Not at all. Buy they may give the scammer some problems

Yes I have it. And his phone number. You know what's worse than that? 4chan.

You have all the needed information in your PM.

dakotahower@gmail.com was the paypal account I sent the money to.

I can see from your reactions that you are getting scared shitless. Your best option is to refund the money ASAP. This is not a game, Dakota. Your reputation in MMA can go to to hell in a matter of seconds.

Tssssss, you think people are going to believe you now? Are u trying to save Dakota's reputation (your reputation) now?

First saying that Dakota's account got hacked. And then, that I was not scammed.

Yes, sure. Say whatever you want.

I'm going to start making some calls in the morning. Let's see what your family thinks about it.

No, you didn't refund my money.

If I got caught and my personal info was starting to get released, I would also start saying the same... We won't stop till you give all your money back, Dakota Hower.

NO. HE HAS NOT!! Absolutely not!!! Ive been checking my paypal account and nothing.

Now that I have his name, and I screen capture all his chatlogs, I'm going to start legal procedure unless I see my money back.

Dakota, good luck finding a job in the future. Your name will be associated forever with scamming. You don't think future employees will google your name? Yes, they will. And they will find this thread and the logs of the IRC channel where people also suffered your scams. Refunding the money and saying sorry is your only option right now.

And remember I have your address and phone number...

That one! I didnt want to post his details. It seems there's other people who also tried to get some BTC from him by paypal. I hope they also open a dispute against this fucking scammer.

I hope I have to say I got into rage/freak out mode. Never been scammed before in the Internet.

Well. The name is D..... H.... and the email is d.....h....@gmail.com

Thanks for the info


Now I think I made another mistake, I was googling like hell trying to find a way to recover the money. And after opening the dispute, I also opened a non-authorized use of my paypal account because I read some people recommending to do that. I don't think it was the brightest idea though. Now it's all joined in the same dispute, and the people of paypal will see that I opened first a dispute and then a non-authorized payment. I dont think it will help me   I know myself, and I always act too fast when I freak out... but well whatever, let's see how paypal can help me. I've been her user for more than 7 years, so I hope they take that into account

Thanks again.


I would have asked for a chargeback. But I have no idea on how to do it...

Yes, I can imagine you would suspect about me. I learnt a lesson yesterday, and now I wouldn't trust anyone.

BTW, I didn't send the money to him as a gift. He made an invoice with notes saying that I was not allowed to dispute the transaction, blah,blah. What would be the way to cancel the transaction? I have started both a dispute and a no-authorized payment. But none of them seem to return me the money.

And really, for everyone out there, at least google the guy's email address before making a transaction with someone! I always did it, but not this time.

I was pretty stupid yesterday. It was late, and I was tired. But I wanted to get some BTC. So I found a guy on bcchanger that was selling BTC by paypal. We started talking by mail/chat, and he sent me and invoice.

I payed immediatly, but the BTC never arrived. The guy is not answering anymore. And of course, after googling for his email address, I found out he scammed more people as well.


How stupid I am...

Well, what should I do now? Dispute, not authorized operation in paypal? I keep all the emails and logs of the conversation.

Thanks for your help