Scammer
Ownedcore Name: jellyneo23
Skype Name: cullnathane
Paypal Name: n/a
Other payment method: Bank transfer
Ownedcore scam link: http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/mmo-...0-account.html (Looking to buy an amazing level 90 account)
Other sites scam link: n/a
Did you use a middleman?: NO
Explain what happened: Ok, this is gonna be one long story.
He contacted me on Tuesday 12.11 via email and PM on ownedcore. He was very open about trying to find different payment method than 2checkout since I don't have CC and all that. I didn't want to agree on paypal because of chargebacks so we decided to go with bank transfer. I asked him for a proof of the payment ( I know it can be simply edited but still) and a photo of the screen with a shoe and a newspaper, he delivered both but without shoe and newspaper but that's not important. It seemed legit. I gave him all the info, he said that it'll take about 1 week for a payment to arrive, I checked his bank, it said that it would take around 4 days. /ok. At this point he "sent" the payment, I gave him all the info so I continued talking because he seemed fair and honest at the time.
Since then I've been checking his ownedcore profile everyday for new posts, if he scammed anyone or anything. I've seen him buying 2 prepaids and wanting to buy spectral tiger /ok. Talked to him about it. Still, everything looked normal, he was still talking and not running with my acc.
Payment was "sent" on Tuesday and on Monday he asked me if I received the money, /nopestillnotthere I asked him about the account and decided to wait for Tuesday (week after "sending" the payment) and added him on my personal skype acc.
Tuesday, sent him a message telling that the money is still not here.
Wednesday, asked him to call his bank and after few messages the "shady as fcuk" thing begins. He says that if I won't get the money by Thursday, he'll give me back the account. Now that's an instant "he didn't send the money, sold the gold and now he'll simply give me the account back which we didn't agreed upon" thing.
On Friday I called my back to ask them how long would it take a transfer from UK to arrive on my Belgian account, they said 2 working days /welpivebeenscammed This is where I'm just surprised and I still don't want to believe he's a scammer, he's still answering my messages, with some annoying delay, but still, he is. I ask him for an explanation. Nothing
On Saturday I decided to recover the account (when I did, I found the ticket to change the ownership of my account, welp), he didn't respond to my pm and this was getting even more shady. He messages me, we talk, his excuse for money not arriving is "I called the bank but like always they say to keep checking". I do remind you, at this point, he NEVER asked me for any proof whether I received the money or not and his "oh, well, I sent this guy 400 euros and he says that he didn't receive it, I might just believe him like that" attitude is.. weird. I mean, if you'd sent somebody 400 euros, you'd be asking for a proof if they say they haven't received it for 1,5 week... Things are getting weirder, he says to wait for money to come, we agreed that if I'll somehow receive the money, account is his, I say that I'm gonna forward the conversation to Eryxon (already contacted him because there's been lack of contact between me and jelly) and right after that he says that the account will now look dodgy and how will he change the account (all the stuff like he'd actually sent the money, which, as of 27.11.2013 he hasn't and imo that's just him getting some more viability in case of topic against him, like this one). We continue talking about now, my account is in his opinion scarred, which again, I'd understand if he'd sent the money and at some point I ask him how is it that he's so calm about his 400 disappearing without a trace but he simply says that it's not mine concern, dodge that and continue to talk how my account is now dodgy (it wouldn't be if I didn't have to recover it after being scammed...). I tell him that we don't have to do this and that it's his call. He didn't respond to that.
Monday 25.11 I asked him if he decided yet. No answer
Yesterday is when it all became ugly and his true nature came out.
I asked him if he's busy, asked him how much gold did he spend. He said 140k (I was 24h banned at this point cuz of my ticket to recover my gold so I couldn't check it | After my ban getting lifted, I checked my account and oh, I checked every character. When I gave him the account, there was exactly 196k gold and I've got a screenshot to back this up but after I checked, about 4k is what was left on the account. Now, if my math is correct 196k - 4k does not equal 140k.) I propose to simply give me the gold back in form of D3 cdkey and a steam game for value equivalent to the gold left after buying the key. As you can see on the screenshot he said that he'll get this sorted for me and I shouldn't worry. He proposed Paypal and the money value but I say no because again, chargebacks. I tell him that I don't want the gold to be traded as well because of my 24h ban after asking Blizz to get my gold back. The "dodgy account" talk begins again. He says that the account WAS already marked when he "bought it", I say it wasn't till I had to recover it after him not paying. "Anyway - leave this to me" Didn't respond my "when should I expect the key?" question so asked him about his profile picture. Now, at this point, he contacted me from an email address with a name Kathleen Oates, had his skype name changed from The Lord to Robert Secaduas and his picture changed to a photo from few articles on the web (Michael Waxman from New York (not UK, what a shock) who works for grouper, I might add that Michael Waxman is at this point in San Francisco, CA according to his tweeter @wxmn).
He dodges the answer about his profile picture as best as he can to then say that he can point me to interviews and all that. He says that Robert Secaduas is a pen name -_- and that Kathleen Oates is his PA... Now some bullshit how he hides when buying stuff like wow accounts and how I think that I've unraveled some big mystery. And says that I'll get the key "when he's ready" .... I ask him when and to specify the date and that I find this whole thing shady and I just want to close the case. Now this is the part when I'm getting furious because of his 180 degrees turn. He now says that it's closed in his opinion and that the gold is separate thing (after all that talk from not that long ago, he now says something completely different) and I'm wasting his time and that my account is useless now thus no rush for the gold... he continues to say that it's better to replace the gold the way I had it (we already agreed twice upon d3 and all that...). When I disagree he says that it's up to him and that agreement has changed. When I say that it will get me even more suspended he answers that according to what I've said (pre 24h ban) Blizzard wasn't concerned. I explain that since they banned me, they are and AGAIN he goes on how the account was dodgy. He finishes with "keep an eye on your ingame mailbox". At this point I'm close to raging, this ******* has not only wasted my time, my account viability to sell it, my gold but also my nerves. He then argues that it's either his way or no gold at all and laughs when I tell him that he owes me the gold. While I'm still trying to be polite and ask for a trade with a trader or something like that, he says that I'll get the gold in my mail and that since he's paying for the gold, I get it the way he wants. You can see all that below. Now before you'll continue to the screenshots I wanted to conclude all that.
Up to some point, as you will see, everything was fine but then all the question dodging, carefully choosing his answers, trying to blame everything on me, even saying that the gold is my fault happens and it's just ugly. At this point Blizzard has without any evidence locked my acc for 24h (its over now), flagged it and said that they won't continue to talk on this matter to me, I lost gold, time and nerves as well as shitload of hope in online trading... I just want this to end.
Proof:
There's 27 shots in total so I'll just link the first one so you can see the whole thing without me spamming the thread with links.
Deleted since no longer needed
Picture 25 is his proof of sending me the payment with normal camera, 26 is a screenshot. 27 is a ticket he made to change the ownership of my account.
If there are any questions, I'll answer them as best as I can. Remember, though, that this is a lot of conversations and a lot of him trying to made a fool out of me.
Regards,
extinox
P.S Sorry for the typos. As I'm reading this again I'm trying to correct 'em all.