Cheated on$40. Swindler

[BitMister]

I would like to exchange 40$ PayPal to btc,I sent the person from this forum for 40$ PayPal and have not received my bitcoins.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1067333

he said this is his page on this forum,he said that he was legendary trade here!

Telegram:@btcroxs
Tel.+593997671609

What to do?

[Steamtyme]

I don't know micgoossens personally but they aren't here swindling people for 40$ BTC.

You may have been duped by someone pretending to be this member. You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

Link to the thread
Messages exchanged
TXID for the send.

Really anything that doesn't look like you are just tossing darts at someones profile.

[LoyceMobile]

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

[rdbase]

It is not regular behavior for a legendary member on here to run away with someones money. And for this amount to ruin their reputation? Doesnt make any sense.
This member is a regular on the wall observer and if you will see them on there at any part of the day.
Maybe post the telegram screenshots when you do your scam accusation to post proof of this happening is actually who you say it is.
Then it will clear it up if it is them or not.
Paypal is risky to trade on here as someone just told me they are having issues with their paypal now after dealing with people on here the day after.
Be careful with who you deal with using this method cause you can easily lose your money.

[Steamtyme]

It is not regular behavior for a legendary member on here to run away with someones money.

Just a rank really doesn't mean anything without several things backing it up. A signed message being one, and a steady amount of activity and interactions here on the forum.

There have been so many accounts Hacked/Sold over the years that you need to verify they are the original owner - going back to 2015 I guess. Then there's the hacks that still happen, if the user doesn't catch it in time  a scammer can swindle someone quickly.

OP
You may have a few options available to you - If you paid by credit card you can have the CC company cancel the payment. Paypal will leave you hanging, especially if you sent F&F. Do more research next time, as you can see the premium you pay for security can be worth it. Trust me it's a lesson many learn, I got ripped my first month in BTC as well  

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

Wait are you using your AI sense, or are you assuming they asked for a forum PM. Congrats on DT3 

[BitMister]

 
please help me to place the proof, I am ready to post correspondence with this swindler.
screen shot.

please give a link where I can do it?

I don't know micgoossens personally but they aren't here swindling people for 40$ BTC.

You may have been duped by someone pretending to be this member. You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

Link to the thread
Messages exchanged
TXID for the send.

Really anything that doesn't look like you are just tossing darts at someones profile.

[LoyceV]

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

Wait are you using your AI sense, or are you assuming they asked for a forum PM. Congrats on DT3  

I'm assuming OP didn't ask for a forum PM.

please give a link where I can do it?

You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

You've quoted the link already.

The phone number resolves to Ecuador. I only "know" one scammer there, and indeed, it's Humbertin's phone number. See KNOWN SCAMMER: Francisco Carvajal (CasinoExpert, DavidXXXX, GoldenBuzzers...) or many other topics.
If you paid from Paypal, complain through Paypal.

In case you still have doubts: micgoossens has nothing to do with this. Humbertin could say he's the pope, that doesn't make it true.

[DireWolfM14]

I would like to exchange 40$ PayPal to btc,I sent the person from this forum for 40$ PayPal and have not received my bitcoins.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1067333

he said this is his page on this forum,he said that he was legendary trade here!

Telegram:@btcroxs
Tel.+593997671609

What to do?

i don't know micgoossens IRL, but after reading his posts here for nearly a year, I can't see him risking his reputation over $40.  If he was that desperate for some coin, why is he offering to give away 12 times that amount?

I'm going to risk an assumption here; The OP was swindled by someone masquerading as micgoossens.

ETA:
The phone number you posted is Ecuadorian.  Micgoossens is from Europe, if I'm not mistaken. 

[BitMister]

It all started with the fact that I posted ads on the forum,I wanted to exchange$ 100 PayPal for bitcoins

I pointed out my telegram, I wrote this scammer and said that he can exchange,gave me a link to  forum page!!!

I doubted, but I needed bitcoins, I offered to exchange 20$ he said let's exchange 40$ I agreed.

After I sent him PayPal, he asked me to confirm the payment,and then oskarbil me and blocked!!!

please help me to place the proof, I am ready to post correspondence with this swindler.
screen shot.

please give a link where I can do it?

I don't know micgoossens personally but they aren't here swindling people for 40$ BTC.

You may have been duped by someone pretending to be this member. You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

Link to the thread
Messages exchanged
TXID for the send.

Really anything that doesn't look like you are just tossing darts at someones profile.

[Steamtyme]

please help me to place the proof, I am ready to post correspondence with this swindler.
screen shot.

You will need to upload the image to an image sharing site,like imgur.com

They have an option that gives you the link and code to post to a BBcode board. If you post that then people can look at it. There are however plenty of other details people will want, and you should do this in Scam accusations as I said. I've actually asked this thread to be moved there, to facilitate this.

Give a good description of how this happened. Where you contacted on this forum by PM or reply in a post? If not how were you contacted.

What checks did you do to be sure you were dealing with micgoossens?

Also after having reread the post, I get that you sent the PP, explain how it was sent.


Just saw what you added. That combined with what Loyce mentioned above, shows you got picked off by a scammer who lied to you. In this case you have to go through Paypal to try and resolve the issue. Like I said before learn from this moving forward, and don't believe someone just because they say it's true, dig deeper.

[BitMister]

Thank you for the information,I looked at this link,it is a pity that I have not seen it before is a well-known fraudster deceives people and substitutes respected people.

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

Wait are you using your AI sense, or are you assuming they asked for a forum PM. Congrats on DT3  

I'm assuming OP didn't ask for a forum PM.

please give a link where I can do it?

You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

You've quoted the link already.

The phone number resolves to Ecuador. I only "know" one scammer there, and indeed, it's Humbertin's phone number. See KNOWN SCAMMER: Francisco Carvajal (CasinoExpert, DavidXXXX, GoldenBuzzers...) or many other topics.
If you paid from Paypal, complain through Paypal.

In case you still have doubts: micgoossens has nothing to do with this. Humbertin could say he's the pope, that doesn't make it true.

[BitMister]

thanks a lot for the advice,it happened to me the first time.

please help me to place the proof, I am ready to post correspondence with this swindler.
screen shot.

You will need to upload the image to an image sharing site,like imgur.com

They have an option that gives you the link and code to post to a BBcode board. If you post that then people can look at it. There are however plenty of other details people will want, and you should do this in Scam accusations as I said. I've actually asked this thread to be moved there, to facilitate this.

Give a good description of how this happened. Where you contacted on this forum by PM or reply in a post? If not how were you contacted.

What checks did you do to be sure you were dealing with micgoossens?

Also after having reread the post, I get that you sent the PP, explain how it was sent.


Just saw what you added. That combined with what Loyce mentioned above, shows you got picked off by a scammer who lied to you. In this case you have to go through Paypal to try and resolve the issue. Like I said before learn from this moving forward, and don't believe someone just because they say it's true, dig deeper.

[Loki888]

Thank you for the information,I looked at this link,it is a pity that I have not seen it before is a well-known fraudster deceives people and substitutes respected people.

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

Wait are you using your AI sense, or are you assuming they asked for a forum PM. Congrats on DT3  

I'm assuming OP didn't ask for a forum PM.

please give a link where I can do it?

You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

You've quoted the link already.

The phone number resolves to Ecuador. I only "know" one scammer there, and indeed, it's Humbertin's phone number. See KNOWN SCAMMER: Francisco Carvajal (CasinoExpert, DavidXXXX, GoldenBuzzers...) or many other topics.
If you paid from Paypal, complain through Paypal.

In case you still have doubts: micgoossens has nothing to do with this. Humbertin could say he's the pope, that doesn't make it true.

It sounds like you're trying to blame others when the blame is on you exclusively. A RANDOM telegram account contacted you and told you they were someone and without asking for any proof you just go ahead and sent them money.  How about asking him to send you a PM from the account they claimed to be? How about reading anything on this forum before you go sending strangers money? If you would have taken the time to read you would have seem the numerous messages that direct you to use escrow to prevent this exact situation. $40 is a really cheap price to pay to learn though. Do more research before giving your money away. Good luck on your future trades.

[BitMister]

I already have the fraudster's full address and passport number,thank you all for your support.

Thank you for the information,I looked at this link,it is a pity that I have not seen it before is a well-known fraudster deceives people and substitutes respected people.

Why would you believe someone who says he is a forum member, when he can't send you a pm?

Wait are you using your AI sense, or are you assuming they asked for a forum PM. Congrats on DT3  

I'm assuming OP didn't ask for a forum PM.

please give a link where I can do it?

You would be best to create a scam accusation, and post your proof such as:

You've quoted the link already.

The phone number resolves to Ecuador. I only "know" one scammer there, and indeed, it's Humbertin's phone number. See KNOWN SCAMMER: Francisco Carvajal (CasinoExpert, DavidXXXX, GoldenBuzzers...) or many other topics.
If you paid from Paypal, complain through Paypal.

In case you still have doubts: micgoossens has nothing to do with this. Humbertin could say he's the pope, that doesn't make it true.

It sounds like you're trying to blame others when the blame is on you exclusively. A RANDOM telegram account contacted you and told you they were someone and without asking for any proof you just go ahead and sent them money.  How about asking him to send you a PM from the account they claimed to be? How about reading anything on this forum before you go sending strangers money? If you would have taken the time to read you would have seem the numerous messages that direct you to use escrow to prevent this exact situation. $40 is a really cheap price to pay to learn though. Do more research before giving your money away. Good luck on your future trades.

[DireWolfM14]

It sounds like you're trying to blame others when the blame is on you exclusively. A RANDOM telegram account contacted you and told you they were someone and without asking for any proof you just go ahead and sent them money.  How about asking him to send you a PM from the account they claimed to be? How about reading anything on this forum before you go sending strangers money? If you would have taken the time to read you would have seem the numerous messages that direct you to use escrow to prevent this exact situation. $40 is a really cheap price to pay to learn though. Do more research before giving your money away. Good luck on your future trades.

Don't be too harsh on the newbies.  Yes, it's true that our security is our own responsibility, and we need to be accountable for our actions.  However, that doesn't absolve the scammer from taking advantage of people's naivete.  As a community we need to hold scammers accountable, and help each other avoid scams.  We can't allow scammers to continue taking advantage of those who are not used to being so skeptical.

As a society we've become coddled over the last several decades.  We expect others to take care of us, even to the point of entrusting our physical and financial security to others.  Cryptocurrency is unforgiving to those who yearn for that type of coddling.  We need to re-learn how to take care of ourselves.