To add to the discussion and for anyone who's searching, they also go by Nation Advance, https://www.nationadvance.com/
Jeffrey, Adam, some other names and people over there pulling this scam.
Adam Miller adam@nationadvance.com, rachel@nationadvance.com
Pathetic, but another merchant emailed me from this thread yesterday while I was saving the first merchant from the trap.
Same MO: Once someone catches them on their scam, send the principle back, and they go to try to scam the next merchant.