$1143.90 in BTC scammed - aastra

Scammer's profile link:
aastra

Amount scammed:
$1143.90 in BTC

Discord ID + Unique Discord ID:
Aastra#5707
792108823078371370

Proof that it's their Discord:
https://i.imgur.com/LjMqwtc.mp4

Explanation of the trade:
Have been purchasing RuneScape membership codes from them for several months.
All denominations, hundreds if not thousands in trades done with this person, without issue.
Always prompt to reply, send etc. Had a genuine business partnership with the guy. Helped him out when he got scammed before. No idea why he would do this to me.

How they scammed:
On one occasion sent me dud codes, after I sent them $693.90 in BTC.
On second occasion (today), blocked me & left my server after I sent them $450 in BTC.

Occasion one:
I had a deal with the individual to purchase membership codes from them on regular basis.
They contacted me, saying that they can offer a discounted price on 200 x 16 day codes, along with 15 x 292 day codes.
I paid the individual via Coinabse (as I have done many times before) and they sent me the codes.
I checked the first two codes out of the 200 x 16 day memberships and they were fine so I gave them the benefit of the doubt, assuming the rest worked fine (based on our previous successful and pleasant transactions).

A customer wanted to purchase one of these 292 codes from me - traded over the money and reported to me that the codes don’t work.
I proceeded to check all of the 292 day codes and confirmed that none were valid.
Meticulously checked the rest (198) of the 16 day codes I was sent and none came back valid.

Asked the individual for a refund, or for more codes several times throughout the day this happened, received no information & was avoided via Sythe DM too.
They eventually replied & promised to pay back what was owed in full.

Occasion two:
I was in need of some 16 day membership codes.
Sent them a message, asked for the price & agreed to trade.
Sent them BTC. Never received the codes in return.
Was blocked.

All trades were done over Discord, I can provide evidence of the entire chat history (too many screenshots for me to upload, remove all private info & post) if a mod wants to get in-touch.

This individual also frequently sells codes to other resellers.

Coinbase email address used to receive funds:
[email protected]

Screenshot of me being blocked by them:
https://i.imgur.com/klBytBo.png

Screenshot of them leaving my server:
https://i.imgur.com/vec8PvQ.png

Pretty fkn pissed

 

Send relevant chat screenshots to @Andy via Discord

 

@Andy
Aastra is a code seller in a discord server I’ve been in since it opened.
Recently he has been asking customers to go directly to GE Bin to buy their codes and has been inactive since the 16th 12:35 pacific time.
Feels like an exit scam to me.

 

This correlates with the ‘new user joined’ logs I’ve been seeing on my server.

There have been several users who have joined recently after being invited by @aastra.

Last successful transaction made with the individual was on the 14th.

PMd them on the 17th with no reply and then once again today (which is when the scam for $450 in BTC occurred)