Hi, my name is Thomas.
Last week on Wednesday, January 7th, I did a transaction with
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Tecguyonline to convert Monero to PayPal. Because of his good reviews, I decided to trust him. Since I was on my phone, I didn't have access to my Bazaar account, but he had a Session ID, so I messaged him directly on Session. I admit that this was my mistake.
He proceeded to tell me the conditions (minimum 100, though no units were specified) after that he reminded me of the 2.5% fee. I sent him $100 USD, but he then stated it was actually €100 (even though his listing specified £50 see yourself
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/jcPT) and that I had to send more, which I did shortly after. He then said he couldn't do the transfer straight away and that it would be done within the next 3 hours despite saying 30 min on his listing.
After 3 hours passed, he told me to provide another PayPal account because he couldn't process the transfer. I replied that I didn't have another PayPal account and asked him to reimburse me. He said yes, sure, but I have received nothing since. I kept reminding him on both Thursday and Friday and during the weekend sending my Monero address multiple times and always asking for a refund. As a gesture I mentioned he could keep the 2.5% of the fees. On Sunday he answered: This is weekend that’s why it hasn’t been sent, by Monday your request will be granted.
It has now been almost a week since the initial trade. He has never communicated with me about the refund process or the status; I have always had to be the one to initiate the discussion.
After hiring a private investigator it became clear I was the victim of a scammed. His Session ID appears on numerous other profiles, seemingly from different countries and offering slightly different products. Additionally, one of his sock puppet accounts already has a warning about being a scammer (see
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Harvey/).
All other accounts sharing similar listing / private messengers ID and so on.
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Tecguyonline
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Harvey/
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/azingplug
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/winningteam/
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/smallpain
I am withholding the screenshots and evidence from this public post to preserve privacy, but I will provide the full data dump to XMR Bazaar admins immediately upon request. You have one chance to make this disappear: reimburse the FULL AMOUNT INCLUDING THE FEES (0.32 XMR) between January 13th and January 15th, and I will scrub this report. If you choose to ignore this, I will not only ensure every one of your sock puppet accounts is terminated, but I will also forward the banking details and PayPal fingerprints uncovered by my investigator directly to their fraud departments. I will make it explicitly clear that these accounts are being used for unlicensed crypto exchange—a direct violation of their Terms of Service. I will burn your financial bridges to the ground. Do not test my patience.
To AmazingPlug or whoever the fuck you are, reimburse the full amount (0.32) in Monero or else.
Thomas