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This is a warning post about a scammer. He's been scamming for years and has an active thread right now on these forums. He makes threads here and on other forums claiming he wants to sell his high-end FFXIV account for around $300.
He never shows his character's lodestone, lures people into discord and tries to get them to pay with either western union or paypal friends and family, then after they do, he disappears. So be careful if you deal with him, or anyone, always use a middle man if you can and never do friends or family. If you do, use your credit card connected to your paypal so you can at least do a chargeback.
His current thread
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/goo...-ready-ucob-and-uwu-weapons-bis-tank.1439044/
A screenshot in case he deletes it
https://i.imgur.com/DQUUH96.jpg
He deleted the google album link, but here is a screenshot of his character. He tries hard to hide his lodestone, but I figured it out. His character is "Luna Heart" on Shiva, the alt of "Luna Caelum" on Shiva
https://i.imgur.com/sFQPbTV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mMKuHWm.jpg
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/8256901/
Other, older threads
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/awe...eps-240-mils-bis-war-and-smn-300-usd.1355911/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/god...ob-weps-96-mounts-250-minions-all-70.1386158/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/11-...nts-212-minions-240-mils-pvp-rank-50.1227083/
As you can see he's been at this for a while. Here are some ownedcore links.
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/mm...rs-raid-ready-ucob-uwu-weapons-bis-tanks.html - banned
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/mm...s-lvl-70pld-war-everything-else-lvl-60-a.html
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/news/trade-support/scam-reports/633119-scammer-rossmcdonald.html - Scammed by someone named Krzysztof from Poland
Let's get more personal with Krzysztof and how it all ties together
He's smart to delete the google photo album since that exposes everything, so use your own judgment.
The case of rossmcdonald
rossmcdonald was his old, now banned, ownedcore username. If we dig through his post history we find him, ironically, before being banned for scamming himself, reporting scammers.
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/ne...ammer-please-ban-before-any-newbie-falls.html
In the image he posted, he says his playerauctions name is IllusionHC
https://i.imgur.com/ymiq07A.jpg
IllusionHC, takes us down a google rabbit hole
It's an old username he used. Digging a little we find it linked to someone named Malwina Tęcza, Malwina Tęcza is a name linked to an epicnpc scam.
https://i.imgur.com/I4UZiay.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HAiKmyq.jpg
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/max...ns-and-up-to-100-mil-gils-on-each-acc.731386/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/scammed-by-randy-run.521468/
It's also his twitch account name, associated with FFXIV
https://www.twitch.tv/illusion_hc
By watching the videos we can see he's playing a character called Luna Caelum
https://i.imgur.com/nLBPplG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wnI7rFO.jpg
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/2811025/
This is his twitter account
https://twitter.com/Krzrzrzrzysztof
https://i.imgur.com/lrn7ra8.jpg
Honestly, there's a lot. If you're in the market for a FFXIV account, and you see a post similar to the above-linked posts, then it might be him. All of his accounts are from Poland and use the same or very similar posting style and character information. The only thing that links all of this is his google album pictures because he uses his own character, Luna Heart, for reference. As of right now, the google photo album in this thread still exists - https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/awe...eps-240-mils-bis-war-and-smn-300-usd.1355911/
The pictures are older though so they don't quite line up with his current lodestone data. Use your own judgment, stay safe.
He never shows his character's lodestone, lures people into discord and tries to get them to pay with either western union or paypal friends and family, then after they do, he disappears. So be careful if you deal with him, or anyone, always use a middle man if you can and never do friends or family. If you do, use your credit card connected to your paypal so you can at least do a chargeback.
His current thread
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/goo...-ready-ucob-and-uwu-weapons-bis-tank.1439044/
A screenshot in case he deletes it
https://i.imgur.com/DQUUH96.jpg
He deleted the google album link, but here is a screenshot of his character. He tries hard to hide his lodestone, but I figured it out. His character is "Luna Heart" on Shiva, the alt of "Luna Caelum" on Shiva
https://i.imgur.com/sFQPbTV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mMKuHWm.jpg
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/8256901/
Other, older threads
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/awe...eps-240-mils-bis-war-and-smn-300-usd.1355911/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/god...ob-weps-96-mounts-250-minions-all-70.1386158/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/11-...nts-212-minions-240-mils-pvp-rank-50.1227083/
As you can see he's been at this for a while. Here are some ownedcore links.
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/mm...rs-raid-ready-ucob-uwu-weapons-bis-tanks.html - banned
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/mm...s-lvl-70pld-war-everything-else-lvl-60-a.html
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/news/trade-support/scam-reports/633119-scammer-rossmcdonald.html - Scammed by someone named Krzysztof from Poland
Let's get more personal with Krzysztof and how it all ties together
He's smart to delete the google photo album since that exposes everything, so use your own judgment.
The case of rossmcdonald
rossmcdonald was his old, now banned, ownedcore username. If we dig through his post history we find him, ironically, before being banned for scamming himself, reporting scammers.
https://www.ownedcore.com/forums/ne...ammer-please-ban-before-any-newbie-falls.html
In the image he posted, he says his playerauctions name is IllusionHC
https://i.imgur.com/ymiq07A.jpg
IllusionHC, takes us down a google rabbit hole
It's an old username he used. Digging a little we find it linked to someone named Malwina Tęcza, Malwina Tęcza is a name linked to an epicnpc scam.
https://i.imgur.com/I4UZiay.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HAiKmyq.jpg
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/max...ns-and-up-to-100-mil-gils-on-each-acc.731386/
https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/scammed-by-randy-run.521468/
It's also his twitch account name, associated with FFXIV
https://www.twitch.tv/illusion_hc
By watching the videos we can see he's playing a character called Luna Caelum
https://i.imgur.com/nLBPplG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wnI7rFO.jpg
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/2811025/
This is his twitter account
https://twitter.com/Krzrzrzrzysztof
https://i.imgur.com/lrn7ra8.jpg
Honestly, there's a lot. If you're in the market for a FFXIV account, and you see a post similar to the above-linked posts, then it might be him. All of his accounts are from Poland and use the same or very similar posting style and character information. The only thing that links all of this is his google album pictures because he uses his own character, Luna Heart, for reference. As of right now, the google photo album in this thread still exists - https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/awe...eps-240-mils-bis-war-and-smn-300-usd.1355911/
The pictures are older though so they don't quite line up with his current lodestone data. Use your own judgment, stay safe.
