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Well, seems I was scammed by user billi from Localbitcoins, but the sad part is that we used Skrill, which made things much worse.

This user bought 3.23 BTC from me and sent 300 euro to my Skrill account, but a couple days later the Skrill staff blocked my account and requested to send them some documents (ID card and a domestic bill). I did so, and after a week with no response I contacted again, and they just told me to my surprise that my Skrill account had been closed and that I should not use their services in the future, failing to provide more information.

I suspect this user sent me the fraudulent funds using a stolen account, but seems Skrill treats victim and scammer the same way, blocking both accounts, so I have no way to claim my bitcoins or my money back. They are not only helpless but harmful to victims of scam.

Now I'm completely devastated as I don't know how to defend my rights, since Skrill confiscated my money and left me with no option at all. I'm not an UK citizen so it's very difficult for me to file a complaint through the corresponding authority (FCA?), left alone I'm not a native English speaker.

So beware of Skrill if you are buying or seling bitcoins!

Sucks.


Sounds pretty dubious.

Damn, sorry for your loss  :-\
Localbitcoins is being inundated with scammers at the moment, hope it blows over.

All these online currency exchangers are scams, don't use them. My $61.00 was locked as my Moneybookers account was verified and I had to do it manually through their support. So my account is verified and my funds are available, and I message a thank you saying I would give him feedback for actually helping me, and was responded by a different member of staff and my account was deleted. It's impossible to work with these support members they hire to do these jobs. I live in two different places because of school, so it's either the support teams for sites like MtGox & Moneybookers haven't passed high school, or they're looking for anything to rip you off.

Hi
How long is a transaction reversible with skrill?
Thanks

Skrill does not reverse only frozen and close your account. I think paypal is better than skrill at least you can get your money after 180 days if your account is frozen in skrill your money will be gone forever.

Skrill will freeze your account , then investigate, and remove all funds, that were deposited through fake accounts with credit cards.
the seller of the BTC is always the one that gets fucked.

Also never disclose that you are making transactions regarding BTC.

Skrill is no good.. then again what is?

just happened with me :'( :'( :'( :'(

The same thing has happened to me today.

I've used localbitcoins.com for exchanging the BTC to Skrill, and they have closed my account.

isnt skrill similar to paypal?

skrills legit though no?

Just happened to me. It say's "We're unable to perform the transaction. Please get in touch with us."

~250 USD gone. Really annoying and I'm looking forward for the day where bitcoin adaption has reached a level where nobody will need these f** shady payment providers any more as everyone accepts bitcoin directly.

Had very similar experience than OP. I was scammed via a business account in a bitcoin trade.

After some days of "investigating" the situation they decided to close my account and kindly let me withdraw my remaining funds after deducting 150 EUR for "investigations costs". So I was scammed twice I guess.  ;D

In my opinion Skrill is much worse that PayPal. They will arbitrarily freeze your account even if you have verified your account in all possible ways. Even if there is no chargeback involved.

Skrill is worse than paypal for sure.

Cannot agree more.

Anyone who wants to get Skrill back can send me  a PM.I know a staff member in Skrill and I have successfully solved Cryptology (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=322154)'s Skrill within 2-3 days.You guys can read his feedback left on my account  yesterday :)

EDIT: I CANT HELP RESOLVING SKRILL ISSUES ANYMORE.

Hi,

I joined this forum because I also was scammed by Skrill. I live in the US and use Skrill to buy chips, but they have now locked all my bank cards and credit cards and will not return my calls. 

I reported them to my bank and have been forced to close my current bank account and bank card and go the the bank Monday to have to open a whole new account and checking account!

This company is very suspicious due to the information they require in their documents!  My bank said this was so bad that I need to report it as well to the 3 Credit Bureaus.

This totally sucks and was wondering how to close a Skrill account so they cannot abuse me anymore or have access to my information.

Thanks!

Skrill aka Moneybookers arent SHADY lol
Do your research before you use a payment system, clearly read and understand the guidelines.
I have funded many people with skrill and have been scammed once as well but if you are carefull skrill can be more safer than paypal.

it is a shit, Skrill. no customer service. they keep telling you the same "nothing" when you call them. abusive terms like (150 euro fee for closing the account) and so on.

IMO, Skrill is shit

Three weeks waiting - missing sum 1000 + €

Holding in account more than 5000 € - it's blocked and answer for quest :

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/skrill.com

and letter for customer ( me )

Dear **********,
Thank you for contacting the Skrill Help Team.
 
Your account is currently locked due to a security audit. Your  funds will be released 180 days after the date of the upload. In the meantime, any balance will remain in your account.

Thank you for choosing Skrill.

 
Kind regards,
Borislav
Skrill Help Team

Yes, i just got scammed.

I've stopped using  skrill 2 years ago since they have increased the tax at every my transcation.

and now normally i using paypal. in short, last week i've decided to try using skrill once again, i just need to know what their new taxes. And i made transaction form skrill to my bank account. In skrill process my fund got taxes 10%, it's normal as their rules, but i think it has been increased than 2 years ago, and i think it's okay allright. i think i'll always using paypal. but the problem is not here.

and then i saw my bank account transactions history, the fund that i received juts 75% than what i've counted, my transaction is LOST 25%. I've sent an email to their CS and didnot get any reply. Well, the Quote today is : Don't work with poor company,  :)

I've decided to always using paypal.

Sorry for the bad english

It's scaring me all this negative talk about Skrill. I changed from Paypal(I hate 21 days pending payment ) to Skrill and very happy using Skrill from more than 2 years. I use it only to sell bitcoins to Bitpanda so far I never had any problem with them. I guess there is something to learn here, never trade with another user, member of any forum as you never know what to expect and Skrill should be good to go for me. Once I receive money in my Skrill I immediately withdraw them to my credit card.

Regarding my taxes they always ask me 2.01 USD fee for withdrawing to my credit card no matter the amount bigger or small so far. Max amount I used is 150 USD to withdraw lately during the beginning of this month.

Skrill have already implemented 2FA and I think Paypal is a bit behind in this regard, so in the end I would say use Skrill with caution.

I have been a Skrill customer for several years. On 5th of October 2016 I paid an amount of 19000 EUR from my bank account to Skrill. The amount was not credited. Usually a credit note is issued within 3 working days. I inquired several times per e-mail in the last days.  Unfortunately no reaction! I logged in to Skrill and asked about it. No reaction again.  I made a call to Skrill office in Germany. The official in charge promised to clarify it today. So far no reaction! I have to pay for my team, so it's very urgent!!! Skrill has unfortunately a bad service, because it does not react. If Skrill does not reply or response is unnecessarily delayed, please contact Financial Ombudsman Office in the UK -> https:u//help.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/help

I am feeling a bit of panic now that I learn Skrill doesn't allow currency exchange. So far I keep selling bitcoins to bitpanda and I ask to receive funds in my Skrill address, I sell almost every week and so far nothing have happened to me. I know bitpanda has not fraudulent funds but is bitpanda an official partner of Skrill so I will have no problems using it or maybe the same can happen to me in the future ? 

There are several reasons could be that you getting this error but most probably you get this error when your Skrill account is Un-verified and you have not provided the documents for verification to skrill, Skrill put this limits on Skrill account if you using Un-verified skrill for many number of transactions.
source:  http://problemshub.com/were-unable-to-perform-the-transaction/

They scam me on some idiotic way ,so ,stay away from them.I guess i learn the lesson ,never trust to skrill. I ask for cash out and they tell me that they send me on some fake credit card.What A stupid way to scam people.I guess only solution now is to talk about that,so,if someone is listen to stay away from skrill