First time getting scammed. This sucks. Paid friends and family and then disappeared. Now profile is deleted. If anyone has any success getting money back in this situation please DM me

u/Special-Impact-6233 posted a brand new VSF Pepsi with gen crystal and asking for under $600. First clue should have been the price (too good to be true, etc). But it actually wasn’t. It was the pictures. They looked so familiar. Went to my comment history and found it. Whole post was stolen.

This persons profile is private so not sure where else they are posting but wanted to get it on everyone’s radar. They took down the post in question after I commented on it and called them out. But grabbed a couple screenshots before they did.

Here is the link to the original posting they stole from

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrankenFarmTimepieces/s/DP28fAc3XH

Hopefully this post helps someone 🙏🏼

Be safe out there

Made a purchase. Then he shut his Reddit down for a week. Just went active again today. Beware! He will not ship whatever you “buy”.

⚠️ COMMUNITY NOTICE — Ongoing Investigation — u/ZacaAlmirall99

We are posting this as a precautionary notice to our community. A transaction involving u/ZacaAlmirall99 is currently under investigation following a report from one of our members regarding an alleged Honeypot USDT payment.

We are urging all members to exercise caution and avoid transacting with this user until the matter is resolved.

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What has been alleged:

- u/ZacaAlmirall99 approached a member to purchase a watch

- Payment was allegedly made using a fake honeypot USDT token

- The member shipped the item before the issue was discovered

- The matter has been reported to the relevant authorities and evidence is being preserved

We want to stress that these are allegations only and the investigation is ongoing.

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What is Honeypot USDT?

If you're not familiar with crypto, here's a simple breakdown:

USDT is a cryptocurrency worth $1 per coin, commonly used for peer-to-peer payments. A honeypot token is a fake version of USDT that someone creates themselves.

Think of it like this:

> Imagine someone pays you with a very convincing fake £50 note. It looks real, feels real, and even passes a quick glance but the moment you try to spend it at a shop, it gets rejected.

That's exactly what honeypot USDT is. It:

- ✅ Appears in your crypto wallet looking identical to real USDT

- ✅ Shows the correct balance

- ✅ Has a real blockchain transaction (looks 100% legit)

- ❌ Cannot ever be withdrawn, sold, or spent — it's completely worthless

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Red flags observed in this case:

🚩 Payment was more than the agreed amount with no explanation

🚩 Buyer requested the fastest possible delivery

🚩 Pushed for crypto payment specifically

🚩 Shipping address outside the UK (Amsterdam)

The overpayment in particular is a known pressure tactic used to build trust and rush sellers into shipping before verifying funds.

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Protect yourself when accepting crypto:

✅ Verify the contract address matches official USDT before accepting

✅ Always do a test withdrawal to an exchange before shipping

✅ Never ship until funds are confirmed withdrawable

✅ Be suspicious of any unprompted overpayment

✅ Never let a buyer rush you into shipping

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We will update the community as the investigation develops. If you have had any dealings with this user please contact the mod team directly.

Stay safe everyone. 🙏

Just saw this dude post an obviously photoshopped picture. I called it out in a comment and he immediately deleted the post…

You guys may have been a VSF Rhodium YM on Reddit for a while, priced way below the ask…I recommend running

Man told me he tried to buy something in the UK, but UK uses pounds sterling.

100% scam, don’t lose money

Need some opinions on this situation because I genuinely don’t understand how I’m the scammer here

I was buying a watch from u/particular-shock-448 and told him I would send the USDC payment first, then send my shipping address a little later because my phone battery was dying so I sent the payment USDC on eth network and provided the proof of payment

After that, he suddenly called me a scammer, said the situation was “suspicious,” and threatened to report/ban me and he did, I never tried to reverse payment, never asked for anything weird, and the payment was literally already sent and he started calling me scammer while i was explaining

I understand being cautious with crypto deals, but accusing someone of scamming after they already paid makes no sense to me
He also deleted the address he sent me because he tought i was “phishing”

Got scammed last week by PossibleRoyal7646. Chatted back and forth on the Pelagos, paid, he said he was going to ship the next day and would provide shipping info. Never heard from them again after multiple attempts

I feel like this is becoming a weekly thing for me right now. Not that it matters reporting this person theyve disappeared into the abyss.

Off the back of me requesting a presidential i got messaged by this piece of shit. I naively thought because most people were verifed on here it would be ok but i totally stupidly didnt think about messages.

Once again i fell for how 'nice' and 'normal' they appeared to be. Had a 3.5y old account with 50k karma. Again this means nothing anymore.

After being scammed for the 4th time on reddit in 2 months i have a simple rule with people. I pay a small deposit, you send the watch if im happy you get your money.

Thankfully i only sent him £50.

I dont really care who this is but im exposinng him for the little wanker he is.

Email address used: colly2477@yahoo.com
Name: Chukwuemeka Onuoha

[Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/s/kQLEUQptSW) is the actual picture he stole from. He even posted the wrong watch lol

I also got messaged by u/chikachika23 but I see he has been mentioned a lot.

u/Junior_Success_9158 scamming with FB pics lol