No there is nothing you can do. You sent irreversible currency to a con-man. It is gone. A hard lesson to learn but always make sure you are sending money to the right person.
so fucking gutted. 3.4 BTC is lot and its a new business start up as well. I obviously thought it was the right person. I'm surprised someone was able to register a username that similar and contact bidders of the advertising auction unnoticed - This shit needs policing
I don't think any amount of policing is going to help some people...
Newbie, just registered, numbers in place of letters, deals via pm, 0 posts. Plenty of red flags there.
I have never bought advertising from this forum before. I have no idea how i should be contacted for payment. No details on the forum about how the payment procedure will work either. Maybe the red flag is they need to make things more clear for inexperienced users bidding on advertising. Don't get me wrong i am not blaming this forum. It was my mistake. I am suggesting that more can be done to help prevent situations like this