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Jun 16 09:45

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#1414

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I was contacted by the seller, who told me they received the transfer but that the funds went into review and now the bank could not process the deposit and they will have to refund it to my account in 2-4 business days.
I think this is a correct response; also from my experience it's something that banks and payment processors sometimes do.
I wait for the next days.
Thank you for the assistance

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#1408

I need my refund

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/WorldCup2026XMR_Bets/
scammer. he will send you a voice message on simplex if you make a new listing or recently boost a listing. remember to never do anything with 0 rating accounts without using escrow!

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Jun 16 09:36

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I already communicated to primocay

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/CerezoOsaka talked me into not using escrow because they had previously done work for another trusted member of the community, which was verified. They then ran and scammed me.
#BfRd was the initial deposit. The rest was paid off platform.

The "voucher" (AshleyJones) in hindsight realized their previous account was https://xmrbazaar.com/user/TokyoDream which has a scam warning.

Edit: typo

Edited: Jun 18 22:08

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Jun 18 21:54

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#1432

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/CezeroOsaka - Profile not found

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Jun 18 22:07

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Sorry, typo. It's https://xmrbazaar.com/user/CerezoOsaka

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Jun 23 06:08

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CerezoOsaka scammed me out of $50, which again was due to me being suckered in by his friendly demeanor. Never again will I send anybody XMR as a goodwill gesture for them taking a risk on a cash by mail deal. Wall to wall scammers here.

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The same guy scammed you twice, I pieced together he is the same guy. He targeted you once, saw you paid, and tried again. When did it happen?

That's one thing we should teach people. If you get scammed once, the scammer is likely to come again and do the same trick. Sorry that happened to you.

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I'm admittedly a sucker who trusts people way too much. This is Monero, and you'd think I wouldn't be such an empty skulled XMR donation machine. The scamming happened with both members within a short time frame. Vow: I shall cease being an idiot.

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So sorry mate. I won't be too nice too.

I can plead EasternCapybara03 to take notes.

This ain’t rocket science, it's a reality.

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Jun 18 22:10

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Added warning to CerezoOsaka’s profile.

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Jun 19 07:26

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User: virtualp2p

Looks like attempt at platform manipulation.

Go to user page:
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/virtualp2p/

Go to review page four:
User InvisibleRabbit71 11 trades Jan 25, 2026 all same day.
InvisibleRabbit71 Last online: Over 1 month ago

Go to review page three:
User purrfect 11 trades all same day Jan 28, 2026 same pattern
purrfect Last online: Over 1 month ago

Go to review page two:
User RareAnt35 8 trades all same day Mar 16, 2026
RareAnt35 online: Over 1 month ago

Go to review page one:
User WorldwideLaker 12 trades all same day Jun 16, 2026

Last review from CerezoOsaka Warning Rating 5 (1)
Coordinated fake review again w/ a (apparently known?) scammer.
What's the statistical likelihood of a scammer casually doing 1 single good honest trade w/ a (currently allegedly) platform manipulator, vs that account being perhaps yet another one of virtualp2p's sock puppet accs?
The scammer comment (Safe Handling Via Mail):
"The XMR community is so much better with people like virtualp2p, I made an error on my end, which I was responsible for and without his honesty, I would have lost $100, however, he was very honest, and communicated clearly. 100 stars for this guy, just 5 wont do justice"
Why did the scammer bother w/ a mail order? Scammer sent him a mail order w/ $100 extra? The scammer? Math ain't mathing...
I'm aware this last paragraph has it's speculative side, but we also might be facing a potential danger here.

I've looked at other reviews on his acc, most again look like sock puppet accounts that showed up out of nowhere, allegedly did 1-2 trades w/ this guy, and disappeared, never to be seen again. I understand some people use throwaway accs, however the level of this 1-2 time accs clustering under his reviews look sus in context of overall other sus reviews. Albeit there are some among them look legit w/ established platform accounts. Lots of overhyped, inflated, fake language in the sus reviews. User has legitimate trades, but legitimate trade count looks like a fraction of total trade/review count.

Yes, I've not done some stylometric analysis to match the fake review barrages with each other. But there're some patterns:
The reviews are not just clustered, they read as one hand. Within each burst, a single account cycles minor variations on the same template, interchangeable, content-free, transaction-detail-free praise: "Smooth transaction, great communication," "Quick and easy transaction, thanks again," "Highly recommend, fast payment," "AAA+++," "A nice service." The same compressed-praise register, same length, same generic enthusiasm, same absence of any specific trade detail recurs across InvisibleRabbit71, purrfect, RareAnt35 and WorldwideLaker alike. Genuine reviews usually vary in voice, length, and concrete detail; these vary only in surface wording around an identical skeleton, the signature of mass-generated text from a single source.
The launch cluster (Sep 11 to 15, 2025) shows the same: a flood of same month created accounts leaving the identical short five star filler, the fake trust seeded from early on.

This looks a lot like coordinated sock puppet account review manipulation at a massive scale and trade count inflation.
Do I know %100 there's bad faith, no, but too many suspicious patterns stacking on top of each other here, thus, the report for potential investigation...
Up to investigator if this's enough lead to warrant an investigation.

Edited: Jun 19 11:41

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Jun 19 14:04

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Yesterday I also noticed multiple reviews from a single account for virtualp2p. At first I suspected possible impersonation (similar to the scammer who previously impersonated me by using a capital i “I” instead of a lowercase L “l”), but it is a legitimate account https://xmrbazaar.com/user/virtualp2p/ .

The recent cluster of trades is most likely due to RetoSwap being offline: virtualp2p had promoted their services in the RetoSwap SimpleX group the day before.

virtualp2p is an established trader who also has been active on XmrBazaar for over a year. He has also donated 10+ XMR to the platform (not typical scammer behavior) and has completed trades with multiple well-known community members, not only one-time accounts. While I don’t know exactly why the recent trader chose to do multiple trades, I assume the trader chose multiple smaller amounts for safety rather than one large transfer.

So far, virtualp2p maintains a very clean reputation within the community.

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Jun 19 18:04

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Oh didn't I know the donation amount would come up to shield him ))))
A user donating certain amount doesn't necessarily absolve them of potential platform manipulation, some might argue might even make it more likely they would try to make their donation's worth w/ the "goodwill" shield they bought on one hand ))))))

Someone showing up and immediately doing that # of rapid trades was dead giveaway for platform manipulation on LocalMonero, speaking from experience, this is irregular behavior. I talked with an other trader here w/ p2p trade experience I won't name in public w/o their permission, they suspect similarly as well. This is not one time event after retoswap problem either as my post outlined, but string of many...

I just received a DM tip from user Holoh:
"Hey. For a $10 tip, I will send you all screenshots of Virtualp2p buying likes to manipulate the system, I literally did some of the work for for him"
I'm not sending $10 to find out, sure might be another scammer, lol.

You think colluding w/ the user CerezoOsaka w/ scam label is merely a coincidence as well? A scammer showed up and said "Hey, you know what? Let me do an elaborate and effortful mail oder trade and make a $100 mistake on top of it before going and scamming someone!“
As you wish, I guess...

Edited: Jun 19 19:25

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Jun 19 19:41

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To clarify: virtualp2p’s account was created in June 2025 and has been actively trading here for over a year (initially offered discounts) - not a new account that suddenly appeared in June 2026. The pattern you described as “immediate rapid trades” does not apply here.
The donation is only one point among several. More importantly, virtualp2p has completed trades with multiple established, well-known community members over time.
I receive similar “tips” and accusations from brand-new accounts against popular XmrBazaar traders on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis! The message from the freshly created Holoh account follows the exact same pattern. If Holoh does not provide verifiable proof of their claims within 24 hrs, they will receive a libel warning.
CerezoOsaka’s warning was issued for (mostly) off-platform activity + it was issued yesterday: like many such warnings, it could potentially be based on a false accusation and will be disputed.

Added scam warnings to alts of https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Diving_dove/: Kingjoash, UnknownKong, Jupiter1, Pusher.

Edited: Jun 19 19:53

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Jun 19 19:51

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“immediate rapid trades” isn't for the seller acc, it's the alleged buyers.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/InvisibleRabbit71/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/purrfect/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/RareAnt35/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/worldwidelaker/

As I outlined in the first message.
I didn't make the claim seller acc has immediate rapid trades in isolation, the sock puppet looking accounts having them and showering his wall w/ same day rapid trade generic review burst was the pattern and the point. Both InvisibleRabbit71 and RareAnt35 have Sep 15, 2025 (Member since Jun 2025) 1 review that's looking like a plant, 2 accs same creation month same trade day! Going on to review shower later on at burst, bit too coincidental.

I hope you're right and all these patterns are merely an unfortunate, albeit unlikely series of coincidences.

If I somehow hear from @Holoh I'll post here.

Edited: Jun 19 20:18

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Jun 19 23:01

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#1445

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Holof in his grace sent some artifacts for you:
https://drive.proton.me/urls/R0WR8BRNQR#fKGUziUlAsws

Now I obviously don't know the full validity of evidence.
Important to note I'm just the messenger for the artifacts here, haven't had the chance to examine the evidence myself.
Please let us know what you find out, should you decide to pursue the investigation.

Edited: Jun 19 23:05

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Jun 20 00:46

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I'd like to chime in to say I've been a happy customer of virtualp2p for quite some time, on this platform and Bisq. I think IDrive was also a happy customer going by the reviews.

Having been around earlier, the order bursts appeared to be due to a spot discount (up to 10%) virtualp2p was offering on their btc/xmr swaps. Some people repeatedly took that offer. I did not see anything wrong with that.

Although am quite sad to read that chat evidence above of fake reviews for cash, if it turns out to be true.

[edit] soulreaver immediately DM'd me to suggest that I am polluting this thread and that some kind of unified stance is to be taken against virtualp2p to cleanse this platform. I don't appreciate being dictated to like that by some newb control freak and so am not deleting this comment. FYI @AilliA 🧡

Edited: Jun 20 01:09

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SoulReaver User virtualp2p have some discount program for swaps up to 100$. If you wanna swap more you can still do, but in multiple orders. So the multiple reviews comes most likely from this. I traded this way with him once as newbie on platform, because I anyway wanted to split trade into 10 * 100$, so I don't risk sending all at once. Later I understood that it is not too honest strategy for gaining popularity and removed duplicated reviews leaving one.

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Jun 19 09:52

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Bro, I'll be straight with you too.
PaySafeCard is a more niche rail for buying XMR than the common methods, yet you've allegedly(?) got a shit ton of trades on it in a few months. For comparison, EuroNOVA started even earlier, offers the mainstream rails (SEPA, Wise, Revolut, PayPal), and sits at 40 trades. A vendor on the more popular methods has perhaps a quarter of your volume. Common rails do pull more trades than a niche one, not the other way around. Combined with the wording on a lot of the reviews, yours just doesn't read as fully organic to me either.

The reviews keep pushing the exact same "skip escrow, skip fees, he's trustworthy" line that's in your own listing.
Two of them even tell other buyers to forgo escrow to save fees, why would a regular happy customer all singing the same tiresome refrain from your listing about whether I use the platform's protection?

YardConjure98 (May 18): "I got the xmr immediately after the order was accepted. No scam, even without escrow. Very trustworthy!"
zeronoir (Jun 8): "rock solid seller. I keep trading, no fuss. no escrow, no delays."
MissingPeanut33 (Apr 28): "Trustworthy seller even without escrow"
SumsumJay (Jun 10): "100% and fast as always - guys safe the escrow fees, nobswebdev is just the best." (note: actively telling other buyers to skip escrow to save fees)
mordelkoisel (May 6): "btw I didn't use the inscurance and it worked fine for me, so I'm pretty confident you can save yourself that money" (again, advising other readers to skip the protection)
livestockmultiply (Mar 28, on a different listing): "Direct payment with no escrow." (stated as a feature)

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love ddiiiis guy haha
Seller | Reviewed listing: BUY XMR WITH PAYSAFECARD!
Guy has 0 trades but loves you somehow for some reason, LMAO...

Makes you really wonder how much manufactured volume is floating around here in general...

Edited: Jun 19 21:07

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I can prove every of my trades with anonymized chat history and Paysafecard redeem history. But I won't share such data to anyone who asks for it. You can make petition to admin to verify me and I will prove any sale I will be asked for. You don’t understand the phenomenon of my listing. My exchange combines anonymity and convenience. These both don't go together in crypto purchases. With my exchange users from supported countries just have to go to the shop on the corner with cash, get Paysafecard and drop code on the chat to get XMR. I knew it will be hit even before I started it.

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What you say about paysafe card being niche and less mainstream is completely correct.

However, paysafe card vouchers are easily brokered and used in scams. These need to then be cashed out, which is why a vendor that doesn’t ask questions and sits on an annon platform can score a large bundle of trades.

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Would it not be prudent to add a disclaimer, similar to the no multisig escrow label, that all users review(s) may be completely fabricated.
Because currently the system allows anybody to high-five themselves as many times as they care to make alter accounts to do so.

To lessen scenarios where a newcomer to this site writes here, how they sent crypto/FIAT first without escrow to the same scammers scam listing number 123... just cause the scammer had a dozen or so 5 star reviews, which all turned out to be fake...

Like this bunch:

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/UnknownKong/ < alt of https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Diving_dove/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Swizler < likely another alt of diving_dove

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/BiggSmoke < Reeks of scam with all fake reviews

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/BigBread < I'm surprised nobody mentioned this account in this thread so far.
Looks like one big smurf family...

You think Charles is the man to talk to when looking for an obd scanner? I highly doubt that.
I don't know what happened in the comment section, but I'm guessing this trio belongs to one and same scammer.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Ethan_washinton < Fourth or fifth alt peddling imaginary freeze dryers here?
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/ATlascrown/
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Charles_Dickson/

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How can you compare my account and reviews to a bunch of misleading goofy-ass no-job miscreants looking for victims to scam on.

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/WorldwideLaker/

possible scammer, never paid me in my local currency.
lesson learnt in using escrow, but at the same time, not that much lost.
I will just always demand up front payment if I do it direct, without exception.
https://xmrbazaar.com/order/EbGr/

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Added warning to WorldwideLaker’s profile.

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#1482

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He got me too (WorldwideLaker), though I should have used better judgement. I sent $10 in XMR to him as a gesture of goodwill for a cash by mail deal. And then excuses, near gibberish messages, and then "Sending your 10 back". Guess what? He never did.

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aah sorry to hear man, well we live and learn.

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This is terrible. His identity or account was under early suspicion in this forum. Please be sure to check this forum from time to time.

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As an admin, I’ve received multiple complaints from honest XmrBazaar sellers about scammers inflating review counts with alt accounts. Of course, it’s possible that even some honest traders might try to “level the playing field” through questionable means. That said, the screenshots shared by a brand-new account could also easily be fabricated (especially with today’s AI tools). The key point remains: virtualp2p has a consistent track record of completing trades as promised including with well-known, established community members who have personally and publicly confirmed it.

On a personal note, with the experience I have, this situation smells like an amateur attempt to frame an established trader. Even the shared (potentially fabricated) screenshots seem to show a deliberate setup: an attempt to manufacture the narrative that someone contacted virtualp2p asking for a job, and that virtualp2p allegedly asked for reviews. (Note that with the same amount of typing and messages, virtualp2p could have simply created accounts and left reviews for free with virtually identical effort.)
Then two accounts (likely controlled by the same person) completing multiple trades with virtualp2p -> leaving positive reviews -> then immediately scamming other users -> getting warnings, conveniently makes it look like virtualp2p's positive feedback comes from scammer accounts. This feels more like a manufactured smear than organic evidence.
In the end, the whole situation: whether virtualp2p did it or not, and the person I now suspect is behind framing him, makes me kinda sad.

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Interesting take.
When I talked w/ him, Holoh claimed he controls both of the accs, yes.
Who do you exactly suspect is trying to frame the guy?

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I do not share personal suspicions on a public forum... or anywhere else, for that matter.

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Not that shaving off couple of reviews from the front of the row resolves the whole fake review suspicion entirely, but I feel your point about unreliability of evidence stuff. Now the guy says he's working for the enemy, perhaps the one you had in mind, lol.
Not to mention that AFAIK we don't even have definitive evidence this guy controls the two accs in question, might just be a troll even.

https://drive.proton.me/urls/J5M68NFQNC#1XrU11IHlHAZ

I have this sudden sympathy towards the firing squad solution.

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Or he was paid to deflect the situation once again. This guy has proven he will do or say anything for money, you can't trust his word. Hence, why my suggestion of checking out when those reviews were posted would validate his original claims or not. If made within those 23 minutes he claims in the DMs, then it was orchestrated.

The Holoh guy in these screenshots is the one making the rounds scamming everyone currently. Each one of his accounts links to another. I knew him as TokyoDream, where he messaged me asking for work and I provided him with work. He later messages me as Ozaka asking if I can be a reference since he I gave him legit work. The new Holoh account mentions his other Ozaka account in the virtualp2p screenshots, being fake or real doesn't change that he is talking about his other account.

Therefore, we can see these accounts spamming good reviews on virtualp2p's account all link back to the same scammer taking the same actions on the same day, lending more credence to what he originally claimed, to spam good reviews for money. So if anyone is looking for good reviews, you know who to contact. He messages everyone asking for work, that part of the conversation reflects what happened with me and him too.

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If all these sock puppet accounts are Tokyodream, then I can weight in here a bit.

Tokyodream contacted me. I have absolutely no idea who he is. Having said that, he knows exactly who I am. He knows my name.

He also divulged the information that he had just been released from jail a few months ago, most likely for some scamming tactics, cause he acknowledged I had warned him.

So with that being said, he probably has a lot of experience in this scamming business, a lot more than I think you guys would be able to catch him out.

He is most likely therefore related to Australia in some way. Could be Africa, there is a few students in Africa I know of scamming in Australia before.

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Virtualp2p does seem to fulfill trades, otherwise we would see complaints here. But, there does seem to be evidence of review manipulation. You could check in the back-end when those 7 reviews were left and see if they align with those 23 minutes the screenshot claims to have positively review bombed.

Though, as the system currently is, there is no point in removing those disingenuous reviews. Anyone can spin up tons of accounts and review oneself, or incentivize others to do so for payment. That is the trade-off of not requiring KYC, and people simply need to use escrow for elimination of scams, you can't really trust reviews on here. You may see a few real accounts, but scammers know to: verify an account, donate for a badge, buy a few small things from reputable sellers so the scammers' reviews look legit, and review himself with fake accounts. Then an account looks real.

I forgot what the current warning is in the checkout process for users that choose not to use escrow, but if there is not already a note about being cautious when a seller/buyer suddenly reneges on escrow and tells their trade partner to not use escrow anymore, it's probably a scam. That's ultimately the only issue on this platform, faked reviews or not.

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/WorldwideLaker/

I'll hint just like Mr_Monero_Man has pointed out.
This small penny 'scammer' also took off with my Euros although not alot but enough for him.

"possible scammer, never paid me in my local currency.
lesson learnt in using escrow, but at the same time, not that much lost.
I will just always demand up front payment if I do it direct, without exception."

https://xmrbazaar.com/order/nYH4/

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you make an interesting point; "enough for him", makes me wonder where in the world this person would have to be, that these scams are actually worth the time. Unless they are constantly hustling via multiple acc on this website , and the number of scammers is actually physically less than one thinks, as it is multiple acc for only a few individuals.

this might sound obvious, but what I'm saying is, do they scam enough to make a reasonable profit, or is it just a hobby, in the same way it is a hobby for most of us doing honest trades. I just kinda told the guy, you must be poor for this to be worth your time.

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We should really only use direct evidence of scamming in administrative decisions, and in a timely and verifiable manner so no party can fabricate evidence long after a reasonable transaction. I am so thankful escrow exists. In the case of virtualp2p I made a big sale and he did indeed deposit his total amount in the multisig wallet, so with an honest mediator and my right steps I was covered. The only issue really lies with the people not choosing escrow and the occasional technical issues that escrow multisig presents. Sometimes you will indeed need a mediator to assist when the other party can't fix issues on their end, which is what happened in my trade with virtualp2p. I needed Aillia's troubleshooting and mediator signature for payout. I cannot say anymore without speculation. Speculation usually aids in malicious parties anyway and it is not the philosophy and behavior we should encourage.

I could suggest that URLs should contain a special ID like a UUID or similar before the specific username. This is so that users might be more aware of homoglyph attack on the website in addition to relying on the Web of Trust PGP ecosystem we are trying to foster. Either in the URL or somewhere on the account website page as a unique identifier, and where the user cannot change it and is always observable to other users. I think an unchangeable and high entropy mnemonic at the header of an account is probably the best compromise to alert users aside from after a scam has been identified by staff.

Example:
https://anonbazaar.com/user/WorldwideLaker/
https://anonbazaar.com/user/fe8c54f4fb63b23fc51c45e66a36b85d/WorldwideLaker/

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This was a very long read. This is my opinion:

[ b ]Niche is Monero.[ /b ] Monero is not what is nowadays called Bitcoin (BTC) , with all the popularity and the Traditional Finances behind it. So, for Monero to grow and stand out of the crowd is a long a difficult road, but not impossible. That being said, I think that for XmrBazaar and us, the users, is a very hard job.

There is no magic pill, magic listing, one size fits all kind of business or listing that grows exceptionally rapid. It takes time, especially for a new P2P market like the ones (listings and accounts) being debated here.

From my own experience, I have noticed that when price of XMR pumps the business increases and vice versa. My business has been growing steadily and I do not always receive orders (registered ones) nor reviews. I have, thank God, hundreds of trades from other sources like SimpleX, goxmr.click, regular PGP messages and some from Session, not even counting those from MoneroMarket.io (now extinct) . That's reason why, I do not have an excessive amount of daily reviews.

SoulReaver had a very strong point with all the analysis and proof that they have provided.
It is sad to see those images that SoulReaver had posted.

I feel that the case is obviously suspicious and unfortunate. There will always be scammers around (I was a victim of one, and several attempts here).

I will never never lose my integrity here and I believe that most users are on the page.

Thank you for reading my comments about this topic.

Please be careful and only do business with reputable users and use escrow if needed.

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"There is no magic pill, ... ... or listing that grows exceptionally rapid". I think this part is about my listing. I understand community suspicions about my listing, because it is probably fastest growing business in XMR Bazaar history.

However in my case I can easily prove every of my sales, because I have full redemption history. I think the best way to prove that is to make live meet with admin, because images and video can be easily fabricated nowadays. I can share my screen and prove everything. Admin will just have to pledge not to record nor share with anyone my confidential business data and use it only for verification purpose.

I play fair until competition do the same. I have no mean of scamming or manipulating XMR community, because once I discovered it I fell in love and wanna stay here forever. I was here from early 2025, initially just buying stuff then in early 2026 I decided to offer my web development service as "nobswebdev". Meanwhile I was craving the idea of this exchange, because I knew it will be successful, but costly and super tricky to do.

In the future, I’ll offer you more outstanding solutions. You’ll get to know me more as a web developer. I have a few ideas that will be implemented—for example, a certain SaaS that I’m currently working on will be published within the next 2 months.

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Fake screenshots or not, that blatant feedback farming is sleazy, and virtualp2p bloody well knows it.
As a by product, virtualp2p acts as an exp totem pole for fresh scammer accounts setting up quickly,
with positive feedback. Who then setup crypto/FIAT listings, with the only intent to scam the first one that bites.
As is the case of: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/WorldwideLaker/
Which then leaves a row of... on virtualp2p's lawn. All working as intended?

Also, puzzling, why https://xmrbazaar.com/user/EuroNOVA/ with over 40 feedback goes first on a trade with https://xmrbazaar.com/user/WorldwideLaker/ who has 3 feedback. And without escrow, when escrow was available...
and then get's scammed...

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FYI.
We had agreed to do a €20,00 trade via escrow or I send him first so as to orove my legitimacy..
He then proceeded to promise when it's successful he'll transact larger amounts later.
I didn't give a damn about the promise, just went on and checked their* profile.
He had a number of reviews from a specific reputable merchant here.
I had a 2nd thought on why do an slow escrow while I can risk €20,00 for future reward.

That's how I got scammed!!

I've evidence if required..!

Thanks for the observation though..

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From my brief observation, the exchange section has a recurring theme. One account gets called out as scam, and a day or two goes by, for another to come around. If left alone, they steadily feed it with fake feedback, till somebody falls for it, or it gets called out.

These two seem like lazy scams at an early stage, where they are more vulnerable. The other two, which I wont name, look more like a diversified long con. Somebody better at this, might take a peek in the exchange section.
If they interested in playing these puzzles.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/RationaleFire49 < Pops out of nowhere and seemingly instantly obtains three positive feedback.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Ghostswapper/ < Follows a similar pattern: activates & advertises swap services and starts feeding it with fake feedback, till somebody called them out, early on.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/ghostlink/ < Already flagged scammer, possibly an alt of Ghostswapper and some other with the word ghost in their name.

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Thank you EasternCapybara03! Added warnings to RationaleFire49, Ghostswapper and all their fake reviewers' profiles.

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https://xmrbazaar.com/user/virtuaIp2p/

Changed username to..

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Diamonde/

From my perspective, this user seems like a scammer.

This is not real @virtual2p , note that the 'scammer used capital 'i' for it to look like small 'l' .

The user tried to borrow me $13 saying he's short $13 on a trade and his funds are currently in cold wallet.

Then changed username to https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Diamonde/

This is suspicious to me.

AilliA check that out before we've confirmed scam cases.

Stay safe.

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Added warning to Diamonde’s profile.

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How exactly do I submit screenshots that I've uploaded to ImgBB? Or is there an easy way to show chat logs?

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I have found the best way to share images, is an iCloud share link.

Links expire after 30 days, or you can cancel them on your own when you wish.

If you don’t have an iPhone, you can still register an account.

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