Accepted 76561198054218707 (BOT Arnold) Paypal Scam

76561198054218707 (BOT Arnold) Paypal Scam

Victim:
| steamname: mouwen
| steamID32: STEAM_0:0:40091363
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198040448454
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/mouwen
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198040448454
SourceOp forum account (if applicable):
http://forums.sourceop.com/members/18082-mouwen

Scammer #1:
| steamname: BOT Arnold
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:46976489
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198054218707
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/botarnold
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561198054218707
SourceOp forum account (if applicable):
http://forums.sourceop.com/members/29752-Thenumb3rguy

Scammer #2 (Probably):
| steamname: ♕★[PARADOX] Mr.Sparklez ★
| steamID32: STEAM_0:1:12306121
| steamID64: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197984877971
| customURL: http://steamcommunity.com/id/PARASPARKLEZ
| steamrep: http://steamrep.com/profiles/76561197984877971

Description:
Scammer #2 added me on TF2OP buying 10 Earbuds via Paypal
http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/14112568
Then he asked me to add his friend, Scammer #1 for payment
We agreed to trade Earbuds for $37 USD each so $370 in total
Scammer #1 seems to be trust-worthy so I went first to send items
His SourceOP rep thread: http://forums.sourceop.com/threads/122470-Thenumb3rguy-s-Rep-Thread
I traded with him for 3 times
1st time: 1 buds for $37 no problem
2nd time: 3 buds for $111 no problem
3rd time: 6 buds for $222, I only received $74, then he immediately deleted & blocked me

Later Scammer #2 backpack showed up 10 Earbuds
I talked to Scammer #2 again but he refused to return the 4 buds to me for a fair trade
He claimed that he didn't know Scammer #1 scammed me, so he has nothing to do with this???
Instead, he quickly bought a good unusual for 9 buds
And he asked me not reporting him because he wasn't the guy scammed me =/
He said he would talk to Scammer #1 to see if something went wrong, let me wait for some time
However later he deleted me as well, saying he wants to clean up friend list
Now I will probably lose the $148 (4 buds) forever...

Screenshots:
Chat with Scammer #1






Chat with Scammer #2








Trade History:


My Paypal History


Scammer #2 backpack after I got scammed


Scammer #2 backpack later he quickly bought a good unusual

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Update 1:
In his SOP rep thread, someone said he scammed 4 buds on July 30. I didn't read carefully =(
http://forums.sourceop.com/threads/122470-Thenumb3rguy-s-Rep-Thread/page7

Update 2:
Scammer #2 replied in my trade, saying it was due to credit card limit
But why he deleted and blocked me instantly?
From the past history above, I think it's just a fake excuse
http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/14112568

Hello!!!
Thank you for your report! An SR admin will review yours in a while!

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The original chat history with him was lost
However if you look into the TF2op trade again
http://www.tf2outpost.com/trade/14112568
He posted 3 times:
1st and 2nd time - he was interested to buy my earbuds
3rd time after i got scammed - he admitted that his friend Arnold, didn't send me the full payment and the reason was credit card limit
However he also said the 10 earbuds were already traded to him, as the backpack screenshots showing
He asked me to wait some time and the unpaid money will return
However I never got replied since then and I was still blocked by Arnold
No chatting, no discussion, even he was online playing games CSGO, he refused to accept invite & talk to me to solve the problem

Hello, i am bot arnold and I'm here to explain what happened.

First of all I didn't intend to scam you, I don't know who is Mr. Sparklez. My account was hijacked while I'm on my vacation, I don't know what happened. Some of my csgo items was deleted by the hijacker. And that is NOT my Paypal account. I will do wtever required to get my account unbanned, although I am innocent, and I have decided to quit tf2 trading because of this. My account was hijacked twice. And I do not wish that will happen again

I'm afk ATM, I will unblock you and add you when I am back. Approx. 1 hour

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Hey i would like to slove the problem with you really fast i would deal with my friend later would you like me to sell my hat i will return the buds right now i have 1 bud you are still in my friend list if your reading this i will talk to my friend about this issue because i dont want to be a scammer and i am not one

Ok i am back to this investigation of matter of this scam and of course i now admit i scammed and MrSparklez paradox is not a scammer he bought the buds from me which i never told him i scammed . i will take all responsibility of this problem.
And baiscaly what hapen is
Mr.sparklez wants to buy bud
I added bud seller to buy bud for sparklez
Sparklez paid me the equlivent amount of money to the amount of buds
bud seller traded me and sold me his first 6 buds
and then on the last traded which is the 4 buds i paid 74 dollars or something and ran away
Which then Sparklez is reported because he is a suspect

And also If any one owned the buds which is scammed is a scammer and i gusses there would be over 40 scammers right now

Alright good news: I have talked to Mr. Sparklez and he said he's trying to sell some stuff then he will return the buds that I lost
I will see how it goes