TheMerchantz Attempt to scam 95M

pingu2k6 · Oct 4, 2011

He was selling a rare name. I insisted on using a middle man, he suggested one, and adde dthem to skype for me. here is the conversation:

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[01:36:01] Xin: Hmm
[01:36:04] Xin: How about Cyberman9
[01:36:13] Xin: he has 300+ vouches and $200 donor he looks legit
[01:36:23] Pingu: ok sure
[01:36:27] Pingu: he has skype?
[01:36:35] Xin: hey He just PM'd me it
[01:36:39] Xin: ill add him to this convo
[01:36:42] Pingu: ok
[01:36:53] *** Xin added cyberman9 ***
[01:36:59] Xin: hi
[01:37:20] Pingu: heya
[01:37:28] Xin: so the trade is 95M for RS account
[01:37:42] cyberman9: okay can you both PM me on sythe please,
[01:37:53] Pingu: the rs account is for name name mainly,
[01:37:59] cyberman9: PM my skype name on sythe.
[01:38:00] Xin: Yeah true.
[01:38:04] Xin: Alright 1 sec.
[01:38:06] Pingu: erm, link to your thread cyberman?
[01:38:14] Pingu: then i can pm you easier :P
[01:38:21] cyberman9: 1 moment please.
[01:38:24] Pingu: np
[01:39:01] cyberman9: this is my profile;
[01:39:02] cyberman9: http://www.sythe.org/member.php?u=292373
[01:39:39] Pingu: pm sent
[01:39:54] Xin:  same
[01:39:59] cyberman9: okay 1 moment please.
[01:40:35] cyberman9: alright, the PM's have come through.
[01:40:44] cyberman9: are you both ready for the trade?
[01:41:02] Xin: I am
[01:41:25] Pingu: first cyber, can i check, i want to buy the account for the name. will the payment be kept until ive been able to transfer the name?
[01:41:37] Xin: Oh
[01:41:42] Xin: You dont want the acc just the name ?
[01:41:56] Pingu: yh i dont really care too much for the acc
[01:42:01] Pingu: just need to transfer the name
[01:42:05] Xin: Ok sure.
[01:42:16] cyberman9: okay this is how it's going to work,
[01:43:44] cyberman9: i log into O4's account management, to make sure the name is able to be switched, then i will come and collect the rsgp off you, and i will change the password on O4 to hold it, then i will Pingu you have the name and give the gold to Xin after that.
[01:44:22] Xin: Alright sounds good mate
[01:44:40] Pingu: you keep the acc and let me know when name transfer is possible for me?
[01:44:49] cyberman9: yes.
[01:44:59] cyberman9: and then i give Xin his money.
[01:45:10] Xin: Ok so I give you my acc details in seperate chat window ?
[01:45:17] cyberman9: Yes.
[01:45:19] Xin: ok
[01:45:21] Pingu: well, i would rather if i could have the account? because then i can transfer myself and id feel safer doing that tbh.
[01:45:36] cyberman9: that's up to Xin to decide,
[01:45:44] Xin: well
[01:45:54] Pingu: otherwise you might not tell me its ready to transfer straight away, forget etc, and then someone else takes it up
[01:46:01] Xin: I guess you could just change my password then, and give him the pass then give me the gold ?
[01:46:04] Xin: that sound good ?
[01:46:35] Pingu: but wahts to stop you recovering it once you got the gold? I dont mind you having the account back once i got the name from it
[01:46:56] Xin: The Middle man can even verify, I dont have email set of recovers.
[01:47:12] Pingu: you can recover without emails and recoveries
[01:47:28] Xin: And you should have enough time to transfer the name before I recicve the gold true ?
[01:47:40] Pingu: it takes a month to transfer the name
[01:48:04] Xin: I have 650M vouch and 500M vouch I wouldnt scam for 100m
[01:48:14] Pingu: im just wary
[01:48:18] Pingu: i never traded on sythe before
[01:48:23] Xin: it's fine I don't blame you
[01:48:32] cyberman9: Pingu, Xin is correct.
[01:48:44] cyberman9: everybody's first time is hard to understand,
[01:48:48] cyberman9: that's why i'm here to help you.
[01:49:05] Pingu: i traded rs black market elsewhere so im not new to that... but this would be my first name transfer.
[01:49:09] Pingu: ok yeah thats ok then
[01:49:18] Pingu: where can i meet to trade gp?
[01:49:30] Pingu: btw cyber, could i have PM on sythe please?
[01:49:37] cyberman9: my runescape name is : Dyson M.
[01:49:50] cyberman9: world 13 lumbridge bank.
[01:50:10] Pingu: cyber, could i have a pm on sythe pleasE?
[01:50:37] cyberman9: yes sure, one moment please.
[01:50:40] Pingu: np
[01:51:40] cyberman9: alright sent,
[01:52:17] Pingu: havent got it
[01:52:50] cyberman9: your the merchantz right?
[01:53:02] Xin: No thats me i got the Pm lol
[01:53:14] cyberman9: im waiting at world 13 lumbridge.
[01:53:48] cyberman9: pingu what's your runescape name?
[01:54:04] Xin: Cyber I gave you my details in other chat by the way.
[01:54:47] cyberman9: hello Pingu, are you still here?
[01:54:55] Pingu: yeah i am  i still not got PM
[01:55:06] cyberman9: i sent it to The Merchantz
[01:55:16] Pingu: re-send to em then please
[01:55:27] cyberman9: okay one second.
[01:57:56] cyberman9: what's your sythe name Pingu?
[01:58:09] Pingu: pingu2k6
[01:58:17] cyberman9: okay 1 moment sir.
[01:58:47] cyberman9: Xin, can you forward my reply from you to him, i need to clear out my inbox as it is full.
[01:58:58] Xin: Um..
[01:59:00] Xin: sure..
[01:59:00] cyberman9: one moment.
[01:59:16] Pingu: cyber, your an imposter. and xin, its likely your in on this too though i cant really prove it.
[01:59:18] Pingu: why does it say "Last Activity:
Yesterday 10:11 PM" in your profile cyberman, yes you apparently have been online just minutes ago PMing? =/
[01:59:30] Pingu: plus the inability to PM me
[01:59:32] Pingu: im not stupid
[01:59:44] cyberman9: my inbox just got full,
[01:59:49] cyberman9: if you were a OMM you would know,
[01:59:50] Pingu: how convenient
[01:59:53] cyberman9: how many PM's i get a day.
[02:00:02] cyberman9: if you do think that,
[02:00:06] cyberman9: your welcome to leav.e
[02:00:14] Xin: I pm'd pingu your message
[02:00:17] Pingu: explain why you havent been online on sythe since yesterdya?
[02:00:31] cyberman9: do you know where i live?
[02:00:51] cyberman9: there have been storms here, and my internet kept dcing.
[02:01:11] cyberman9: so i had to personally ring up, and fix my modem.
[02:01:47] Pingu: look this is bull. you havent been on sythe since yesterday, and dont blame it on time difference, it uses the forum clock. plus it should update by a couple minutes each time i refresh page, but it doesnt.
[02:02:04] Xin: you didnt get the PM ?
[02:02:11] cyberman9: did you just read what i said,?
[02:02:13] Pingu: xin im sorry i cant trade with you, you broke down my trust. especially with that doctored PM
[02:02:30] Pingu: xin, expect a ban from sythe
[02:02:30] Xin: You do know you can't fake a quote right ? ;/
[02:02:36] Pingu: lolololol
[02:02:40] Pingu: course you can
[02:02:54] Xin: Well... Since I just added his sythe from his profile... I don't know why im the one being banned
[02:02:55] Xin: but ok..
[02:02:57] cyberman9: im recording all this,
[02:03:04] cyberman9: you both are going to get serious consequences.
[02:03:08] cyberman9: thank-you for wasting my time.
[02:03:11] cyberman9: regards cyberman9.
[02:03:23] Xin: wtf

thats a screenie of the PM i received from Xin, (themerchantz) in skype. Notice that the quote doesnt link to anything, (username linking to profile like it should) and that this was a clearly doctored PM.

TL;DR: i insist on MM, he suggests one, adds him to skype. We arrange the deal, the so called MM asks us both for PMs. We send. I notice that MM hasnt been online on forum since yesterday. I ask MM for PM. He sends to themerchantz "by mistake". i then ask again for a PM, his inbox is conveniently "full" so themerchantz forwards the mistaken PM to me. the forwarded PM is clearly doctored, and faked. (username not linking to profile). This shows that themerchantz was definately "in on it". i do not know the true identity of imposter MM however sorry. but themerchantz was def trying to scam me here.