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SCAMMED BY @SonicRefs

by mrdawson - 05 April, 2026 - 05:01 PM
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(This post was last modified: 08 April, 2026 - 01:35 PM by mrdawson.)
Alright since you are trying to be so negligent towards your responsibility from this mistake, I will prove that you were aware and directly responsible for this transaction, and from anyone's perspective with some decent logic - gave approval to proceed. 

https://ibb.co/album/DHJt5W - 3 screenshots of the chat for the yellow comments references showing @SonicRefs was active and reading messages and authorizing of his workers behavior
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@kayyashtrayy 
You can purchase one from us  - your worker says purchase from "US" , that implies - from YOUR SERVICE. He is YOUR employee, YOU saw this message.
This easy hit for it
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11:07
tk 
how much?
@
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@kayyashtrayy 
175
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@kayyashtrayy 
175
T
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tk 
its too much for me at this moment
11:10
somehow i can do without it?
@
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@kayyashtrayy 
@s0nicrefs I’ll do 150 for him on this. - WORKER  PINGS YOU TO ADJUST PRICE, SEEMS LIKE HE IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO ADJUST YOUR SERVICE PRICE
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Best rn for your work btw
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tk 
but lets say in the future
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i hit apple
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it would he usefull
11:11
to have also this bank?

THEN 2 HOURS LATER AFTER I PURCHASE PANA


i will leti know
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when i place order
13:20
in a couple hrs prob
13:20
but the 20% when i need to pay?
13:21
can i pay when it arrives?
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@kayyashtrayy 
Place first
13:21
In reply to this message
Yes
?
T
13:22
Just update your shipping billing attached to the card and you’re all good
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If this proxy works then stick with it
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@s0nicrefs can you read dms ? [font]- YOU THUMB UP THIS MESSAGE SHOWING DIRECTLY THAT YOU ARE PRESENT AND THAT YOU APPROVE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING[/font]
?

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15:25
tk 
they will not freeze 2.5k topup
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?
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pana

THEN AFTER DRAINING ME YOU RESPOND THE SAME MINUTE


you drained me
16:23
man
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@s0nicrefs
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@kayyashtrayy 
Yooo what??????
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16:24
tk 
how man
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@kayyashtrayy 
Try sign out and login again

16:25
ㅤ 
wtf is that ?
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@kayyashtrayy
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tk 
your worker drained me
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for 2.5k

16:26
ㅤ 
call amazon - YOUR INSTANT RESPONSE
16:26
and cancel it
16:26
@kayyashtrayy wtf is that
16:26
reply now

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Now to counter your points, since you are completely contradicting and lying:

“the only ‘active transaction’ i was part of is the amazon pre verified account sale”

This is false - your worker said “you can purchase one from us” and you were present and reacting in the same chat after that. That makes you active in the broader process, not just the Amazon part.

“i didn’t sell him the bank”

You didn’t personally take payment, but your worker - inside your group - offered and sold a service under “us”. That ties it directly to your operation, not a random third party.

“he chose the vendor on his own”

This is false - I didn’t go find @kayyashtrayy. You introduced him, put him in the group and had him already working with me. Continuing with him is not an independent choice.

“my responsibility is only what I directly profit from”

That’s not how responsibility works - it comes from control of the environment. You created the setup, introduced the worker and allowed him to operate in it. Your worker pinged you to adjust price of the bank sale, anyone would assume he is asking for your approval for the price, and you later reacting to messages that you are reading them, well that means you are approving of everything that is going on.

“this was a separate deal”

It wasn’t separate - it happened in the same group, same worker, same flow, right after the Amazon setup. There was no break or separation from your service. And you were again, approving of it by reacting thumbs up to the question are you reading the messages.

“i didn’t use him for the bank sale”

You didn’t stop him either - he offered it in your group, pinged you and you stayed present and reacting. That is allowing him to operate under your watch.

“i don’t check groups after I finish my part”

That’s contradicted by the logs - you were clearly present, reacting (thumbs up) and responding during the exact time the bank deal was happening.

“you paid him, not me”

Irrelevant - your worker took payment inside your system. If your rule is that only you take payments, then your own system failed under your supervision. And it seemed like you let him take over, since you just thumbed up like a busy boss. 

“this is not my process”

Exactly,  your worker broke your own process inside your group, while you were there. That’s either lack of enforcement or lack of control - both still your responsibility. But this literally happened with you being aware of it - again since you were reacting to messages even after the bank sale that you are reading the chat.

“i’m not responsible for what he does”

You are when:
you introduce him
you put him in a live transaction
you let him operate in your group
and you stay present while it happens

“if everyone was responsible for introductions…”

This is not a random introduction - this is a worker you assigned, inside your transaction environment, interacting with your customer in real time.

and to finish off because this is dragging too long for a simple scam case:

The chat logs clearly show that @SonicRefs was present, aware and actively engaging during the entire process, he was not uninvolved. His worker explicitly said “you can purchase one from us” which from any  perspective implies the service is being offered under @sonicrefs’ operation, not as some unrelated third party. When the worker quoted the price and even pinged @SonicRefs to adjust it, there was no objection or correction — only continued presence. Then during the transaction, the worker  pinged @SonicRefs and he responded with reactions (thumbs up) confirming he was actively reading and aware of what was happening in real time. He reacted to messages after the Pana account sale and not long from me asking if I can place order. He was active and present. Finally, the moment the funds were drained, he responded immediately in the same chat, which further proves he was monitoring the situation the entire time. This shows clear awareness, implicit approval and  involvement, meaning this was not an independent deal but something happening within his service environment under his watch with his provided worker. If I am buying a service, and the SERVICE owner is putting thumbs up that he is reading messages after the bank sale, and his employee is phrasing the bank sale as you can buy from us, pardon my french, but why THE HELL, would I assume that I am about to get scammed?

This is a horrible case of scamming and a bad standard for the community. I hope people can see that. Please pay attention to the chat log and you will understand me and my points. Everything was implied that this is one continuous service with Sonics direct approval by him responding and being active in the group chat that he initiated.

And honestly I am massively dissapointed by the lack of your integrity as a one of the biggest operators on the forum making big money. You are trying to so hard to run away from responsibility but then why did you not intervene if you were present? You saw that your worker intervened, I am a first time buyer, I assume that the normal flow of service... and was just following your process and you reacting to messages with approval thumbs up - anyone wouldn't assume i am about to get robbed for 3k if the big boss is watching and approving.
why is your worker operating outside of your TOS? punish him not me.
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the thumbs up was a reaction to someone asking if i can read dms. that is literally it. he is trying to use that as proof i authorized a $150 bank sale and a $2,860 deposit. think about how much of a stretch that is.

yes i was there up to that point. but being there is not the same as agreeing to something. i never confirmed anything, never got paid, never even quoted a price. the group was made for the amazon account and that was delivered without any issues. what actually gets me is that after all this we still went and confronted @kayyashtrayy ourselves trying to get him to return the money. we didnt have to do that. we did it because we wanted to help. thats not what someone who caused this does.

his whole case comes down to three things. it was your worker, it was your group, and you reacted to a message asking if you can read dms. none of that means i agreed to or authorized anything that happened after the amazon order was done.
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(This post was last modified: 08 April, 2026 - 05:24 PM by Jollyface. Edited 1 time in total.)
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@SonicRefs refund the user, do so within 24h.

You're responsible for the people you hire and you need to pay more attention to any messages sent by your workers, especially in groups that you're in.
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I'm really happy the verdict changed I saw the original decision was that sonic had no blame in this thank god someone on this forum is unbaised
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Ngl Sonic kinda delusional for this one
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(This post was last modified: 14 April, 2026 - 06:21 PM by SonicRefs. Edited 1 time in total.)
We really don't think this is fair @Alex!

Everyone who pressured Alex into forcing the refund from me didnt read my full defense and see that i did not even sell him the bank to begin with!

We clearly have on our TOS that we use third party for all deals and we are not responsible if the payment is not made directly to myself.

If you bother to read
mrdawson points you can see he just spamming everything from chatgpt and each time he repeat the same points over and over again that dont directly dispute the fact that WE DID NOT SELL HIM THE BANK AND THAT HE DID NOT PAY ME DIRECTLY FOR IT!

We are the ones being scammed here we being forced to pay $3k from our service because OP bought a bank from Kay without any of sonic  direct involvement in it!
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@SonicRefs you were in the same group as Kay when the deal was occurring, you had a lot of time to stop it from happening, and you even reacted to the message. 

My veridict stands, refund the user within 24h and be more cautious to any deals being made by your workers, in the same group as you.

Individual deals made by them, outside of your visibility, that would not be your fault, but deals being made in plain sight, in the same group that you are, you need to take accountability.
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