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#1653

User named Borraicho wanted to buy my listing, set up Denis_the_Guy as mediator.... was messaged by a user Denis__the__Guy who said he couldn't access his other account (Denis_the_Guy), and sent me a link on how to get bonded.... later Borraicho asked for $25 to get down to my location to buy listing in person.

So, Borraicho and Denis__the__Guy are scamming

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#1659

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Same experience here, same accounts

Borraicho contacted me after asking on the trollbox if it was normal to not get answer from sellers, I setup a trade, ask for it to have escrow, he set the mediator to Denis_the_Guy, then Denis__the__Guy started to message me, said he can't access his main account and ask me to do stuff outside the escrow.

Cancelled the trade, most likely a scam

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#1675

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For information, Denis__the__Guy (The guy (If it's not the same guy) trying to scam with Borraicho) changed his username (Well, they both did)

Now its Borraichuoo and Dennis, Dennis his not marked as a scammer yet, Borraichuoo his

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#1655

Just imagine a group at a scam office in India or Pakistan sitting here full-time in front of computers, creating accounts and messaging people

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#1661

thank you EasternCapybara03 and SoulReaver, the "group at a scam office" was labelled.

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I would like to log a suspicious behavior from my buyer, XMRB username: Lobster, SimpleX username: PropheticTaste
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Lobster/

There is no scam happening and I did not lose any money (although this could be because I am very good at defending myself, and not because the buyer isn't a scammer), but the user displayed various red flag behavior during his transaction with me.

So I just want to log them here for future references of trade with this person.

Red flag 1) This person keep failing to open escrow.
He tried once and failed, we decided to try again next day, he opened escrow again and failed again.
He sent me this screenshot of failed escrow:
https://i.ibb.co/S4G5PcMS/signal-2026-07-14-15-55-31-129-002.jpg

Red flag 2) After failing to open escrow he kept insisting that I send monero first despite I am the seller with older account and higher feedback than him.

Red flag 3) I pitched the idea that we can use manual escrow (since he kept failing the automated escrow), he refuses, uses wife as excuse now.

Red flag 4) This person does a lot of yapping but very little doing. A lot of meaningless excuses for the failure. "escrow gives me error", "my wife won't let me send payment first", and most of his speech is all about convincing me to gain trust to him, and to me sounds quite manipulative, imo. We don't need trust in this space, we need you to be competent enough to do escrow, so trust is not necessary.

Red flag 5) Directly connected to red flag 4, but this person uses a lot of FUTURE FAKING technique in his speech, which is a well known relationship abuse tactics. So a lot of promises about future sharing of wealth and future purchases if this purchase is successful, "I will be your long term client", etc. You can read up more about this type of manipulative tactic here: https://www.charliehealth.com/post/future-faking

In the end, we did not made the deal, but I sure lost a lot of time dealing with this person.

Edit: Out of nowhere, I received an angry message from Lobster for posting this post (meaning he is monitoring this thread for no reason at all, very weird behavior for someone if they are not a scammer. I have been a member of this site for 6 months, I never once have the urge to visit or monitor this thread unless I am feeling scammed) I am fully convinced now Lobster is indeed a malicious actor, possibly long time scammer with multiple accounts, hence why he needs to constantly monitor this thread, I'm guessing to check if he needs to create a new account or not. He changed his ID now to Lobsterr:
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Lobsterr/

He will keep changing his username, you can track his ID from MoneroMago's feedback:
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/MoneroMAGO/

Edited: Jul 14 18:20

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#1669

User: Borraichuoo
XMR Trade on July 13 2026
I exchanged an Amazon gift card code for .19 xmr. XMR has not been released. This transaction was handled in private messages.

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#1670

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"Borraichuoo" is guaranteed Lobster's alt-ID. They exchanged feedback.
Lobster bought the gift card from MoneroMago and then proceed to scam you with it using his alt-ID.

Edited: Jul 15 03:13

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#1673

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He just scammed me for 50$, I hadnt seen his profile flagged as a scammer until now

Borraichuoo

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Borraichuoo/

Edited: Jul 15 17:27

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#1674

here we go again

user: salvaplata
order: #YdJR
I waited for a week and still nothing, are the reviews for this guy even legitimate ? he doesn't answer my dm

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#1679

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Added warning to salvaplata’s profile, it will be removed if/when they fulfill the order.

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#1676

Posting their usernames in here only makes them change their names. We need a permanent ID to point to.

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Jul 15 18:51

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#1677

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Johnryan1406/ < Looks like a textbook generic scam.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/HNRY2W < Looks like another generic scam to me.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/joransar < I see this seemingly abandoned project floated up to the font page.
Seventeen reviews and every single one appears to be fake. As per usual, GPU and exchange listings...

https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Dj3Y/ < Should this not fall under the new bond rule.

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#1680

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Thank you Capybara!

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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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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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#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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#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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⚠️ 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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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.

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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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#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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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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Dax scammer outsmarted you like a little kid

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This site is such a joke that the scammer come in the forum to mock their victims.

Still no answer from the admin.

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#1747

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They already checked database for you and confirmed that there is no bug with profile links. What you want from them?

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I already wrote what they should do urgently to correct these different holes.

PS: I understand why the links allow to impersonate a mediator. Another security hole. What a scam site...

Edited: Jul 23 19:30

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I got scammed the same way, and this site needs to seriously tighten up its security to protect the users it depends on for its very existence. And btw I'm not some noob who's naive about the crypto space being floor to ceiling scammers. I thought I was going through the escrow process correctly, but nope.

Clean this site up. I was donating to XmrBazaar prior to getting ripped off. Think I'm going to do that again?

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This's a piecing together info to prove the seller/listing is scam(mer) type of report.

Dat_Mass "Abandoned BTC .dat Legacy Wallets" - Findings

Seller: Dat_Mass (joined July 2026)
Listings: WEdE (main), GvXF and other per-wallet children
Offer: .dat wallet files at $125 each (or $2000 for all), advertised balances 2.5 to 69,370 BTC, direct payment, no escrow, no refunds.

1. An advertised balance matches government-seized coins
18.dat is labeled 69370.22452167 BTC. That exact amount is the seized Silk Road stash, held at address 1HQ3Go3ggs8pFnXuHVHRytPCq5fGG8Hbhx, seized by the US DOJ in 2020 and now in government custody. That source address is empty; the coins were moved to a US government-controlled address (bc1qa5wkgaew2dkv56kfvj49j0av5nml45x9ek9hz6) The seller is advertising the balance of seized coins whose key no private party holds.

This address is owned by the FBI, it confiscated approximately 69,000 bitcoin from Individual X who stole them from the Silk Road
https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/addresses/btc/bc1qa5wkgaew2dkv56kfvj49j0av5nml45x9ek9hz6

2. The public ledger shows no second wallet with that balance exists
Bitcoin's ledger is public, so every large balance is visible. That 69,370 BTC only ever sat at the one seized address. No other wallet holds that amount; if one did, it would top every public rich list. Verify:

bitinfocharts top 100 richest addresses
CoinCarp Bitcoin rich list
Arkham Intelligence (entity-labeled holdings)

3. The free sample is a recycled public file
Sample 1.dat is a genuine encrypted Bitcoin Core wallet.dat (350 encrypted keys, 1 master key, 0 cleartext keys). Its master-key fingerprint (mkey hash 7f9cfa79..., salt f328cdce4388a454, 105603 iterations) is identical to a wallet.dat published on public wallet-recovery tutorial sites, i.e. a freely downloadable file.

Its 206 addresses were checked on-chain: 201 never used; 5 emptied years ago holding only trace dust. Largest address 12Mnc41fYtFkSir5RCHYv82cq8FMuYHmm5 received 208.96 BTC, sent all, empty since 2017. Claim that it holds low balance is true. However this's a very public Bitcoin wallet example circulating in the open for forever that the seller do not hold exclusive access to. If this were to be cracked, it would've been cracked already.

4. Reviews are same-day and cross-listing
All three 5-star trader reviews are dated July 23, 2026 (listing published July 23). "walden" reviewed this listing the day it went live; "KKxTeam" reviewed a different Dat_Mass listing (a QAI token wallet); one is anonymous on a private listing.

Conclusion
This is a variant of one of the oldest scams in crypto: selling "locked wallets" said to hold large balances the seller cannot actually access. The facts do not support the claim that these files hold spendable coins. The one advertised balance that can be traced (18.dat) belongs to seized coins in government custody, and no other wallet holding that amount exists on the public chain. Even setting that aside, a Bitcoin Core wallet encrypted with a strong passphrase cannot be brute-forced with current technology; the key-derivation function makes exhaustive search computationally infeasible on any hardware available today. A buyer pays $125 for a file that is either fabricated or, at best, permanently unopenable.
Statistically, there's a near-certain chance that these types of listings are all scams.

Edited: Jul 23 20:54

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Thank you. Labelled them all as scam/fake reviews, including fake reviewers and fake reviews of fake reviewers (including the "Anonymous" ones).

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Ethereum wallet (15+ ETH) with lost password - 8-12 chars
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/RVgT/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/treadinG

Referencing earlier scams of this kind, these listings are 99% likely to be scams, as are most "free money" schemes.

In some cases, the sellers are too stupid and make outlandish claims that you can disprove with chain analysis to show they're 100% scammers. But this listing type already has a 99% chance of being a scam.

My question is, is that 1% worth going through these on a case-by-case basis for that final %1? Or would it be safe and prudent to simply purge ALL of them, except those from reputable sellers that might potentially have some merit? I would argue the statistical enforcement is on our side, as the difference between "probably a scam" and "certainly a scam" here is negligible.

Or at the very least, setting them escrow/bond only so people don't get scammed.

Edited: Aug 4 10:26

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At this point we can even question if admins are not linked to the scammers.

Still no answer for me in the messenger from Douglas or AilliA. Not even a banner on the site before correcting the security holes.

I warned them that I will report the site to their hosting companies and file a complaint at the police for their responsibility in my loss. It's been more than a week that they are aware of the problem and they still don't care.

Douglas is easily found on the Web, Facebook has his address and phone number. If some victims want to join me for a legal action, message me or Telegram @Daxorp.

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All reports/appeals are only reviewed publicly. Do NOT DM your reports/appeals - they will not be reviewed.
https://xmrbazaar.com/contact

Edited: Jul 25 17:33

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Jul 25 19:36

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"All reports/appeals are only reviewed publicly. Do NOT DM your reports/appeals - they will not be reviewed.
https://xmrbazaar.com/contact"

? Public forum is not a place for support or security issues report. Especially when they are not corrected! Do you know anything to web development?
You even let the scammers mock their victims publicly. Use your messenger and work on protect your members, correct the reported threats!!!

By the way, US laws don't apply to non US citizens. And the site is hosted in Iceland with an Ireland IP.

PS: It would take 5 minutes to put the mediators' messages in red and 5 minutes to put a banner saying the links in the messenger are not reliable until you correct the bug.
You are 100% responsible and still did nothing.

Edited: Jul 25 20:03

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Who is to blame you fucking pussies? You both had a part in getting played. Stop blaming other people for your mistakes. Like, do you really need someone holding your hand for everything you do? The scammer treated you like you were kids. And if you go to the police with this, they’re gonna clown you.

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#1762

Phonetically/visually identical usernames are a classic human-level social-engineering tactic, not a security hole or technical exploit in computer-science terms. The fake mediator “aka__TheAC” that JAnon interacted with (https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/51/post/1693/#post_1693) simply used a double underscore instead of the single underscore in the real mediator’s username “aka_TheAC”.
Likewise, the “DougIas_Tuman” account that Dax interacted with used a capital “I” in place of a lowercase “l”, making the name appear identical at a glance (explained here: https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/51/post/1742/#post_1742).

We will implement distinct badges for mediators and additional safeguards in the next update. However, all of these scams would have been avoidable by using the built-in non-custodial multisig escrow tool https://xmrbazaar.com/escrow-guide. Even XmrBazaar’s whitelisted mediators are NOT supposed to handle any custodial escrow or receive funds directly: only the non-custodial multisig escrow is permitted. Users should NEVER trust or send money directly to ANYONE, including mediators or the XmrBazaar team (the sole exception being those who deliberately choose a risky direct trade while fully understanding and accepting the risks and bearing complete responsibility).

Under U.S. law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields platforms like Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace and XmrBazaar from liability for scams by their users. You transact directly with the other party: the site is NEVER a party to the deal. (Craigslist (or XmrBazaar) in particular processes no payments, holds no funds, verifies no identities, and offers no buyer/seller protection.)
https://xmrbazaar.com/terms/

Edited: Jul 25 19:17

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When the site is correctly coded maybe, but this is not the case. The proof is the number of scammed victims with your total agreement.

Now take your responsibility in this case in refunding the victims, correct the security holes that allow to impersonate admins including the link to their profile.

How are we supposed to know to we don't speak to a mediator? This is not only a close nickname, this is a security bug. You even still didn't answer in private.

You are online now, why didn't you answer your messages? The main issue here is that the scammers are more active, polite and effective than you. That's why we all fall, they are better admins than you. Increase your efficiency, you have 77 XMR of donations. What did you do with them for one week that you know security holes???

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You're literally the scammer trying to scam the site. It's not going to work. Go find some old ladies to harass.

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Profile links / “security holes”
Impersonating an admin with a working link to their actual profile is not possible. There are no technical security holes that allow this. Provide an unedited screen recording with the browser console open, or the claim is rejected.

“Number of scammed victims”
Every single reported case involved phonetically or visually identical usernames. The victims themselves confirmed this. Read the previous explanations carefully.

Private messages
All reports and appeals are reviewed publicly only. That is the rule. If you do not accept the rule, do not use the site.
Your private messages contain attempts at doxxing, extortion, and allusions to threats against a founder and even his family. Those are criminal offenses.

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