Details : Have posted on WoW US Accounts for sale, "Lvl 85 Shadow Priest. Immediate" and received response. Requested amount for account sale was $600, obo. Reasonable considering the gears/extras on account. Met on AIM to hash out details. What ensued was possibly the most sketched out conversation I've ever had. I was not at all surprised by the sudden "nm gtg for a while" at the end, followed by immediate disconnection. Copy of conversation included.
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Date of scam or attempted scam: (Month, Date, Year). 01-30-12 (January 30/2012)
Scammer's Instant Message AIM => hornybadger12420
Skype=> carlondutyblackcop
OTHER noted emails on forum posts => slimshadycrew@gmail.com
Your Instant Messenger ID: CthunCthun
Masked Crusader account name, if available: carlondutyblackcop

Information
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Link to the post which shows the item being bought/sold if available:
http://www.maskedcrusader.com/sell-w...immediate.html

COPY OF CONVERSATION FROM AIM:
Horny Badger (hornybadger12420) is available 9:27 pm
Cthun Cthun 9:27 pm
Hey. Cthun here from Maskedcrusader, about the priest account. What's up. Online for an hour or so. Hit me up when you're on.

Horny Badger 9:27 pm
hey
suo
sup

Cthun Cthun 9:28 pm
not too much.
you?

Horny Badger 9:28 pm
nm, supposed to be working :-)

Cthun Cthun 9:28 pm
Heh.

Horny Badger 9:28 pm

i'm very interested in your wow account

Cthun Cthun 9:28 pm
So anyways. Yeah, you're interested in my precious priest. lol

Horny Badger 9:29 pm
hell yeah

Cthun Cthun 9:30 pm
First time doing this, so I'm able to mail the original disks with the authentication codes and whatnot. I'd probably do that express shipping. FedEx I hear is the best. Paypal payment of course, uhm. Yeah. You want any of the specifics of what I have on my toons or just leave so you can explore yourself? I've never done this before. lol

Horny Badger 9:31 pm
well, just to let you know, i have done over 20 sells and buys of accounts and all have been sucessful. Can i have armories of just the 85s please?

Cthun Cthun 9:32 pm
Just the priest at 85 atm. But totally decked and DS proven. Here's the masked armory link.
Level 85 Undead Priest | WoW World of Warcraft Armory Profiles | Masked Armory

Horny Badger 9:33 pm
the real armory please :-)

Cthun Cthun 9:33 pm
2 alts at 70+, and another just shy of the 70. Wanted to leave some room for the personalization.

Horny Badger 9:33 pm
nice
any heirlooms?

Cthun Cthun 9:34 pm
real armory? That's all my stuff on that link. Just don't want the name released unless you buy the account. Security you understand.

Horny Badger 9:34 pm
oh kk

Cthun Cthun 9:34 pm
Yeah, BOAs on the account.

Horny Badger 9:34 pm
np
full sets?

Cthun Cthun 9:34 pm
Full plate, cloth and if I'm not mistaken the leather one as well...

Horny Badger 9:34 pm
including weapons?
btw, do you have any pvp gear?

Cthun Cthun 9:35 pm
I think I have 2. Can't quite remember.

Horny Badger 9:35 pm
any gametime?

Cthun Cthun 9:35 pm
Yeah, priest has IL 382 on the account.

Horny Badger 9:35 pm
oh nice

Cthun Cthun 9:35 pm
I believe like 2 weeks left on the account.

Horny Badger 9:35 pm
shadow or healing?
shadow or healing pvp?

Cthun Cthun 9:36 pm
shadow XD and healing. lol. I get bored easy.

Horny Badger 9:36 pm
heh lol :-D

Cthun Cthun 9:37 pm
So, how do you want to go about this. ^-^

Horny Badger 9:39 pm
you sure u wanna do this?

Cthun Cthun 9:39 pm
lol....uhm.
Are you trying to talk me out of this...because being honest. It's hard to let go of this. lol
hard enough as it is, man. XD

Horny Badger 9:40 pm
i'm not, just wanna make sure

Cthun Cthun 9:41 pm
I'm certain that if I continue along this. I'm going to be doing the same damn thing, every day. And I have work I got to do so it's basically wasted just sitting there. If you or someone else will be made happy with it then it's a good deed in my eyes. I love the priest, and my account. Put a lot of hard work into it, but I got to let go sometime. /sigh.

Horny Badger 9:42 pm
true that, can we use bank transfer, it is way safer than paypal for both of us

Cthun Cthun 9:42 pm
New to this...bank transfer?

Horny Badger 9:42 pm
you have a bank account?

Cthun Cthun 9:44 pm
>_< no information on me at the moment. Uhm...hold on a moment. Let me look into to something really quick. brb.

Horny Badger 9:44 pm
ok

Cthun Cthun 9:51 pm
Sorry dude. just trying to figure this out.
<--- noob.

Horny Badger 9:51 pm
thats np, if u need any explaining, just ask

Horny Badger 10:00 pm
u done yet?

Cthun Cthun 10:03 pm
Sorry just trying to set up this account ><

Horny Badger 10:03 pm
oh kk

Cthun Cthun 10:05 pm
Okay, bank to bank transfer.
How do I do this? lmao

Horny Badger 10:05 pm
cool
i need your name/ bank name/ bank address/your address and bank account number

Cthun Cthun 10:08 pm
Hey, just found out that we can do something called an email money transfer >_>
what bank are you with because depending on what yours is I think they will waive the fee

Horny Badger 10:10 pm
ok

Horny Badger 10:10 pm
my bank is HSBC
ok so you wanna do this?

Cthun Cthun 10:12 pm
yeah I do. But I want to do this through email transfer because I feel iffy about giving my banking information.

Horny Badger 10:13 pm
ok np

Cthun Cthun 10:13 pm
Do you want to do this. Pardon my paranoia. lol

Horny Badger 10:14 pm
np :-D you give me the username/password/secret answer first, once you get the money you give me the keys

Cthun Cthun 10:14 pm
Uhm...
>_>

Horny Badger 10:15 pm
thats how i would do it, as you have not done this b4.
that way, it is safe for both of us

Cthun Cthun 10:16 pm
From everything I've read on the forums, and through the other posts. Never give out that information prior to payment.

Horny Badger 10:16 pm
thats only if you are repped. if you arent, this is the best way

Cthun Cthun 10:17 pm
I'm not repped because I've never done this before. But I'm not about to go throwing my information all helter skelter through the internet. >_> I just met you.

Horny Badger 10:17 pm
i know, i understand

Cthun Cthun 10:18 pm
I'm totally willing to go about this whole deal, give the specifics on everything from username/password/secret Q&A and FedEx these disks to you. But I don't want to release my information to you prior to having the money for it.

Horny Badger 10:20 pm
dude, even if i scam you, which i wont, you can take the account back easily using the keys. I want this to be safe for both of us

Cthun Cthun 10:21 pm
But from your side, my word is as good as yours. You think I'm going to scam you. I think there's potential on your side. We're at a stale mate.
lol

Horny Badger 10:21 pm
true
:-)

Cthun Cthun 10:21 pm
this is rediculous. lol
Okay. Let's just get this done. I have all this information waiting to go over. Let's figure out this email money transfer thing. I'll keep chat open this whole time.

Horny Badger 10:22 pm
alright cool

Cthun Cthun 10:22 pm
Check out your banking website and see what you can find on the subject.

Horny Badger 10:22 pm
ok

Cthun Cthun 10:22 pm
I'm going to grab a quick smoke and brb. :-P

Horny Badger 10:22 pm
kk

Cthun Cthun 10:23 pm
I find this utterly amusing how sketched out of each other we are. XD

Horny Badger 10:23 pm
heh lol true :-)

Horny Badger (hornybadger12420) is available 10:24 pm
Cthun Cthun 10:29 pm
so what's up? :-)

Horny Badger 10:30 pm
nm, listen i g2g for a while, i'll talk to ya later

Horny Badger (hornybadger12420) is offline 10:30 pm
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Cthun Cthun 10:47 pm
So, anyways. That was fun. If you're actually interested then please by all means contact me with the appropriate information to proceed with this transaction. Cheers. Give me a shout on crusader.


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I'm fairly certain that if I had not been educated by the forum post explaining the ins and outs of a successful sale that I probably would have been screwed here. Yeah. I'm pretty certain. Just be aware people. Be safe.

Thanks for the heads up.