Scammer: SynOps | Bitcointalksearch.org

Kelticfox

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Quote from: Tomatocage on July 04, 2013, 04:48:23 AM

I had this guy listed on the suspected scammer list from the first day he got out of newbie jail Huh

We know.

Unfortunately you can't condemn someone before they've committed an act. I loaned 3 times to him before he went rogue, and I'm one of the lucky ones who got repaid.
Seems he repaid me because he was using me as a reference for other loans/scams.

He was definately running a long con but got rumbled pretty early on.

Kelticfox

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Quote from: tweeeaks on July 03, 2013, 04:19:31 PM

Still no laptop, heh.

Figured I'd update the thread for shits and giggles while I was on...

I'd shop him to the police now.
He already has convictions for grand larceny, so I'm guessing theft wouldn't be too surprising to the police...

He's also changed to LTC now, so I assume he's plugging his scams on the LTC boards.

Kelticfox

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Quote from: tencevad on May 09, 2013, 12:40:20 AM

As far as I can tell, the LLC is not a legally registered entity in any state.

Trust me, I've looked..... and if I can't find it then it doesn't exist.

This would mean that SynOps forged the certificate he used to 'prove' HabJab LLC existed.
Would explain why it was removed afterwards and would also indicate that the intention was to always scam.

This then opens another avenue of intentional fraud instead of ineptitude to repay loans.
But the theft of Tweeeak's laptop is intentional theft due to the lies, the stalling tactics, the false tracking codes...

Kelticfox

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Quote from: SynOps on April 26, 2013, 06:14:54 AM

I have bought almost every note that has been issued. I have bought about 15 and about 9 left.

I also plan on starting to start paying the installments on btcjam.

The 25 currently listed notes disagree.
As does your user profile page which states you have 74 overdue payments with a current balance of BTC121.51 ($12,894.64 currently).

...and yet you're still managing to scam people in #bitcoin-otc for moneypaks!

Kelticfox

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Quote from: SynOps on April 26, 2013, 06:14:54 AM

I have bought almost every note that has been issued. I have bought about 15 and about 9 left.

I also plan on starting to start paying the installments on btcjam.

The website is a bit better,not great, but more informative and not too ridiculous, please do contact me for any issues.

www.bitfiservices.com

I do apologize for how things became, but I do assure everyone things will be put in the right spot and I will continue working, whether it is here once I am done or some other venture. Ive had 2 successful ones , 1 still going, and this one, this was a total different world/culture/way of investing and trading and making money and apologize if anyone feels I abused you or the community, there was 0 intent in that.

Thanks

Then you might want to have a word with the people you supposedly bought notes from.
They're saying you have still yet to buy the notes even though they've been listed (though undoubtedly you'll say that the people concerned are all in the 9...).

Still to sort out:

Payment to L0hnx - Promised loan payback (Private loan outside of BTCJam) and nothing as yet.
Payment to Joesmoe - Paid half, then stated you haven't done business (even though logs and Trans ID has been posted)
Payment to BTCJam Loans - You say you're paying people but your user profile and people who are selling notes beg to differ.
Payment to Tweeeaks - You've had his laptop for over a month. You haven't paid him or returned it (just gave him fake tracking codes and actually tried to sell it!).

You promise and promise and promise and promise to sort things out, yet you do not.
You jump on new people who want to trade in #bitcoin-otc via PM because you owe so much money to people in OTC that you've been muted (yes, we know about that!).

We also know you've flipped from BTC to LTC...

Kelticfox

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Quote from: tweeeaks on April 27, 2013, 10:29:26 AM

Still nothing, no response back from SynOps and no package - tracking number is still:

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Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

Location: (blank)

Contact his local PD for theft/fraud.
He's had your laptop for a month now, no payment or no return. Constantly issuing fake tracking codes yet still tried to sell it on Bitmit.

The auction seems to have ended but this showed up by a new user with 0 feedback... I'm always skeptical of things like that.

Kelticfox

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Quote from: Rawted on April 25, 2013, 09:24:57 AM

Neg ratings due to haters? Wow. I cannot believe this dude turned out like this. I had done business with him a few times, and am pretty much disgusted by his actions. Changed my ratings for him on OTC. This is shameful and pathetic.

I know, I was a firm supporter of him. Hell I've loaned him 35BTC over all (even a 20BTC when it was $147!), I'm disappointed it turned out like this.

But it needed to be done. When all the people were coming to me (as my name was given as reference), I knew something was going wrong.
The more that I spoke to people the more I knew something was wrong and was getting worse...

Shame it ended the way it ended.

Kelticfox

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Officially labelled as a scammer on BTCTalk now.

Has set up his own channel on Freenode (#BitFiServices - which is invite only) because he's muted in #Bitcoin-OTC and still going after newbies for Moneypaks.
Apparently saying that his negative ratings are due to haters...

Kelticfox

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Quote from: tweeeaks on April 24, 2013, 03:46:32 PM

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Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

Location: (blank)

Then ask him when it was sent. I'd then ring and ask at this point....

Tomatocage

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brb keeping up with the Kardashians

I had this guy listed on the suspected scammer list from the first day he got out of newbie jail Huh

tweeeaks

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Still no laptop, heh.

Figured I'd update the thread for shits and giggles while I was on...

tencevad

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SynOps did end up paying me for my Best Buy gift card over 20 days later, after I complained many times and left a lot of negative feedback for him.

Regarding his Bitmit activity, he's selling a lot of low value items like $1 Amazon gift cards at a loss to pad his feedback and flush away the negative feedback from view. He selectively chooses which offers to fulfill and it seems he's definitely fulfilling the small orders that are meant to pad his feedback.

I ordered a $1,000 MoneyPak from him on Bitmit and he held onto my BTC for a week, stringing me along with excuses, and then finally canceled. I would not release escrow early for him, as it seems some other users on Bitmit have done. He's not to be trusted.

Welsh

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Quote from: Britainacoin on May 10, 2013, 03:58:36 PM

Quote from: Welsh on May 10, 2013, 03:12:51 PM

Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net

However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

I am torn between thinking his intention was always to scam, or he started out legit then decided to scam people instead of being honest when the price hike caught us all by surprise. If it was the second, then he should have just been honest.

Honesty goes a long way with me. If I received a late payment, but absolutely no contact from the person about why it's late, or even letting me know that it's late, I would be very reluctant to loan to them again.

If I got an email in advance saying something like "sorry I can't pay you this week, I will pay it on monday instead because X Y and Z happened", I would probably feel confident to invest in that person again. At the very least, I'd feel a lot happier dealing with them than the first guy.

Exactly, life doesn't always work out the way we want it too.
So sometimes we may be late on payments/delivery, but a nice little message which takes 10 minutes to type up and proof read goes a long way.
People do feel more confident, I personally think he tried to start a legit business up.
But, like you said when the price shot up and took us ALL by surprise, he/she might of saw a opportunity to scam.
It seems he has been scamming in-between legit trades though, to make it look like maybe the buyer wasn't considerate.
Going back to the loans, yes he/she was late by the looks of it on a lot of payments, he/she did say earlier on in the thread that he/she is still paying back a loan, because of the sudden increase in bitcons value.

But, it does seem like he/she did purposely go out and scam others.

Britainacoin

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Quote from: Welsh on May 10, 2013, 03:12:51 PM

Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net

However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

I am torn between thinking his intention was always to scam, or he started out legit then decided to scam people instead of being honest when the price hike caught us all by surprise. If it was the second, then he should have just been honest.

Honesty goes a long way with me. If I received a late payment, but absolutely no contact from the person about why it's late, or even letting me know that it's late, I would be very reluctant to loan to them again.

If I got an email in advance saying something like "sorry I can't pay you this week, I will pay it on monday instead because X Y and Z happened", I would probably feel confident to invest in that person again. At the very least, I'd feel a lot happier dealing with them than the first guy.

Welsh

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Doesn't look good.

Synops has a few mixed reviews about him at bitmit.net

However, most of the feedback are from non-reputable members of bitmit and it looks like they were just ordering then cancelling, this may not be the case though.
One person ordered a few things from him and has left BAD feedback every single time, so it makes me wonder if he was a troll or Synops just screwed him over pretty bad the first time.

However, having said that there ARE reputable members which have left negative feedback and most say shipping late or 'stalling' like some of you guys said here.

I don't know what to make of this personally, but I will be keeping a eye on this thread.

tencevad

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If SynOps has scammed you, please take a moment to report him to the relevant authorities. Since he has done this repeatedly and continues to do it, it is possible that he could be referred for investigation by the Virginia Attorney General, for example, if enough people complain.

If you feel that he has committed fraud against you, please file a complaint here:
-> http://www.ag.virginia.gov/CCSWeb/ReportCrime.aspx
-> http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
-> https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov

If he has committed mail fraud (i.e. any USPS mail was used to transfer money, property or gift cards that ended up in fraud), please file a complaint here:
-> https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/contactUs/filecomplaint.aspx

SynOps's real name and address for reporting is:
James Boswell
117 East Omni Court
Ashland, VA 23005

Also does business as BitFiServices.com and HabJab Webmasters, LLC. As far as I can tell, the LLC is not a legally registered entity in any state.

zero3112

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no way

tweeeaks

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Still no contact from SynOps - and the tracking number is still pending.

Guess its time to chalk this up as a complete loss - at least people are aware of his shenanigans now.

tencevad

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SynOps is a scammer on Bitmit too, where he scammed me on $1,000 worth of MoneyPak along with the Best Buy $50 gift card.

I actually have one of the bestselling items on Bitmit so I decided to make a little billboard pointing people to this thread. Hope it helps people learn about SynOps before they deal with him.

yellowdog213

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I have re-issued my notes for SynOps to hopefully purchase this time. In total they end up being less than one full bitcoin so there should not no problem purchasing these. They were left for a week last time and expired, so hopefully SynOps will buy them this time.

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