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Scammed $400 BTC By Mandarin (UID 955481)

Hi everyone.

Yesterday I posted a thread on Buyers Bay asking for "Leads&DB's".
Link to thread: Buying Leads&DB's

Scammer HF Profile: https://hackforums.net/member.php?action...uid=955481

Right away Mandarin which is a reputable Uber, messaged me and offered to sell me up to 1m leads and gave me his contact details.
I replied that im indeed interested in buying the leads he has to offer and asked for a price, he replied with an approximated price and we continued to skype.
I then agreed to the price and we closed a deal, $400 for 500k leads. he said that he will send the files in 2 hours, I sent the money and he never replied again, vanished into thin air with $400 BTC. 

I trusted this guy based on his 164 positive Uber reputation,without a single negative rep. 
Mandarin Reputation : https://hackforums.net/reputation.php?uid=955481

Everyone who has information about Mandarin In real life, address,name,etc.. contact me via PM, willing to pay for the relevant information. (reply here so i'll look for your pm).

Screenshots:

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Then I added Mandarin on skype and we continued the conversation over there.

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Please advise.
Damn, that's a lot of money paid without a mm. Sorry for your lost.
this seems legit. Sucks he had to scam you for $400 be sure to always use a MM:(
I have taken im time to read this and Mandarin is a jerk mate, and i see no way of getting your money back unless he mans up and pays you back.

I hope he does, sorry mate.
Join Date: 08-24-2010 😜😜😜
(Nov 2, 2017 12:08 PM)Elduin Wrote:  Damn, that's a lot of money paid without a mm. Sorry for your lost.

Thank you.
A lot of money lost because I trusted the Uber's clean and "impressive" reputation.


(Nov 2, 2017 12:10 PM)Bmann Wrote:  this seems legit. Sucks he had to scam you for $400 be sure to always use a MM:(

Very sad mate, next time i'll sure be using a MM. Thank you.
reputable cause of a 164 rep or cause of his "black hat hacker usertitle" ?
(Nov 2, 2017 12:10 PM)RandomAdult Wrote:  I have taken im time to read this and Mandarin is a jerk mate, and i see no way of getting your money back unless he mans up and pays you back.

I hope he does, sorry mate.

First of all thank you for taking the time and reading this.
I hope Mandarin mans up and takes responsibility for his words and actions. How people risk their reputation and Uber for $400?

I'm realistic, most chances the money is gone and will not come back. At least i can warn others and prevent the next scam by Mandarin.

Cheers mate, thank you.
(Nov 2, 2017 12:15 PM)MoneyTalks Wrote:  First of all thank you for taking the time and reading this.
I hope Mandarin mans up and takes responsibility for his words and actions. How people risk their reputation and Uber for $400?

I'm realistic, most chances the money is gone and will not come back. At least i can warn others and prevent the next scam by Mandarin.

Cheers mate, thank you.

Reputation : do few 1$ giveaways get 40-50 reps
Uber: 30$
Total: 50$
Scam: 400$
Profit: 350$

Do not trust someone just because he have reputations or vouches or awards or anything else.
Quote:I trusted this guy based on his 164 positive reputation


maybe you shouldn't use the marketplace
(Nov 2, 2017 12:12 PM)FamousHater Wrote:  reputable cause of a 164 rep or cause of his "black hat hacker usertitle" ?

Reputation is the only thing i cared about. If he gets the leads by "black hat hacking" or any other way is the same for me.
The title can say whatever, if a user has bad reputation thats a warning sign, clean reputation insures confident in users like myself. Obviously false confidence.
(Nov 2, 2017 12:20 PM)MoneyTalks Wrote:  Reputation is the only thing i cared about. If he gets the leads by "black hat hacking" or any other way is the same for me.
The title can say whatever, if a user has bad reputation thats a warning sign, clean reputation insures confident in users like myself. Obviously false confidence.

He have few DWC (Deal with caution) reputations from some members.
(Nov 2, 2017 12:18 PM)SIM-1589588 Wrote:  Reputation : do few 1$ giveaways get 40-50 reps
Uber: 30$
Total: 50$
Scam: 400$
Profit: 350$

Do not trust someone just because he have reputations or vouches or awards or anything else.

I guess my approach is too Naive. I didn't think one will risk his HF account of 6 years with all positive reputation just for $400.
Obviously I was wrong.
(Nov 2, 2017 12:23 PM)MoneyTalks Wrote:  I guess my approach is too Naive. I didn't think one will risk his HF account of 6 years with all positive reputation just for $400.
Obviously I was wrong.

Always use Middleman
(Nov 2, 2017 12:18 PM)Fear Wrote:  maybe you shouldn't use the marketplace

So I'm the problem?
Bringing new money into HF is not a problem, at least from my point of view.
Taking care of scammers and making sure they won't have a way of scamming the next person is the solution in my perspective.
(Nov 2, 2017 12:26 PM)MoneyTalks Wrote:  So I'm the problem?
Bringing new money into HF is not a problem, at least from my point of view.
Taking care of scammers and making sure they won't have a way of scamming the next person is the solution in my perspective.

You would still have $400 if you would've used middleman


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