I'm not familiar w/privacy rules on btctalk but to start with I was blatantly scammed on Paxful by a seller named zhu440. So first & foremost avoid this seller @ all costs. On 10/9 I found a seller offering an even rate for btc in exchange for Google Play physical gift card...I purchased a $200 card at the Speedway gas station after making an atm withdrawal to make sure it was paid for w/cash. I've been stuck w/green dot cards in the past on local btc because I would purchase w/debit & the vendors only accepted gift cards paid for with cash..when I returned home I pulled up the listing for zhu440 who has +124/-0 reputation..I then scratched the code & took pics of the receipt, card front/back, & the cardboard packaging..I then asked the seller if he wanted images of all the above & seller just replied "upload card" twice w/in 30 sec then "faster" 30 sec later while I'm retrieving the pic files I just took..telling me to hurry was the 1st red flag but I brushed it off as I was just focused on finding the files...no more than 1 min later I found the pics & uploaded, marked paid, then the pathetic tactics started..1st line "
" 2nd line "WHY" 3rd line "THIS IS USED"...so I reply like nice try buddy but I just scratched that & walked a few miles in the rain & still have the receipt so release or I'll dispute...they reply "Please dont play games with me" "THIS IS USED"..I said show me proof its used, I just bought that card & then they just keep saying " THIS IS USED" THIS IS USED" & never upload any screenshot proving so regardless of the fact thats not proof since he has time to redeem then reenter to get that error message w/in the timeframe given....then they say "I believe what I saw in my eyes. This is indeed a second-hand card. I swear." "Please check your card as soon as possible"....I say you can't scam me w/escrow & how do I check it, I have no google play account... then they reply "I don't understand why you want to upload a used card." I said its brand new please just release my coin....they reply "@Moderator This person uploads a second-hand card Please handle it as soon as possible Thank you"
Keep in mind I'm panicking now because I realize whats taken place as it's happened to me on local btc in the past for physical cards.. the +124/-0 reputation of the scammer & the +10/-0 for myself didn't exactly ease my mind either...although I've been a member 3 months longer than the scam seller it's not reassuring..the only thing reassuring was escrow but after reading a couple threads on this technique it seems it's a lose/lose situation for myself as far as the dispute outcome goes. Leading me to create this thread.
Following him requesting a mod, I went on a tirade explaining he couldn't pull off this desperate attempt & to do the right thing stop wasting my time...then he replies "Don't leave, let the moderator enter the transaction investigation" I said I'm not going anywhere I'm waiting until my 3 hr timer on the left hand side of the screen expires to dispute as I just paid $200 for this card & wasn't going to donate it to them.. I said you obviously redeemed my card & the claim its "used"..I then uploaded the receipt as more documentation on my behalf then they reply " ARE YOU KIDDING ME" "The receipt can only be how the card is yours. It does not mean that no one has used him."...makes alot of sense right?? lol. I told scammer speak english & then explain in dummy terms to them what it is they're doing so he knows im completely onto his pathetic attempt to scam me..he runs out of lines & continues repeating "THIS IS USED" then "You still don't understand? You uploaded a used card."
As im reporting the the issue below given the fact I still cant dispute for 2 1/2 hrs my report automatically closes out & the chat reads the scammer initated dispute. Go f#$%ing figure...I took multiple images upon request from mod & the entire time while filing dispute making my case to Paxful mod, said scammer continues pasting go-to line "You still don't understand? You uploaded a used card."saying repeatedly "This is not the reason you upload a used card. OK?"...I suppose idiot thought he could convince me I actually sent a used card despite all my evidence or he ran out of lines....needless to say its been 5 days now. Mod had me update & retake images of the card to make sure it was w/in the chat etc etc.....I can only expect the worse from what I've read on here but I wanted to go on record to provide the truth of the situation at hand so it can possibly be resolved in my favor & to warn poeple of this individual & the tactics being used. It seems this is very common unfortunately..extremely unfortunate given I thought I was protected on Paxful from this kind of stuff & the fact I'd been using seller reputation to determine the legitimacy of the seller..I've had 2 successful low volume trades for Amazon ecards in exchange for BTC since this dispute started while the seller has been offline until 7 hrs ago to check & see if their scam was successful... I dread the outcome & cringe at the thought of this lowlife being awarded my $200 that I'm in absolutely no financial to lose. I've had a string of bad luck this yr starting w/my mom being diagnosed w/ stage 4 melanoma cancer & my Youtube channel w/ 155k subscribers being demonetized in the very same day. This would be a rotten cherry on to top it off.
