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

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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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Jul 23 10:24

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#1746

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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#1757

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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.

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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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Aug 4 10:02

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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.

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Jul 25 17:17

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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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Jul 25 17:32

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#1760

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

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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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Jul 25 18:04

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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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Jul 25 19:07

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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/

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Jul 25 19:28

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#1763

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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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#1764

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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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Jul 25 19:50

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#1766

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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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Jul 25 19:59

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#1767

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Lie even more. I sent you a video. Aka_theAC already knew the hole, he told me that the messenger and the escrow are not reliable, so probably you know these for longer.

Yes, the nicknames are close the real ones, this is part of the problem.

As I add in 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.

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Jul 25 20:04

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There was no unedited screen recording with the browser console open. Impersonating with a working link to their actual profile is not possible. There are no technical security holes that allow this.

Phonetically/visually identical usernames are a human-level social-engineering tactic, not a security hole or technical exploit in computer-science terms.

"did nothing": just now, three new impersonators have been banned: xmrbizzare (with two Z’s), AililiA, and Dougas_Tuman. All accounts were registered today.

@aka_TheAC, please clarify what you meant: "Aka_theAC already knew the hole, he told me that the messenger and the escrow are not reliable".

Edited: Jul 25 20:16

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I also use the nickname Dougas_tuman yesterday, it's easy to add a hidden letter in the name for the link. Scammer got the same idea.

This shouldn't be necessary to remove one by one accounts if you do the several suggested changes in this thread and others.
You will never block all variants, just correct the holes, answer your members in your messenger, like all websites.

Once again, that's a reason why the scammers succeed so easily. We even can't verify if they're real because you don't answer.
And you still don't answer me for 4 days since I've been scammed. Not even a sorry, not curious about of how upgrade, just ghosting your victims.

PS: Now I will speak about that in private, I already give too much public information considering the holes are all still present.

Edited: Jul 25 20:22

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Jul 25 20:21

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#1770

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There were never any duplicated usernames or invisible characters.

Your private messages contain attempts at doxxing, extortion, and allusions to threats against a founder and even his family.

Edited: Jul 25 20:23

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No, it contains information about the holes, putting you in front of your responsibilities and the fact that I find the address of the admin to sue him.

Despite this, you didn't have the politeness to answer any of them. So I will take the appropriate measures to protect the users of this scam site.

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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.

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Well, since you cannot file a court claim pseudonymously and all your messages are backed up, a jury (and law enforcement, not you or me) will decide whether they contain actual threats against a person and his family with small children, as well as extortion/blackmail, and whether criminal charges are warranted.

All of these scams would have been avoidable by using the built-in non-custodial multisig escrow tool https://xmrbazaar.com/escrow-guide .
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 20:55

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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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#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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#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 :

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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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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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#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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#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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#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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"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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#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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#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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#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.

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#1797

If y'all want to be safe from scammers, just watch this listing for all "reviews".

https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/C6Pn/

- Direct pay only (no escrow... yeah bs)
- Tons of repeated transactions, many on the same day as "other accounts"
- Some of these account sprinkle in some mediated escrow trades to himself, using AilliA as the mediator to make it look nice in their review section (Glad AilliA is benefiting at least!!)

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#1801

Reported User: ClaudeAPI
Order # and Date: #mMzf on 2025-07-27
Details: I ordered five dollars worth of API access from the guy and he was quick to accept my Monero but hasn't responded to my messages in over 24 hours. It seems pretty stupid to me for someone to blow up his entire scam after only making a dollar and change but we can't all be blessed with as many chromosomes.

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#1802

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Added warning to ClaudeAPI’s profile.

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#1803

I noticed that when a listing is deleted, the comments on that listing are also deleted on profile page. this could be beneficial to scammers.

Edited: Jul 29 15:04

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#1805

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/RationalButterfly/

Accepted my offer to do custom ASCII art. The offer only allows escrow. The very first thing they did was try to get me to pay direct and skip escrow.

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#1807

0 trades.

Name created within the last month.

Same pattern of random name creation.

Same pattern of taking escrow offers then attempting to dodge escrow.

Do the work for free. Post it on a public pastebin.

Then I might call you anything but a scammer.

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#1809

You had AI generate an image. There are no ASCII codes in it.

You can "guess" about my trade count all you want. Anyone can click my profile and see for themselves.

Do the work for free or stop interacting with me.

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#1812

Reported user: EuroNOVA https://xmrbazaar.com/user/EuroNOVA/
Date: Jul 16, 2026
Details:

He allegedly scammed “cyborgx1337.” If you scroll down to the review section, you’ll see a 1-star review. I also spoke with cyborgx1337, who said they were scammed by him for €340. Unfortunately, cyborgx1337 didn’t report him on the forum.

Wouldn’t this be enough to require bond insurance from EuroNOVA? I understand there’s no solid evidence beyond the 1-star review, but the account already appears to have been built up with 60 fake reviews. So at some point, an unaware buyer may come to the Bazaar and be scammed.

Based on the amount of money invested in the profile, this looks like a likely exit scam in the range of €1,000–€2,000. The user also frequently boosts listings and has donated 0.1+ XMR to receive a badge. It feels like the only thing left is time before this happens.

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#1813

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cyborgx1337 hasn’t been online for a while, so I don’t know how you spoke to him.
Also, it’s PayPal. They are chargeback friendly. They will reverse your funds for nearly anything.
It’s hard to believe that one would get scammed over a PayPal transaction, and if they did, they just need to cry to paypal about it.

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#1814

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A few days after this happened, I spoke with him and suggested he report the issue on the forum, but he never did. It doesn’t matter that it was PayPal. PayPal—crypto trades are often handled as “friends and family,” which can’t be charged back. I don’t understand why people keep defending EuroNOVA. His profile looks completely fake: check the like count on his listing and the reviews. In a while, you’ll remember my words.

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#1850

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i did send him the xmr
he said transaction is done, and asked me if i received (15.07)
then he said "my client told me the account got restricted while sending"
then i said, whatever just send to a bank account

"Check your account please. Sent" (16.07)
i did checked .. nothing, then he wanted date of birth ? i didnt send this data.. he said its important to make bank transaction ..whatever ..
so i told him if he is not able to send either paypal or bank, he should refund me on XMR

then i told me he just send 200€ (instead of 275€ to the bank account) i told him i send 340 minus fee is 275 instead of 200€, he excused himself
i should check the bank account and "let him know when u receive)
i told him i did not receive anything, so he replied that his IBAN account got restricted too.

i told him again to refund to XMR
he said he dont have the funds rn, the bank verification need like 10 days (21.07)

as i already thought, its kinda a scam and its not much money, i waited again.
he told me last week
"Give me a week, I'll get you a refund if i wont have bought another paypal, ..." (27.07)
So finally i did asked him today again about the status, as like 10 days are over but i left read on SimpleX

+ as the deadline (today) nothing received .. i finally post a report here

Edited: Aug 3 23:38

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#1851

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EuroNOVA, please reply / confirm the status of the TX within 24 hrs.

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