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Bad deal with BollaZee Ripped me off for 10K

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LJF

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Deal Thread URL:https://carbonite.co.za/index.php?threads/i-will-buy-crypto.405431/#post-2664321
Seller:
@BollaZee
Buyer: @LJF
Description of Bad Deal: Read chat transcript below. Basically BollaZee advertised 1500$ in crypto for basically R17/$ I payed him and he then had a lot of reasons why he can not pay still hoping he's acount isnt hacked and I can get my money back.

LJF:
Hi I have usd on kraken that I can exchange and send to you if interested 1500$ worth for R25500.
My number 083XXX

BollaZee:
OK it's possible.
Which crypto?
Which wallet should I send you?

LJF:
Prefer xrp as it takes 5 minutes to send amd costs are low.

BollaZee:
Do you have Tron(TRX)

LJF:
Let me check kraken
Yes it has trx

BollaZee:
ok i am sending you my tron address

LJF:
Let me get my laptop. Register a new adress and get it authenticated

BollaZee:
I already have a tron wallet.

LJF:
What bank you with?

BollaZee:
FNB
Tron (TRX):
TCsCjGjWXjQUNu2UNm4BJuTSVeo9dyaCYi
Send $1500 and let me know please. Also send please Bank info.

LJF:
Do you mind doing it in two steps. I am fnb as well. Ill send 100$ you send R1700 after we received both I send the rest.

BollaZee:
We can do it in half.
$650 usd send and I will send you R15000.

LJF:
FNB cheque
LJ Fleetwood
624xxxxxxx
user as ref

BollaZee:
Send ? tron

LJF:
ok I am ready you double checked your address?

BollaZee:
Yes, no problem.

LJF:
Can I maybe phone you? this typing is making me crazy

BollaZee: !!!RED FLAG RED FLAG RED FLAG!!!
I thought I said my phone was faulty. Sorry, I wrote to the other person.
I have telegram, my phone is off right now
I'm waiting for your payment.
My bank is ready to pay.

LJF:
Sending
Status:Initiated

BollaZee:
ok bro please share me the tx code

LJF:
Status:sending
The time for tron is 1 min so you will receive it before checking
Send ...please check your account and confirm Receipt.
Transaction ID:b532d32da4b1608e657227c481c51e76467c768bccd4be230e74af54c0a39a0a
tronscan indicated you received please confirm

BollaZee:!!!Here I realise I'm and idiot for trusting him!!
I checked. yes it's gone.
I was going to send you a payment from my brother's bank.
But my brother wouldn't let me send the money without getting all the crypto.
Can you send the full?
Otherwise I will have to refund it.

LJF:
Please refund as you are changing the terms of the deal.
TTjjnNxfHL19MHscb5AqnJooJ4uUHSTbgw
As agreed pay for what you received or refund me, I can send proof that I have the funds available

BollaZee:!!! Red flag 2!!!
OK, I'll pay you tomorrow night.
Because my phone is off and I can't enter Kraken, the verification code is not coming.
But if you send the full payment, I'm ready to send it to your bank instantly.
Or send another $500 and I'll send it all.


LJF:
You are still changing the terms which I am not happy with. I really went out of my way and send you and irreversible payment trusting you sending first, if you can not honor our deal we need to cancel.
I will update your post now as well as this feels a bit like a scam


BollaZee:
Dude, ok but I can return it tomorrow.
I talked to my brother now, he said he should complete $1000, then send the money to the man. He said not to upset the man for nothing.
Send another $350 and $1000 will be completed, then I will make the full payment instantly.
Send the remaining $500. arrow?

LJF:
Tx will wait until tomorrow and see... I have reported your account to the admin and updated the post in case the account is hacked.

BollaZee:
If my account is banned for reporting, I can't refund you. Because I won't have access here. Send $350 and I'll send your money to your bank right away. please update your message in the post.
Dude, please don't complicate what we can do in 5 minutes.
Send and I'll send your money right away, I'm ready.

LJF:
Please read this conversation and if it doesn't scream scam to you I do not know what does.

BollaZee:
Are you sending ? otherwise i will exit


LJF:
An admin will be in contact with you to verify the account

BollaZee:
I'm dating, I can't deal with your kid stuff If my account is banned, forget your money.


TO DATE NOTHING RECEIVED. ACCOUNT WAS REPORTED TO ADMIN AND HE WAS BANNED AS A PRECATION. IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON HIM OR KNOW HIM: NAME, ADDRESS, BANK ACCOUNT INFO, ID I WILL APRICIATE YOU SENDING IT TO ME TO OPEN A POLICE CASE?
 
Is there no way to indicate when a user has two factor authentication activated on their account or not? Obviously I think from now on, I would like to avoid, irrespective of rating, those without.
 
Looks like January is scam season. One must be extra extra careful when dealing in JAN...
 
Is there no way to indicate when a user has two factor authentication activated on their account or not? Obviously I think from now on, I would like to avoid, irrespective of rating, those without.
Everyone has 2FA enabled by now, but it seems like they're still using old email 2FA. That's why we removed it. We would STRONGLY suggest everyone switch over to app-based 2FA (using apps like Authy or Google Authenticator).

The ONLY way a scammer can hack an account now is with a compromised email account. That means the scammer has the email and passwords for Carbonite and the email account. So it's a huge problem that people in 2022 still can't do proper email security.
 
Everyone has 2FA enabled by now, but it seems like they're still using old email 2FA. That's why we removed it. We would STRONGLY suggest everyone switch over to app-based 2FA (using apps like Authy or Google Authenticator).

The ONLY way a scammer can hack an account now is with a compromised email account. That means the scammer has the email and passwords for Carbonite and the email account. So it's a huge problem that people in 2022 still can't do proper email security.
Good luck with that, at the corporate level we are unable to get it right either. People just don't care about security!
 
Good luck with that, at the corporate level we are unable to get it right either. People just don't care about security!
To date I've worked for 4 financial institutions.
The latest being a leading bank. Only the latter has proper security, with all financial transactions & any serious movement made to their servers 'working from home' requiring authentication on their app.

Sad that as a post-developing country we are still lacking on a lot of simple technological functions when the talent is right here.
 
To date I've worked for 4 financial institutions.
The latest being a leading bank. Only the latter has proper security, with all financial transactions & any serious movement made to their servers 'working from home' requiring authentication on their app.

Sad that as a post-developing country we are still lacking on a lot of simple technological functions when the talent is right here.
I work for a company that is a service provider to all four banks and we handle txns too.
We had reasonable security, we've never been hacked, and the reason is partly because we know what we're doing and partly because we don't use Microsoft.

Now we're being forced by parent company that bought us over, to go the entire Microsoft route. I can tell you now its only a matter of time... I am hoping that I am no longer there when the big hack takes place.

On the note of talent- the problem is that the talent is being driven overseas by two key factors:

1. The ANC government
2. Companies with poor (read- douchebag) management teams
 
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