I am here to report SecretCitrus,who is an extremely dangerous,possibly mentally deranged individual.Please read carefully,the events transpired over a period of two days(yesterday and today)
This is how it all started,I was looking for a shiny arceus(normal) in the trade pokemon section.I was looking for individuals who have this pokemon for trade and also are active players.This is where I found SecretCitrus,who had a shiny arceus(normal) on his trade list.
Being someone that doesnt use the forums or discord,I sent him an in game message,with an initial offer of 1.5m,which I later increased(on my own) to 2.5m.He read my message and agreed with the price,and also asked me to add him so that we could discuss the details of the transaction.
Here are my two initial messages-
https://i.imgur.com/AjCRX9D.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/77BUG72.jpg
these are his replies-
https://i.imgur.com/QFMHK8K.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Yr5qyc7.jpg
Later we started our negotiations.I proposed him that I would make an advance payment of 1m,by bidding on a pokeball,followed by which he would accept my trade offer and I would bid on the 1.5m pokeball next,completing the transaction.This way we would distribute the risk,with no individual having to completely trust the other.I tried to convince him a lot,however he seemed a bit reluctant,and claimed that he had been scammed before,so wasnt sure about doing this.Thus the deal didnt materialize,and I bade him goodbye.All this happened yesterday,here are the screenshots-
https://i.imgur.com/wrtxWx8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/swLSsou.jpg
https://imgur.com/vUNEFCx
https://imgur.com/jMEdnB2
https://imgur.com/pqeCK4P
note-ignore the "ok i listed the ultraball at 2.5m" and subsequent messages which are a part of the final image as they are a part of today's conversation,about which I will talk later.
Long story short,yesterday the deal didnt materialize as he claimed he was scared of getting scammed.So far everything went completely normal.
Today I made the big mistake of trusting him,I thought he was just a harmless guy who was a little scared so maybe I should just pay him the entire amount before the trade.This is what I messaged him-
https://i.imgur.com/Nzb4wbG.jpg
He agreed.He put up a pokeball on auction for 2.5m,I bid on it,followed by which I made an offer on his shiny arceus.However this is where things took a wrong turn.He did not accept my offer,instead tried to scam me again.He said that he "accidentally" set the duration of the auction to 7 days,and wanted to change it.I clearly informed him that wont be possible as I had already bid on the auction.He said that he would outbid me on the auction so that would free my money up,however when I looked at his account I was aghast to find that he didnt have the money to outbid me.I clearly informed him of the same,this is when he told me he would be putting up another pokeball for auction at 2.5m for one day,saying "he would use that money to outbid me on the first one".By this time it had become crystal clear that he scammed me once,and had the audacity to try and scam me once again.I made it very clear that I wont be bidding anymore and that he should just accept the offer instead of playing these dirty games.After my threat,he falsely claimed that he accepted the offer,however I found out he was lying,he had rejected it,and also proceeded to block me.
This is our conversation before he blocked me(today's part starts from his message "ok i put the ultraball....")-
https://i.imgur.com/pqeCK4P.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xpeAcmv.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8bLjgGI.jpg
Note that his last line-"i did"(accept the offer) is a lie,he rejected it.After this line he blocked me.
Finally I sent him a few messages using the in-game messaging service about the consequences of his action,and also asked him to accept my trade so that I wont report him.However as expected,he didnt reply to any of my messages,and swiftly proceeded to block me there as well.Meanwhile,an extremely shocking thing he did was,he immediately proceeded to clear his trade list completely,and in a matter of minutes,I was shellshocked to see that the shiny arceus,along with a bunch of other expensive pokemons he had completely vanished from his account.To escape action from vortex,It seems he was clearing his account.I dont know what he did,he might have transferred those pokemons to another account,or in case he is twisted enough,might even have released them.This clearly shows how dangerous and twisted he is.
Anyway these are the messages I sent him before he blocked me in the in-game messages as well-
https://i.imgur.com/9S2JMXA.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1tEFVYG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XFbZTLL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/5kAzADL.jpg
I am an old player of Pokemon vortex,I have been around since the pokemon crater days,also had an account in the old pokemon vortex.I decided to restart playing pokemon vortex last year,and I am a part time casual player,thats why I am not on discord or the forum.However this incident today had to be reported,so I opened an account here.
I know Patrick takes all forms of cheating very seriously,and have seen countless accounts banned as a result of that.Thats exactly why I have full faith in him,and have created this long post,knowing that action will be taken.
My request is,please take action against this person and all his accounts,and please find out what he did with the shiny arceus and a few other pokemons of his.Meanwhile you can find his auction and see my bid as well.If possible please cancel the bid,so that I can have my money back.
I BELIEVE JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL.
THANK YOU
Note 1-I recently bought a shiny arceus directly from the auction,its got nothing to do with this case.Here is the screenshot-
https://i.imgur.com/xD7I0zD.jpg
Note 2-The scamster's pokeball auction has ended.Here is the screenshot-
https://i.imgur.com/EciZqXH.jpg
