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Beymond

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Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:14:25 AM

Some punk scammed me out of 4 BTC last night.
And this morning my Jalapeño died in a power surge.

Not cool.

That was my favorite (albeit useless) miner.

It's officially Bad Mood Monday.

Dint you use escrow ?

franky1

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Quote from: odolvlobo on July 07, 2014, 10:45:28 AM

Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:28:32 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

There must be hundreds of threads on this site explaining why you don't accept Paypal for bitcoins.

BTW, only return the money if Paypal forces you to. Don't make it too easy for the scammers and paypal.

+1

odolvlobo

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Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:28:32 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

There must be hundreds of threads on this site explaining why you don't accept Paypal for bitcoins.

BTW, only return the money if Paypal forces you to. Don't make it too easy for the scammers.

Este Nuno

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amarha

Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:42:43 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:34:23 AM

Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:28:32 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

no.. he is not hacking other peoples accounts..

thats what the chargeback kings always say to paypal "we have ben hacked" thats how they get their money back and keep the bitcoins

if you been paypal scammed then keep the money and let paypal reimburse them from paypal profits. afterall paypal have insurance, paypal make profit and paypal should have better security.. its their fault not yours.

unless your a scammer, never give back money to paypal.. let them lose out, not the honest people.

Thanks, this helps. It helps to know the original guy wasn't hacking other people's accounts.

I have emails out to the three other people. Maybe they were legit. I want to do what is right, even if I take a hit doing it.

Yeah, be careful about this. I wouldn't be so fast about paying these people. They might just be the scammer and you'd end up getting scammed twice !

ruthless09

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Really bad people are out there on the dark web and making everybodies lives hard by doing all these things Sad

franky1

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his fault for getting scammed by a stranger, but not his fault for getting scammed 2 more times.
1. giving bitcoins to a stranger he cant slap with a wet fish or take to court
2. believing that he should reimburse said stranger via paypal, thus losing not only bitcoins but also paypal funds
3. allowing paypal to profit and not get them to reimburse any genuine people

cozk

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your own fault imo.

leex1528

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err, He wasn't hacking. You just didn't use your best judgement and ultimately handed some guy $2400 dollars with no proof of anything:(

Gotta think a lot on here or you will get scammed. I am really sorry to hear about it, sucks. Hopefully next time you will learn though!

franky1

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dont take a hit. thats what paypal want, it helps them stay in profit..

why let paypal profit and let you lose out.. its paypals fault not yours.

the whole purpose of paypal is to protect peoples funds. they have failed to do so, and as such they have responsibility for THEM to reimburse customers.

this is why people hate paypal, because paypal make people lose out while they make profit, dont play their game

Perseus353

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I feel bad you actually bought a Jalapeño

fryarminer

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Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:34:23 AM

Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:28:32 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

no.. he is not hacking other peoples accounts..

thats what the chargeback kings always say to paypal "we have ben hacked" thats how they get their money back and keep the bitcoins

if you been paypal scammed then keep the money and let paypal reimburse them from paypal profits. afterall paypal have insurance, paypal make profit and paypal should have better security.. its their fault not yours.

unless your a scammer, never give back money to paypal.. let them lose out, not the honest people.

Thanks, this helps. It helps to know the original guy wasn't hacking other people's accounts.

I have emails out to the three other people. Maybe they were legit. I want to do what is right, even if I take a hit doing it.

Some1else0

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Ouch, that sucks. I see why people normally don't accept PayPal for Bitcoin.
It is worth a shot to see if you would get to keep the money while PayPal pays out of pocket for what was compromised. I've heard of it happening before.

Also, it's possible that you only need a new PSU for your miner, which don't cost that much.

franky1

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Quote from: fryarminer on July 07, 2014, 08:28:32 AM

Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

no.. he is not hacking other peoples accounts..

thats what the chargeback kings always say to paypal "we have ben hacked" thats how they get their money back and keep the bitcoins

if you been paypal scammed then keep the money and let paypal reimburse them from paypal profits. afterall paypal have insurance, paypal make profit and paypal should have better security.. its their fault not yours.

unless your a scammer, never give back money to paypal.. let them lose out, not the honest people.

fryarminer

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Quote from: franky1 on July 07, 2014, 08:23:31 AM

rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

I thought I had it down. It didn't occur to me that he was hacking other people's Paypal accounts to pay me. So I'm doing what's right and returning their money to them.

robbyd86

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that sux, sorry to hear... about the btc and the jalepenos.

franky1

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rule of the street, if you wont simply hand a stranger on the street $2400... dont do it online

fryarminer

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Some punk scammed me out of 4 BTC last night.
And this morning my Jalapeño died in a power surge.

Not cool.

That was my favorite (albeit useless) miner.

It's officially Bad Mood Monday.

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