I can't recall the name of that guy but I confirmed that this things happen, there is really no guaranty that high rank members here with a good reputation will not scam you, better safe than sorry
I dont know whose on top of your head but I am talking about the guy on this thread.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5233790.0Pretty sure many admire him including him with his built reputation but of course you may never know when someone strike you especially if its involve money. Trust no one. Always better to be safe and used all means of cautious.
There've been quite a few 'trusted' accounts that were either building a long con or lost their mind and screwed people. And it's surprising how tiny the amounts often are that people are willing to throw away their account over.
Throwing accounts for these people might be not hard to do when they knew how easy for them to do it again. Scary actually cause those guys might already building up reputation and can hit again.