A would-be scammer had an unorthodox photoshoot after being convinced to dress up as a raccoon in exchange for bitcoin (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

A Bitcoin ‘scammer’ was pranked into dressing up as a raccoon and scavenging through some bins when his would-be victim decided to have some fun.

When Neil Murphy, from Belfast, was sent a message asking for a Bitcoin donation he decided to have a little fun with his new friend.

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Instead of telling Yousef, who said he was from Egypt, to leave him alone, he agreed to send him 0.15 Bitcoin (£851) if Yousef dressed up as a raccoon foraging through his neighbour’s bins.

When Yousef asked for $100 (£70) worth of Bitcoin in a bid to secure the deal, Neil said: ‘I cannot trust you. I have been scammed before.




‘Last time I sent somebody the Bitcoin and he sent me a picture of him dressed as a badger instead of a racoon and he didn’t even scavenge in a bin.’

Neil helpfully suggested an outfit that Yousef should wear (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

But things hit a rough patch halfway through their four-day correspondence (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

From there, it seems that Yousef was hooked.

He replied: ‘I’ll wear the raccoon and send you a picture.

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‘I also love raccoons very much and we have a farm that has a lot of them.’

He also advised Neil that it would take him at least two days to source the outfit and take the pictures.

But Neil said: ‘Ok maybe you don’t even need to buy a costume you could just put some white stripes on your face and you will look like an au natural raccoon.

The Belfast man manages to direct the photoshoot while being on an entirely different continent (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

They stayed in contact for four days to arrange the bizarre pictures (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

‘Plus some striped black and white clothing.

‘But the bin scavenging picture is absolutely essential.

‘I cannot begin to stress to you how important it is.’

But Yousef then begins to question why he is doing this.

Yousef wanted to know if there was anything he could change (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

But despite his effrorts, Neil had a few changes for him to make (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

But Neil puts his foot down, and says that if the photos are not sent, then they the deal is off and Yousef will not be getting his Bitcoin.

This makes him comply and Neil receives the photos that he has been waiting for.

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Yousef even sends Neil a selfie showing his racoon makeup in all of its glory and asks if there is anything that Neil would like to change.

How considerate.

But the prankster decides to take it even further and tells him that he needs a more authentic looking top, and for the photos to be taken at night.

The final piece (Picture: Facebook/Neil Murphy)

He also requested that Yousef snarl at the camera, to really make his experience as a raccoon authentic.

Finally, the photos were sent.

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Yousef even went to the effort of tipping a bin on its side in the dead of night to send the hilarious photographs.

After receiving the photos, Neil decided to end their correspondence and told Yousef that he would not be receiving any money from him.

Yousef, unsurprisingly, blocked him.