I got scammed by Bruce Wagner...help!

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Quote from: Portnoy on September 05, 2012, 02:18:25 PM

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on September 05, 2012, 02:06:34 PM

Have you called him or visited his office?

He works like 4 blocks away from where I am sitting right now.

Want me to bust some balls?

+1

Do it 60 Minutes style with cameras rolling.

Quote from: hottweelz on September 05, 2012, 02:27:45 PM

Leave him a voicemail saying "See you at the Carnegie Deli" and just hit him NY Style...

That part of town hasn't seem any action in a few weeks.

This thread Grin

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Quote from: elroy on March 25, 2014, 04:04:58 PM

Your not the only one. File a judgment to get in line. However, recovery of said judgement is unlikely.
The only way to find him is to hunt him down.
And if you found him he wouldn't be sorry.
You would need to get the rest of the victims to hire some muscle.
It wouldn't be pretty.
Do you want't to start a find bruce wagner website?

If you want to find Bruce Wagner this might be a clue:

https://www.bitpremier.com/items/view/355

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Your not the only one. File a judgment to get in line. However, recovery of said judgement is unlikely.
The only way to find him is to hunt him down.
And if you found him he wouldn't be sorry.
You would need to get the rest of the victims to hire some muscle.
It wouldn't be pretty.
Do you want't to start a find bruce wagner website?

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This is what he just wrote to me....I think I should just file a police report at this point. Is there any chance of me getting a penny of my money back? What do you guys think I should do? I am beyond frustrated and angry!

So here's what happened....

The supplier where we have been getting our Bitcoins from.... was hacked and robbed.

They lost about $250,000 worth of Bitcoins. About $10,000 worth of those Bitcoins was OURS. ( Lucky it wasn't a lot more than that, at the time. )

So, I am quickly arranging to get more Bitcoins through an alternate source, but it will take a couple of days to complete the bank wire transfer to Hong Kong... and get the Bitcoins in hand.

First, obviously, I apologize for any inconvenience and trouble this delay has caused. It cost me $10,000 so far. Plus unhappy customers, which is even worse.

At this point, I can give you two choices. You can either wait about 3 days for the entire Hong Kong bank wire / purchase process to complete.... Then I'll send the Bitcoins to you. Or.... I can issue a refund to you of your US dollars. However, note that issuing a bank check by mail will take about 2 weeks to be sent in the mail.

Please let me know which one sounds better to you. And, again, I apologize for this situation.

Obviously, we will be using a different supplier and this should never happen again.

Bruce

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Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on September 05, 2012, 09:25:07 PM

Quote from: URSAY on September 05, 2012, 07:40:36 PM

Powerful shizzz...

Do you know if this is LSD or Acid?

Even if it was, ( and you were not adverse to entheogenic explorations of consciousness and wider-deeper levels of reality )
do you really want to put THAT in your mouth?

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Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on September 06, 2012, 01:51:30 AM

Quote from: Stephen Gornick on September 06, 2012, 01:48:02 AM

Quote from: hashman on September 05, 2012, 11:24:25 PM

Is this thread here because onlyonetv's last show interviewed Bitfloor's founder who is back in the news again?

From the BitFloor thread:

Quote from: Rassah on September 06, 2012, 01:03:53 AM

Quote from: BorderBits on September 06, 2012, 12:42:19 AM

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UYt4pj002acJ:https://bitfloor.com/about+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [BitFloor.com]

http://buybitcoin.com/home/contact/

Same P. O. Box office?

He was also promoting mybitcoin.com shortly before it got "hacked".

Ok, just was cleared up for me. That's the same post office address, but different PO boxes.

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Quote from: Stephen Gornick on September 06, 2012, 01:48:02 AM

Quote from: hashman on September 05, 2012, 11:24:25 PM

Is this thread here because onlyonetv's last show interviewed Bitfloor's founder who is back in the news again?

From the BitFloor thread:

Quote from: Rassah on September 06, 2012, 01:03:53 AM

Quote from: BorderBits on September 06, 2012, 12:42:19 AM

ha!

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UYt4pj002acJ:https://bitfloor.com/about+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [BitFloor.com]

http://buybitcoin.com/home/contact/

Too funny.

Same P. O. Box office?

He was also promoting mybitcoin.com shortly before it got "hacked".

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Quote from: hashman on September 05, 2012, 11:24:25 PM

Is this thread here because onlyonetv's last show interviewed Bitfloor's founder who is back in the news again?

From the BitFloor thread:

Quote from: Rassah on September 06, 2012, 01:03:53 AM

Quote from: BorderBits on September 06, 2012, 12:42:19 AM

ha!

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UYt4pj002acJ:https://bitfloor.com/about+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us [BitFloor.com]

http://buybitcoin.com/home/contact/

Too funny.

~~Same P. O. Box office?~~

[Edit: Same post office, different PO Box]

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Quote from: Marilynmonroe on September 05, 2012, 10:05:54 PM

I bought into the positive experiences that were posted on his site

Sorry to ask, but you didn't really expect negativ experiences on his site, did you?

I really hope you get your coins, wouldn't really count on it though.
Better go to the next police station right now, just in case.

Quote from: hashman on September 05, 2012, 11:24:25 PM

Is this thread here because onlyonetv's last show interviewed Bitfloor's founder who is back in the news again?

I didn't even know that show still exists, i stopped checking it when the "daily bitcoin show" just showed up once every couple of weeks, or was that months? Whatever..

But i hope this thread is not around to advertise any of Bruce's "services", should be more of a warning to newcomers that don't know anything about him yet.

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Charlie 'Van Bitcoin' Shrem

Quote from: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 11:05:39 PM

Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on September 05, 2012, 11:01:45 PM

Quote from: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:27:40 PM

Yep, when I first found out about bitcoin, bruce's sites were some of the first I encountered.

Lots of new users, when they see all these sites that don't accept paypal, google "bitcoin paypal" or something similar. Bruce's site bitcoinme.com is usually on the first page of google results.

Luckily he doesnt own bitcoin.me Cheesy

By the way, that threw me off for the longest time.

Ya, I thought he was Bruce also lol

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Is this thread here because onlyonetv's last show interviewed Bitfloor's founder who is back in the news again?

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Poor impulse control.

Quote from: repentance on September 05, 2012, 11:19:46 PM

Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on September 05, 2012, 10:57:39 PM

Hmm anyone know a good SEO company which deals in search engine deoptimization? Wink

Whatever happened to good old-fashioned Google-bombs?

Just get every forum member to search "Bruce Wagner is a bitcoin scammer" multiple times and the phrase will become a suggested search as soon as someone types in "Bruce Wagner".

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Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on September 05, 2012, 10:57:39 PM

Hmm anyone know a good SEO company which deals in search engine deoptimization? Wink

Whatever happened to good old-fashioned Google-bombs?

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Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on September 05, 2012, 11:01:45 PM

Quote from: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:27:40 PM

Yep, when I first found out about bitcoin, bruce's sites were some of the first I encountered.

Lots of new users, when they see all these sites that don't accept paypal, google "bitcoin paypal" or something similar. Bruce's site bitcoinme.com is usually on the first page of google results.

Luckily he doesnt own bitcoin.me Cheesy

By the way, that threw me off for the longest time.

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Wat

Quote from: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:27:40 PM

Yep, when I first found out about bitcoin, bruce's sites were some of the first I encountered.

Lots of new users, when they see all these sites that don't accept paypal, google "bitcoin paypal" or something similar. Bruce's site bitcoinme.com is usually on the first page of google results.

Luckily he doesnt own bitcoin.me Cheesy

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Quote from: finkleshnorts on September 05, 2012, 10:27:40 PM

Yep, when I first found out about bitcoin, bruce's sites were some of the first I encountered.

Lots of new users, when they see all these sites that don't accept paypal, google "bitcoin paypal" or something similar. Bruce's site bitcoinme.com is usually on the first page of google results.

Hmm anyone know a good SEO company which deals in search engine deoptimization? Wink

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Yep, when I first found out about bitcoin, bruce's sites were some of the first I encountered.

Lots of new users, when they see all these sites that don't accept paypal, google "bitcoin paypal" or something similar. Bruce's site bitcoinme.com is usually on the first page of google results.

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I was new to the bitcoin game and when i did a google search his sites was one of the first results. I bought into the positive experiences that were posted on his site and it was a pretty easy process. I had conducted two successful transfers with him within the past few months. I had not heard of his shady past or that he had gotten "hacked" until after this last transition. Don't worry, next time I will ensure that I buy from a reputable source! I have learned my lesson Undecided

Quote from: DeathAndTaxes on September 05, 2012, 07:14:07 PM

To the OP,

How did you find Bruce Wagner? Just curious. I am surprised he is still able to pull in marks. He can't advertise here, he can't on rediit, he can't anywhere there is any significant bitcoin presence (because people will drown him out with calls of scams). Yes somehow he still gets his message to the people he scams.

Any links you can provide will be useful. Oh and next time buy from someone you can trust ... like Tangible Cryptography. Wink

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I FINALLY heard back from him

and he said that he would get back to me within 4 hours. Will keep you guys updated... Huh

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Poor impulse control.

Quote from: Yankee (BitInstant) on September 05, 2012, 09:25:07 PM

Do you know if this is LSD or Acid?

Someone gave it to me at our meetup, and Im not sure.

ummm.....

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