"how do I know when buyers are trying to trick me?"

$1000.00 website contest. Ended May 21.
29 submissions.

No mention of contest closing.

No 48 hour past due notice.

No status updates.

The contest is tagged as of May 24 as being 'Complete'

A participating designer posts this comment on the Crowdspring forums on May 23

"A guy posted a project for $1000, after the project ends, seems like crowdspring gives him his money back (even though there were more than 25 entries), and after that he sends me a message saying that the prize was to attract designers only, and offers $200 for my design. I'm ok to losing projects to another creatives, but this sucks, now how do I know when buyers are trying to trick me"

http://forums.crowdspring.com/showthread.php?p=8327#post8327

Crowdspring posts on forum May 24 stating ,

"It's odd that there's not a refund note in the activity tab - we post such notes when we issue refunds".

Refund notice posted the next day on May 25.

Unfortunately, this project didn't receive the minimum 25 entries and so we need to make good on our guarantee and give the buyer their money back (including our own fee, for the record). Please know that we take both our buyers' and creatives' happiness very seriously.

The gallery of the contest indicates that there are 29 submissions.

http://www.crowdspring.com/projects/website_design/landing_page_uncoded/stubstreet_home_