Topic: Master-P SCAMMER. I lost complete faith in this forum now. - page 8. (Read 80701 times)

Consumed more than hour reading this thread and the posts, really shocking news about Master-P.
I used his escrow services for the near past, and don't think he was a great scammer..Just trying for years to build trust in the forum to scam people , to scam the people who trusted him, really shameful behavior and deserve Jail. I feel like the whole community here, not only me, was shocked as well, and meprising this guy and hating him for his shameful act, that's why each one try to help the other just to know and then publish the real identity of this scammer. What Eric is earning now ? he lost everything because his selfish..The money isn't everything in this world, when you earn the trust of a big community it's in my opinion best than thousands of dollars, the money will come and can be earned legally, but when you lose the trust of people you can't get it back , you lose everything.
And now he's refunding not by generousity, but because he's afraid of jail, and feel it's possible now..

You sound like TecShare. But I agree with your advice (which to me is common sense) to do your own research before making a deal.

Not really. There are many users that farm accounts to "work" on signature campaigns. I'd almost say an economy has grown around it. And a side effect is buying/selling these accounts. Those accounts don't need trust (though a negative may make them worthless). Again, I dislike it but "working" on a signature campaign does not make someone a scammer.

I disagree with this. There is a big reason for a (any, not just trusted) person to use shills. Shilling gets you attention, puts you in the spotlight and as such potentially gets your more deals. It's a marketing tool, and while I am against it I cannot deny its effectiveness.

I went to reply to this thread, only to find it locked by the time I was ready to post.
My reply:
Almost every single person scammed on this forum DID go and look at a "list" of trusted peeps.

Another list in NOT the answer and is not going to change anything. Its is just too easy for scammers to infiltrate the list and look like they are legit.(they really do create new shills every day, this way, when one 'gets caught' they have a dozens more ready to step in its place)

Why not tell people to STOP looking at these list that are NOT kept up-to-date and are mostly started by questionable people in the first place.

Maybe do a little research YOURSELF on the person you are trusting with your money. (I know, crazy talk)

I am truly amazed how much info is found out about these scammers AFTER the fact. This exact same info was available BEFORE you handed a complete stranger your money on the advice of another stranger, based on a number next to their fake name.

Anyone caught dealing with selling of accounts should be avoided completely, forever. (you cannot ban all these peeps, but you can avoid them, and mark them in your trust list)
This includes buyers, sellers and escrows.
There is absolutely NO REASON for a trusted person to keep a list of shills. No reason for a trusted person to SELL THEIR IDENTITY.
And no reason why a trusted escrow would get involved with such deceitful practices.(except profit for them at your expense later)

Giving money to admin or staff does NOTHING to fix this problem.
Do I really need to break out the list of trusted staffers and mods that have gone scammer?

To me, the problem IS the trusted lists.

The solution has been around for ages but it seems NOT A SINGLE TRUSTED ESCROW is pushing multi-sig.
Its always "You can trust this one or that one or ME with YOUR money" not a one pushing multi-sig. You just need to ask yourself why.

Escrow should never be used unless for small amounts and the end result should ALWAYS be helping to teach noobs how to use multi-sig.
If your escrow is not teaching you about, and how to use multi-sig, you should find another escrow.
Its YOUR Money. and with a little extra work, you get to stay in control of it.(if you figured out how to use bitcoin, you can figure out multi-sig too)

Esp. if you are looking for "free" escrow - Why would anyone do free work unless there was a payout at the end of the rainbow.
The only Free service I offer requires YOU to do all the work. I would only get involved when arbitration is needed.
In fact, I wouldn't even know you used my service unless I'm contacted for arbitration.

You finally found a moneys that you are completely in control of.
When you hand this money over freely to a stranger, it is NO LONGER YOUR MONEY.
Stay in control, use 2-3 multi-sig with a trusted arbitrator.

And do your own research.   ......or buy a big box of tissues.

The choice is yours.

...And yes, I am going to put out there that I have been doing "FREE Escrow" in bitcoin-OTC for many years.

But if you did your research, you would already know that.

Staffs cannot get them involved in escrows and how will you just trust a staff because he has a profile tag of a staff? I will still not feel 10% secure in escrowing with an unknown staff. Even theymos also.

Its better you locked that useless thread.

Could you please rephrase this to a more accurate statement?  Though he may anonymously have an app hosted with moneypot, he has absolutely no connections with or to it.

I just got over a way to finish this kind of things . please read it full: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1326409.new#new

My assumption was wrong it seems so i will take out what i wrote in here.

Oh well, that sounds amateurish. Really might happen out of a sudden that he decided to scam now.

I don't think he snapped one day and decided to pull an exit scam. I think he's been planning this for a while and waited for the right time to scam. He was a scammer before this happened so

Well if we all agreed with each other, it'd be a very boring world.

I was just thinking out loud.  But people lose it all the time, especially if intoxicating substances or some other midbrain addiction is involved, like gambling.  You know, gamblers tend to do depraved things with money.

I don't agree with you on the some people snap part, if people were like that...we would have way more of these scams pulled. Good people tend to be good, very few turn bad.

Some people are on the fence morally, and it's possible some external circumstances prompted him to scam.  Gambling problem?  This is just my speculation of course, but some people...snap.  And do things they've never done before, like shooting up a day care, robbing a bank, or abusing bitcointalk's trust to pull a long scam.  Don't know about this, but is he still paying back?

Looks like he scammed more than just that. You have his dox, so you probably googled around.

It would be really bizarre if he ran scams AND a 100%-honest-intent escrow at the same time.

Even though he does not appear to be patient and intelligent enough for a smart long con I can still picture him starting the whole escrow/trust thingy with a hope that a big deal would come his way and finally deciding "fuck this shit, gotta take what I can".

I think he was always a scammer in the past. If you dig into hos alts, there's a few scams dating back two years ago.

Makes sense, imho.

Also, let's not forget that he had Alt accounts which were involved in scams/shady activity. Whatever the reasons were for him to go full retard, it's not like he was not into any shady activity, before.

Not likely he would spend over 2 years to scam that amount, here's what I think did happen(nearly the same as yours)
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013
2. During the last couple of months , he either gets in a economic problem, or starts noticing how easy it would be to scam a huge amount
3. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
4. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

I have one question here. How did TECSHARE know his true identity when he had only bought cs:go skins with his steam wallet balance from him?

Edit: Sorry I got the answer myself after searching deeply. master-p purchased 2x collectible silver coins from TECSHARE.

Good job TECHSHARE for not deleting his address and phone numbers after that deal

right, couple of years to steal 24 bitcoin.

It was not his idea from the beginning , IMHO. He started to think to scam maybe due some his personal economic problem.

Looks like he is paying everyone back...still in progressed

How Eric stole people's Christmas
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013 in order to set up the escrow scam
2. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
3. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

Seems right?