I do think it is unethical to tell him that you
will trade with him after he provides information, and after receiving information, you do not trade with him "prove the second, then we can do it", and to say that you will pay for something, and subsequently not pay "I pay 350 if it's good" "I pay 550 for green trust legendary ok". It also looks like you entered into a contract with the person, but it does not appear you followed through: "Ok send me message from this acc and we have deal", responding to
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=167659 that is a "green trust hero member" to which you agreed to pay 550 for. I don't see evidence you paid him.
If this person were to open up a written contract flag against you, it would be valid.
Interesting point of view. I kind of agree here, despite these people being account sellers, was it really right to mislead them (and in a way, scam
them?) as 2 wrongs don't make a right. Curious as to how other people think about this..
I kinda agree with quickseller but since I am not the one who shared those PM's I don't care.
It is OP's problem.
I wouldn't call that scam.
It definitely would have been a scam if i took those accounts (he offered me to send credentials first) and not pay him afterwards.
But just accepting a deal and later rescinding does not fall under the scam-category IMO.
Unethical? Yes.
Unfair? Yes.
Mean and misleading? Yes.
But scamming? Definitely no, IMO
When you said you would buy the account after he provides confidential information, you entered into a contract with him. The terms of the contract were he was to send you a PM from the account he was selling (exposing confidential information to you), you would pay him 550 and he would give you the account. After receiving the confidential information, you did not follow through on your end of the contract, and the person suffered damages in the form of decreased value of what he is selling as a direct result of your actions.
The term "scam" is very subjective, but there was a written contract, the terms were violated (assuming you can not demonstrate you upheld your end of the deal), and he suffered damages. This is the criteria for a written contract flag. It is up to the person to create a flag.
It's called an oral contract which he broke.