The user has zero r4putation in this forum. I wonder how you ended up trsuting him
I have been in the forum since 2018 and you think for 40$ I'll ruin my reputation?
He asked
Account age means nothing here. Accounts can be bought or hacked any time.
I also noticed that he changed the email on hes bitcointalk right after he received my funds basically.. so thats also a red flag.
Always be keen and use escrow. The fee an escrow service asks you to pay is way too low compared to losing the whole amount.
The account probably changed hands a few days before scamming you. Not after. These are the sort of things you
look out for before dealing with anybody

I am seeing some postive feedbacks on this users profile and he completed multiple deals smoothly. I think you should wait little extra time to get final response from his end. For now you can send your thread link to him through forum PM system and hopefully he will make a response here. Until then keep patience and don't forget to share updates here.
Scammers have a tendency of making a few trades with hope of building trust and postive feedback before scamming users. It's becoming a come practice lately especially with low ranking accounts that have earned a few merits.
I doubt Loki888 will be coming back given that the email address and password got changes right before exit scaming.