No. Not with the shopped picture of proof of ownership. It is an obvious scam. If he had no pics you could not say it was a scam.
+1. It's a scam.
Always use escrow for high value transactions with anyone. Even your grandmother.
Always? ;-)
Topic: MikeEpps (Read 893 times)
No. Not with the shopped picture of proof of ownership. It is an obvious scam. If he had no pics you could not say it was a scam.
+1. It's a scam.
Always use escrow for high value transactions with anyone. Even your grandmother.
FTFY.
And thanks for being a reliable escrow agent!
No. Not with the shopped picture of proof of ownership. It is an obvious scam. If he had no pics you could not say it was a scam.
+1. It's a scam. Please consider escrow for high risk transactions with newbies.
After being scammed twice* I guess I'm starting to learn my lesson, haha. (I'm not as cautious with PayPal transactions since their buyer protection is quite good. I guess the fees go toward something.)
(*On PayPal and I got my money back both times)
No. Not with the shopped picture of proof of ownership. It is an obvious scam. If he had no pics you could not say it was a scam.
+1. It's a scam. Please consider escrow for high risk transactions with newbies.
No. Not with the shopped picture of proof of ownership. It is an obvious scam. If he had no pics you could not say it was a scam.
User MikeEpps (https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/mikeepps-86467) PM'd me in reply to my WTB BFL singles topic, saying he had 4 units for sale for $2000 and would sell me 3 for $1600 (I was requesting 3).
He registered today, only has 5 posts, and when I asked him for a pic of the units he sent me what looks like a photoshopped picture another member posted of a BFL single.
I obviously didn't pay him so I can't know for sure whether he's a scammer, but just thought I'd let everyone else know.
Pic he sent me of "his" BFL single (strangely enough he couldn't take a pic of the other two he was "selling" me): http://s02.imageupper.com/1/7/H1363557812958920_1.jpg
Where I think he got the original pic from: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wts-bfl-single-fpga-50-btc-127093
(Direct link to image: https://i.imgur.com/MfbmS.jpg )
Am I being overly cautious here?
He registered today, only has 5 posts, and when I asked him for a pic of the units he sent me what looks like a photoshopped picture another member posted of a BFL single.
I obviously didn't pay him so I can't know for sure whether he's a scammer, but just thought I'd let everyone else know.
Pic he sent me of "his" BFL single (strangely enough he couldn't take a pic of the other two he was "selling" me): http://s02.imageupper.com/1/7/H1363557812958920_1.jpg
Where I think he got the original pic from: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wts-bfl-single-fpga-50-btc-127093
(Direct link to image: https://i.imgur.com/MfbmS.jpg )
Am I being overly cautious here?
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