It wasn't a scam.. Timeus gave it as a gift to Paulin. He gave the gift because in mercenaries he said he will never touch cRPG again and will give away his money to Paulin, so he did. Now it obviously seems like he's regretting this gift and IF he is he should man up and ask Paulin instead of trying to get his money back in a dirty way like "scamming."
Sorry, if interfering but I was playing mercenaries during this and I don't know if I'm "directly" involved, but I am a witness.