What happened: I wanted to buy a LuxSocks account and StarFreeLight PM'ed me and said that he could sell me one and to contact him on Skype. I contacted him and he said 25$ for an account and after I paid he told me to wait 4 hours and has since gone silent.
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2471783
Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5084352
Amount Scammed: 28$
Payment Method: Vanilla Visa Prepaid Gift Card
Proof of Payment:
PM/Chat Logs:
Additional Notes: None
Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2471783
Reference Link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5084352
Amount Scammed: 28$
Payment Method: Vanilla Visa Prepaid Gift Card
Proof of Payment:
PM/Chat Logs:
Additional Notes: None
If the screenshots are accurate, he essentially admits that he had stolen the balances of your gift card.
However in this post, the alleged scammer is still trying to sell your gift card for bitcoin. Is there any chance that you can still use the Vanilla gift card before he does (since he is selling the gift card, which means that he may not have drained it yet), or is he attempting to scam with that currency exchange thread as well?
Also, in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5079544.msg48424748#msg48424748, he puts down his email of panchito123497@gmail.com, which is linked to an army of accounts used to scam in the past here.
There is pretty much no chance of getting your money back if you can confirmed he'd already used all of the balance in your card. At least it is a small loss, but please, don't deal with newbies without escrow in the future.