What happened:: I was looking to purchase some bitmain coupons, but saw the related sticky thread too late (I know, I am a noob), so I paid 17$ in ltc for a 220$ coupon, or, in other words, for a rather cheap lesson.
Half an hour later or so, I got an email suggesting to upsell me one of his other available coupons, as the one I bought was "sold out".
Obviously I skipped his offer, suggested a refund, never heard back from him, never got any coupons, and got my posts deleted in his thread.
Again, rather cheap lesson to be honest, this could be much worse (not sure if I would be as dumb if more money were involved though).
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/g1shop-1923831Reference Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/autoshop-bitmain-coupons-200220250420-reviewed-trusted-3357608https://rocketr.net/sellers/g1shopAmount Scammed: 0.11360625LTC/17USD
Payment Method: Litecoins
Proof of Payment: https://chain.so/tx/LTC/58d4dbd751acc57ef673e8cfdeb7395e0b46a5d6a2bb89a045427645b520c177PM/Chat Logs: Not many really. I told you guys, I am a noob
. So, I bought through an auto-processing option.
Here is proof of him deleting my posts though, and that of another user.
I also attached the above mentioned follow-up email.
https://imgur.com/a/k4yt9fVAdditional Notes: The user seems to have a farm of accounts, interacting with each other to seem normal.
Other possible usernames, apart from G1Shop, based on the link below (different forum, same user, obvious through posts history and patterns):
toshenshop
GetAndPlay
DanaLika
lekr0
bs-thomas
https://forum.bitcoin.com/post171066.html Nice to know that you've learned something from this experience.
I think his autobuy got taken down because of a lot of people getting scammed, and rocketr finally did something. But just because Rocketr did something this time to the scammers, doesn't mean that they always do it. 99% of the listings on the site are still scams that they haven't attended to.
The biggest warning signs are if a seller has a self moderated thread so that he is able to delete any comments of people who has gotten scammed; if the seller has a locked thread, so nobody can comment; and if an autobuy link is used. In this case, all three warning bells should have rung.
Remember that autobuy links don't offer any escrow protection. They are different to bitify, etc. Even if the goods are delivered there are no guarantees that it's not fraudulently obtained.