Pingtrash scammed me in an irl deal. (I believe)

[Coxz]

Before we get this started, I just want you to know that I don't know where to report players in forums, so that's why I'm talking about this here. Ok, I was doing a deal with Pingtrash's alt, YesCombos. (since Pingtrash's main account was muted at this time) Since I was VIP, I wanted to buy a rank upgrade for 80k in-game cash, 2 god armor sets, 3 sharp 4 swords, and 32 god apples. Before we traded, I asked positiveping, one of Pingtrash's clients beforehand, if Pingtrash was legit. He said yes, so I decided to trust Pingtrash in his decision and do the trade. I believe that I have been scammed in an irl deal, since MVP rank can only be bought with real money. I would appreciate if an admin or any staff member could look into this and punish Pingtrash, and potentially positiveping for working with him. I've attached screenshots of the messaging that happened during the deal. Unfortuanately, I wasn't able to take ss's of my conversationg with positiveping. Also, when we were doing the trade, a player stole the boots of one of the god armor sets, so I gave him protection 4 boots instead, I hope this provides enough context for the last screen shot. Here are gyazo links of the conversation i had with him on discord. I hope that justice will be served and I get my MVP rank upgrade.
1. https://gyazo.com/8d08843fec6e69141bb7226a253531ee
2. https://gyazo.com/a035a24d4767bec381eba9d384986863
3. https://gyazo.com/8cae0f2dfcfe69871087b26236c0c4de
4. https://gyazo.com/d0bc0d2ba085489d0f22c72f08752912
5. https://gyazo.com/d3c5c047dc051fd3831128a35cfc7b30

 

[Atovoh]

then he should be blacklisted for mute evading? why didnt u report that???? he is literally muteevading

 

[Pinevole]

The rule states: "If you were scammed and you suffered a real-life financial loss, then you may report the player with sufficient evidence."

In this situation, no IRL money was lost so I'm not fully sure that he can get any punishments for this, but mute evading is not allowed so you should definitely focus on reporting him for that.

 

[OrionPvP]

The person who pays irl money always goes first

 

[Pinevole]

Yes ^
I have only done one IRL deal and I was the one buying the rank so I did it first. That way, if I were scammed, I could report them since I spent actual money.

 

[Coxz]

Thanks, does that mean I won't be able to get my items back if he gets banned?

 

[JamesJustJoined]

Yeah he isn't going to get punished since it isn't against the rules, you could still report him for mute evasion if you wanted to though.

 

[Pinevole]

Thanks, does that mean I won't be able to get my items back if he gets banned?

Correct.