Quote from: SamBrannan49 on February 24, 2014, 06:59:31 AM

Quote from: tagada on February 24, 2014, 03:15:08 AM

watch out for PM from user Sharpshooter. Probable scammer.
This goxbtc thing is a scam epidemic...

@tagada: As you've pointed out 3 alleged scammers, could you provide some details how they try to trick you?
Any tricks specific to the use case on hand (GoxBTC <-> FreeBTC)?

Most of the ones who tried to scam me recently (well the first one did succeed in fact) had accounts pre-created around the beginning of this year, with most of the post history done fairly recently, as he probably had to switch accounts urgently after each scam. They always ask you to send first, and try to act all natural and cooperative when you ask for an escrow instead, so as not to raise suspicion. A credible account takes time to build, and i suppose they don't want to ruin it until it's actually worth it. I'm guessing the next step is going to be a hack of a trusted member's account (already happened in this very thread), only this time they will use it as a fake escrow.

A lot of those scam accounts seem to belong to a Dutch-based individual, whom i'm guessing must be running out of them by now, judging by the pretty angry tone of the of the last PMs he sent me after i signaled 3 of them... must be tough living in your mom's basement.