Scam Report – BitcoinTalk User “trapcoder666”

[earl175]

Scam Report – BitcoinTalk User “trapcoder666”

Reported User: trapcoder666
Platform: Bitcointalk
Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2681536

Summary of Incident

I am reporting the user trapcoder666 for fraudulent activity. I paid this individual for a complete Google Ads setup, including websites, hosting, and campaign management.

The services never worked and did not generate a single customer. After multiple failures, the user agreed to provide a refund but disappeared and stopped responding.

Throughout the engagement, the user continuously requested additional payments under various justifications while failing to deliver any functional results.

Services Promised

The seller offered a “full-service” setup including:

SEO-optimized blogs and e-commerce websites
Google Ads account setup and management
Virtual credit cards (VCC) for ad accounts
Hosting infrastructure (offshore server)
Security services (Cloudflare business plan)
Email server setup
Ongoing ad optimization and scaling

The service was presented as a complete, ready-to-run system designed to generate customers through Google Ads.

Breakdown of Payments
Payment 1

Total: $3,475 (LTC)
Transaction ID:
9b0b1b16e92c51310eb31e154086cf2346ef14bf5bd6f37e47096960d54b169c

Included:

SEO blogs (4 total)
Google Ads account + VCC
Ad funding
Offshore server (yearly)
Payment 2

Total: $3,600 (BTC)
Transaction ID:
614f9612305fa6ca4f0d9975c685df855733945f90acac139d8acad52257827c

Included:

Cloudflare Business Plan (yearly)
4 custom e-commerce websites
Payment 3

Total: $720
Transaction ID:
4b1e93ccf23b73b3585fcfa6d4868ce41f6a9532c93e7929ef680e7206db1d9a

Included:

Zoho premium subscription
Anonymous VCC
Payment 4

Total: $2,300 (PayPal)

Justification provided by seller:

Dedicated server
Cloudflare (protection and anonymity)
Mail server

The seller stated these were one-time operational setup costs required to run the system for a year.

Payment 5

Total: $750

Context provided by seller:

Claimed websites were prepared for US campaigns
Requested additional funds ($650) for:
US-based VCCs
“Stealth” Google Ads accounts for rotation

The seller stated:

The funds were needed urgently to “get everything running”
The amount would be returned within a few days after receiving other funds

This refund was never made.

Total Amount Lost

Approximately $10,845 USD

What Went Wrong
The Google Ads campaigns never functioned properly
No customers or measurable results were generated
Websites and infrastructure did not perform as promised
Continuous requests for additional payments were made
The seller justified each new payment as “essential” to proceed
A refund was promised but never delivered
Communication eventually stopped entirely
Behavior Indicating Fraud
Continuous upselling without delivering working results
Use of urgency (“need funds now to proceed”) to extract more money
Claims that expensive services were mandatory to continue
Failure to deliver functional services
False promise of refund
Disappearance after receiving multiple payments
Impact
Financial loss of approximately $10,845 USD
No return on investment
Significant time lost
No usable assets or functioning system delivered
Evidence Available
Full chat logs
Payment records (crypto transaction IDs + PayPal)
Service descriptions and promises
Messages showing refund agreement and follow-up requests
Requested Action
Investigation into user trapcoder666
Appropriate action against their Bitcointalk account
Public warning to prevent further victims
Assistance with any dispute or recovery processes
Statement

This report is submitted in good faith to document fraudulent behavior and to help prevent others from becoming victims of similar scams.

[Stalker22]

Thats good to hear.  But do tell us how it went in the end and whether you were able to reach a mutual agreement.  

Edit:
It would be interesting to read if there are any updates on this?

[earl175]

UPDATE 28/06/26
trapcoder666 made a few small payments to me promising to send "larger" payments but these never materialized.

[coupable]

UPDATE 28/06/26
trapcoder666 made a few small payments to me promising to send "larger" payments but these never materialized.

Like you provided a full detailed description about the payment you sent to trapcoder666, it is fair that you provide full details about the repayments he has just made. How much did he pay and when he will continue full repayments as agreed? I see he is inactive here since months.

[trapcoder666]

I've been trying my best to compensate this. It was an IPTV project , which all websites were completed perfectly but issue was with the ads which kept getting banned. Even put own funds in to try to push it. Engaged also third party to handle with Trafficjunky to run ads but that didn't deliver as promised, google too kept blocking all search results. Have always delivered for all my clients and even completed many projects for a lot of reputable members here. Lately been facing some medical issues which hampered the compensation process. I will have this resolved next week. I truly apologize for the delay and I did also offer to compensate via working on any other type of development project.

[earl175]

UPDATE 28/06/26
trapcoder666 made a few small payments to me promising to send "larger" payments but these never materialized.

Like you provided a full detailed description about the payment you sent to trapcoder666, it is fair that you provide full details about the repayments he has jist made. Jow much did he pay and when he will continue full repayments as agreed? I see he is inactive here since months.

Sure
Payment 1 29-03-26 100 USD
Payment 2 15-04-26 100 USD
Payment 3 17-04-26 50 USD
Payment 4 27-05-26 50 USD

Total 300 USD not even the 500 USD which was promised in the PMs in March

[trapcoder666]

UPDATE 28/06/26
trapcoder666 made a few small payments to me promising to send "larger" payments but these never materialized.

Like you provided a full detailed description about the payment you sent to trapcoder666, it is fair that you provide full details about the repayments he has jist made. Jow much did he pay and when he will continue full repayments as agreed? I see he is inactive here since months.

Sure
Payment 1 29-03-26 100 USD
Payment 2 15-04-26 100 USD
Payment 3 17-04-26 50 USD
Payment 4 27-05-26 50 USD

Total 300 USD not even the 500 USD which was promised in the PMs in March

I've already updated on the situation. Trying to get payments back on track and will need a little time as waiting to discharge

[albon]

I've been trying my best to compensate this. It was an IPTV project , which all websites were completed perfectly but issue was with the ads which kept getting banned. Even put own funds in to try to push it. Engaged also third party to handle with Trafficjunky to run ads but that didn't deliver as promised, google too kept blocking all search results. Have always delivered for all my clients and even completed many projects for a lot of reputable members here. Lately been facing some medical issues which hampered the compensation process. I will have this resolved next week. I truly apologize for the delay and I did also offer to compensate via working on any other type of development project.

If you want to settle this next week, you must set A clear repayment plan with payments that fit the debt, not $100 or $50 payments.

I have left negative trust on your account based on the evidence in this thread and your own admission that you failed to run the project due to ad account bans, while continuing to request additional payments without any real results from previous ones. From the beginning, you should have informed the buyer that IPTV ads could be banned instead of promising a ready-made system.

At this point, regardless of excuses, you need to return the full payment to OP [$10,545], otherwise the negative trust will remain permanently.

albon

2026-06-09

Reference

User accepted ~$10.8k for a Google Ads service that failed, admitted failure but delayed refund, only $300 paid in 3 months. Refund pending. (Delete)

[trapcoder666]

I've been trying my best to compensate this. It was an IPTV project , which all websites were completed perfectly but issue was with the ads which kept getting banned. Even put own funds in to try to push it. Engaged also third party to handle with Trafficjunky to run ads but that didn't deliver as promised, google too kept blocking all search results. Have always delivered for all my clients and even completed many projects for a lot of reputable members here. Lately been facing some medical issues which hampered the compensation process. I will have this resolved next week. I truly apologize for the delay and I did also offer to compensate via working on any other type of development project.

If you want to settle this next week, you must set A clear repayment plan with payments that fit the debt, not $100 or $50 payments.

I have left negative trust on your account based on the evidence in this thread and your own admission that you failed to run the project due to ad account bans, while continuing to request additional payments without any real results from previous ones. From the beginning, you should have informed the buyer that IPTV ads could be banned instead of promising a ready-made system.

At this point, regardless of excuses, you need to return the full payment to OP [$10,545], otherwise the negative trust will remain permanently.

albon

2026-06-09

Reference

User accepted ~$10.8k for a Google Ads service that failed, admitted failure but delayed refund, only $300 paid in 3 months. Refund pending. (Delete)

I don't think you understood correctly , actual amount for the ad campaign was much lower than that. Besides that the whole websites, blogs and all were all done and running on offshore servers due to IPTV was not a legal business, can't host them on regular hostings too I'm sure you know this. The issue here is the campaign didn't deliver as intended. User already know it's banned and that's why engaged third party providers. I didn't accept 10k for ads so at least you could have sent me a message first to get my side of the story before tagging.

[albon]

I don't think you understood correctly , actual amount for the ad campaign was much lower than that. Besides that the whole websites, blogs and all were all done and running on offshore servers due to IPTV was not a legal business, can't host them on regular hostings too I'm sure you know this. The issue here is the campaign didn't deliver as intended. User already know it's banned and that's why engaged third party providers. I didn't accept 10k for ads so at least you could have sent me a message first to get my side of the story before tagging.

The OP paid all these amounts based on an agreement that the system would be ready to run.

Was all this money just for websites sitting on servers with no traffic or any ads?

What’s the point of paying this much if there are no real results?

Since the risks of IPTV ad account bans weren’t made clear upfront and more funds were requested while the main issue was still unresolved, the final outcome doesn’t match what was agreed at the start.

So, a full refund should be considered unless a clear resolution is provided.

[trapcoder666]

I don't think you understood correctly , actual amount for the ad campaign was much lower than that. Besides that the whole websites, blogs and all were all done and running on offshore servers due to IPTV was not a legal business, can't host them on regular hostings too I'm sure you know this. The issue here is the campaign didn't deliver as intended. User already know it's banned and that's why engaged third party providers. I didn't accept 10k for ads so at least you could have sent me a message first to get my side of the story before tagging.

The OP paid all these amounts based on an agreement that the system would be ready to run.

Was all this money just for websites sitting on servers with no traffic or any ads?

What’s the point of paying this much if there are no real results?

Since the risks of IPTV ad account bans weren’t made clear upfront and more funds were requested while the main issue was still unresolved, the final outcome doesn’t match what was agreed at the start.

So, a full refund should be considered unless a clear resolution is provided.

5 iptv websites and 3 blogs all built based on anonymity and security were done and running, all those were costs as well. User already knew the issue as prior to that everything was not going to be easy and we worked on how to get the ads bypassed and running like how you see sites doing it sometimes. All this was well over a year ago. A smaller budget was for the ads and yeah the one with Trafficjunky could have handled better as they didn't rotate our ads properly at the time which was supposed to. Page visits and traffic's were there , inquiry was not sufficient as conversions were really low. So yeah, I'm trying to cover back for the ads spent. That was my mistake but for all technical, development, maintenance that I delivered without an issue at all.

[earl175]

Not one customer ever materialized from this I should add..
which was the main reason for paying out funds in the first place..

[albon]

5 iptv websites and 3 blogs all built based on anonymity and security were done and running, all those were costs as well. User already knew the issue as prior to that everything was not going to be easy and we worked on how to get the ads bypassed and running like how you see sites doing it sometimes. All this was well over a year ago. A smaller budget was for the ads and yeah the one with Trafficjunky could have handled better as they didn't rotate our ads properly at the time which was supposed to. Page visits and traffic's were there , inquiry was not sufficient as conversions were really low. So yeah, I'm trying to cover back for the ads spent. That was my mistake but for all technical, development, maintenance that I delivered without an issue at all.

The issue isn't whether the websites were delivered. The deal was for a complete system that could run ad campaigns and producing results.

What value do those websites provide if the overall system remains unusable, doesn't do what it was supposed to do for the OP, and does not fulfill the agreement between both parties? The client didn't get a working result from the majority of the funds paid.

More than a year has passed, and only $300 has been returned out of the total amount paid. If you genuinely believe the project was completed as agreed, then clearly explain how a system that can't make any money or work the way it was supposed to counts as fulfilling the deal that was based on getting results.

Not one customer ever materialized from this I should add..
which was the main reason for paying out funds in the first place..

If the project generated no customers, no a way to keep advertising the project, and no  business value for the client, then it is difficult to argue that the agreement was actually completed. In that case, then full repayment is the only fair solution.

[examplens]

I've been trying my best to compensate this. It was an IPTV project , which all websites were completed perfectly but issue was with the ads which kept getting banned. Even put own funds in to try to push it. Engaged also third party to handle with Trafficjunky to run ads but that didn't deliver as promised, google too kept blocking all search results. Have always delivered for all my clients and even completed many projects for a lot of reputable members here. Lately been facing some medical issues which hampered the compensation process. I will have this resolved next week. I truly apologize for the delay and I did also offer to compensate via working on any other type of development project.

Why did you offer a service that you know you won't be able to realize because of Google's policy and the constant banning of promoting such a service?
If you knew earlier that it was difficult or impossible to do, it means that you consciously offered a service that you could not do. Again, if you did not know about all the possible problems that you will have with advertising such a service, then it means that you were not competent for such a job, which leads to the conclusion that even in that case, you deceived the user and offered a service that you do not know enough about.

@earl175, I see that one transaction went through PayPal. Have you thought or tried to ask for a refund from there? You should have 180 days' right to a refund if you did not receive the service you paid for.

[trapcoder666]

I've been trying my best to compensate this. It was an IPTV project , which all websites were completed perfectly but issue was with the ads which kept getting banned. Even put own funds in to try to push it. Engaged also third party to handle with Trafficjunky to run ads but that didn't deliver as promised, google too kept blocking all search results. Have always delivered for all my clients and even completed many projects for a lot of reputable members here. Lately been facing some medical issues which hampered the compensation process. I will have this resolved next week. I truly apologize for the delay and I did also offer to compensate via working on any other type of development project.

Why did you offer a service that you know you won't be able to realize because of Google's policy and the constant banning of promoting such a service?
If you knew earlier that it was difficult or impossible to do, it means that you consciously offered a service that you could not do. Again, if you did not know about all the possible problems that you will have with advertising such a service, then it means that you were not competent for such a job, which leads to the conclusion that even in that case, you deceived the user and offered a service that you do not know enough about.

@earl175, I see that one transaction went through PayPal. Have you thought or tried to ask for a refund from there? You should have 180 days' right to a refund if you did not receive the service you paid for.

Ads did run with cloaking implemented but budget didn't allow sufficient rotation of accounts, that's how many websites still do it, they keep changing ads account. These were things I've ran in the past hence why took on the project. I've always delivered on my work. So since that we moved to 1337 & trafficjunky where issue was they didn't run it as often & at the provided timezones because the same issue, budget wasn't enough. Give made screenshots when it ran. Getting all those vcc to to fund anonymous ads account and all weren't cheap. User already knew it was an illegal endeavor to begin with and really did try my best to get it to work. I've since also offered my help to help restart any other project that the user needs. Anyway, once I'm out from my treatment I'll have the repayment restarted. Been here for so many years and have served so many reputable member here so I'm not going to ruin it for myself and also others.

[albon]

Ads did run with cloaking implemented but budget didn't allow sufficient rotation of accounts, that's how many websites still do it, they keep changing ads account. These were things I've ran in the past hence why took on the project. I've always delivered on my work. So since that we moved to 1337 & trafficjunky where issue was they didn't run it as often & at the provided timezones because the same issue, budget wasn't enough. Give made screenshots when it ran. Getting all those vcc to to fund anonymous ads account and all weren't cheap. User already knew it was an illegal endeavor to begin with and really did try my best to get it to work.

The point is that the deal was for a system that runs ads and gets customers. that never happened. so the point isn’t whether the websites were created or whether ad attempts were made. Even if that’s all true, the agreed result still never happened.

The OP has already stated that it did not generate any customers, nor did it provide any returns or value, based on what was paid, which was $10,545.

Been here for so many years and have served so many reputable member here so I'm not going to ruin it for myself and also others.

Your previous experience does not negate the failure of this specific project.

I also agree with @examplens. If the service was illegal or highly restricted, then it should have been told upfront from the beginning that results were not guaranteed or that the campaign could fail entirely. This was not clearly communicated, and you kept taking payments from the OP regardless.

Anyway, once I'm out from my treatment I'll have the repayment restarted. Been here for so many years and have served so many reputable member here so I'm not going to ruin it for myself and also others.

you’ve admitted the repayment, so the issue is still not resolved.

However, this isn’t about tech details anymore, what matters now is repayment or a real plan to do it.

[examplens]

Ads did run with cloaking implemented but budget didn't allow sufficient rotation of accounts, that's how many websites still do it, they keep changing ads account. These were things I've ran in the past hence why took on the project. I've always delivered on my work. So since that we moved to 1337 & trafficjunky where issue was they didn't run it as often & at the provided timezones because the same issue, budget wasn't enough. Give made screenshots when it ran. Getting all those vcc to to fund anonymous ads account and all weren't cheap. User already knew it was an illegal endeavor to begin with and really did try my best to get it to work. I've since also offered my help to help restart any other project that the user needs. Anyway, once I'm out from my treatment I'll have the repayment restarted. Been here for so many years and have served so many reputable member here so I'm not going to ruin it for myself and also others.

You have too many excuses that the estimate or budget was not enough.
This indicates that you did not think through or calculate all the details before taking on the job. That does not excuse you in any way, on the contrary.
For example, I would never promise to fix a neighbor's car, even though in theory I know what I should do, plus I wouldn't risk charging him in advance for the part that will cost me much more at the supplier.

I will withdraw the red feedback when you fix this problem.