Read the whole thing. A few things stuck out.
1) He has no alternative method to contact you, and was likely planning on being available via PM to assist with any security questions involved.
2) I find it strange that the BTC wallet addresses change between days on pages 1 and 2.
To me, it does appear like it was really
@Nerva selling his PayPal account, especially as his content service packs were $250, and $240 being in the account is consistent with one transaction waiting to be moved to a bank account. At least from my point of view as someone who doesn't let a balance sit in there.
Findings:
CASE THAT NERVA IS BEING HONEST
- Working with BHW moderation who have confirmed the account was compromised
- Attempting to reach out to those with pending orders via @EliteSmith , who mentions Payoneer and BTC vs PayPal as well
- He had a large BST in the works that I was actively discussing with him up until last week
- Has always been one of the highest quality customer service and most transparent members I've ever dealt with on this site
- Email bouncing back likely has to do with the domain associated with Ideastro not working
- Was active until midnight last night on business-related work per @INCC
- The thread posted last night was clearly not something @Nerva would write
- Every link to everything I've gotten from Nerva over time is now a 404, mirroring everything being wiped
CASE THAT NERVA IS NOT BEING HONEST
- His Ideastro site, Gmail and the site for his new project are all currently down
- It seems farfetched that some random would steal a laptop and proceed to maliciously wipe everything, even in Detroit, where he notes being from
- It also seems a bit sketchy and strange to be ditching a personal PayPal account for seemingly no reason other than "I don't want to use PayPal"
- The copy for his potential new sales thread never mentions anywhere that PayPal would not be accepted
- Someone offering content writing services via "Ideastro" is on Upwork with a location of Tunisia, not Detroit, offering the same type of services and translations as his BHW content thread
Again, digging more into this, it's all quite strange. Interested to see how this plays out, as I have had nothing but positive experiences from
@Nerva and this seems pretty out of the blue.