Topic: USER: THYDUDE IS IN THE HOSPITAL. - page 2. (Read 6649 times)

i really don't understand the point of this thread. if he's going to scam someone, why make another excuse to say hes in the hospital? he already has everyone's money, the intentions are already there, why make this thread? i really hope scumbags like this do end up with a seizure later on for the karma.

User X is in the hospital/sick/dying/had his brain amputated/parents died/grandmother died/dog died/gerbil died. Sympathy ploy to cloud your emotions while he runs away. Old.
There are scammers on every forum. People just need to use common sense.

As for using escrow with random forum member? I don't know you. I don't know person X. It's a hassle. What if person X is a crook? Time on the forum means little - it's just a name. What seller would do that?

Ways to protect yourself:
1. Trust no one. Use an established escrow service like www.escrow.com. Problem: Not many sellers are willing to go through the hassle or fees. Not a great option.
2. Look at their feedback. If it is only a few, be cautious. If it is eBay, e-mail them through that account to confirm that it is a legit. Someone could create a forum name to match an established eBay account. Also, if it is eBay, check their feedback history to make sure it is not just filled with $0.99 purchases. Even feedback is no insurance. I have been ripped off by someone with years of history and 44 all positive feedback on eBay. Fortunately, I and another buyer recovered our money through PayPal and this virtually never happens. You have to have some measure of trust, but be smart about it. Insurance will help you out.
3. Ask them to ship first. If you have significantly more feedback than them, you have built up more trust than they have. It is a reasonable request.
4. Use Heatware. It is an established feedback system that you can carry with you anywhere on the internet. Quickly check that the feedback is legit.
5. Pay with AmazonPayments, PayPal or credit cards. All of these have a level of built-in insurance protection. Bitcoins have none.
6. Seniority on forums is meaningless - don't trust people, just because they have been around awhile. Have seen established members use that "trust" and run away with people's money. Even moderators. It takes 60 seconds to register a new account on a forum. Sometimes people get in desperate situations and are willing to rip off others.
7. No trade history and they won't ship first - how much are you willing to lose?

I was burned early on, but have lost no money from fraud in at least a decade of trading by following these guidelines.

Be safe, guys.

Whatever, go point your finger at somebody else. You dont need to be a scammer to have common sense. If he is getting away with it why would he stop? Coolhwip said the same thing.

Anyone that has read the forum in the past few months? I mean, I remember a year ago, this was a peaceful and trusted land. We didn't need cops or guidelines, we were a small and happy community...

Then bitcoins got valued, attracting interest from every kind of person... EVERY kind of person

lmao sounds like NINJA-- is thydude to me...

"he wont go anywhere its too easy to scam people here"

who would say that other than a scammer?

You have been here since june so you could be trusted. Also you are not trading for 100$+ during your first 10 days on the forum.... You are also misquoting me also since you failed to read the rest and just choose ,which point that I said was simply suspicious. Someone should work their way up in rep. He was going balls out selling items that are high value.

Your last point is rendered invalid.

This thread displays why I would not trade with someone anything over 10 btc. Simply cause anyone who has only been on the forums for less than a month cannot be truly trusted. Also someone who makes around 10 posts a day is suspicious also.

Bitches be scamming.

This guy isnt going anywhere. Its too easy. He will be back for sure.

I find this funny because I was negotiating buying the laptop from him and the first message he sent me was...

lol he did seem somewhat legit however he pushed hard to sell me the laptop. Later on he sent me this message:

^^ thats his aim if anyone wants to try to get in touch with him. This is when I started to doubt him because he said he was in a bind and needed money and was loosing 500$ off the laptop and then he sent:


and this:


Later I saw he updated the thread to sell the laptop at 300$ at which point his offers stop making sense. I think he did mention he trades on silkroad as well.

lol +1

My scam prevention scheme:
me - "I will not send first!"
seller - "ok, how about half on sending the package?"
me -"I will not send a single bitcoin first, but I will accept sending to trusted escrow"
seller - "great, I trust (insert seller alter-ego here)!"
me - "How about (insert list of people with more than a year on the forum, and still active)"

Three things may happen here, in order of probability, top is higher:
- Silence... soon after I see people crying scam on this seller's threads
- "I know none of those people!", followed by what's described above
- "Ok, I'll just send first, I guess I can trust you, please don't scam me"

I have this down to a science

This was the most obvious scam I have ever seen and people still threw their BTC at him.

that's probably exactly what i'd do... i'm done paying for other ppl's idiocy.

He's either moved on to another forum to scam more idiots willing to part with their money or is using a dupe account to do it all over again here. Considering the amount of gullible fools in this forum, I'd say the latter.

I call bullshit on seizure.  My opinion. 

couldn't you tell amazon u bought this gift card from craiglist or something and tell them you are the victim as well? why would anyone check a gift card to see if its stolen or not?

My deal was never to get anyone else involved but to get my money back.  That is the reason I paid with something that I can request back unlike a bitcoin.  I got nothing in return for my money.  Someone sold you something stolen and you bought it unknowingly from a scammer as well.  Your deal just happened to work out.

Dude, this is fucking bullshit, i've been saving for this laptop for 3 months, sold all the gears i've had into BTC and exchanged them into Amazon GC, and now i am stuck in this bullshit after all the crap i've dealt with the last 2 weeks.

You do realize by reporting to amazon ur not ever going to get thydude, all you're doing is screwing me over. You're the one that fell for the scam.