We are happy to say we’ve reported our first user @lemmikviiner to the Estonian cybercrime division for fraud. Long story short, the user sold a Channel in 2017 on SWAPD. Fast forward to 2018, he tried to buy it back from the new owner, when he refused, the seller contacted YouTube and told them the Channel was sold (he tried to get it back, but it backfired and YouTube just deleted the Channel).
So, the buyer is out of 4000 USD and there is no more Channel. The worst part about it is that the seller was able to mess things up for the new owner so long after the transaction. Don’t mean to scare you guys, but this is a good reminder that in this business you just never know. Just an FYI, the seller was a snotty nose teenager who probably doesn’t realize what he has done, nor simply doesn’t have the capacity to understand that defrauding someone for 4K is a big deal. We’ve forwarded his ID to the Estonian Police so they can track him down easily.
Now, we probably won’t get anywhere with this report but at least the guy will be “on file” now. More reports pile up = the better.
