I'm cyclops, user of this forum for a few years now, used to trading with members here and with an, until now, impecable reputation. I am writing this Scam accusation regarding another Hero Member of the forum: lophie (Profile:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lophie-62227)
What happened:: This user has a thread here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/for-hire-webdesktopnetwork-mgn-with-plenty-of-crypto-knowledge-for-odd-jobs-941771 advertising as a developer for hire.
So to keep it simple and short, on April the 13th I contracted his services after discussing via Skype the rate, and timeframe for a developing job (Accounting app). It all came to 7 days and 100$ as you can see in the above thread.
Now nearly a month later no software has been delivered and I have not received any communication from this user since April the 26 when he said:
Me: Updates? This is taking longer than expected...
Him: Yes, I am so sorry. Unexpected events happened for me in real life, My laptop screen broke and it stopped me from working for a couple of days. I understand your frustration and appreciate your patience.
After that I sent three messages, on the 3rd, 4th and 6th of May. No response was received even though the user has connected during these days and posted on the forum as you can see in this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=950714.840He has both my email and Skype and has not bothered to reply by any means to me.
I can provide proof of everything, Skype chats, emails, PM's...
I am now demanding the immediate repayment of the 100$, exactly 0.443 Bitcoins, that I sen't him as a payment for his services, I do not longer want the software (which I doubt he has even started developing) as this user is not trustworthy to me.
(I have left negative trust on his profile, will decide what to do once this user has repaid what he owes)
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/lophie-62227Reference Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/for-hire-webdesktopnetwork-mgn-with-plenty-of-crypto-knowledge-for-odd-jobs-941771Amount Scammed: 100$ or 0.443
BTCPayment Method: Bitcoin
Proof of Payment: Tx1 89803954bffa8589bc22e3824b60c36e319b640c950a68f2028701c2db551f79
TX2 44748803b88deb5d06f62a4b5fd563016ee18d43bdc2136c2550448ce32d9200
https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/89803954bffa8589bc22e3824b60c36e319b640c950a68f2028701c2db551f79https://www.blocktrail.com/BTC/tx/44748803b88deb5d06f62a4b5fd563016ee18d43bdc2136c2550448ce32d9200Address for repayment: 144cQFAUZDcyq6E4Tm2aytXqUeNVXzwCuj
Logs and that:Skype: http://pastebin.com/yNiYbaG6There are previous conversations, nothing relevant to the topic only technical aspects of the software.
Email:http://imgur.com/a/1R4EaNon relevant, only me sending some files to him (Pdf and XLS documents) regarding the software functionality. (I never got a response)
PMs:By chronological order, as you can see he stopped responding after april the 26. He posted in the forum after that day so he did not respond intentionally.
http://imgur.com/a/6GLcR15/05/2015 Update: The owed money has been returned: https://btc.blockr.io/tx/info/762a2a1d5511769550614dcb1d914ea26ed29dd3b5fc7e83b16c35061d6b8899
But I will not remove my negative feedback from the user lophie, for the following reasons:
- His lack of interest on the matter, he has not tried to work things out but instead acted in an arrogant way.
- No response, explanation, was given even though he promised one. To this point I don't know why he did what he did.
- The payment has been received from another user "Sakarias-Corporation" who has showed more interest in resolving this matter than lophie (who has worked for him). As Sakarias has told me, the money comes from a pay that was due to lophie for his work. Almost all my communication regarding payment updates have gone through this user who I believe has better ways of contacting lophie than me.
I highly recommend that you do not trade with lophie, he has showed himself as an user who can't be trusted, the way this situation has been resolved is really sketchy. And as final recommendation, use Escrow.