Lee's List of Scammers/Potential Scammers

lminho1787

newbie

Activity: 8

Merit: 0

Quote from: ghibly79 on April 02, 2016, 05:35:44 PM

Man, you got contacted by some impersonator on skype. It's written on top of my international thread in red capital letters not to trust that channel and always verify through other methods it's me.

Regards.

I apologize for that. Thanks for clearing this up with me and also learned something new.

longbob72

hero member

Activity: 574

Merit: 503

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please add:

Potential Scammer
lminho1787. also known as Lee (at least he calls himself that).
Accusation: asking 0.8851 loan without collateral.
Story: once upon a time... the end.
Proof: https://archive.is/yPjRs#selection-2991.0-3003.34

Cheesy

ghibly79

legendary

Activity: 1218

Merit: 1006

Crypto entrepreneur and consultant

Man, you got contacted by some impersonator on skype. It's written on top of my international thread in red capital letters not to trust that channel and always verify through other methods it's me.

Regards.

ElMoIsEviL

full member

Activity: 182

Merit: 100

★YoBit.Net★ 350+ Coins Exchange & Dice

Does this topic not belong to the reputation section because there is not a scam yet

Lutpin

copper member

Activity: 1904

Merit: 1874

Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: lminho1787 on April 02, 2016, 03:39:18 PM

ghibly79
Accusation: OP might have sold the original account.
Story: Contacted me on Skype asking to send BTC first in a onevanilla trade and then asks to send half (both are extremely common OneVanilla red flags)
Proof: http://imgur.com/a/3245r

Someone contacting you on skype (not through a bitcointalk PM), pretending to be member_xyz over here,
without any confirmation from the actual account, most likely isn't that person.

xetsr

legendary

Activity: 1120

Merit: 1000

http://imgur.com/a/3245r

What's the skype ID (not the name showing) you added? Doesn't sound like ghibly79.

You asking HIM to send first is also a red flag. ID or address usually means nothing here. Just something to keep in mind

malphite

sr. member

Activity: 252

Merit: 250

Usually most people go with a minimum of +17 feedback or higher.

Depending on what amount value of course..

Which are people usually like dannyhamilton or someones been around for awhile.

lminho1787

newbie

Activity: 8

Merit: 0

Quote from: Lutpin on April 02, 2016, 03:44:35 PM

Quote from: lminho1787 on April 02, 2016, 03:39:18 PM

elliwilli
Reason: Initially provided an "escrow service" and stole $358.75.

If you did trust someone with $350, just for the sake of them having ONE trusted feedback, you've been acting carelessly.
As I can see neither the old owner (and of also not the new owner, asuming it has changed hands) had been trusted with any kind of money before.
Their sole feedback came from doing a job, for which they probably have only been paid once it has been completed.
In no way, the user had a reputation sufficient enough to be trusted with several 100 dollars.

I agree, it was mainly my fault but at the time I wasn't very familiar with how much of btctalk.org were scammers.

Lutpin

copper member

Activity: 1904

Merit: 1874

Goodbye, Z.

Quote from: lminho1787 on April 02, 2016, 03:39:18 PM

elliwilli
Reason: Initially provided an "escrow service" and stole $358.75.

If you did trust someone with $350, just for the sake of them having ONE trusted feedback, you've been acting carelessly.
As I can see neither the old owner (and of also not the new owner, asuming it has changed hands) had been trusted with any kind of money before.
Their sole feedback came from doing a job, for which they probably have only been paid once it has been completed.
In no way, the user had a reputation sufficient enough to be trusted with several 100 dollars.

lminho1787

newbie

Activity: 8

Merit: 0

To fellow users of bitcointalk.org,

I haven't been on this forum for very long and I have already encountered more scammers and scams than I have ever before. I've lost about $500 already through several scammers on this website which led to the creation of my list. Though this will not fully put an end to scams, I only hope to control it to help out the bitcointalk community. please put this list to good use.

This list will be updated over time.
Here is a list of scammers/potential scammers I've encountered on bitcointalk.org:

Scammers
elliwilli
Accusation: Escrow service is a scam
Story: Initially provided an "escrow service" and stole $358.75.
Proof: http://imgur.com/a/t6Fvp

Potential Scammers
ghibly79
Accusation: OP might have sold the original account.
Story: Contacted me on Skype asking to send BTC first in a onevanilla trade and then asks to send half (both are extremely common OneVanilla red flags)
Proof: http://imgur.com/a/3245r
Impersonator on Skype was not actual user.

If you wish to contribute to the list, reply below with a story, amount, proof, and accusation.

~ Regards

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