I was scammed by UIowaHottie

[Black winter day]

Well, what can i say?

I wanted to buy an Amazon cert and opened a topic about it in the zoo, she pmed me and said she has a 250$ one, we agreed on the 235$ price, but she (or he, don't know anymore) didn't want to send first, claiming "you have a lot of posts, if you scam me, noone would believe you".I tryed to convince her that i traded with a few people and it went smoothly, but she kept insisting and told me that she already traded with Shine and Bakes and they can vouch for her.

I checked her previous posts and they seemed a little weird, but i decided to pm them both anyway and if her story checks out, to send her 100$ first, she will send me the code and i will send her the rest and we agreed upon it.

Shine replyed that he traded with her (i checked his posts and even though he registered only a month ago, he had several strategy posts, so he seemed ok) and she is legit, so i have sent her the money after also googling her Stars username, to see whether someone has accused her of anything.

Obviously, i didn't get any codes, not only that, she is now claiming, that i scammed her, because she sent me the codes by email.
I gave her the email twice and in any case, i told her just to paste the code in the PM, if she did have it.
Without any response, of course.

I also recently got a reply from Bakes and he said he never traded with her.And i gave her the benefit of a doubt and waited for a long time (i transferred her the money yesterday), but got nothing.

Ano now she/he makes this weird post in BBV, so i am pretty sure i will never see that money or the code.

In any case, i don't want to blame Shine, maybe he did trade with her, but it was because his confirmation i sent her the money upfront and the whole thing seems shady.

Not a big money for me, but i hate the feeling of being scammed.
Good thing i at least didn't send her the whole sum.
Can't say i blame myself, i did check everything i could, but i doubt i will send first for any future internet trade with anyone.

Just sick, that someone would go to all that trouble for 100$.

Cliffnotes: UIowaHottie is a scammer, do not trade with her under any circumstances.