Scam reports to XmrBazaar Admin for investigation

Dax

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Jul 25 21:11

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#1774

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We used the escrow!! That's why a mediator (fake) comes in the story, but it's bugged, this is one of the issues and part of the scam!!! You admit it's in beta. Once again aka_TheAC told me to "never use it, it's buggy", I didn't know then, I trusted you.

I am not in the USA!!! And I was scammed by DougIas Tuman because of site holes. There is no transaction no escrow on the market places you mentioned, and a normal private reporting.

It requires you 3 days and 2 more scammed people, only to locate the public scammer's account !! Meridia, Meridai.... with his 5/5 fake reviews (I trusted you again about that). He could change his nickname, another hole!!!

And with your "public reports", he could follow this thread, precede you and fool you during one entire week!!!!
Another big hole! That's why I repeated you to read and process your private messages!

Edited: Jul 25 21:35

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#1776

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IDK if we'll hear from aka_TheAC as upon the claims when I asked about the subject, he said:
"no idea how it work"
"no idea what it is"
"I can’t invest time in this."

I tried putting some characters as user claims it's possible.
zero-width space U+200B ""
zero-width non-joiner U+200C "‌"
zero-width joiner U+200D "‍"
soft hyphen U+00AD ""
zero-width no-break/BOM U+FEFF ""

None reproduced a lookalike handle, and none produced a profile link that resolves to another user's profile.

At it's current form, due to lack of information of appropriate reproducible steps, lack of testimony, or even denial from supposed witnesses. This "bug report" or lack thereof is a wild goose chase, quite potentially manufactured.

User appears to gatekeep the supposed reproducible steps to trigger the supposed bug behind payment of the money they lost. If there's belief and desire to figure it out if this bug report is genuine or not, I might suggest putting a bounty of reasonable amount on it proportional to severity of potential bug. 0.1 XMR to 0.5 XMR payable to anyone on a reproduction the maintainers independently confirm, not reimbursement of a claimed loss. Otherwise, such bug report would be appropriate to just close due to lack of evidence under standard practice.

Edited: Jul 26 00:09

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JAnon

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Jul 26 02:35

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#1777

Mediators need a badge, also all badges (blue check, red warning) should be displayed next to usernames in the message list view. A unique color for admin & mediator account names would also go a long way to mitigate problems like this.

Those who get scammed (myself included) bear responsibility for their screw-ups, but there are still ways to reduce the effectiveness of scammers that could be taken.

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Jul 26 06:50

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#1778

Order #CMuo from Sharpbazaar https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Sharpbazaar/ guy send fake screenshots of transaction, He scammed me out of $534.75 (≈ 1.465 XMR)

Order - https://xmrbazaar.com/order/CMuo/. (its hidden)

Proof :

[url=https://ibb.co/Z1Jbcc5Z]

[/url]
[url=https://ibb.co/xqtSbRfL]

[/url]
[url=https://ibb.co/Y40LHBF2]

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[url=https://ibb.co/Lhr6zCTx]

[/url]
[url=https://ibb.co/TBTnT2YT]

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[url=https://ibb.co/HT4Byt0J]

[/url]
[url=https://ibb.co/qLg5KFL8]

[/url]
[url=https://ibb.co/8gxjhD09]

[/url]

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Jul 26 12:11

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#1781

Hi ! This profile is impersonating me :

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Proteous/

They copied my username and profile picture so it's pretty clearly meant to confuse people. Don't get fooled !

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Dax

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Jul 26 12:13

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#1782

We speak about that on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1v3fi0j/warning_XmrBazaar_security_holes/

For me, the more admin stays silent, the more I want to close this scam site and make him pay fines and compensations.

Note that there's no apologies and still no correction of any of the security holes from the admin. He only collects donations.
There's still new scams after 10 days. This is the plain responsibility of the site.

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Jul 26 12:45

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#1783

Fully fabricated reddit discussion. You are so piece of shit that you even decided to try destroy someone reputation, when you don't received what you want? You won't get refunded and administration is right about that. It was already explained to you few times that THERE IS NO BUG WITH PROFILE LINKS THAT ALLOW MEDIATOR IMPERSONATORS TO TRICK PROFILE URL LINKS TO LAND ON REAL MEDIATOR PAGES. EVEN IF THERE WAS SUCH BUG WEBSITE DOESN'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY WHERE YOU SEND YOUR XMR. XMR BAZAAR GIVES YOU OPTION TO TRADE SAFELY VIA MULTISIG ESCROW SYSTEM OR BY USING BONDED MERCHANT, BUT FOR SOME REASON YOU DECIDED TO NOT USE THAT SECURITY AND YOU SENT MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE SCAMMER POCKET. YOU WERE JUST TRICKED BY SCAMMER TO SEND MONEY DIRECTLY TO HIS POCKET OUTSIDE OF ESCROW SYSTEM. JUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR MISTAKE YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT AND STOP THAT CIRCUS.

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Jul 26 13:00

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#1784

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Why US Americans insults the victims of scams? You're really a dumb people. Most scammed victims used the escrow, which is bugged. Now return play in your sand box.

"Mediators need a badge, also all badges (blue check, red warning) should be displayed next to usernames in the message list view. A unique color for admin & mediator account names would also go a long way to mitigate problems like this."

It was requested several times, but guess what?
We also need a LINK from the page https://xmrbazaar.com/search-mediators/ to the profile. How can we verify we're speaking to the real mediator?

I would be happy to make a list of others holes, but I still get no answer from admin, they're not interested in protecting their members.

Full responsibility. Once again, the more admin stays silent, the more I want to close this scam site and make him pay fines and compensations. He has a despicable behaviour.

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Jul 26 13:25

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#1785

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Scammer makes you think that escrow is bugged to proceed outside of escrow... This is where you fucked up. I also think that XMR is not secure enough. Monero should implement mandatory kyc verification before every payment to protect naive people.

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Jul 27 05:05

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#1787

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>It was requested several times, but guess what?

It's been implemented. This and a more cautious attitude from users mitigates a lot of the problem.

If we wanted extra scam-proofing, I'd advise the escrow page and escrow guide both have their first message, in bold text, all red, at the top: "MEDIATORS WILL NEVER ASK FOR PAYMENT IN DMs" etc.

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Jul 27 11:19

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#1789

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"Scammer makes you think that escrow is bugged"

It's literally written on it "warning, escrow is on beta, use for small amounts only".
I learnt afterward that it's really bugged and some mediators recommend to not use it.
In addition, it's trapped: no escrow address is shown until the 3 persons are not connected to it. Why not give the address immediately? Scammers couldn't pretend giving it.

When there's one victim, you can blame him, but when there's a new victim everyday you can blame the site.

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Jul 27 13:24

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#1790

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You are amazingly dumb, aren't you? It's not bugged. THE SCAMMER LIED TO YOU AND TOLD YOU IT WAS BUGGED. THE SCAMMER WAS A FAKE ESCROW MEDIATOR AND YOU DIDN'T CLICK ON THEIR NAME TO FIND OUT.

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Jul 27 13:38

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#1791

Recent updates:
- Added green “verified admin” and blue “verified mediator” badges (https://x.com/xmragora/status/2081542830648963139)
- Messenger now displays badges (verified admin, verified mediator, warning, donor, bond)

- Added “delete conversation” button to the messenger
- Empty conversations are now hidden in the messenger
- Social media verification badges have been removed
- Removed the digital downloads file-upload feature. This only affects uploaded files, external download links and unique codes still work
- Disabled username changes.

Regarding non-custodial multisig escrow concerns:

- Monero multisig requires input from all three participants to set up the wallet. It is technically impossible to generate a 2-of-3 multisig address without contributions from all three parties (even using the official Monero CLI). See the documentation: https://docs.getmonero.org/multisignature/
This is exactly why the escrow address is only shown once all three participants are connected. Providing the address earlier is not possible.

- Any mediators who recommend against using the escrow will be removed from the mediators list.

- The “beta” label on XmrBazaar non-custodial multisig escrow will also be removed. Scammers have been using that warning as an excuse to avoid multisig. After more than two years of active use, the only remaining issues are related to individual users' internet connections, VPNs and browsers/some plugins, but funds can always be recovered via the CLI if needed. There is no risk of permanent fund loss (only 'inconvenience', read more: https://themeritocrat.substack.com/i/180423162/the-ultimate-proof-that-its-just-multisig-you-can-do-everything-without-XmrBazaar) unlike with 'convenient and polite' scammers.

Edited: Jul 27 13:52

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