What happened:: On September 28, 2014, a scammer created new accounts to impersonate me:
DannyHamiltton, (using an extra lower case 't' in the surname)
DannyHamlton, (using a surname with the lower case 'i' missing)
The scammer used these similar looking userIDs to send PMs offering escrow service to people. The scammer sends a fake escrow address to the target hoping that the potential victim won't contact me to verify the information.
Scammers Profile Links: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=382161https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=382157Amount Scammed: Unknown at this time. Hopefully this scammer has been identified before they managed to fool anyone.
Sample
fake escrow offer sent by this scammer:
Good day,
Fastest ever Escrow response as you just caught me online
I have received a request from up.debug to facilitate a trade by providing my Escrow services.
Link to threadhttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=793386.0Why trust me?I have carried out numerous transactions on the forum and acted as Escrow in multiple trades previously with excellent feedback.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=60820I am also the forum approved Escrow list -
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=108716.0Terms of transaction :2 X KNC Neptune miners to be supplied @ 9
BTC for both units.
Conditions :
BTC will only be released to the seller after the successful confirmation of receipt and testing by slastar.
Should a problem arise BTC will only be returned to the buyers address.
Escrow address :1BbqYN7R7vVap3GCrZg4PzvPDaqqVFZVpd
Thank you for choosing to use my Escrow service,
Kind regards.
Note that I ALWAYS sign my escrow agreements with a signature that can be verified with my public key (linked in my forum signature and my escrow announcement thread).
