You had a nice chat with the fellow because he was robbing you. First flag should have been thst the auction was not over - 2nd flag was that you were communicating with them outside of forum (I assume this because until recently you had limitations) all you needed to do was to share the txn id. I would ask - what did you receive and from whom did you receive a message with a different address? Or a link to communicate outside the forums?
There are scammers constantly watching these threads to prey upon buyers and sellers alike.
There are scammers constantly watching these threads to prey upon buyers and sellers alike.
Yes, I get it. Whoever it was, was very good. VERY good. I normally am in high-defense mode when buying things online. It is entirely my fault I let this slip through, and I got took. It's true that I am new member to this site, but I am a veteran of IT. I've been lurking a long time, but never really posted before.
As I mentioned, if I had just simply figured out that I was scammed, and was treated decently and had some help in figuring out what really went on, it would have been no problem on my end. But instead I was met with a stone wall and a countdown timer.
So, now it's paid again, unless I've gotten scammed again. And if so, I just can't pay it a third time, and I'll just have to get reported.
Probably should have waited a bit before posting DMs and I'm sorry to see you were potentially scammed. Do you have screen shots of whomever told you to send them a payment before the auction even ended. Did you ask them why they were requesting payment before the auction ended?
I actually had a really nice chat with whoever it was. Probably chatted for a good 30 min or more on different things. It was quite pleasant actually. And then to go from that, thinking everything was fine and good and everyone was happy to being put on total blast that I'm a scammer and am going to be reported and just general hostility and no help at all trying to figure out what really happened has been extremely disappointing. It's bad enough to have sent someone the funds. That alone I could get over with mild annoyance and lesson learned. But to then be ostracized for not IMMEDIATELY making a second payment within the 24 hour period is far worse. I generally have strong trust in the BTC community, and I do get that scammers are everywhere. All I ever wanted was some help in figuring out what really happened, that's it. My frustration was amplified in not realizing the limitations of non-copper members, so that took me a little while to get resolved as well.
Probably the worst buying experience I've had in a very long time.
And unless I need to send a third payment to someone else, I'm done, payment has been sent again, to the address listed in this forums, and verified and done.
Please can you show the screenshots of the scam
Why did you send a payment before the auction ended?
say which user contacted you to report to the moderators.
Well, that is part of the problem. It came via Telegram, and it seems all info was nicely removed after the scam was over. I'm only left with the lovely reminder in my wallet, along with the title I put in so I would know what that payment was for. I have already posted that earlier now that I figured out how to embed image urls directly again (I just haven't had to do it this way in a decade or so).
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