Topic: Fake Escrow Scam (impersonating Bitcointalk member) (Read 134 times)

Ye, he sent many messages, 10 days also for me what I upload with previous thread 

It looks like this guys  was already famous he is also sending me messages.
I myself wanted to ignore it at first, but I replied to do some digging, and now that I'm back on the forum, I see that it's already gone viral.
Now he is hiding his name on telegram.  And just now when I give him this thread link he just block me lol.

Impersonating on telegram is too much easy as on telegram if anyone searches on the username of a user then the search result shows the result which includes on name as well as username. In this case, no one can take advantage if the user checks the username properly instead of the name of the user. And I suggest not to make any financial deal via telegram.

Here is the page to report stolen funds transferred to a MEXC account:
https://www.mexc.com/support/requests/report

I've reported the scam and the wallets addresses to MEXC:
TDabETSNoQzV3JcXQjuLyN19dTa7baaWxJ
TRESNhy3ETk4Wye4L88RnDwjsUVrm67We9
0xB54562D87E53505348949C9E51c203d6465E3C0A

@albon:
Thanks for the info, I updated the main post.

@DPHOR & @yahoo62278 & @freedomgo:
Even tho it might be a waste of time, we should play along to get more info about them, then post the info publicly so we can help others identify them and report them, hopefully we can get the funds frozen on the centralized exchanges.

These scammers are ruthless, no mercy at all! Shasan has already been scammed multiple times through his lending service, and now they’re even using his name to run an escrow scam. 

Good thing you’re sharp, OP! You caught the mistake "sashan32" instead of his real forum name. That small detail might have saved you and others from falling for it. Great job for sharing!

Same guy contacted me and sent these messages

> Adv3ntur0us:
Hi mate

> Adv3ntur0us:
Do you sell/swap crypto?

> Adv3ntur0us:
I need btc

His handle is @maiImancrypto on my message. I just ignore this shit.

If you did not post you are looking for a crypto trade and someone randomly messages you, just block them immediately. If you did seek a crypto trade, pm the user you plan on using as an escrow here on bitcointalk. Wait for their reply and proceed according to the messages you receive here. Do not do anything on telegram until you verify you are speaking with the actual person you messaged on the forum. Have them verify they messaged you on telegram.

Whatever business that moves out from the forum to other places are likely to be scam attempts therefore while we deal with such people we should be extremely careful because they can impersonate a reputation person by changing their telegram username. I think there was time someone sent me private message on my telegram saying all sort of nonsense I know his intentions was to scam me but I never pay attention to what he was blabbing, the next action I took was to block him.

This is not the scammer's username; instead, it is the official username of the expert trader Adv3ntur0us on [LocalCoinSwap], who has conducted a total of 221 trades with a total volume of $108,529.00 USD. All the scammer did was place this trader's username in his bio to make it appear as if it were his own, but that is not the case.



This scammer claimed to have this large amount in his wallet because he was impersonating this trader, but the fool forgot that blockchain data is publicly visible!  

In any case, it’s good that you, OP, didn’t fall victim to this scam. It’s clear from the scammer’s wallet addresses that after successfully stealing from someone, he transfers the stolen assets to exchanges; I hope that the affected users track him down and report him to have the funds frozen.

I contacted the real shasan on his post and on his real Telegram to verify first (https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.65029321), I knew it was a scam but I played along to get as much as information I could.
The funny part is that he said I was the scammer before insulting me and deleting the whole group chat, he lost his patience as I was not falling for the scam 

So far I can see we have few of his wallets addresses, they all link to MEXC, we need to contact someone there that can freeze the funds.
Also we have the voice record, maybe it can help to identify him

Done and I updated in the main post 

Be careful dealing in Telegram; there are lots of scammers on this platform, and they can easily manipulate it and use the same name that looks legit.
That's why I don't like to answer who directly PMs on Telegram because most of them are scammers.
Before you deal with someone, always make sure to ask it here on the forum, including signing a message, to make sure you are dealing with the real one, not the impostor.

Recently, I heard AB de Royse777 with the same case, so don't deal too much in telegram if you receive some direct messages, even if it's your friend, since impostors can easily use the same name. I'm glad that you didn't fall for this scam attempt.

would you mind reuploading the images you shared on "https://www.talkimg.com/" so people do not get a surprise download when they click the link you shared? thanks!

NO ESCROW ON TELEGRAM.... how many times do I have to say this?!?!?!?!?

That scammer in question has scammed people here in this forum, even ranked members. In fact, an awareness of his impersonation was created by AB de Royse777 here. Awareness of fake impersonation for the impersonator to know the person, like minerjones, bittawm, and others, means the person will be a member of this forum to know exactly the profiles to impersonate. This is the reason why most people don’t like using Telegram because of too much of such type of scam that happens around the Telegram community.

Hi,
Someone tried to scam me using a fake account, impersonating shasan (Bitcointalk member that has an escrow service) and impersonating a localcoinswap trader.

The scammer has the ID @Adv3ntur0us in his bio but this is NOT his real telegram ID, he's impersonating Adv3ntur0us from LocalCoinSwap
He contacted me directly on Telegram saying he cannot login on Bitcointalk, and asked to buy ETH with XMR or BTC, saying we should use shasan escrow service or localcoinswap.
We finally decided to use shasan escrow service, so he opened a group chat a COPY of shasan telegram account with same name, same photo, no ID at first then he created the ID sashan32 (which is NOT the real one, the real one is shasan32, https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/shasan-1883627).

He first sent me a video of his wallet 0x8cd9f5d939a7c376436fd961a0ef15bca8ac3176 on his phone, supposed to be on ETH with 75k USDT, but in fact the wallet is empty. I don't know if he really owns this wallet.
And for the escrow deal, they asked me to send the funds to 0xB54562D87E53505348949C9E51c203d6465E3C0A, so for this one I'm sure the scammers own this wallet, the transactions show withdrawals from OKX and MEXC, if someone knows how I can report those scammers to these websites please let me know.

I have a voice note of the scammer:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/08fve8b2bim3mhxb24584/record-scammer-telegram-5-february-2025.aac?rlkey=igja5xnqm0082d67bmnbogswo&st=fqbioayl&dl=1

And here is the screenshot of his telegram but he probably already deleted his account...


If someone shows you a wallet with big balances, always go check on the blockchain if it's true, and if you want to verify he owns it, ask him to sign a message with his wallet and verify it.
Stay safe and always double check addresses and Telegram ID (or other social IDs).

EDIT:
As  Hazink pointed it out, this is the same scammer as in the topic: Awareness of fake impersonation