So, stupid me just got scammed on Ebay. I just want to put this out for everyone to save people from making the same mistake as I did. I knew it was too good to be true and I should have listened to my own advice.
The Ebayer name is ykourakis89
He/She is selling a 60 Gh/s BFL on ebay. It may look legit, but beware! he only accept bitcoins and once you send him the money, he'll stop responding and contacting you. This is a link to his ebay account.
http://www.ebay.com/usr/ykourakis89The picture may be a girl, but on the invoice, it's a guy....
Sent him 1.7 btc so that he would initiate the transfer order through BFL lab, but once I did that, he stopped contacting. Definitely going to try to report him on ebay, but i don't think it'll have much luck with the whole bitcoin thing. THIS IS A MAJOR FLAW of BtC in my opinion (I acknowledged it was dumb of me to not use escrow in the first place..)
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/c8e68f3c0bf28275ec7ab75c90804258b7ee44bfc2bcbe7175cabb5bc502d80eproof of transaction.
Also, I just found that through a listing of his (he put up a Radeon on both Ebay and Bitcoin talk) that he is indeed thedarkdad3
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=148368So a member of the bitcoin community is scamming people for bitcoins. just perfect... this is why bitcoin will never become mainstream because there's too much way for people to get scam.
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Dear ykourakis89,
OMG!!! nooo, I already sent the transaction. You can't seriously tell me that now after demanding me to transfer the btc. wow, I can't believe I just got scammed again... are you kidding me???.... I already sent the money
http://blockchain.info/tx-index/c8e68f3c0bf28275ec7ab75c90804258b7ee44bfc2bcbe7175cabb5bc502d80eIt's already been confirmed.
- long.tran
From: ykourakis89
To: long.tran
Subject: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-30-13 17:59:40 PDT
Dear long.tran,
Actually wait make sure it's this one
1HB5XMLmzFVj8ALj6mfBsbifRoD4miY36v
- ykourakis89
Dear ykourakis89,
Hey....
Anything yet? The transaction has already been confirmed...
- long.tran
From: ykourakis89
To: long.tran
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-25-13 22:06:39 PDT
Dear long.tran,
Ok, I can do that.
- ykourakis89
From: long.tran
To: ykourakis89
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-25-13 21:06:56 PDT
Dear ykourakis89,
You're pretty clear and I understand your concern about getting scammed and that's why I asked if you want to use btcescrow, because that's pretty safe service. The whole bitcoin community uses it, you do know that, it protects both the buyer and the seller and the transaction gets processed extremely quick. There is no refund, once i said the transfer is done then the transaction is finished. I can't get a refund!
I know you don't want to get scam, but look at it from my point of view, I don't want to get scammed either. You're expecting me to take all the risk and pay the total in BTC upfront, would you do that?
I have a proposal, how about i give you 1.4 BTC (a deposit, half upfront) and you initiate the transfer on BFL. Just initiate, it doesn't complete till you accept it back. Then once you initiate and i see that you do have an order, then I will transfer another .7 BTC (1/4) and once the transfer is complete, i'll give you the rest. That way, you will have most of the money upfront. Does that sound fair?
If you agree, I ask that you offer the BFL to me on ebay and i'll accept it, but once its done, you can cancel the order and you won't have to pay the final value fee.
- long.tran
From: ykourakis89
To: long.tran
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-25-13 20:59:19 PDT
Dear long.tran,
Again, thanks for your time. I am not sure how much more clear I have to be here .
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Dear long.tran,
You're joking right? "i file claim" yeah the guy sent me an empty box//yeah the guy sent me bricks" paypal reviews case BUYER WINS MONEY BACK and item. I lose.
If you wanna send BTC we can proceed I think I gave you my cell already.
Wallet Address
1Q1PBbK2b9tx4T8K7LvXeiczEced4SE6yK
ESCROW IS SAME EXACT THING. Ill pass. You have my wallet, take as long as you need to think about it I am in no rush.
- ykourakis89
From: long.tran
To: ykourakis89
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-25-13 20:11:54 PDT
Dear ykourakis89,
Would you be willing to use an escrow service? btcescrow?
we can split the fees 50/50
- long.tran
From: ykourakis89
To: long.tran
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-23-13 23:22:31 PDT
Dear long.tran,
You're joking right? "i file claim" yeah the guy sent me an empty box//yeah the guy sent me bricks" paypal reviews case BUYER WINS MONEY BACK and item. I lose.
If you wanna send BTC we can proceed I think I gave you my cell already.
Wallet Address
1Q1PBbK2b9tx4T8K7LvXeiczEced4SE6yK
- ykourakis89
From: long.tran
To: ykourakis89
Subject: Re: long.tran has sent a message
Sent Date: Sep-23-13 19:33:53 PDT
Dear ykourakis89,
why not paypal? Then both of us are protected.
- long.tran
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