Phoenix/Dhanta is a scammer and has proven untrustworthy.

I had suspected Phoenix/Dhanta of being a scammer for several days. However, he messaged me today and conversed with me at length for several hours, eventually convincing me that he may actually just be nervous about letting middleman handle his account. Additionally, he agreed to give me a $100 Amazon gift card first, then I would pay $105, then he would give me his account, then I would pay the rest. This seemed fair to me, considering he was the one who didn't want to use middleman and he was "risking" first.

He gave me the Amazon gift card. However, after I sent him the money, he left the chat, without sending me his account details.

How did I scam. I gave you 100$ you gave me the same amount.. You didn't really lose anything☺