I want to post this here to give it more visibility, even though I don't have evidence to accuse anyone specific for this scam attempt.
What happened:: Several days ago, member Kami90kaza asked me to provide escrow for his transactions. One didn't pan out, and the other was successfully completed with member Zwei.
A few days later I noticed that Kami90kaza's username on Telegram was "ecrw_services_btctalk," which I thought was a bit suspicious, but I couldn't remember if that was his original username or if he had changed it. He initiated contact with me on Telegram, so I have no record of what the username was before, or if it was changed. None the less, he pointed me to his bitcointalk username (Kami90kaza) because I insist on posting all official information here on the forum.
A few days later another member, eckobaba had contacted me to provide escrow services for him to buy Neosurf accounts. This morning, eckobaba got into contact with me asking about another conversation in which I did not participate. A user going by the Telegram username @whosay19292 had contacted him with an offer to sell him an account. Somehow eckobaba was tricked into sending funds to someone he thought was me.
I believe the user behind the Kami90kaza account has been impersonating legitimate escrow providers in an effort to scam unsuspecting newbies.
Suspected Scammer's Profile Link: Kami90kaza The user seems to be using many alts, and posting offers in the digital goods sections.
Telegram usernames associated with Kami90kaza:
@whosay19292
@grinmimer
@gugisa1112
@oasis190
@ecrw_services_btctalk
@harleyinhawai
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5209134https://archive.md/39815https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53326155https://archive.md/mb7iehttps://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.53319516https://archive.md/OXqJF
Please do not send funds to anyone who provides escrow addresses through Telegram!Member Zwei posted this in another thread:
I echo what DireWolfM14 said.
The username he was using on telegram is @oasis190 and to add to that, my guess from what I have observed so far is the OP is trying to give some false sense of trust based on his previous trades(trust farming) so he can impersonate the escrow without too much suspicion, e.g. (I have traded with him before there no need for me to check my shit).
