Quote from: jermwerty on May 07, 2015, 09:21:47 PM

Yeah I feel bad even for manekari though he did it to himself. Hows that tracking number coming along buddy?

Scammers always push the time-sensitive "hurry-up, I can't wait" angle because they know if it draws out too long they will be caught. Now this scammer has $50 so this has been more than worth their time! Angry

Besides all the users that have reported back that he just stopped replying to IMs once escrow was mentioned, just look at how this guys writes in this thread:

Quote from: BitCoinNutJob on May 05, 2015, 06:24:05 PM

My friend has ended mining adventure and wants to sell all miners.
Please make reservations to lower the price.

Quote from: BitCoinNutJob on May 06, 2015, 06:18:20 PM

I'm doing escrow for my friend. He would like to invest fast in some altcoins so this offer is so attractive. ... Trust me and do real good deal.

Quote from: BitCoinNutJob on May 07, 2015, 12:43:21 PM

My friend need btc NOW. After 10-15 days when parcels arrived to users his altcoin deal will be closed. If you like escrow, OK but price will go UP!

I could excuse all this if the story was at least plausible and things matched up, but the kicker:

Quote from: BitCoinNutJob on May 05, 2015, 06:45:53 PM

Quote from: Ntrain2k on May 05, 2015, 06:33:25 PM

Location?

USA

What? Such poor grammer, mistakes, etc - obviously a non native-english speaker.

But check out his older posts:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=84835;sa=showPosts;start=20

I can't find one example of such bad spelling and grammer habits. Probably got hacked.

Definitely seems like the case, it was either a hack or a sold account. The I am running out of time is a classic move and I have dealt with it myself from a hacker, as if it needed to be said again. DO NOT DO A TRADE, IF IT IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT PROBABLY IS!