Scammed by Joshster

[Jama]

Joshster was selling 3 hd5970's and we came to the agreement of BTC6.75.

I paid this to JohnK as an escrow.
The seller stated he would post several days ago.
I have asked several times for the tracking number and had no response despite seeing that he is active on the forum.

I am now going to contact JohnK and explain the situation to him.

This is just a warning to others.

[Trading]

I don't know why that scammer Joshster agreed using a escrow, he probably never had the cards and surely he never intended to send them. Congratulations for decided to use a escrow, your money is safe.

[Welsh]

Ah, there was a thread on this the other day of a similar accusation, I'm surprised that this hasn't been dealt with.
I'm glad you used a escrow service, make sure you keep doing that!

[Jama]

I don't know why that scammer Joshster agreed using a escrow, he probably never had the cards and surely he never intended to send them. Congratulations for decided to use a escrow, your money is safe.

It is strange as he insisted JohnK.
I am glad I did though and will always from now on.

Regards.

[Trading]

Maybe he did that to look good at JohnK and buy some time to scam more people before getting burn with scam accusations.

[Badabing]

Be sure you send to John K. I read in some thread that the scammer acting as John K.

[Trading]

Joshster has a big history of scams: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=192971.0 ; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=196082.0
And he is also this other scammer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=197430.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=198269.0

[Trading]

Good point, there was at least a case of fake escrow. The scammer told the victim to send the money to an address, saying it was the one of John K with a copy of a fake PM from John K.

[Jama]

The more I dig the more I find.

You made my heart skip a beat when you suggested it could be a fake escrow PM.
I have just checked and it was indeed JohnK so hopefully should have it back soon.

[Trading]

It wasn't that the intention.

[Chuck]

I've had several newbies ask to do a trade, suggesting JohnK escrow.  When I wrote back saying OK, they never wrote me back. It's happened 3 or 4 times.

Joshster was one of them - he PM'ed me: "I can message JohnK and when he comes on we can arrange a escrow for a secure trade. I can pay the 1.5 fee."

But I never heard back from him.

[Trading]

He used that as a way to pretend to be honest, hoping the other side would give up on using John. He also talked about escrow in his threads. Just scamming tactics.

[John (John K.)]

I confirm this is a real escrow and his coins are safe. God, it's been such a busy week for me.(and the scammers)