several times with no issues. If this issue hasn't been resolved by now, Raja_MBZ really does need to open up a formal scam accusation thread instead of discussing it here.
Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a scam by petahasher--but stick around bitcointalk long enough and you'll see reputable members go rogue. Again, I'm hoping that's not the case here.
I appreciate your reply! Yes, I'm opening a scam accusation thread. Let's discuss this there, instead of going off-topic here.
The BTC has already moved. It looks like you sent it straight to an exchange address. He hasn't been online since May 3rd... Not a good sign. Let me know if you need help opening a flag on him -- that will put the red "Warning: this person is a scammer" label at the top of all their threads.
His last post is a bit ominous:
At this point I should just write a book on how to scam and sell it to some of you idiots (I won't, this is just a joke).
Yes, I'll need help from you guys. You can do that once I've posted the stuff in a separate scam accusation thread.
You can say dirty fiat ... but sometimes there is use for that dirt 😬
Hoping the best for you and hoping you’re not scammed by an idiot
Heh, yeah.
In their previous trades no one thought this account was trustworthy enough for them to even consider to go first. Yet they offered to use escrow on their trading thread.
I dont know why raja didnt opt to go through with the trade in this route.
I wouldnt be surprised if they blame it on covid19 for immediately going offline and disconnecting from telegram as soon as they received the bitcoins.
When were you going to create that thread in the reputation topic so can move this post there. Cause this is wall observer and not watch the scammers thread.
Yes, let's move to the scam accusation section. We're only being off-topic in here.
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