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Oct 7 14:41

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#2263

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harlequins you have 24 hrs to reply.

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Oct 8 17:08

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#2275

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Didn't receive the reply, please mark this account as a scam, thank you.

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Oct 8 17:14

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#2276

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Added warning to harlequins’s profile; warning can be removed if/when the order is fulfilled or refunded.

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Oct 8 17:27

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Please flag https://xmrbazaar.com/user/BiggSmoke/ as scam. https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Justinchin is one of its countless muppets.

Also, their fake reviewers and commenters should be flagged. As they end up being eventually reused, as is the case with harvadloa.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Tempetelove/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/harvadloa/ < Perhaps boosted listings should cost more than a half peanut at all times, since even obvious scammers use them.

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Downonyoukness/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/cleanslat/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Presureguy/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/kingpen/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/holdwaysn/

Another iphone scam setting up with fake feedback?

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/JustinClarke/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Zyntra/

And finally, what looks to be another all fake feedback proxy shopping & crypto swapping scam:

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/EUXMR and its muppets:

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Gfun/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Cvvplug/

https://xmrbazaar.com/user/electricsheep23/

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Oct 8 18:16

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#2278

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Thank you! Added warnings to all.

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Oct 8 23:06

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EasternCapybara03 , Admin

this is getting a little bit "shoot first ask questions later". I'm not saying that these people aren't or are scammers either way but i dont think there is enough to warrant a Red warning symbol on some of these. Can you go further into explaining how BiggSmoke and Justinchin are scammers? Perhaps I am naive but I think there should be clear evidence or it should be really obvious.

Also JustinClarke has Escrow/Bonds on all his listings. Can you please explain the scam here?

Again, im not defending but I really don't want this site to devolve into "some guy said I could be a scam, oops looks like my account is fucked"

EasternCapybara your profile could also very well be seen as a scam profile too, you have only anon reviews, no pfp, no listings. No reviews from buyers even though your profile says Top Seller.

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Oct 9 09:42

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#2281

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Your order is delivered I cant do nothing about you fumbling with the telegram @ handle and yes I was busy Im sorry about that, all active now

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Oct 9 09:42

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#2282

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Your order is delivered I cant do nothing about you fumbling with the telegram @ handle and yes I was busy Im sorry about that, all active now

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EasternCapybara03

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Oct 9 13:31

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#2283

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BiggSmoke and Justinchin share same contact details. If I was to guess, that particular smurf breeder has by now amassed closer to two hundred alt accounts with all their fake listings combined. As Smoke and Chin go further back, just follow the muppet trail they left behind on earlier pages of this thread.

Listings tagged with escrow are also done to avoid suspicion. Escrow is of no use if it's not used. Once you bait the newbies to contact you, you then talk them out of using escrow... and this thread is now 35 pages of mostly scams that go something along: "let's not use escrow, because xzy..." and "It's only x bucks, I would not scam you for 5 bucks?"

The other's look like they follow a generic scam template seen so many times before. And the scammers here churning new accounts and rummaging through their notepads for old accounts to draw from "reserves", they also follow this thread. So I'm not looking to elaborate that any further.

If I was looking at my profile from someone else's perspective, I too would see myself as fishy.
However, I don't sell anything. I agree the "top seller" badge is misleading, as I never sold anything, but that badge is given by the system.

Additionally, scammers here have many times collected all the badges, donated some XMR, got verified twitter profile, done some trades, usually for petty amounts with known members etc... All that just to "level up" their account and scam the first one that falls for it. Add some sweet talk in the pm's and your spring chicken is ready to willingly jump into the frying pan, with feathers n' all.

Finally: Don't feed the animals! If some monkey on their hundredth burner account comes jumping from behind the curtains on their pogo stick, looking for: gas money, bus ticket, train ticket, flight ticket... Just cause they have this urgent desire for a face to face trade...don't, just don't feed em!

P.S. What happened to this case: https://xmrbazaar.com/forum/topic/51/post/1873/#post_1873
Buyer pays for phone, gets nothing, and seller is never to be seen again?

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Oct 9 14:29

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#2284

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I dont see where they share in the same contact details. Also, a lot of what you're describing is the same thing a legit user could be doing. Granted i havent been hunting these guys as much as you but still you're giving very little proof. You're not elaborating, writing a bunch of dramatic text, and just saying "trust me bro". This behavior is very very bad because of the harm it could cause in the future, and it's sad to see Admin going along with it. I'm done arguing, im out. just hope innocent people dont get caught up in your wave of suspicion. Once suspicion becomes evidence, that's when you get Fascism, and that's very anti-Monero and anti-selfgovernance if you ask me.

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Oct 9 14:51

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BiggSmoke https://signal.group/#CjQKIIvTOulJ7Tmy-oqhy19h7AB6S_QTIxu9DAnnOaZEHOFEEhBn2O9ppgviXCrJdNRYLI0b

Justinchin https://signal.group/#CjQKIIvTOulJ7Tmy-oqhy19h7AB6S_QTIxu9DAnnOaZEHOFEEhBn2O9ppgviXCrJdNRYLI0b

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Oct 10 00:20

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#2286

IDK about the details but today https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Usaitemstore/ had very shady looking AI slop listings and acc sales, it got banned today?
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/yogori4472/ using same style and contact info, so, potential ban evasion.
As IDK what actually happened to Usaitemstore I might be wrong about this.

Seems like new shady technique they use is relying on external business type listings.

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Oct 11 02:19

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http://XmrBazaar6wzcr3wvj4anpnfwv5tcikgdurtzzfba233g52fa2fjx3qd.onion/user/ComfyHawk/
scammer. He contacted me via Simplex, then gave me some lame excuse to avoid using escrow and asked for a direct payment, open a trade only to tell me: "I'm not sending the XMR until you send the product." I told him not to waste my time; he insulted me and blocked me.

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Oct 11 02:58

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#2291

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I'm the user in question. The guy has a steam gift card and was insisting I send him xmr first . Can someone please Clarify whether or not gift cards can me used on escrow. It'll clear some air I guess

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Oct 11 03:06

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#2292

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Multisig escrow is simply code and can be used for virtually any type of trade, including those involving gift cards. The only requirement is finding a mediator willing to mediate this type of transaction. If both parties agree on a mediator who supports gift card escrow, the gift card can be used without the buyer needing to send XMR first.

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Oct 11 19:21

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At what point do I report a scam and dispute an order? AilliA is my mediator but she's been AFK for 4 days. Seller told a verifiable lie and then went ghost more than 24 hours ago. His strat is gonna be to wait out the weekend, and then Monday is a holiday. If he ever shows up again, it will be Tuesday or later, calling it here. I feel like enough of my time has been wasted and I'm ready to dispute, but I don't want to complicate things by being premature. I am anxious about this, and I guess I'm hoping to sound the alarm and get some eyes on this. Does AilliA have any other contacts like SimpleX? Are there any mods that can reach out to her? Also, these things don't autofinalize or anything right? I don't know what the seller's (scammer's) strat is here, but he's been consistently buying himself time acting like he's got a clock to run out. I wanna make sure I'm on top of it on my end, so any advice about what I should be doing is welcomed as well. I've already documented all of the chats and the listing itself.

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Oct 11 22:10

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#2299

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I monitor the bazaar every day :) I do not open an escrow chat unless there is an active dispute. Your order is in good shape and your funds are safe in escrow: they will not move unless the item is confirmed received or a formal dispute is opened and resolved. I already replied in the chat.
You have nothing to worry about. Delivery delays (esp. around holidays) are common and outside anyone’s control. If the package still hasn’t moved after a reasonable period once the holiday passes, we can discuss next steps.
No need to escalate prematurely.

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Oct 11 22:16

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#2300

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Understood. Thank you.

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Oct 12 19:23

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#2307

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I don’t understand your answer. Are you saying the gift card can be used without sending XMR first? If so, what’s the point of using escrow? If I give the gift card to the buyer, then he use the code and claim afterward that it doesn’t work, what am I supposed to do?

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Oct 13 10:29

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Guy named Garrett was coming from Munich by train to Heinsberg, 6 hour trip to buy 25 silver coins.
Asked me to share travel costs, showed me print of train ticket. So I checked prices and sent half 72 EUR to him.

Ofcourse I did make sure he locked up some of XMR first. Admins, please quickly freeze/seize his XMR. And consider compensating me please. This is my first newbie experience on this platform.

User:
https://xmrbazaar.com/user/ComfyHawk/

Orders:
https://xmrbazaar.com/order/VRay/
https://xmrbazaar.com/order/QUk8/

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