Link to scammer's Sythe profile: http://sythe.org/member.php?u=345173
Briefly explain the trade: It's a Neopets trade. He messaged me telling me he had a UC Darigan Ixi available for purchase for $50, through Paypal.
How they scammed: We're both new, however I notice he has had a few more successful trades than I have. I didn't want to go first so I offered $35, telling him I would send the remaining $15 after the pet has been sent. He agreed to this. I sent him the $35, he accepted (eventually; explained in screenshots), and then began ignoring my PMs. He has been online several more times today but won't respond. I gave him until midnight today (PST) to respond--I'd normally give longer, however I see he is suspected of scamming someone else in this forum and I wanted to put the warning out there before someone else was scammed.
Proof that you were not talking to an impostor: Nothing happened off-site, it was all through PMs.
Trade screenshots:
Anyway, lesson learned. This is all the contact I've had with him so there's no further screenshots to provide. If something should be blacked out please let me know; I'll get on that asap. I blocked out my Neopets username in the first screenshot (can be provided to a mod if necessary; however no contact was ever made on Neopets) and my last name in the last screenshot.
Thanks!
Briefly explain the trade: It's a Neopets trade. He messaged me telling me he had a UC Darigan Ixi available for purchase for $50, through Paypal.
How they scammed: We're both new, however I notice he has had a few more successful trades than I have. I didn't want to go first so I offered $35, telling him I would send the remaining $15 after the pet has been sent. He agreed to this. I sent him the $35, he accepted (eventually; explained in screenshots), and then began ignoring my PMs. He has been online several more times today but won't respond. I gave him until midnight today (PST) to respond--I'd normally give longer, however I see he is suspected of scamming someone else in this forum and I wanted to put the warning out there before someone else was scammed.
Proof that you were not talking to an impostor: Nothing happened off-site, it was all through PMs.
Trade screenshots:
Anyway, lesson learned. This is all the contact I've had with him so there's no further screenshots to provide. If something should be blacked out please let me know; I'll get on that asap. I blocked out my Neopets username in the first screenshot (can be provided to a mod if necessary; however no contact was ever made on Neopets) and my last name in the last screenshot.
Thanks!
I hope he responds!