That didn't happen because Badass was intellectually inferior. Could have happened to anybody else with a little bit of arrogance especially because mods apparently checked Marcello's IP and confirmed that he was not a fake and those mods were not known as trolls. You'd have fallen for that also so stop calling him inferior. I remember mods once pulled a similar trick claiming that those who want to browse Juventuz have to pay something and many fell for it and were ridiculed because of it. While I don't see the fun in such tricks that your reputation or authority removes all the doubts about the authenticity of your claim, what Alen did, the plan itself I mean, was brilliant. It shouldn't have lasted for that long though, a couple of days at most would have been more than enough.
Sorry X