Not sure if account HACKED. BTC IN ESCROW AT STAKE

[GaddaKhan1]

Good day,

My username, GaddaKhan, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=908179  has either been hacked or I don't know what happened.

The story is, I have an amount of 1.6btc in Escrow at SebastianJu (Can someone please tag him as I don't know how to do it.
This was for some D3 miners I am buying from redbarf.

I woke up this morning to find messages from SebastianJu in my inbox accusing me of trying to get the BTC paid back into my account and alleged messages sent from my account to SebastianJu confirming that I received the miners and that the coins should be released to a phony address.

I was obviously shocked, I did not send any such messages from GaddaKhan account and I'm not a thief or a fool to risk my BTC in escrow with such tricks. SebastianJU did not afford me an opportunity to respond and now my account is banned and I do not know if my BTC is secure or what. I cannot accuse the seller redbarf of anything as I do not know if he has a hand in this. I also do not know if these messages were sent from my account as due to the ban, I cannot access my outbox.


Please please help.... I still have access to GaddaKhan profile but it is banned. I also changed my password after I was banned in case someone got access somehow and posted personal messages from my account....


Below is banned header on my account GaddaKhan

Sorry GaddaKhan, you are banned from posting or sending personal messages on this forum.
You have been banned by a forum moderator. You may appeal here: banappeals-w6pquw43@theymos.e4ward.com .

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[hilariousandco]

Your account was banned for sending phishing limks via PM. You should probably contact SebastianJu about your escrow deal.

[GaddaKhan1]

Your account was banned for sending phishing limks via PM. You should probably contact SebastianJu about your escrow deal.

Thanks,

I think I am a victim of the Phishing scam as I had received several emails last week apparently from Bitcointalk.org, I did click the link thinking it to be a personal message, and when I found no message in my messages, i just shrugged it off. Now I am realizing the costly mistake as someone took hold of my account and used it to attempt to scam my ongoing deal.

The problem is, how do I convince SebastianJu that I am innocent and a Victim of a scammer!

[Welsh]

Thanks,

I think I am a victim of the Phishing scam as I had received several emails last week apparently from Bitcointalk.org, I did click the link thinking it to be a personal message, and when I found no message in my messages, i just shrugged it off. Now I am realizing the costly mistake as someone took hold of my account and used it to attempt to scam my ongoing deal.

The problem is, how do I convince SebastianJu that I am innocent and a Victim of a scammer!

If the escrow hasn't been completed and the other party hasn't sent the item you are in the escrow for, then I'm sure SebastianJu could release the funds to the original address it was sent from due to the escrow not completing. Your unlikely to get your account unbanned though.

[GaddaKhan1]

Thanks,

I think I am a victim of the Phishing scam as I had received several emails last week apparently from Bitcointalk.org, I did click the link thinking it to be a personal message, and when I found no message in my messages, i just shrugged it off. Now I am realizing the costly mistake as someone took hold of my account and used it to attempt to scam my ongoing deal.

The problem is, how do I convince SebastianJu that I am innocent and a Victim of a scammer!

If the escrow hasn't been completed and the other party hasn't sent the item you are in the escrow for, then I'm sure SebastianJu could release the funds to the original address it was sent from due to the escrow not completing. Your unlikely to get your account unbanned though.

The seller has sent the items. And I am awaiting delivery. Certain elements are still outstanding however and It's difficult to communicate with Seller or SebastianJu with a dark cloud hanging over me.

Is there any way to prove my innocence from checking IP logins perhaps? Will Theymos be motivated to check for a fee?

[Welsh]

The seller has sent the items. And I am awaiting delivery. Certain elements are still outstanding however and It's difficult to communicate with Seller or SebastianJu with a dark cloud hanging over me.

Is there any way to prove my innocence from checking IP logins perhaps? Will Theymos be motivated to check for a fee?

Ask SebastianJu if there is another way you may communicate. theymos isn't likely to be bribed to check the ip logins of the account, and IP logins are very easy to spoof so aren't adequate proof. It's probably better to just communicate through another means and maybe sign the address of the escrow to prove you are who you say you are.

[dillpicklechips]

This is the reason why you should always sign a message whenever you deal with these kind of trades. Everyone should take note of this especially to  escrows like SebastianJu. If it is not in signed message then it should automatically be assumed that that is not the "real" user.

P.S. I'll message SebastianJu to read this thread thread.

[SebastianJu]

This is the reason why you should always sign a message whenever you deal with these kind of trades. Everyone should take note of this especially to  escrows like SebastianJu. If it is not in signed message then it should automatically be assumed that that is not the "real" user.

P.S. I'll message SebastianJu to read this thread thread.

I am in contact with both users. Buyer deposited the amount and seller sent the item. I have refund and forwarding address from both involved parties. Next thing that happened was that I was contacted by the seller, it seems, with correct quote, only thing was that the username was slightly changed. He requested a different release address than established. The seller Gaddakhan then answered that he received the goods. A bit early for the shipping in my opinion. I marked buyer and fake seller with negative trust because of these three bad signs. Buyer was banned then for sending phishing pm's.

Currently all parties involved are in contact. I believe buyer will receive his goods and seller his btc at the end. At least it looks that way.

Please be cautious everyone, it's worse when the seller got hacked and he writes you with the correct username. Hard or impossible to find out without taking precautions.

[dillpicklechips]

This is the reason why you should always sign a message whenever you deal with these kind of trades. Everyone should take note of this especially to  escrows like SebastianJu. If it is not in signed message then it should automatically be assumed that that is not the "real" user.

P.S. I'll message SebastianJu to read this thread thread.

I am in contact with both users. Buyer deposited the amount and seller sent the item. I have refund and forwarding address from both involved parties. Next thing that happened was that I was contacted by the seller, it seems, with correct quote, only thing was that the username was slightly changed. He requested a different release address than established. The seller Gaddakhan then answered that he received the goods. A bit early for the shipping in my opinion. I marked buyer and fake seller with negative trust because of these three bad signs. Buyer was banned then for sending phishing pm's.

Currently all parties involved are in contact. I believe buyer will receive his goods and seller his btc at the end. At least it looks that way.

Please be cautious everyone, it's worse when the seller got hacked and he writes you with the correct username. Hard or impossible to find out without taking precautions.

If the deal will still go smoothly as what it should be then there will be no problem. OP, how do you take this? I think this is solved. Lock this thread if you're satisfied. Just continue the talk with SebastianJu in PM.

[GaddaKhan1]

This is the reason why you should always sign a message whenever you deal with these kind of trades. Everyone should take note of this especially to  escrows like SebastianJu. If it is not in signed message then it should automatically be assumed that that is not the "real" user.

P.S. I'll message SebastianJu to read this thread thread.

I am in contact with both users. Buyer deposited the amount and seller sent the item. I have refund and forwarding address from both involved parties. Next thing that happened was that I was contacted by the seller, it seems, with correct quote, only thing was that the username was slightly changed. He requested a different release address than established. The seller Gaddakhan then answered that he received the goods. A bit early for the shipping in my opinion. I marked buyer and fake seller with negative trust because of these three bad signs. Buyer was banned then for sending phishing pm's.

Currently all parties involved are in contact. I believe buyer will receive his goods and seller his btc at the end. At least it looks that way.

Please be cautious everyone, it's worse when the seller got hacked and he writes you with the correct username. Hard or impossible to find out without taking precautions.

Thank you SebastianJu...I'm glad that we all on the same page. My apologies for allowing myself to get hacked.

Thank you dillpicklechips