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Yes I know, and I will definitely do this sort of thing in the future. Again, I feel this is something the escrow expert service provider should have recommended to me. Especially considering his experience and knowledge of the amount of scamming that can happen here. It really bothers me the complete lack of care he has.
I am sure this is first time OgNasty experienced too or he would definitely take the route. From his part I do not see there were anything much to be done. He should not have a doubt when you (which actually was not you by the way) were telling him to release the fund twice.
You know he did not even so much as apologize for getting scammed? Didn't offer ANY advice like you all have on how to avoid this in the future... didn't show even one ounce of empathy. I will never, EVER, use his service again because of that. He could really help protect and boost his escrow business by making sure less people get scammed and more people have a good experience. Have to ask yourself, why does he not care to do that?
OgNasty has a long history in the forum. If you are not aware then he was holding 400 BTC for the forum and successfully returned it to the admin after few years. It worth millions of dollars.
To clarify the bottom of your message. My scott2k account was hacked. Burky155 was posting in the goods section selling mining hardware. We had PM discussions back and forth before going to og for the escrow deal. He did send me some url's, but I unfortunately cannot go back yet and check if they were in fact phishing links, or not. I still have not got a reply to my account recovery email I sent several days ago. This is how we know it wasn't some "random" hacker... The hacker was CLEARLY burky155... because the hacker had the funds release to burky155's provided release address.
There must be some keylogger in one of those UR. You clicked it and he was logging every input from your keyboard. I suggest you reinstall the windows and use a good anti virus to avoid giving him more into.