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v_kumar36

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I was recently scammed for $500 by someone with a 10-year-old BHW account with Premium Membership. The payment was made in Crypto. He was not able to deliver anything. Within 30 min of payment, he said that he had started the refund, but it would take 48 hours to be completed. It was a clear signal that he was a scammer.

I reported him to Binance; his Binance account was suspended. I tried to open a dispute in BHW. The dispute was in review, but the seller requested BHW to delete his account, so it was deleted - it was disappointing & shocking for me.

So, what exactly it was? A scam of $500 with a 10-year-old account which he could sell at this price easily and a BHW Premium Membership cost $97. So, what did he earn? Was he planning something else but it messed by my reporting?
 
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back2form said:
If it's true, you can Submit thread at Dispute Resolution section here

Read Dispute Resolution Rules & procedure before you submit thread.
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I submitted the thread but it was in review, seller knew that his Binance is suspened & I have started the process for dispute so he requested the BHW to delete his user - and guess what? BHW actually deleted the user even a dispute was in the review so nothing went public!!
 
binayak said:
This doesn't confirm the seller's legitimacy. You could have checked their post count, sales thread reviews, and other factors.

Sorry for your loss
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True but a scam of $500 with an investment of ~$500!! What is gain here for scammer?
 
v_kumar36 said:
I submitted the thread but it was in review, seller knew that his Binance is suspened & I have started the process for dispute so he requested the BHW to delete his user - and guess what? BHW actually deleted the user even a dispute was in the review so nothing went public!!
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We can't assume without details, Also this is not the right place to discuss!

As you've been submitted thread in dispute resolution, let's Wait (48 hours the min) is what I can suggest
 
v_kumar36 said:
I was recently scammed for $500 by someone with a 10-year-old BHW account with Premium Membership. The payment was made in Crypto. He was not able to deliver anything. Within 30 min of payment, he said that he had started the refund, but it would take 48 hours to be completed. It was a clear signal that he was a scammer.

I reported him to Binance; his Binance account was suspended. I tried to open a dispute in BHW. The dispute was in review, but the seller requested BHW to delete his account, so it was deleted - it was disappointing & shocking for me.

So, what exactly it was? A scam of $500 with a 10-year-old account which he could sell at this price easily and a BHW Premium Membership cost $97. So, what did he earn? Was he planning something else but it messed by my reporting?
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Do the math man. You said it yourself a premium membership cost $97 and he scammed you for $500. They made a profit.
 
binayak said:
This doesn't confirm the seller's legitimacy. You could have checked their post count, sales thread reviews, and other factors.

Sorry for your loss
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100% agree with this. If it was 10 years old with 0 posts or 0 threads opened then it would be easy to spot.
 
If the scammers scammed several people like you, He would definitely make a profit.
 
Mister Ghost said:
Thing is.... you might not be the only one scammed. He may have done it to 10 people...
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If he scammed 10 people, how come he was still part of BHW? Do you think, no body reported it or BHW did not take any action?

Based on this case, a scammer requested to delete his account and BHW team deleted it - sound like someone in BHW team is allowing these things to happen.

Opinion: BHW team should respect buyer members as they have purchasing power, just imagine if people with purchasing power start avoiding BHW, who will pay for Jr VIP or Premium, etc??
 
I hate to see these threads.There is way to many of them...
From experience its always only a few people who make up a majority of all the scams.They either purchase accounts or just purchase the right to advertise .
I have been offered bribes to let them in after the fact when i ran a similar forum.
Alot of forum software has a way to tag them with cookies even if they are coming off another website or flag accounts that seem to be coming from strange ip's all of a sudden.
Selling accounts in common as i see alot of posts in another forum for buying of accounts and people who saying they have accounts for sale.
There should be a strict policy that's enforced for one account per person and when this person get's tagged by the auto-detect software both accounts get banned
Every scam i have seen so far they are always greedy and ask for more money.
Never ever send more money they you initially agreed to.
There is never a valid accuse for sending more money.If they can't do your order for the amount you said they should refund you right away.
Don't let them try to convince you with added services or what not..That's a 100% scam.
If a escrow system is out of the question at least there should be a rule that all communication goes over the message system here.
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It's been over 2 days, have you received your $500 refund yet?
It's really dangerous if there are scammers building credibility with such long-standing accounts.
 
But haven't you noticed that 40% of those posting here are bots seeking reputation, and another 40% are agencies looking for clients?
 
ContentCreator8 said:
If he scammed 10 people, how come he was still part of BHW? Do you think, no body reported it or BHW did not take any action?

Based on this case, a scammer requested to delete his account and BHW team deleted it - sound like someone in BHW team is allowing these things to happen.

Opinion: BHW team should respect buyer members as they have purchasing power, just imagine if people with purchasing power start avoiding BHW, who will pay for Jr VIP or Premium, etc??
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A little self reflection and agency would go a long way. Blaming BHW for your actions won't sole anything.
Hope you take some accountability and learn from this - as someone whose been on this platform for 14 years.
 
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