I paid the highest fee I've ever paid to get a transaction through.  This was almost 12 hours ago.  It's sitting there pending, along with the minimum fee and recommended fee transactions I've done since two days ago.

I almost fell victim to this scam myself yesterday so I know what I'm talking about.  

Someone is passing this link off as the escrow sales page of OgNasty.  This page has nothing at all to do with OgNasty.

http://bitocintalk-topic303281.eu5.org/

If you click on it, it looks exactly like the bitcoin forum site.  But it is NOT a page on the bitcoin forum site.   For a start, it does not begin with https://   I've done a screen shot as the scammer took this page down two days ago, then reinstated it yesterday.

http://imgur.com/GcwzfNs

http://imgur.com/bhYRTci

The above images are actually from a page on http://www.eu5.org/

Every page on the bitcoin forum site begins with https://

OgNasty will ALWAYS private message you directly if he is in an escrow arrangement with you.  If the only response you get from OgNasty is in a forwarded message (and I'm not even sure it is possible to forward a message via pm, the other person has to copy and paste the code) then you're entering a transaction that has nothing to do with him.

If you have clicked on this page and sent money to it then maybe you'll recognise your bitcoins making their way to the thief.

https://blockchain.info/address/1C9JuiE5PccC9z7U5rEBfzFEGCqGGcQRBX  

You have been warned.  It pays, every so often, to look at the web address in the browser window and make sure you're on the site you think you are.

If you posted in the currency exchange forum that you have bitcoins to sell and have received a pm from a member willing to pay any way you wish, to any terms you ask for, and suggesting OgNasty as the most trusted member for escrow, then take a very careful look at any links this person gives you in a message they claim comes from OgNasty.

This is too late for the 8 transations already sent to that bitcoin address in the fake profile, but maybe it will help someone else.

Be careful guys and gals!

Intermediary

I've sent you a pm if you are buying btc.

I've sent you a pm as I'm interested in selling BTC.  Thanks.

With extreme caution!  Just by posting that here you make yourself a sitting duck for scammers and thieves.  You want to save time and you want to reduce costs.  You already fit the profile of an easy target.

Make sure you never do business with someone that approaches you by pm only. They must also post publicly on the forum here that they are trading with you.  That alone can save your bacon when a previous victim spots you in talks with someone that has ripped them off and warns you or brings something to your attention.  No one can advise you when it's all being done via pm.

ONLY deal with members with a trust rating.  Read their trust feedback.  And do not assume that a high post count and longevity on the forums means you are dealing with a long standing and trusted member.

And if someone gives you an escrow link to a members profile here, I advise you DO NOT click on that link.  Instead, make sure you are actually still here on this site (which is always https://bitcointalk.org  - the https is very important) and have not mistakenly ended up on a phishing site that is made to look exactly like this one and even has all the links to other forums so you suspect nothing.

For example, two days ago someone approached me in PM and after a few messages and agreeing to go ahead with selling him my bitcoins, he gave me this link to a long standing member's escrow which looked like this:   www.bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=303281  but actually took me to http://bitocintalk-topic303281.eu5.org/ . He has since taken down the page there which was a replica of this site but an altered version of the member's page with a different bitcoin address.

Check every link you are given in pm.  Chances are, it is taking you to a fake link with a thief's bitcoin address.

Is every former MTGOX client automatically part of the claim or was there a requirement to physically file a claim.    I got a few letters (in what looked like Chinese that came to my home address to).  Haven't had any in a few years.  Not even sure what I did with them.

I just coped and pasted the transaction details from my bitcoin client.  the -000 was part of it.Strange!  For a minute I wondered if I'd sent to the wrong bitcoin address! 

So, if the recommended minimum is too low, what should I input manually?  I am really bad with decimals and afraid of putting it in the wrong place and emptying my wallet by mistake!

Thanks for your response.

Now, I know the first thing you'll think is that I didn't set a fee.  I did.  I'd never be cheeky enough to do zero fees!

Status: 0/unconfirmed, broadcast through 11 nodes
Date: 28/02/2016 14:23
To: Escrow 1Nw3CeDgELL3DjorxHK5ehR5upQ2PN1rd
Debit: -0.25000000 BTC
Transaction fee: -0.00001130 BTC
Net amount: -0.25001130 BTC
Transaction ID: 0f63833cb3ce6a324e65985b1e84368ea633114d478599c511983b57f2f0c224-000

The fee I set was based on the minimum recommended, which is what I always use.  It's never taken this long before.

Is this because there's a problem with the network or is it because the miners want a larger fee?

I need to send the same amount again and while I could up the fee, I may end up not upping it enough or upping it too much.

Advice please from you lovelies?

Intermediary

When I got the unsolicited pm from esotoricizm, I looked, not just at the number of posts he had to his name.  I looked also at the actual posts he was making.  And like you, I thought I was dealing with someone trustworthy.  And if you read my Skype chat with the skype ID I was given in his pm and which Shorena can confirm he gave me to invite me to Skype, I also reassured him I had no problem going first with the transaction as I could see he was trustworthy.

There is no one on this planet that can come up with any proof of me running a scam.  Several of us, not just me, are out of pocket after dealings with your mate which started with messages from his account.  And during this time, he has come on her to post, not to ask, how can this be happening, and look into it from his end, but to say it can't be true because it was photoshopped.  If that is his only defence of being innocent, a top moderator has seen with her own eyes that there was no photoshop of anything in my inbox.

Not lost all.  Just a small fraction.

quote author=mixan link=topic=1378875.msg14040475#msg14040475 date=1456683538]
He say he has lost the bitcoins he have available for an exchange. I will have sour to trae with anyone so soon either for that large amount.

Intermediary, I hope you can get your lost bitcoins back in some way.
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Yes, still got some to sell but you would need a bit more of a reputation for me to take the gamble on Paypal.  It has to be bank deposit and with escrow.

He's been investigated and I provided proof of our communications which he denied took place.  His account has now been marked.  He won't be ripping any one else off in a hurry.  Not with his "hero member" account which actually stands for nothing in trust terms.

Thank you for the vindication, Shorena. 

Hopefully esotericizm won't suggest that you also photoshopped my personal message box!

quote author=shorena link=topic=1379681.msg14039918#msg14039918 date=1456679836]

I must nothing, this is my free time same as yours. Wipe that entitlement of your face and stop derailing the thread. Less bullshit offtopic post let me catch up quicker.

Intermediary agreed to let me access their account to vouch for the PMs legitimacy. Will update this post as soon as there is more.

Edit:


source of address -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=291387.msg3866954#msg3866954

the screenshots of 3 PMs:

http://i.imgur.com/kXA80JW.png
http://i.imgur.com/IGx7YwG.png
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One learns all the time!

I'm learning what to look for in a person's profile now when trading.  I'm not the only person that got scammed by that user yesterday.  There were at least 3 of us.

I still have bitcoins to sell.

You know your account has not been hacked which is why your response to these accusations isn't concern that such could be possible but to call your accusers liars.   The fact remains, whether you are in on it or not, that innocent people on this forum cannot trade with confidence with anyone in your name.  The negative record should not be removed from your account (which I believe you have successfully had done in the past)

I've done a screen grab of my inbox which shows my inbox message summary with the 3 pms received from you yesterday.   I am happy to post that here to show who sent what to whom and when.  However it does show other individuals that also sent me pms (pms since 2011 when I first joined this forum) and I don't know if that is okay to be displaying the names of people not involved in this scam.  Of course, if I had photoshop skills, I could edit their names out!!!

Just be sure it was a genuine admin you gave your log in details to.

I am also happy to give a genuine admin my log in details to confirm that pm messages are being sent by that user account to initiate fraudulent transactions.

He did pm me here on Bitcointalk first, and in his 3rd message to me gave me his Skype details here via the private message system.  Not the other way round.  Although now he denies that happened.  But I'm happy to give one of the moderators my log in details so they can see my inbox, with his messages, especially if that assists the OP of the other thread about this thief.  While he's claiming that we are fabricating evidence, he's continuing to build his portfolio of victims here.

Thanks,

He's been discrediting the OP of the other scam thread, trying to deny his skype id, saying he hasn't sent any pms since the 17th. 

Well, how about this non-photoshopped screen shot of when you told me this morning to contact you on your skype id of esotericizm99.  Or did I photoshop that image too?

http://imgur.com/8VCeDEh

A member since May 2013 and in a 24 hour period you scam two newbies then block them on PM.