Scammer: TeAroha

[Archetypal07]

Information
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Purchase Date: 12 August 2021
Date the problem begin: 12 August 2021
Method of Contact Used (chat progam): Whatsapp
Instant Messenger username of the person you're accusing: +642108745027
Your Instant Messenger ID: +65 89417721

Other information:


DISPUTE Information
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Link of transaction thread (URL, Epicnpc thread): https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/whale-account-7x-c6-5-star-with-13k-primogems.1998690/#post-7762408
Approximate value of property: $1600.00 USD
Was Trade Guardian used? No
If yes, what is the Trade Guardian ID? Not applicable.

What is the dispute about? Payment of USD $1600 was made to the seller via WISE. Thereafter the seller disappeared and did not give me the account details at all. Payment was made on 12 August 2021, and seller told me he needed some time as the seller wanted to see the funds in his bank account first. I waited till 13 August, and when I was surfing EPICNPC again, i saw that this seller suddenly had "trade with caution" tag on. This made me anxious and when i tried to call him, i realized this seller had de-registered this account on whatsapp. This is when i knew i was scammed.

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How do I provide proof on EPICNPC such that only moderators or admins can see?
my payments details contains my personal details too, so i would not like it to be public

 

[Archetypal07]

WARNING! Off-site contact information posted. Most scams occur off-site. Please contact members directly via EpicNPC chat. We do not investigate disputes if you communicate off-site.

I contacted the seller "TeAroha" via whatsapp at the number listed on this thread "+642108745027 ".
I can provide screenshots of the chat we had.
From whatsapp, he directed me to make payment via WISE, and gave me a bank account to make payment to.
I can also provide payment proof made.
Thereafter, TeAroha (https://www.epicnpc.com/members/tearoha.771984/) no longer responded, and even de-registered his whatsapp account since. I have tried adding him on the discord account which he provided in that thread, but he is inactive there too.

 

[Rithav]

WARNING! Off-site contact information posted. Most scams occur off-site. Please contact members directly via EpicNPC chat. We do not investigate disputes if you communicate off-site.

Yaa.. He deleted his discord as well.. I had a few conversations with him before a week about some accounts... Classic scam it seems...

 

[Archetypal07]

Yaa.. He deleted his discord as well.. I had a few conversations with him before a week about some accounts... Classic scam it seems...

Thanks for sharing that.
I am not sure if I still need to provide more proof of transactions done etc.
Do let me know thank you!

 

[EpicNPC CM]

Please provide screenshots of your chat

 

[EpicNPC CM]

Waiting on update

 

[Archetypal07]

I will update tonight after work!

 

[Archetypal07]

 

[Archetypal07]

Screenshot of our conversation on WhatsApp added. Same number as the number the seller uses on his threads. The seller specifically tells me not to use PayPal as it is easier to refund, and to use Wise. (On hindsight it is not a very wise decision by me)
I also feel very unlucky as the day we deal, the seller did not have the “trade with caution” warning on his epicnpc profile. But 20 hours or so after I transferred the funds, I found out that he suddenly had this “trade with caution” warning. If only the sign occured earlier!

 

[EpicNPC CM]

@TeAroha notified


the email [email protected] was the email you sent the payment to correct? @Archetypal07

 

[Archetypal07]

@TeAroha notified


the email [email protected] was the email you sent the payment to correct? @Archetypal07

I made payment via WISE.
That was my first time using that platform. The seller TeAroha convinced me to create a account via wise, as he couldn’t trust PayPal.
From my understanding of WISE, payment was made to the bank account 9600000000627759, and not to the email.

 

[Archetypal07]

@EpicNPC CM i have received notification from other buyers that this TeAroha is currently still in the midst of swindling another buyer (That buyer has made a payment of $1000, and TeAroha is trying to convince him to cough up more funds to buy a bigger account instead) So if possible, it would be great to carry out actions on this profile of TeAroha to show that he is not a trustworthy seller.

From my personal experience, if I had seen the “trade with caution” sign on TeAroha, I would never trade with him. I hope other potential buyers will not deal with him, if they see his Epicnpc profile has corrective actions on it.

I trusted Epicnpc as I believe the platform will track our IP address. So if this seller TeAroha is proven to be a fraudster, his IP address will be banned and he won’t be able to create another new Epicnpc profile in the future to defraud others too. Is that understand accurate?

 

[Adoxia]

He was online and failed to reply. Ban in 24 hours.

I have upgraded his warning to a do not trade warning.

 

[Archetypal07]

He was online and failed to reply. Ban in 24 hours.

I have upgraded his warning to a do not trade warning.

Thank you. I sincerely hope people no longer fall victim to scam. Epicnpc should be a safe ground to trade. And Of course in future for big account I would use trade guardian. This experience shows me that even if a person has 40+ Positive reviews, it doesn’t help.

 

[RainyGrace]

@EpicNPC CM i have received notification from other buyers that this TeAroha is currently still in the midst of swindling another buyer (That buyer has made a payment of $1000, and TeAroha is trying to convince him to cough up more funds to buy a bigger account instead) So if possible, it would be great to carry out actions on this profile of TeAroha to show that he is not a trustworthy seller.

From my personal experience, if I had seen the “trade with caution” sign on TeAroha, I would never trade with him. I hope other potential buyers will not deal with him, if they see his Epicnpc profile has corrective actions on it.

I trusted Epicnpc as I believe the platform will track our IP address. So if this seller TeAroha is proven to be a fraudster, his IP address will be banned and he won’t be able to create another new Epicnpc profile in the future to defraud others too. Is that understand accurate?

@EpicNPC CM @Adoxia

I'm the other buyer that has been scammed $1000. Have just posted a thread about the case along with the screenshots. Here's the thread.

https://www.epicnpc.com/threads/scammer-tearoha.2028952/

 

[EpicNPC CM]

That email you sent a payment to comes back to a registration email here belonging to @Cherryfluff

@Cherryfluff You received the $1600 correct?

 

[Archetypal07]

That email you sent a payment to comes back to a registration email here belonging to @Cherryfluff

@Cherryfluff You received the $1600 correct?

Thank you for providing this information. Let’s wait on the explanation from that user.

 

[Archetypal07]

He was online and failed to reply. Ban in 24 hours.

I have upgraded his warning to a do not trade warning.

I noticed that tag was changed back to “Trade with caution” now. Can I know why?

 

[EpicNPC CM]

Another dispute was opened against them and that's the tag that's added when someone tags you in a dispute

 

[Archetypal07]

@EpicNPC CM , when I first contact the seller TeAroha, he had no tag “trade with caution”. After I paid him, and when I looked at his profile 10 hours later (because he no longer replied to my request for the account details which I paid for), I found out he had the tag “trade with caution”.

Also, this seller already had this tag before I even posted this dispute thread.

Was this due to an earlier dispute raised against this seller? Might the thread have been deleted? If so can the Admin look at that, and try to piece the profiles of this TeAroha together?

Right now in this forum, there is a dispute against him with him using WISE (this thread), and another dispute with him providing his Binance profile to another buyer. Was there a earlier dispute on him (before this thread) that we might find another link to this seller’s personal profile/bank details?

 

[Archetypal07]

Another dispute was opened against them and that's the tag that's added when someone tags you in a dispute

Ok I guessed that too, but wanted to confirm. Can you change his tag back, so no new people are defrauded?

 

[EpicNPC CM]

@Cherryfluff email notified

@TeAroha has been banned

 

[EpicNPC CM]

cherryflulff online and failed to reply

banned

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