Who said it is being condoned??? No one. But once again I am not even sure it happened. And your right SR has nothing to do with this. And they shouldn't. Then again by saying this we are assuming something happened. The bottom line is YES I know people do stuff out of escrow and side deals. And if you do..and shit happens to you, then dont come in here and cry about it. And we (SR members) should not even care this happened if it did. I agree it sucks for OP but thats the risk you take. And that proves once again how GREAT SR is. If you use SR as you are told....THIS COULD NEVER HAPPEN!!! FACT. This is a forum for SR. PP is no way should even address this. PP stats are great on SR. So do business on SR. It is really that simple. Everyone (well a couple) keep trying to make a bigger deal out of this and say "yea but" there is no but...The bottom line is lets assume OP is telling the truth...well then he deserves to get scammed for being so stupid. I don't condone it, I just say that if you do stupid shit, then stupid shit will happen to you. This is a NON SR issue and this thread should be locked. To the OP....Sorry you got scammed. If you used SR how ALL THE RULES say then this would never have happened. Well yes in a nutshell that is exactly the message. Your right not everyone uses it. But if they don't and they get scammed...OH WELL! It is there fault. You don't have to be naive...just be smart and use SR how it is set up to be used. That's why it is here! So this does not happen!! If everyone followed the rules there would be little to no scamming.