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a few tips that I hope will help peeps from getting fucked over in the future by thieving assholes like this...they just saunter around casting their net and it's despicable. but there are a few clues as to whether you're dealing with one of those:
1) established web presence. like S, I couldn't find anything about this company in goog search. a marketing company. I do suspect OP you were led to a web property that either isn't theirs and you didn't notice, or maybe just a simple transfer of a site from one disposable URL to another or something. but still, a marketing co without a social presence be it media or boards? huge red flag right there
it happens, and I'm not blaming you for what transpired in any way. just something everyone should look out for
2) what is the contact info on the site? not a contact form, an actual domain email address where you can verify you are indeed speaking with person X from the board
3) website and domain ownership of the property confirmed: how long has the site existed? do they have reviews anywhere?
4) any positive feedback here? how long have they been here and how active are they? taking into account that those who frequent the 'business needs' stuff might not be all that active up here, you can still get a sense of someone you're thinking of sending money to based on their behaviour over time. post history searches are easy
5) never arrange agreements over telegram/skype/signal/whatsapp or anywhere that messages can be deleted, unless trust has been both proven and established
with someone new-to-you when arranging parameters, stick to email. no one but you can delete that. important if you ever need to do a pp dispute/credit card cb against someone trying to steal from you
(all this is general stuff unrelated to the OP)
@CamTraffic, I hope you tell xbiz about this if any info there matches this dude. again sorry you got burned
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