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Jul 17 06:22

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#1683

User: Borraichuoo
USD $85.00 paid plus an extra ~$10-15 to help him in good faith

did not yet deliver as promised

the ADMIN WARNING in my Dashboard showed up way too late.

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#1693

Order #xbr3 , I got scammed in the escrow of all things. User impersonated the Mediator by creating a fake account one character different ("aka__TheAC" instead of "aka_TheAC"). I had repeated Web Socket errors during the escrow process, then received a message from what appeared to be the real Mediator. I foolishly believed that the address he gave me in chat was the escrow wallet address, and that he would "take care of things on his end".

As soon as the money was sent, both the seller and the fake "Mediator" vanished. This was 100% avoidable on my end if I'd bothered to check the account page of the person sending me the message, as it was only after an hour of zero response that I realized what happened, checked, and saw how I'd been bamboozled.

Learn from my mistake... ALWAYS check the account name of the person messaging you.

Order: https://xmrbazaar.com/order/xbr3/

Buyer Account: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Samurai/

Fake Mediator: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/aka__TheAC/

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Jul 19 11:51

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#1695

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Fake Mediator has changed their account name to Shito: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Shito/

Messages log allows me to follow his account name changes, thankfully.

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Jul 19 13:32

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#1697

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User changed names again, now it's "Shitoo": https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Shitoo/

Attempted to double scam me by claiming he'd send the money back if I deleted all posts talking about it and send him $7 in "fees" to get the funds out of a stake he supposedly put the money into. I have to credit him for the audacity, if nothing else.

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Jul 19 18:21

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#1702

The usernames are a low hanging fruit for the scammers to repeatedly exploit.
Anything even close to another username should simply by unavailable. Or very least get auto frozen upon claiming.
That or some good samaritan should at least go and claim all names even loosely resembling mediator names.
Just for good measure their second, third, and fourth variations too... And flag them all with a ban request.

If I understand this correctly, a fake name is still available to be claimed repeatedly by scammers, because the scammer changed their name before being banned. In his thread you can see similar if not identical scenario here:
https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/51/post/1507/#post_1507

I don't know who's currently in control of these two, but they are taken and not flagged:

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/aka__TheAC/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Denis__the__Guy

TLDR: Scammer changes their username before being flagged scam, thus freeing their impostor name to be reclaimed repeatedly.
Correct y/n?

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Jul 19 18:22

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#1703

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Yes they change names constantly to avoid flagging, but they also watch this thread to know when to change their names. It's likely only one guy.

Edited: Jul 19 18:23

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Jul 19 18:36

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#1705

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These are placeholders that are currently under bazaar team control:
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/aka__TheAC
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Denis__the__Guy

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Jul 22 00:17

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#1714

⚠️ Be careful !!! Don't trust the administrator's profile Douglas_Tuman

Scammer can impersonate his profile and even the link in the messenger goes to the correct page.
This is a bug of the site.

Don't trust either user Meridia = bait account for the scam with the administrator's name.

I can't believe this is known for several days and this is still possible to impersonate moderators and even the site creator.
It only require to have the same nickname and the link in the messenger goes to the administrator's profile, with all

I just lose 1,25 XMR and the first responsible is the scammer, but the second is the site.

I should be impossible to change nickname and of course to have the exact nickname of a moderator and the links should go to the correct profile!

This is a serious bug. I want the site to refund my loss.

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Jul 22 02:11

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#1725

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please submit your report using the exact format requested in the first post of this thread (https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/51/post/244/#post_244):

Reported User(s): [Username(s)]
Order # and Date: [e.g., #Abcd on 2025-09-15]
Details: [Clear description of what exactly happened, including any evidence. Please make a screen recording showing the scammer's chat link redirecting to the legitimate administrator profile.]

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Jul 22 10:22

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#1726

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We are already in this thread.
The scammer change once again the nickname as was can change every second without limit. Aka_TheAC told me that they use a special character to fake the URL.

I still have no answer from the admin. 😡

PS: the bait account is now https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Meriidia/ he used Meridia, Meridai, Meridian...

He's scamming other people now. He offer me to send back 0,9 XMR if I wait 8 hours to publish in the forum.
But he shouldn't worry, nobody seems to care on XmrBazaar.

Edited: Jul 22 10:25

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Jul 22 12:53

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#1728

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That’s why I’m asking for the order number and date (e.g., #Abcd on 2025-09-15). Scammers can change their names, but the identifier in our system remains unique and unchangeable. Please provide the order number and date so we can properly investigate.

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Jul 22 13:44

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#1729

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Orders B3qg and pFUS 16 July

If I have told such a security hole to the LocalMonero admin, he would have closed the site for a few hours to correct it immediately. This is ridiculously not serious.

And still no news from the administrator.

Edited: Jul 22 13:47

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Jul 22 14:26

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#1730

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Added warning to Meriidiaian’s profile.
It is not possible for two users to have the same username. There is only one Douglas_Tuman account in the database: you probably saw an impersonator with capital "i" (I) or extra underscore.

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Jul 22 14:37

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#1731

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Denis_the__guy scam account UUID: 801e2b77-3601-4707-9730-c8640dedd05e
Meridia scam account UUID: f01687fe-8dcf-4671-861f-cb9cac1b64be

Order #ETXG

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Jul 22 14:43

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#1732

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Denis_the__guy banned.
Account UUID: f01687fe-8dcf-4671-861f-cb9cac1b64be already labelled as scam: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Meriidiaian/

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Jul 22 16:19

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#1735

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You didn't read carefully.
The first thing I did when I received a message from Aka_TheAC (mediator chosen) was to click on the profile link. It was it's real profile.
Idem for Douglas_Tuman, then I even click back on the link Message https://ibb.co/67vbmNDz and retrieve the discussion, but it wasn't him.

They find a way, with some special characters in the nicknames, to overwrite the links from the messenger to go to the real profiles.

That's why I'm talking about a serious bug that require a big warning or immediate action. I wasn't only deceived by the scammer, but also by the site.

Edited: Jul 22 16:20

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Jul 22 20:36

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#1742

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We have thoroughly reviewed our database records.
According to our data, the genuine @Douglas_Tuman account only sent you a single message, which matches the screenshot you shared.
You also sent and received numerous messages with four other accounts: Shitoo, Meriidiaian, Chanosan, and ScammerProMax, starting on June 16. These are four separate accounts with unique database IDs. All four have been identified as scam accounts and have been labelled/banned. Due to PGP encryption, we cannot see the content of any messages.
Our earlier database backups show that the account now known as ScammerProMax (already labeled as a scammer) previously used the username DougIas_Tuman (with a capital i “I”). This account later changed its username to ScammerProMax.
In other words, the account you interacted with under a name similar to Douglas_Tuman was the scammer account (with a capital i “I” instead of lower "l") that had changed its username later.
To address your concern directly: There is no bug in our system that allows duplicate usernames or the use of special/invisible characters to overwrite or manipulate profile links in the messenger. Usernames on the platform are unique, and profile links direct to the actual account associated with that username at the time.
We take these types of impersonation attempts very seriously and have taken action against the accounts involved.

Edited: Jul 22 20:36

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Jul 22 21:22

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#1743

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So you say all people reporting having clicked on the link to Aka_TheAC (now Shitoo) profile and seeing his real profile are lying?
And it seems that I'm the only one, but same for Douglas_Tuman.
Or the scammer find a way to go to the real profile, or he duplicate it including the "✔️ XmrBazaar Team: Douglas_Tuman is the owner of XmrBazaar." and ads, reviews etc.

Sure now it's hard to verify anything because nicknames can be changed easily.
In addition the scammer was more active, polite and credible as admin than the real admin. He knows a lot about the site, he reminded me that Doug received 77 XMR in donations. I can show you the whole story.

I don't want to threaten you but if you don't refund my loss, you will have troubles. Pick in those 77 XMR to refund my 1,25 and correct your security: nicknames locked definitely except by contacting you, correct escrow (because the buggy and complicated escrow is the start of these scams), we should get a address to send the Monero in escrow without the presence of a mediator, and warn users when there's a hole that you know for days. There's still no warning!

And I still don't have answer from the admin who didn't say hello.

I had 1145 trades with 458 partners during 3 years on LocalMonero with no problem https://xmrbazaar.com/img/listings/5b6c175e79055c63113adc4f0bc6fec9772f6c94.jpeg , my first sale here and I'm scammed. I don't think that I am the problem.

Edited: Jul 22 21:31

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Jul 23 02:10

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#1744

PS: on Paxful, LocalMonero/Agoradesk... the administrator's messages where in red and in the same discussion. Nobody else can do that.
I think it's very simple to program and if the messages are not red we know that we don't speak to a mn admin.
Also the escrow system was working. No need to wait for a mediator in the chat.
So many security issues... The scammers perfectly know them.

In addition it's a staff problem. All the accounts involved for me were reported 3 days ago here but still active!! (Meridai, Shitoo...)
I started to tell my story on forums, Reddit, Trustpilot...
Security consultants are remunerated, see my refund as an expertise help.

Still no answer from the admin.

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#1745

Dax scammer outsmarted you like a little kid

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