But this was a vendor who had great reviews. He would have still received the $14k, even without making the person FE, because he would have shipped out the product as always and the order would have been finalized eventually upon receipt. There would be no reason for albion himself to do this. Then again, why would a good vendor EVER be so careless as to provide his password and PIN to a phishing site linked to in a scam message to vendors on SR? None of this makes sense logically. It also reiterates just how important it is NOT to FE, and to ALWAYS encrypt your sensitive info as a buyer. In the end, this entire situation comes down to the vendor himself. Also, has his vendor profile always stated that PGP is only "sometimes working" ....  Or is that an edit from whoever is in control of his account?