I started to really take notice in Bitcoin 4 to 5 months ago.
Recently I put an add up in the Toronto kijijiji looking for an Avalon miner and was approached by a person named Jennifer Morrison at
mjennifer465@gmail.com who has a KnC Saturn that she was selling for 5BTC's. Thinking the ad was posted in the Toronto section I figured this person was close to me, so I offered to pay them half up front and half once I get confirmation, a tracking number and could confrim the package is coming to me. Well things started going sideways Carley Vanhorn at
carleyv7@gmail.com started getting involved by sending me his wallet ID "17UwNEP1sQ2zw9pH9sGh3X6iUyb8KoKsJb", once they had received the 2.5BTC Jennifer demanded the full amount, telling me Carley her husband wouldn't ship it until he got full payment. Jennifer emailed me through Carley's account.
So I requested they refund the 2.5BTC's, my request fell on def ears. I admit if I had done a little more research I would have probably requested a Escrow upfront but hey at least I didn't lose all 5BTC's (phew), but it's still a blow.
I am telling everyone this story so share my experience and since it's normal human behavior to brag about ripping off people I going to guess that this person or persons is going to brag about at some point and I hope whoever they tell reports them in the bitcoin community!!
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