Topic: antares owes me 1 btc (Read 1300 times)
Thread where you guys made the deal?
Sucks that you were scammed, but remember, RANK doesn't matter. And next time, use Escrow.
Did he happen to mention who his escrow was?
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #x2oQo7ixKzH0001S
Nope. I first offered localbitcoins escrow, which he refused. I then said let's use tomatocage, and that was the end of the conversation. I think he was aiming to use another profile on here as escrow. Also he refused to call me, even though he's in a different country he still could've called, especially for such a large amount ($1000+ of BTC).
I learned from my mistake. Atleast I did not send him 3 bitcoins that he asked for.
I think we should make his account useless so that he won't scam other people again.
And people can have as many accounts as they want, so no use in banning his account.
He tried to do business with me, first he demanded I sent first (which is unusual in my experience), I said no because I don't do that ever. We decided to get an escrow, I think he wanted to use his own escrow. I wanted tomatocage escrow, and then he disappeared.
Did he happen to mention who his escrow was?
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #x2oQo7ixKzH0001S
I learned from my mistake. Atleast I did not send him 3 bitcoins that he asked for.
I think we should make his account useless so that he won't scam other people again.
He tried to do business with me, first he demanded I sent first (which is unusual in my experience), I said no because I don't do that ever. We decided to get an escrow, I think he wanted to use his own escrow. I wanted tomatocage escrow, and then he disappeared.
Did he happen to mention who his escrow was?
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #x2oQo7ixKzH0001S
I learned from my mistake. Atleast I did not send him 3 bitcoins that he asked for.
I think we should make his account useless so that he won't scam other people again.
He tried to do business with me, first he demanded I sent first (which is unusual in my experience), I said no because I don't do that ever. We decided to get an escrow, I think he wanted to use his own escrow. I wanted tomatocage escrow, and then he disappeared.
Did he happen to mention who his escrow was?
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #x2oQo7ixKzH0001S
He tried to do business with me, first he demanded I sent first (which is unusual in my experience), I said no because I don't do that ever. We decided to get an escrow, I think he wanted to use his own escrow. I wanted tomatocage escrow, and then he disappeared.
Did he happen to mention who his escrow was?
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #x2oQo7ixKzH0001S
He tried to do business with me, first he demanded I sent first (which is unusual in my experience), I said no because I don't do that ever. We decided to get an escrow, I think he wanted to use his own escrow. I wanted tomatocage escrow, and then he disappeared.
Make sure you phone the guy first, or I think that the bitcoin should be sent after, and paypal before, because you can revoke paypal.
No, just talking to someone on the phone doesn't mean anything. He should use an escrow in the future, simple as that.
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #hBN5eKaGyEfUWvmq
Make sure you phone the guy first, or I think that the bitcoin should be sent after, and paypal before, because you can revoke paypal.
No, just talking to someone on the phone doesn't mean anything. He should use an escrow in the future, simple as that.
Posted from Bitcointa.lk - #hBN5eKaGyEfUWvmq
Make sure you phone the guy first, or I think that the bitcoin should be sent after, and paypal before, because you can revoke paypal.
I sent antares 1 btc but he never send me any money.
First of all, it sucks to be scammed.
Second, you should read here and make a proper, easier to read report: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/scam-report-format-use-it-to-make-scam-reports-properly-260073
Third, Use escrow. It's been said over and over again to protect yourself and I can't figure out why people refuse to heed this advice.
Fourth, Status doesn't mean trustworthy.
@OP: Hero Member status is not an indication of trustworthiness, it's simply a reflection of how long has been around for and how active within that time period. While in general older users are more trustworthy, old accounts have been used in the past for long con scams. Try to find people with positive trust and preferably use escrow with everyone.
The best you can do is get someone on DefaultTrust to flag the account until this investigation has been resolved. If Antares doesn't respond then the feedback will be left rendering the account useless and helping to ensure no one else gets scammed.
Theymos generally doesn't give away IPs and even then IPs won't help you much if you've lost $500USD. The IP could be coming from a dynamic IP address so you probably wouldn't be able to track them down without a subpoena to the ISP. Even then the scammer may reside outside your country and mounting a small claims case might take a while. I'd advise you accept what happened and learn from it - you may get your coins back but don't get your hopes up.
The best you can do is get someone on DefaultTrust to flag the account until this investigation has been resolved. If Antares doesn't respond then the feedback will be left rendering the account useless and helping to ensure no one else gets scammed.
Theymos generally doesn't give away IPs and even then IPs won't help you much if you've lost $500USD. The IP could be coming from a dynamic IP address so you probably wouldn't be able to track them down without a subpoena to the ISP. Even then the scammer may reside outside your country and mounting a small claims case might take a while. I'd advise you accept what happened and learn from it - you may get your coins back but don't get your hopes up.
Could the forum admin get his IP maybe?
Of course he can get it, but he most likely won't release it. There's also not much we'd be able to do with the IP...
He'll release it to the authorities.
I don't think so. If he gets a proper subpoena maybe.
Could the forum admin get his IP maybe?
Of course he can get it, but he most likely won't release it. There's also not much we'd be able to do with the IP...
He'll release it to the authorities.
Could the forum admin get his IP maybe?
Of course he can get it, but he most likely won't release it. There's also not much we'd be able to do with the IP...
Could the forum admin get his IP maybe?
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
Yes, the title is very misleading. How can a con artist be a hero?
The thing is, the account was likely bought unfortunately... I can't stand when I see accounts like that.
Contributing to the community and organically building trust is the only way to go.
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
Yes, the title is very misleading. How can a con artist be a hero?
The biggest con-artist in Bitcoin are hero members (and usually also VIP members) at bitcointalk.
Hero member used to mean having a certain number of posts. Now it means having an x number of posts spread out over y number of weeks. That's it. Forums titles are misleading across the board in forums if you don't know about this though.
This needs to be change. It should be voted on. A hero is someone who is honest and willing to help other members and should be voted on.
More people will be victims. You can not wear police uniforms if you are not a police.
We won't see any change.
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
Yes, the title is very misleading. How can a con artist be a hero?
The biggest con-artist in Bitcoin are hero members (and usually also VIP members) at bitcointalk.
Hero member used to mean having a certain number of posts. Now it means having an x number of posts spread out over y number of weeks. That's it. Forums titles are misleading across the board in forums if you don't know about this though.
This needs to be change. It should be voted on. A hero is someone who is honest and willing to help other members and should be voted on.
More people will be victims. You can not wear police uniforms if you are not a police.
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
Yes, the title is very misleading. How can a con artist be a hero?
The biggest con-artist in Bitcoin are hero members (and usually also VIP members) at bitcointalk.
Hero member used to mean having a certain number of posts. Now it means having an x number of posts spread out over y number of weeks. That's it. Forums titles are misleading across the board in forums if you don't know about this though.
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
Yes, the title is very misleading. How can a con artist be a hero?
We should strip him of his "hero" status and change it to "zero"
If people use it purely for trust maybe the name hero should be changed.
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