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February 16, 2014, 06:30:59 AM
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AllForAltCoin PMed me and offered to sell me XCP.

I should have caught on to some clues and realized it was a scam but I fell for it. Thankfully, I used coinguard.org so I'm only out 1% (about $13)

Here is proof he tried to scam me:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9MOap-lCD-bMFR5akNYQk9sZ0U/edit?usp=sharing

He really wanted to use this escrow service. I assume its setup just for scamming people:
http://www.btcescrow.co.nr/
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February 16, 2014, 06:38:39 AM
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cant trust anyone these days
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February 16, 2014, 07:01:39 AM
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Quote from: GregH37 on February 16, 2014, 06:38:39 AM
cant trust anyone these days

Definitely don't trust any buyer who wants to use a particular escrow service that charges 0 fees and is hosted on a free web-host.
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February 17, 2014, 04:27:21 AM
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Have not made a deal with this user, but can confirm I was going to sell him a $100 Amazon gift-card and http://www.btcescrow.co.nr/ was recommended. Same user (AllForAltCoin) and today as well.
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February 17, 2014, 07:50:56 AM
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This 'escrow service' is hosted on wix.com

The domain is just masking this URL:

http://btcescrow.wix.com/qualityservice

Anyone scammed by this guy can report the abuse here:
http://www.wix.com/upgrade/abuse#!general-abuse/c2t1
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