/r/Dogecoinscamwatch
A subreddit created to assist people with understanding the scams that occur in the crypto-currency world.
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He then offered me an Amazon gift card, but I would have to send 30K more Dogecoin first. I was not willing to put myself out on a limb again, he would not return what I had sent him nor would he pay me for it. If he was legitimate, he would have returned the 30K Doge due to his apparent technical difficulties experienced with PayPal.
His PM to me: "I am a Pro trader on Localbitcoins. 500+ trades done. https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/Joalwins/ - You can verify that it's me by sending me a message there. Anyway, how many doge do you have?"
Joalwins deleted his DogeMarket post. He also deleted a similar post in IotaMarkets. I did find 2 other reddit users who have been scammed by him.
FrequentEmphasis
WTB dogecoin
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Hi, I'd like to buy $20 worth of dogecoin, I can PayPal you first. I'm a newb < 14 days old so my post reply to your post was rejected. I can show you my Ebay 100% pos feedback if that helps. Price, I'd be ok with market+10%.
[–]from FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Hey! sure ! give me 10 minutes and ill get to you
[–]from FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
im here! so 20$ ? i can get u more if u would like
[–]from FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
im here. let me know when youre ready
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Hi, I'm here, let me know your Paypal address and I'll shoot $20 to you. If this goes well I'm definitely up for more, want to accumulate some Doge but Coinbase & transfer fees combined are killing me.
[–]from FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
okay. my paypal is : leeroyjenkins666666----removed----
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Argh. I went to do it but now PayPal's asking for my SS and DL cards. I've uploaded them, as soon as they let me back in I'll payment. So sorry, I wasn't expecting that hassle. Hopefully soon.
[–]from FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
oh. sucks! is there any other way you could do it?
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Done! My address is: D7DZiJbE4JveNf51JVZMvQcDkHMjxYZqyg Could you send me 4800 Dogecoin?
You've sent Kč438.29 CZK to leeroyjenkins666666----removed---- Funds Availability Date: Nov 8, 2018 You sent: $20.00 USD Fee: $0.99 USD You paid: $20.99 USD leeroyjenkins666666----removed---- will get: Kč438.29 CZK Conversion rate: 1 USD = 21.9145 CZK
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 13 days ago
Hi again, I presume you got my previous message, and you'll be responding in the morning. If this trade works out, I'd like to buy more doge. Here's the payment confirmation again:
Done! My address is: D7DZiJbE4JveNf51JVZMvQcDkHMjxYZqyg Could you send me 4800 Dogecoin?
You've sent Kč438.29 CZK to leeroyjenkins666666----removed---- Funds Availability Date: Nov 8, 2018 You sent: $20.00 USD Fee: $0.99 USD You paid: $20.99 USD leeroyjenkins666666----removed---- will get: Kč438.29 CZK Conversion rate: 1 USD = 21.9145 CZK
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 11 days ago
Hi, could you at least respond to let me know you still intend to honour this transaction. Just a simple response would help. I did not realise that PayPal transactions had a 1 week hold time. Thanks in advance.
[–]to FrequentEmphasis sent 7 days ago
Hi, it is now Nov 8. The $20 I sent you last week is cleared. Will you now sent me the equivalent in dogecoin?
{separate message sent, no reply}
to FrequentEmphasis sent 6 days ago
hi it is now Nov 9, more than a week since I sent you $20. Will you please complete the trade?
[edit, removed email address per forum rules]
I have screenshots of the interaction. Please don't do business with this person.
Username: /u/makethecan
I believe I've been scammed by: /u/vzsev5
Time of transaction: 14:18
AM/PM: PM
Timezone: EDT
Date: 02/SEPT/2018 (e.g.: 07/march/2013)
In subreddit: /r/DogeMarket
Agreed terms: 8060 Dogecoin for $43 sent via Western Union
Outcome: Sent the coins to the provided wallet address and never received payment info or even a reply after discussing the terms
Have 24 hours passed? No - 10 hours.
Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No - Can't get him to even reply.
Explanation of events (fact based): I had over 8K Doge I've been saving since January that has recently increased in price. With a birthday coming up in a couple days, I thought I'd saved for long enough and decided to cash out and treat myself. I listed my coins up for sale in DogeMarket subreddit and this guy (vzsev5) PM'd me asking if I still had the coins for sale. I replied yes and I gave him my info to send a WU and he gave me his Dogecoin wallet address. I sent the coins, gave him the hash Tx ID# and I haven't heard back a word since.
Links to any corroborating evidence: Only the private messages exchanged. I can take screenshots upon request.
Username: /u/tanminhdo I believe I've been scammed by: /u/Jerax Time of transaction: :12:30 PM: Timezone: GMT+7 Date: 17/Jan/2018 In subreddit: /r/Dogecoin Agreed terms: 4k - 20$ by game card Outcome: Send half then he runaway Have 24 hours passed? No Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No Explanation of events (fact based): need to get some doge coin for fun then posted to /u/dogecoin. He PMed me and ask send half - he send coin - send half. i sent then right the way i know i was scamed Links to any corroborating evidence: Chat inbox
Lost 100k doge to them a few weeks back. They used a stolen paypal account. Do not use paypal, even as gift. Learned the hard way.
Now I'm out $10. 🙁 Deal over PM. Should have done research.
I posted a post looking to sell 6300 dogecoin and almost immediately I got a pm from /u/rabbit_lv_ He got really mad when I pointed out his rule breaches and told be to f my self. He also said that I was 100% American (which i'm not) so I am stupid. Be careful! Do not trade with this guy!!!
Posted to buy doge got a pm from above user, searched to find that they're a scammer. Beware.
After that I sent the first half of the Doge (5K). I also supplied my bank details and he asked for a bit of information I had missed off but then I have not heard anything since then. I have messaged a couple of times with no luck.
Just an alert that these accounts are still active and trying to scam! Both PM’d me tonight. Be careful out there shibes!!!’
Username: /u/illupvoteforadollar I believe I've been scammed by: /u/I_smoke_water Time of transaction: 11:30 AM/PM: AM Timezone: EST Date: 26/12/2017 (e.g.: 07/march/2013) In subreddit: /r/dogemarket Agreed terms: 1k Doge for $9 Amazon Outcome: Stole my gift card. Redeemed it before I realized I was going scammed. Spoke with amazon on the matter. They're looking into it and had actually directed me to the FBI division that deals with "things like this" whatever that means, I'm assuming crypto theft. Have 24 hours passed? No Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No Explanation of events (fact based): Approached via PM after I posted . He suggested I pay friends and family on paypal. When you pay friends and family, you can't reverse later. I didn't know this at the time. I sent payments and .... Crickets. I messaged him again and he started making up exuses.
Username: /u/deathsythe
I believe I've been scammed by: /u/OsamaBin_Laggin
Time of transaction: 9:30
AM/PM: PM
Timezone: EST
Date: 22/12/2017 (e.g.: 07/march/2013)
In subreddit: /r/dogemarket
Agreed terms: 3.8k Doge for $25 Amazon
Outcome: Stole my gift card. Redeemed it before I realized I was going scammed. Spoke with amazon on the matter. They're looking into it and had actually directed me to the FBI division that deals with "things like this" whatever that means, I'm assuming crypto theft.
Have 24 hours passed? No
Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No
Explanation of events (fact based): Approached via PM after I posted an amazon gc for sale. He cited additional transactions from gametrade and paxful, and asked me to send first. I sent. And did not receive anything. Confirmed with amazon that the gc balance was redeemed and transferred to an account (of which they wouldn't share with me)
I did not see him on the blacklist in the sidebar, but did find another thread from last week about him here. Silly me. I should have checked here too...
Username: /u/suckitbitch
I believe I've been scammed by: /u/Boombam76
Time of transaction: 09:19
AM/PM: PM
Timezone: EST
Date: 14/december/2017 (e.g.: 07/march/2013)
In subreddit: /r/dogemarket
Agreed terms: 40k doge for $100USD paypal
Outcome: Money sent, doge never recieved
Have 24 hours passed? Yes
Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No
Explanation of events (fact based): I posted that I was looking to buy with Paypal, got a pm saying user has 40k doge, I sent my buying price, user agreed, I asked for email and sent my doge receive address, user sent pp email, I sent coin, user ghosted and won't respond. User posted on other threads to sell doge and bitcoin, I replied to all user's postings to warn others about the scam, user deleted all posts pertaining to selling coins.
Links to any corroborating evidence:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dogemarket/comments/7i2plt/bd_5k_via_paypal/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dogemarket/comments/7ikdhe/bd_buying_1825_pp/
EDIT: Got my money back from paypal. Be careful out there.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dogemarket/comments/7isyrl/bd_100k_doge_payment_via_paypalamazon_gift_cards/ any more details would be supplied if needed
Mostly contained above. Sent Doge, No Money Sent
https://dogechain.info/address/DJKNktdW2NRvEMpnpFTLmyxRrKfxWDDtpD
https://dogechain.info/tx/0dd49aa7392325e5cf3cf16a27abb5afbb5cc0c32cd9c83f83193efa68b32384
https://dogechain.info/tx/0dd49aa7392325e5cf3cf16a27abb5afbb5cc0c32cd9c83f83193efa68b32384
My Username: /u/Doge4Sale
I believe I've been scammed by: /u/Shillmaster3000
Time of transaction: 6/17/2017 08:50
Timezone: EST
Date: 17/June/2017
In subreddit: /r/dogemarket
Agreed terms: 25k doge for market rate of $83.26
Outcome: Waiting on payment after he stopped responding
Have 24 hours passed? No
Has "scammer" admitted to scamming you? No
Explanation of events (fact based): He initially did a successful transaction via paypal for 5k, which went through without issue. He wanted more. I sent my 25k doge after he agreed to pay $83.26 (market rate). Still haven't received.
Links to any corroborating evidence: [dogechain.info](https://dogechain.info/tx/b09ea37f41e512d0a5fb7263a0917bc82549d02f4f66a7db010c1c82b9b0e5ed)
see https://www.reddit.com/r/dogemarket/comments/6eqnnv/50_amazon_card_make_offer/
TX details in that post