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I got scammed last year by this user https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/TanishaRoy/ (https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/TanishaRoy/) when I was selling BTC on LBC.
Now I know that he is a fraud and was selling dogs on quickr and asking those dog buyers to deposit funds into my bank account.
This Indian guy named Ravindra Kumar Tanisha (more details about the scam can be found here http://www.livelifeandexpress.com/2016/09/online-scam-behind-adoption-beware.html (http://www.livelifeandexpress.com/2016/09/online-scam-behind-adoption-beware.html)).

Icici bank
Acc Name..Ravindra kumar
account no-097501512081
IFSC code-ICIC0000975

I also found that this bank account was also involved in fraud:

Axis Bank
Account name: Kamal Singh
Account number: 916010024209918
IFSC Code: UTIB0002531

In simpler words:

One guy puts up ad on www.quickr.com selling dogs (which he doesn't have) and asking this buyers to deposit money into many user's accounts whom he found on www.localbitcoins.com and got BTC from them. These dog buyers never got their dog and later on they filed police complaints against the BTC sellers as they deposited money in their accounts.

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Few days back I received this email on my work email id and asked me to call on mobile number +91-8610443520 and asked me to return him 50% amount that as per him he has sent to my bank account.

From: Ravi Kumar [mailto:ravi.accenture1@gmail.com]
Sent: 14 July 2017 15:27
To:
Subject: RE: Information-reg

Dear

I lost amount of Rs.3 lakhs to this account. With help of my CBI friend I tracked the details of you. I raised the complaint there. I will send you mail from my official id on Monday.

Thanks and regards
Ravi

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If anyone has ever sent money to either of these two accounts or have been a victim of such a fraud then please let me know.
I would like to find this guy and put him behind the bars.

Name sounds eerily similar to Ram Kumar a known idiot in this section of the forum. Please dig his background here.

Heard that people also deal (buy/sell) cryptocurrencies vs cash in India.. Is this true?

You already got the phone number -  +918610443520
Just use this to file a complaint in police or cyber crime branch and once the person with the number is caught all the dots will be connected

This person is some Jayaraman from Chennai who as per him knows nothing about all this mess.

It is always advised to ask for verification id from buyers before proceeding with the purchase.LBC has identity verification adopted now.My 2 cents.

This is called third Party deposit scam , that is why always accept IMPS . Never accept Cash deposit and when you get IMPS payment ask sender to provide you screenshot of transfer showing his account number + name and match that with LBC name so no third party scam happens . Also ask buyer his phone number which is attached with the sending account , go to ATM deposit machine and verify that number there, then Send one message writing a code from online to that number and ask customer to provide you the SMS code which you sent . Then release BTC . :)

thats why buyer or seller should always use exchange to buy or sell bitcoin.even local bitcoin has its reputation then also there are plenty of scammers around.and if you are trading for bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency then it is recommended to meet personally then do the trading.

On LB always trade with good traders who have good number of trade and you seem them often there. Do not accept third party payment. Generally this are scammers who will buy less amount of btc but will trade frequently and mostly use payment method of paytm or some wallet which is stolen money from somebody and kept in those wallet .


OP - I hope that fraud guy gets caught and you get your money back.

It's because of these people, Bitcoin get a bad name in the Indian society, we cannot track him using just a mobile number, the crook can change it or sell it. It's hard to trust people on localbitcoins, lots of scammers just waiting for innocent people.

Did he do multiple transactions from different people to your account, rs 3lakhs? if you can do a rollback on the money which strangers transferred to you do it so you don't get caught for something you didn't do contact bank and don't tell this Ravindra kumar guy that you know he is a fraud or he might take precautions to save himself, and maybe contact the bank he used and warn them about the illegal activity.

I hate these people really don't help in our community and these is hard to tract. Next time use escrow for these transactions.

Hi,

I do not understand that Bitcoin transfer is never safe even after that everyone is doing it and these scammer are the real user of bitcoins

Bitcoin solves the trust issue to fight digital piracy but not with human faith issue

Thanks

This same thing is happening with me for paytm trades. Exact same way in the name of cheap mobiles. I had to change my phone number. I'm fed up & still no resolution.

Anyone who got friends or family working in Telecom company where they can find the name and address of the person registered on the above given mobile phone number?

It's a classic middleman scam. I've seen enough, I've tackled enough.
Things you can do now is,ask localbitcoins to provide his Email ID,Mobile number and IP addresses. He might have logged in without vpn/proxy and there are chances you can get his real location (city etc). Once you get that file a police complaint against him and provide all information with ip addresses.

LBC don't give anything out about their users. That's their privacy issue

I've got conned by same method 2 years ago and my bank account was blocked. As Far as I know they provided IP addresses that time along with his email id and a mobile number which was switched off. I didn't filed a complaint as amount was only 18k rupees.

How did u get your bank account unblocked after this?

It's still blocked. I asked my bank to refund that money but they said they will do it after investigation and looks like their investigation never ended.

Maybe at that time they used to provide these details but not anymore.

How long a bank can keep an account frozen like this? This unending investigations appears to be a way to eat public money to make up for their losses. Why did u let it go and did not pursue further?

Banks and Police can do whatever they want and there's no point going against them and I've tried but there was no result.

I suggest you sought the help.of cyber cell to nab him as it is hard you find much details about him here.

Get a good lawyer , File compliant against bank for illegal holding of account in consumer forum , either they will give more details or they have to open you account
File a compliment to Police station against bank too .

I already got holding lifted in my account in 1.5 Yrs with penalty to bank rs 19000. they do not held any right to hold your amount.

Thanks

Did u contact RBI ombudsman before taking legal opinion? If yes, did they help?

Did u mention bitcoin in the Police complaint?

How much was your legal cost and how much money was held in your account? Was it a savings or current account?