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bro same guy tried to scam me too
asshole noob

Heights of a scam attempt haha

Ya... that's the same anu.sippy from Localbitcoins right? I did the mistake of buying from him in the some three months back. The sale went fine and I forgot about it. Later when I started trading and making money, I started selling on Localbitcoins, the fucker couldnt handle the competition and used that old transaction to give me a negative feedback and block me. Because of Local Bitcoins' method of weighing the feedback of people with volume more that others, my sales took a hit as to the newbie, I looked shady, no matter how many trades I did. The other people's feedbacks were on another link stupidly titled "unconfirmed feedbacks". He also went all out cheap and created dummy accounts to buy and lock my BTC till the disputes got resolved.... usually a day and a half. Rinse and repeat! A bastard of the nth order!! I was then forced to trade elsewhere after a while.






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This is a bad one. Do add it to the main scammers board as well.

No bro he's not anu sippy. He used his name on this forum to scam people.

But that would be too much of a coincidence.... I remember going out all out war with him almost, constantly giving the best prices (I was pretty jobless and broke for some days), and then a fake account locked up all my BTC. Almost immediately he was there on top the entire day gliding by without anyone selling cheaper. I came back and then the negative feedback followed, etc. I can confirm its him because If I go to buy link from any of his trades, I get the blocked message. The negative feedback and the blocking were almost simultaneous. That's too much of a coincidence I think....

https://i.imgur.com/L8Ixs0Y.png

Besides, why would only4btc direct buyers to do the trade on localbitcoins using anu.sippy?

That just makes no sense if its two different people.

Not sure bro but i just talked to anu. He gave me clarification about your issue, maybe someone was just playing with us.

But I am sure about this only4btc guy he's not anu , since he was added on my whatsapp from many months and did call too, he wanted to sell LTC some months ago but wanted me to send funds first.

WTF? Ya the tor accounts were mine... about three I think and used them once, after this fake buyer locked me up.

https://i.imgur.com/jKSA6cW.png

I don't know about tor accounts locking his coins for a week n all. That couldn't have been me. Frankly I moved on to igot after teh negative feedback incident as it was too much of a hassle dealing with this shit on localbitcoins. I would like this thing to be sorted out amicably and see no reason to prolong it. I couldnt find anu anywhere on bitcointalk, so would appreciate if you could pass on the message that I'm removing my negative feedback and unblocking him.... and would be great if he did the same.


EDIT: Sorry for hijacking the thread... I thought they were all the same fellow :)

Hey this is Anup. Escrow.ms can vouch for me that this is truly my account.

Sony ji, I remember we had done some trades and gone successfully. I didnt have any problem to see you selling and I don't pull such cheap stunts like locking other sellers coins since I know how much of a loss it can be... I have a good relationship with most of the Indian sellers on LBC, we often stay in communication with each other such as escrowmsa, kartha87, gamerstech, etc. So I am not sure why you thought I am the one locking your coins and trying to put you out of business. I end up looking at your ad and seeing the message "this user has blocked your account" so i proceed to leave negative feedback for you as well. I don't mind to change my feedback and allow you to sell properly again, but hope that you can avoid slander of my name and avoid use of fake accounts to bring loss to any of the sellers. I am not sure who the other fake accounts may have been, but if you want to be a seller here i recommend you can keep good relations with the other sellers and let us know when something like this happens.

Yeah it's ^ anu's account.

Cool... all good then. I remember trying to get in touch with you and could not find any users here similar to your name. The only lead I could find using the keywords "anu.sippy" was the quote from the scammer guy, and I immediately thought ok, I was dealing with a fraud fellow here and communication really is useless. My BTC was still locked at the time and that's when I decided to use the tor accounts. I also had no way of knowing you and escrow.ms knew each other to verify. So I hope you understand how things spiraled out of control.

This guy Bitcoin0007 bought 500buck worth coins and next time he placed 17k worth coins on lb
and told me he will pay with perfectmoney and called me when i said his name that i got from true caller app

he hanged up the call

Same name Deepak Chawla?

Yeah he's same, He bought 500 worth btc from me yesterday and paid from same IMPS mobile number.

Another scammers details. (Sold bitcoins to me, then didn't released coins for several days hoping to get them back somehow)

Account number: 10140089858
Bank: SBI Dehradun saharanpur road
Name-anurag yadav
IFSC code -SBIN0003137
Mob: 9927276774
https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/anuragyadav/

Spammed me off 33450  :'(

Bank accounts:

Union Bank Of India
Name: Deepak Chawla
A/c- 502202010003514
IFSC: Ubin0550221
9911376028
MMID-9026161


Canara bank
Name: Deepak Chawla
A/c- 0391101038495
IFSC:CNRB0000391

SBI
Name:RAVI SHARMA
A/c-00000011081760920
IFSC:SBIN0000734
 

Mail Id's
bomexpert@gmail.com
localbitcoins.com@gmail.com

Why is he still out loose??
Why don't we do something?
Together we can effectively bringing him down.
 :-[
There are so many scams reported, and there must be many more, that were unreported.
 :-\

If anybody has been scammed by this guy too
Call/Msg/Whatsapp me at 8859068662
I'm filing a FIR against this guy and I need your help to make my case stronger.
We can put an end to this!

Will filing an FIR work in this case? Coz there is no physical delivery of stuff, it may not stick. This guy tried to scam me too, he was offering me BTC at mind boggling rates (24 K) when market price was at 30K. Smelt a rat and told him off... also blocked him on LB and whatsapp!

Yes FIR works. And one should file one.

Regards

Agreed, There is already a case study of a case filed in Calcutta for 2 BTC lost on rbitco.in

No outcome though!

Guys you are doing very great job posting these scammers here now some peoples will safe from them and their scams

Deepak Chawla cheated international clients too. He owned an exchange https://p2pchange.is/

He has cheated one of my friend in Hyd; he has send mails from localbitcoin.com , chat with bomexpert and duped like a customer service executive from localbitcoins and cheated.

Mr. pavan ,hyderabad based guy cheated by Anurag Yadav. he duped as a gentlemen and he quoted words in Times of India too.

Yes, I agree, but since so many people have been scammed by this guy, if I can get support from a few people we can definitely put pressure on the police and sue this guy.
After more investigation this seems to be a group, they have many accounts, and the account by name of Ravi Sharma has over one lakh in it.
After my repeated complaints and scam acquisition the bank has withheld with it an amount of one lakh rupees with them, but they say they can only take an action if an FIR is filed.
I plead to the people who have been scammed by him to help me and they can get their money back too.

Beware from this scammer, his two mobile numbers are given below.
I got call from him today and he asked me for bank account details directly, without telling me his name etc.

Phone Number: 7306305686
Phone Number: 8801324936

More details:
http://bewareofscammers.blogspot.in/

thanks for the info

So I went to the police, they discouraged me, saying it is almost impossible to recover money from such people.

The indian legal system is flawed. Cops discourage people from filing FIRs for any kind of crime as they will have more work to do. Had a case where MIL was hit by a bike, when we went to register an FIR the cop spoke to both parties involved and forced us to settle the issue without filing a FIR by asking the party at fault to bear a part of the hospital expenses. Needless to say, we had already spent a lot on the treatment as there was a rod that needed to be fit into her leg. Since the cops were not accomodating, we had to settle on taking some money from him as i didn't want any more hassles as we were already mentally drained with this issue. Ideally, if the FIR was filed, i am sure the insurance would have paid for the whole treatment as the bike rider was in the wrong! Hail our legal system!

Call him up and tell him about  it, and  tell him i  refereed you to him should be  able to help you  out.
Name-: Kanishk Agarwal, Advocate
Areas of practice-: Criminal, Taxation and Corporate
Phone : +919971666252, +919999966252

This bastard just tried to scam me again from a different number. He impersonated anu.sippy and tried to get me to send him BTC to his BTC address. He disappeared when i asked for escrow! I played him though, told him i would send him 0.05 BTC to check and got his BTC address: 14ivd4ePwYA6ciSwxMxuLdMJdpqNuPbfip

Does this help in any way to take action against him? Total BTC recd. shows 117 :-\  ::) how do people get scammed so easily?

Yeh nahi sudharega. I got many complaints from customers in past couple weeks, that he is posing as me and trying to scam. He scammed my regular client out of ₹5000/- saying he is associated with me. IDK why he uses my name since everyone knows I'm not even in India right now.

Also his latest scam seems to be posting several "buy with cash" ads on LBC and not enabling escrow. Be careful.

Hi Anup,

yes his deal sounded very fishy and the moment i knew he was a scammer in disguise, i started to play with him  ;D

I think you need to inform people who deal with you on a regular basis that they should contact you immediately when contacted about a trade, at least that way he will not be able to scam them. When i asked for proof that it was Anup, he told me that your id shows offline, so then i asked him to come online on LB and he started avoiding me, till i drew him in again saying that i have 3 BTC to sell. Damn, nearly got him to send me 0.1 BTC to prove that he was legit  ;D.
I did something like this to a 419 scammer earlier and the guy actually had someone waiting for me at the Bangalore airport!  ;D

I want to add two more people to the list

Akhilesh Chandra Sekhar
Mob No.- 9052076394
A/c - 20106976052

Lent 30k to him, never returned.
Plus I sent another 30k by mistake and he ditched after making 100 different excuses.
A liar and a scammer.



 Ashiba Bhargava
Mob. No.- 8094120066
State Bank of india
A/C No.- 33826384256
Branch Code - 6404
Loaned 1.5 btc from me, ran away with it

 http://stuckattheairport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/CHOPIN-Airport1.jpg

like this :D

Ha ha ha,

I didn't actually travel all that way to verify it. He kept calling my mobile and asking me where i was. I initially told him i was on a client call, then i told him to come to the car parking which was quite far off from the main terminal building. Then when he called me i told him i am back at the terminal. Didn't take him long to realize that he had been taken for a ride! I am sure the guy was staying in Bangalore, i don't think he would have flown down from the UK as he claimed he had! At least he wasted some money and time coming all the way to the Bangalore airport, sure he would have taken a cab as he thought he was going to scam me!  ;D

Just sad that people get suckered so easily, why don't they do due diligence?

You should stop buying selling dude, if you are not even able to protect your money.

+1

you should say lending

FYI Deepak Chawla seems to have got a new number, 9650837964

Yes, looks like the same guy too. He tried scamming me again, probably does not keep a record of his scammees! I again tried getting the idiot to send me a 0.01 btc for trust. This time he was masquerading as Anu Sippy's cousin brother.

Deepak Chawla scammed 1 guy in LBC for 13000 INR.

He scam him by saying he is Anu.Sippy.

Trying to file an FIR again this time a strong one.
Pleas cooperate.
If you have been scammed by him too, make a file with incident details all proofs, texts/ recordings anything and mail it to
aayushagarwalgm@gmail.com
Feel free to call me/whatsapp me, at 8859068662

http://bitcoinbountyhunter.com/

Am game to donate, if we raise this here.

Sorry to dig up this old thread, but is Anu.Sippy some big name in India for bitcoins? Why do people scam taking that specific name?

nice list maybe someone get stopped from getting scammed

Bro Deepak Chawla is a fucking scammer.. he scammed me for 0.4 BTC :(

Can you confirm this was recent. After 15th December?

How he scammed you, I means which way.

Here you go guys !! This Just happened to me :p i started searching for the number from which he pinged me.. and i came upon this Post..

He was offering Rs 15,500 for 0.5 bitcoins where in the market value is Rs 13,500 for 1 Bitcoin.

https://i.imgur.com/SEak87P.png
https://i.imgur.com/tGSlGQO.png
https://i.imgur.com/aEb5Fr2.png
https://i.imgur.com/Wkkm7Mb.png
https://i.imgur.com/AgezwW0.png

He came back after a while and asked whether i was interested or not, i tried the Escrow thing on him and it didnot work, he said ok.. He started pressurizing me saying ok.. i will talk to other sellers and then i said I am not Intersted..

Have Fun!

This bastard never gives up , does he? He tried to pull the same / similar con on me, i played around with him a bit then told him to stuff it. Someone was looking to take legal action against him, how far has that progressed?

Hey ayush,

how he scams on lbtc ?

does he mark payment and does not pay or does he not release btc ??????

NOTE: ALWAYS TRADE WITH GANEE , STREETBURNER

Later one is most trusted guy

why u people send to person who is not trusted , use igot instead of local bitcoins , i never got sccamed

yes...Igot is a better option
the main demerit in localbitcoins is....to trust trader...
I just trade with two persons.....only..they are trusted....
May be I will suffer some loss only trading with those persons at least I wont get scammed.....

"sasankan" sounds like an indonesian name. Beware of him.

May be he is a great fan of ocean series

deepak chawla..(FRAUD)
kotak bank account number..3911454320
ifsc code...KKBK0000209
   I Was lost 1000 indian rupees..

You got some proofs to support your accusation? How he scammed you? When? Where? Screenshots of chat available? Show some proofs.

Since Deepak Chawla has already scammed many users already , I don't think there needs to be more proof required to show he is a scammer. What I would be interested knowing is how did people manage to get scammed , except for the reason that they released payment before getting the money or bitcoin first.

I feel sorry for you....but have you checked the trader reputation before making the trade ??

The problem is that no one sees this thread being new to the bitcoin scene. I remember that when I first got into trading with bitcoin , I had him contact me as a local bitcoin representative. Even though it was really obvious as he told me his email was something like localbitcoins@gmail.com . Seeing the gmail there made it obvious he was trying to con me.

Well many of us may ignore the fact, but the main problem lies in local traders also.
Very less of them are supportive or co-operative.....and thats a real fact.
And now those who are generally new seems always in hurry
so ultimately they fall victims to such scammers.....

You don't have to trade with people who show such behaviour. The known scammer usually takes advantage of that and tries to get the release from escrow expedited. All buyers should wait for the money to show up in their account and not trust the word of even the bank manager. The escrow is there for that reason.

escrow is always a nice option
can you suggest some genuine/legit sites generally used for selling/buying bitcoins ?? apart from localbitcoins....
have you any experience using virwox ?

Hi guys,

This is dizz from lbc. This is my first post here. :)

Came through a hard situation recently.

Check this profile:
https://localbitcoins.com/p/vimalbbm/

This guy opened a trade with me on 15th-April-2015. He made the payment (Rs.9200/-) within minutes and I provided him the bitcoins almost instantly. His profile was looking decent so I didn't asked him for screenshots or anything.

Later after 10 days, I got call from another guy who claimed that the money was taken from his account and he will be filing an official complaint to the police regarding this. I didn't believed what he said first. (How come money can be stolen from one's account without his knowledge? Atleast they will be asking for OTPs right.) Anyway, as I was confused, I just suggested him to go ahead with police complaint.

Later on June 18, I got call from Gujarat Crime Branch and also received an official notice demanding the details of the transaction. My bank account was also blocked meanwhile. I have provided all the details what I have and explained everything to the police over phone/email.

On the same day(15-04-2015) of this guy's trade with me. He has opened trade with few more people in localbitcoins and have sent payment to them also. He has taken approximately 50000rs from that account. And it was transferred to different mmids and mobile number, each amount is below 5000 (I received 5000+4200). Investigation is still going on.

This guys profile was ID verified and had almost 6 real name verification. So, my point is, it doesn't matter how much good the profile looks like always be careful while dealing in lbc.

Regards,

Dizz

It says on his profile that he has verified everything even ID, Passport or Driver’s , that definetly calls for trust, this is scary, but all his details can be called from lbc, did u send them, a support message asking for all details? ip address, phone number id proofs etc.

If he is really a scammer, he may not have used his own id proofs for verifying his account. What I see is he is still trading using this account. I have told police to communicate with localbitcoins. And I have reported this incident to localbitcoins also.

That user does have a "- Scammer trying to reverse the transaction becareful " on his lbtc profile.
Seems he has given up on his game as he was last seen 1 month ago. I suppose even being careful while trading , no one can foresee such a thing as bank transfers is a standard thing while buying or selling. Have you tried communication with the original bank account owner asking how he thinks his account was hacked or why he didn't realize his account was charged ?

The account owner was not ready to explain how his account was compromised. But it was not an individual account I think. In the crime branch notice which I received account was mentioned as "The Smart Shop Terminal Account"

The sentence in the notice was like this:

Thanks Dizz for providing vital information.....things are getting worse and worse even more.

Hey diz.. thanks for the info.. and I wanted to know whether you told the cops that u were transacting bitcoins or did u just say some "product"? I am not sure about where India stands when it comes to bitcoins so I wanna know this just incase if I ever land into similar trouble.

Just checked my trade history. I did a trade with him Jan and he had uploaded his passport copy scan for verification. Contact me in case you need help.

Yes I did. Don,t worry bro we are not doing anything illegal.

has your bank account been unfreezed yet? and how did they respond?

Bank account is still frozen. But I knew that it will be the first thing they will do once the FIR is registered. So didn't kept much funds in it. :)
Bank investigation team met me and prepared a report. I explained complete story to them.

This is scary, who can we trust now! The shit has literally hit the fan!

Maybe we need to check if the name given by the owner of the account and LB profile match before accepting a transaction. Guess we can always refund the buyer his money if we think there is a fraud happening? This seems to be the only work around i can think of atm.

https://localbitcoins.com/p/pekings/

A similar case for this user, I am getting calls from people that he has scammed them, by asking to ay into my account and not delivering on his end

So this guy also hacked into someone's bank account and sent funds for purchase? If this is the case, and we see many more like this, i guess we need to be careful because it could be a con artist at work who deliberately creates a bank account and transfers funds from there, gets the bitcoin and asks his friend to come and claim that his account was hacked and funds were transferred. Something like land sold by real estate developers, where they sell SC / ST land and then instigate the SC / ST guys to go and fight for the land and claim a bounty from the new land owner because he knows that SC/ ST land should not have been purchased by him in the first place. Once the bounty is claimed, it is shared between the real estate guy and the SC / ST guy and the poor buyer is left with a huge hole in his pocket. In India, you do not need to look very far to spot a scam, it happens at every level!

Another SCAMMER!!!

Name: Unknown
Mobile Number: 7250482915
Whatsapp No: 9572433669
Bank Details: A/c 33245845638 (ifsc - sbin0007068) { Scammers wont use their own bank account usually, so I am not sure this is this guy's acc }

Bank Acccount name I verified from a nearest SBI CDM machine:
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And here is what happened :-

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Haha, this is damn funny whatsapp conversation. Anyway i have my own tale to tell.

Here goes.

Got scammed for approx 90k in November last year. More on that story later. That is not the important one. So stopped trading for a month, and then decided to start accepting transfers but after being very anal about verification. So had this guy who contacted me who wanted to buy 69k worth of coins. Told him id was required and he co-operated completely. Sent me aadhar card, sent me the screen shot of his netbanking account homepage, and everything matched perfectly. the names, account number everything. There wss no reason to suspect at all. Sadly, it looked too perfect then. Anyway, this was in January, 2015. 3 days back i get a call from someone claiming he had transferred the money to my account in January, and claiming i still hadn't provided the degree to him. I was completely lost, as to what he wanted, but he sounded like someone who already knew he was scammed, so was very patient in talking. Over the course of the next hour, i understood exactly what transpired.

Some guy created a website providing online degree, and this scammed person contacted website, to provide him the degree. the website owner, asked him to make payment to my account, and took all documents from the scammed guy, including his financial records, aadhar, other educational degrees, etc. An absolute identity theft. Whatever, document i asked for, was provided, as the website owner had all the documents.

the website owner and the degree seeker were in touch for last 6 months, but last week the website went down, and the mobile numbers remained switched off. Which is when the scammed guy realised something was amiss. so the only person left for him to contact was me. Which he did.

My November scammed story i will share in a couple of days.

https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/saaikaash2/
Sent money from a hacked account 58900.
Since this was a current account and the neft reached me 2 days later, I thought it would be safe to release.
But I was wrong, account is frozen now, owner of the account called, and I made him understand, lets see what happens.

There is no way to verify it seems, and my account getting frozen too often, looks like I'll have to stop trading.

If anyone else knows any details of this user please send them to me

This is a worrying trend!   :(
How should we remain safe when hackers are going to these lengths? Maybe the time is ripe for proper exchanges to come into the picture as P2P trading has several risks at this point. People who have been trading with each other earlier and trust each other, should probably continue trading P2P, but would be very difficult to confirm identity if their accounts have been compromised. I generally P2P with Pankaj and even though his rates are little less than market rate when buying btc from me, i am assured that this is a legit transaction as he is probably the most trusted trader on these forums.

thing is how do these people get otp

Exactly unless they are lying themselves after sending money to get a charge back

@dizz , just curious that how does opening the trade on lbtc would not cause him to scam ? Couldn't he just send the payment through the other account there as well ?

This thread should to in main board with OP writing summary and contact details of scammers and incidents.

Regards

Yes. Of course, thats also happening now. I just said that to that guy just to support my own side.  ;)

There was an incident once: A trade was opened. ID verified, bank account verified, phone number, everything else done. The buyer paid 13K to my bank account. Released bitcoins almost instantly. Exactly 1hr after that trade a guy called me asked : "So when you are going to deliver my 'puppies'?"
He paid that money to someone in dubai to buy Golden retriever puppies. And I was introduced to him as the Indian agent who will be delivering puppies to the guy.

And you know, it is really very very difficult to make them understand the whole things what ever happened. First question what they will ask is "What is bitcoins?" If you can make them understand what it is then they will trust you. If you are not able to, then they are not gonna believe you so easily.

I remember I spoke to this guy for more than 2hrs on that day. Finally solved - An amicable settlement !!!

Golden Retriever than means.....there someone made money in commission and stayed anonymous throughout the whole thing.
Quite a gesture.

Thats quite a funny situation and a troublesome situation to be in. Perhaps you could have talked to that guy and had asked how he thinks his bank account was hacked, and why he gave all his ID information to this third party who claimed to be selling dogs to him.

Wow, thats weird!! What was the settlement if you don't mind me asking? I still stick to my stand that these guys are con artists who probably rope in their friends to join them in trying to fool traders on Localbitcoins. They already know they will be sending from that particular account as that account is probably their friends account, then they get their friend to call you and say stuff like you mentioned above. That way they will pressure you into "Settling" and this settling almost always is a losing proposition for the trader and this gang goes ahead on to the next unsuspecting trader. Smells of Deepak Chawla to me again!

. Smells of Deepak Chawla to me again!
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Deepak Chawla was too small for all of this. As far as i know Deepak Chawla was found. He had a gambling problem if i remember correctly, and cops had raided him and a good thrashing was given, and after that incident he has not surfaced again.

Deepak Chawla was too small for all of this. As far as i know Deepak Chawla was found. He had a gambling problem if i remember correctly, and cops had raided him and a good thrashing was given, and after that incident he has not surfaced again.

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Really , any link to provide an update on this ? I heard from a friend who is a seller on localbitcoin that he too was contacted from someone , and asked to confirm about some offer through the email localbitcoins.com@gmail.com

which I believe is the same way Deepak scams.

Really , any link to provide an update on this ? I heard from a friend who is a seller on localbitcoin that he too was contacted from someone , and asked to confirm about some offer through the email localbitcoins.com@gmail.com

which I believe is the same way Deepak scams.
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Pm'ed you.

Pm'ed you.
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When was this? He contacted me on 1st July and tried to scam me again. I informed Pankaj and we were in the process of trying to catch the bastard when he smelt something was up. Old habits die hard, maybe now if he was caught, he has found a new MO to commit these cons and is conning people in such a way that blame cannot be attributed to him directly. Im not really sure, but i have a strong feeling he is one of the con team members.  ;D

That's deepak chawla's email id which is liked to his mobile number. 9911376028

Yes, I am aware of that, but I am sure it was after december(which according to the pm I received was around the time that Deepak was found) that someone I know was contacted and asked to confirm about some form of bonus , by sending an email to that email and said that it was the official email of lbtc.

I honestly feel he was not caught, because if he was, he wouldn't try and scam me on 1st July. If he was caught, he must have been caught after 1st July. This new scam MO seems to be something that he is capable of, because he has shared several bank account details with me earlier as well, so i know he has access to multiple bank accounts. It could make sense that he is using an accomplice to blackmail people out of their btc / money.

 deepak chawla is really scammer he scammed me too,luckily i was buying for just 20$  and he never gave me coins.

Is this deepak chawla ?

http://images1.truecaller.com/myview/1/b41dbbff348acc0d38494f8e5926fb28/1

I am not sure of that, iirc he looked a bit younger, but ofc, we are not sure if this was the same guy we were looking at in the first place. Just to update, the person who said that Deepak Chawla is not active anymore... well... he is alive and kicking and was trying to scam me again just 2 days ago!

Beaware of this new scammer (https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/SHIV4659/) and of his methods.

This guy provides certain details on LBTC chat and then contacts you separately via phone or text giving u a completely new set of details to send the money to. If u fall for that.. He has a great opportunity to claim that he hasnt got the money on the account no. stated on LBTC and the buyer is just trying to trick him.

There might be genuine cases as well where the seller might actually want the money on another bank details. For those please contact the seller and ask him to make it clear on localbitcoins chat..about what he wants you to do and then proceed with the trade..

Hi guys!

It's awesome that you share information regarding scammers here, but could you please also open up support tickets telling us about the scammers? This way we can also ban them from our platform. I go through this thread periodically to find the latest scammers, but it would be much faster if you guys could report them directly to us when you find someone who is acting suspicious.

Hi sorry to interrupt but if you are looking for a safe way to make bank wire transfers so as to make sure its not hacked then please ask an ID proof before making a trade and cross check the account from which the trade is made that's the best i can offer as i do it too and trace down all my new clients before making a trade :)
(PS: anshul and ishan if you are reading this then this is the reason i got your phone number your house address and every detail about you and your family, now common man talk beers on me)

I had done that once. Had the aadhar details, name matched his hdfc bank netbanking page screenshot. Everthing looked perfect. unfortunately the entire identity of that person had been stolen. scam still took place.

Hi, everyone been hit 2 times today, but ip's based in the uk and us, asking to make payment to my hdfc account using a payment service called xoom. the first guy had only 1 trade, when i asked him for documents, was going round and round as to how good the payment service is, but did not provide any documents. asked him to cancel, as something seemed wrong. as soon as he cancelled, within 5 min someone with a us ip sent me a request, asking to transfer money via xoom.

havent traded, but just wanted to know, this looks suspicious. just though would give everyone a heads up. i could be wrong, though.

I am sure it is the same guy using a VPN, :P

haha must be, the payment service looks decent, i had a look at it, but the way he spoke, smelled of a scam. i just couldnt figure out how he would do it.

Yeah better to be safe than sorry! The fact that he changed VPN to convince you as another user should tell you that he was looking to scam you. Apparently Xoom is a paypal company, so i am guessing they support charge backs? If they do, that could have been his modus operandi!

hmmm, it appears that they transfer directly to bank account, but in my experience with banks last 2 years, if they would request a charge back, the bank would have gone all out to block my account and what not. the banking system is so bad, i cant tell you, its the only reason i think bitcoin has a future.

It looks very sad to see, this thread starter Escrow_MS also scammer.

Bitcointalk profile: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=76380

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Card-frauds-used-bitcoins-to-trade-money/articleshow/50922983.cms


Source: https://coinsecure.tumblr.com/post/139031335450/a-change-in-coinsecure

INDIAN BEGGER SCAMMER TIFFIN WALA USING BITCOIN
"HEIGHTS OF BEGGING"

DEEPAK CHAWLA
9911376028
09911376028
009911376028
MMID: 9026368
Name: Anu
Account number: 502202010003514
Bank name: Union Bank of India
IFSC Code: Ubin0550221
Bank branch: SSI Okhla

IP address information:
IP:   106.67.82.49
Decimal:   1782796849
Hostname:   106.67.82.49
ASN:   45271
ISP:   Idea Cellular
Organization:   Idea Cellular
Services:   None detected
Type:   Wireless Broadband
Assignment:   Static IP

Continent:   Asia
Country:   India in flag
State/Region:   Uttarakhand
City:   Roorkee
Latitude:   29.8667  (29° 52′ 0.12″ N)
Longitude:   77.8833  (77° 52′ 59.88″ E)
Postal Code:   247656

I got scammed by Deepak Chawla, I went to the bank and the would not help me. The police also were not helpfull

i never used localbitcoins but i heard from my friend's that there are so many scammers.so i didn't use it.
never buy or sell BTC without escrow.
that's the moral.

I trade on localbitcoins.. yeah there might be a few scammers..but the escrow takes care of it.. As long as u r doing bank transfers..everything should be fine.. since u release the money only once u get it into your account. If the trader is lying..u can dispute the trade and win it fairly.

wow you really kept a good record of him

First want to clear that Bitcoin is anonymous currency so without trust or escrow must not have to made transaction. I don't remember name of guy but was saying he is from pune which near to my place but when I search for mobile location guy was from delhi !

I just stumbled. Second when I called to buy Bitcoins he reply me that if you are new then must have to buy 1 bitcoin at least. I stumbled again when he told me to send amount directly to bank account.

Now I get confirm smoke of scamming. I made a call to guy and ask few more about Pune and hi job he just start to impressing me.
I am bla bla bla bla....

I simply tell him to meet me personally in pune. and put my phone down and still waiting for date & time of appointment. I even observe that more than selling, scam is happening in buying.

In such cases there was not big deal to find that man personally and cover all expensive by penalizing him to return paid amount and other charge as of harassment, efforts and money spend to reach to guy also file FIR near to his location.

Hey guys, beware of trading on LBC using PayTM/Free Charge and especially MobiKwik. These company have non-existent security features and there are several of these wallet users complaining of hacked accounts/ etc.

And their customer service is pathetic. IDK how they are allowed to operate as a psuedo-bank financial service yet provide zero (I REPEAT BIG ZERO) when it comes to customer service. Mobikwik guys cannot even speak English properly.

Mobikwik does not even need a OTP to send money. Just login on APP with mobile number password and send money. I hope they atleast implement it now. Shameful really...  >:(

Modus operandi on LBC seems to be
1. Fraudster hacks unsuspecting user's PayTM/Mobikwik account.
2. Fraudster goes to LBC and finds users selling BTC for these APP wallet trades.
3. Places trade and transfers money to seller's wallet app.
4. BTC is released.
This is repeated quickly even 3-4 times a day if these fraudsters can.

In 2 or 3 days, the wallet's actual user finds out the balance is missing and makes a complaint with the wallet app.
Their immediate response is to completely block the all accounts to which money has been sent.

So basically you have sent BTC but now your wallet which received money is stuck as blocked, and there is no way to unblock it (well, you literally have to spend hours for this, send them ID proof/bank statement/ blah blah so it is a complete PIA and still no guarantee that it will be unlocked)

TIPS: If you really have to trade via this, make sure it is from a very reputable user having 100's of trades and to be completely safe, take a bank account statement of the person who sent you money. The bank account statement should show the transactions which added money to their PayTM or other wallet apps

Thanks for the tip, while I haven't ever traded with Paytm or Mobiwik, I have never been aware of this as a trader. Instead of posting this here, you might want to post it on the Home section of Local board for India.

I just noticed that forum, I will post it there as well.

anu sippy and deepak chawala both of them are scammer and the person also the SAME......

How do you know that. Did you traded with them?

After reading all these scam stories , i am curious to know Cash deposit safe for BTC sale ? , i wish to start BTC buy/sell in LBC and after reading all this horrific incidents with such pro traders .. i was wondering if Cash deposit [offline] safe to use as Payment or not . Any experienced trader reply on this please ?

Don't try cash deposit it's even more dangerous, if some people use third party to deposit in your account in promise of something then you will be in trouble.

because i have PROOF....

my story...mene aaj se 1 saal pehle deepak ke whastapp pe 1 deal ki thi.....maine usse BTC buy karne the direct....usne apna nam anu sippy bataya tha....lekin bank transcation me uska naam DEEPAK CHAWALA dikha raha tha....mene usse pucha to woh bataya dost ka account hai....mene usko 15000 rupies transfer kar diye...fir woh chala gaya..aur muje bitcoin nhi bheje...bad me mene LOCALBITCOINS se ANU SIPPY ka mobile number 9911376028 leke usko whastapp pe contact kiya....ANU sippy bola woh deepak chawala FRAUD hai....mera nam leke sabse fraud karta hai.aur anu bola main india se bahar chala gaya hu aur maine bitcoin ka kam kab ka chod diya hai...mene dono ka mobile number dono ke naam se SAVE kar liya....aur ab 1 saal bad aaj bahot logo ke saath DEPPAK chawala 9911376028 number se fraud kar raha hai..POINT TO NOTED.....maine 9911376028 ye number apne phonebook se milaya....ye number to ANU SIPPY ka tha jisse mai 1 saal pehle baat ki thi.........abhi bhi anu sippy ka LOCALBITCOINS pe account chalu hai aur Anu sippy 9911376028 number se aapke sath deal karega aur bank account me DEEPAK CHAWALA ka naam rahega...

iska matlab saaf saaf hai ANU SIPPY and DEEPAK CHAWALA dono 1 hi person hai...

This RECEIVE btc address is use SCAMMER DEEPAK CHAWALA.((Anu sippy)).......

 1DVtSmiAGsZRe5CZLaw6EmQcEvkqBVnzyx

Dont send Btc this address....Be carefull...

His account also this site...
1) Localbitcoins.com
2) secondstrade.com
3) Fortunejack

Thanks for the point , but whats the countermeasure to get maximum protection from Fraud for IMPS/CASH DEPOSIT / NEFT Transfers via Localbitcoins trade ? any suggestion ?

Actually there is nothing you can be 100% sure. Even some people do IMPS themselves and complaint to bank that they did not did that. SO there will be always some risk involve.

I have never had a case like this, but since when is IMPS reversible ? Even if the bank comes to take your money, you can show the localbitcoins trade information to probably not let that happen.

well i also wonder the same ... since when IMPS can be reversible , i guess he mentioned for the fraudsters who can report to bank as their account got hacked stuff . So i guess taking ID verification for each new customer deal will be good enough to prevent this . So when hack account reported i can show bank customer ID and LBC transaction details to the sender .... I don't think Cash deposit can be reversed in any way in India . Although it may be manipulated as mentioned above that fraudster can tell third party to deposit to my account and scam that third party , but in the end its not my responsibility of scam , as i have LBC transaction and support in this matter and Deposit slip signed by depositor and mention purchase of BTC on deposit slip . So in case any problem arrive i can show that to authority , i guess better take picture proof of customer holding Deposit slip + ID [ mention trade with seller in slip] close to their face for cash deposits , and for IMPS transactions [ID + (Bank acc linked Mobile no./date/LBC username) written paper] holding close to their face for verification .

The IMPS scam is currently running on LBC.

Be very careful, ask for ID and cross veirify that its the right person doing the transfer.

I am about to change my terms of trade to do this.

Stopping cash deposit above 10,000 as well.

Bitcoins are a grey/undefined area as per Indian law, if your bank account has a significant amount and gets frozen/blocked. The process to get it back is very tiring and ends up causing higher monetary/time loss than the paper thin margins people are usually working on.

Yes things are getting bad. I usually ask for an ID and also call up the person before the trade. But its not helpful in every case. I had a friend who had a police case because of this.
One thing I recommend is not showing your bank account details right before the trade on the advertisement page.

If any traders are members here, please post of ways to prevent this other than mentioned above.

Well first of all i like to thank you for this research and alert to the community .
Now this Deepak chawla tried to contact me many possible way to make a deal outside LBC and tried to make me deal with him for 25000 INR LOL , but poor guy don't know with whom he is dealing  :D
i may be new to LBC but i am doing this currency exchange over 10 years ... these tricks will not work with me @ Deepak if you watching this thread , i never do deal for bitcoin without ID Proof whoever you are , so scammers simply stay off and i have procedure to check ID real or not ;) ,

He called me but i never pick up as i never pick up calls , my watsapp mentioned on LBC only to text support and ping me if i am offline in LBC for those whoever start trade with me in Lbc
Well the funny thing , he first tried to deal with me for INR then tried to deal with me for PM , everything gone bad for his expectation as new seller in LBC sadly , hahaha
well the whole time i did conversation with him i didn't have idea that this is the known notorious scammer Deepak chawla , but i talked with him some regular way of dealing which i do always and now today .. someone named DEEPAK SHARMA contacted me via SKYPE and his picture looks quite similar which i saw in above research , then i came here and found out this notorious scammer phone no. which kept begging to me for deal since past few days ...



Here goes some funny watsapp communication with this bastard >>

https://s13.postimg.org/5znfd0dzb/deepak1.png
https://s13.postimg.org/uhfj0wgjr/deepak2.png
https://s13.postimg.org/hdagv4hxj/Deepak3.png
https://s13.postimg.org/z4m39kxc7/Deepak4.png
https://s13.postimg.org/5qqctzumf/Deepak5.png


Today skype Deepak sharma >
https://s14.postimg.org/qbu5cm6ip/deepak6.png


Now compare with the Photo posted above Quote
https://i.imgur.com/wrrUR17.jpg

these are same guy ? can anyone compare them ?
Looks pretty similar though ...

Well now after these funny attempts .. blocked this bastard from my mobile and watsapp  :D

https://localbitcoins.com/p/vimalbbm/
i wonder why this guy still not banned in LBC ....

Maybe Dizz never got him blocked on LBC, must have been busy with the local cops.

Lol that smart ass bitch. Beware of such scammers.

Deepak Chawla still on the loose.

Scammed my friend off 7.5k

Current Number - 9899733116

He will contact you through whatsapp and will sell bitcoins at a really cheap rate.
Initially he will also deliver those bitcoins but as the orders get larger he will run away with the money.

He currently claims to be the user dscotese from localbitcoins to gain trust and scam people.
https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/dscotese/

This happened last week so be aware.

I'm up for going after him again if enough people get together. Had a short convo with Aayush also and he said that he was unsuccessful in his 2014 FIR attempt.

Trying to make a scam with me today:

⁠⁠[3:17 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠hi
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:17 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:17 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠you want to buy btc ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:17 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠How much do you have?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:18 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠1.04-rate 80000 per btc
I am abhishek and you ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:18 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:19 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠i am mozaffar, but who has given you my number
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:19 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:20 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠lbtc
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:20 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:22 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠ok sounds good
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:22 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:22 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠so, whats your account number?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:22 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:23 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠I accept paytm, imps, itunes card which easy for you ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:23 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:23 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠imps
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:23 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:23 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠Sir, how can i trust you
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:23 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:24 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/dscotese/
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:24 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠I m pro trader
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
 
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:24 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠crypto trader
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:24 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠and forex trader
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:24 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠you can start from any amnt and if want I will guide for eaening method
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:24 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:26 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠if any question feel free to ask
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:26 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:26 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠I can provide daily upto 2
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:26 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:26 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠sir, can you send btc before
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:26 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:26 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠2 btc
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:26 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:26 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠small amount
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:26 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:27 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠arround 8000 for 0.1
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:27 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:27 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠i will do imps instantly
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:27 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠3:27 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:27 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠take my pan card
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:27 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:29 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠fir bhi sir
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:29 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:29 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠how can i transfer first time
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:29 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:29 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠hw,much I send and reason ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:29 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:29 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠its ok
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:29 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:29 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ⁠⁠⁠then ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:29 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠⁠⁠2 UNREAD MESSAGES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[3:30 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ⁠⁠⁠see you dont believe my scores then ok
⁠⁠⁠⁠3:30 PM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

[3:30 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: see you dont believe my scores then ok                       
[3:30 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: np                       
[3:32 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ok wait                       
[3:32 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: am telling you                       
[3:33 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ok                       
[3:34 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: account number do atleast                       
[3:34 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: mere freind se baat kar ke send karta hun                       
[3:34 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: shayd ad karna pare sir                       
[3:34 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ok no prblm                       
[3:34 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: paytm is best easy way                       
[3:35 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: sir, aap account number de do                       
[3:35 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: zada behtar rahega                       
[3:35 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: mere pas record rhega sir jww                       
[3:38 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: 502202010003514                       
[3:41 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ??                       
[3:42 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: it is,acnt no.                       
[3:42 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: bank ifsc?                       
[3:43 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ubin0550221                       
[3:43 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: name abhishek kumar                       
[3:45 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: ok                       
[3:45 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: am adding                       
[3:47 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: you need to give your btc address                       
[3:48 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: your bank name ?                       
[3:48 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: i will give                       
[3:48 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ok                       
[3:48 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: same                       
[3:51 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: if you hv app then it's easy to do imps                       
[4:01 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: sir mmid and mobile number possible?                       
[4:13 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: you have app then do with acnt no. and ifsc code base                       
[4:14 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: no app,                       
[4:14 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 98997 33116: ok try 9911376028 and mmid 9026369                       
[4:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: bhosri tumra yeh account to gya hath se                       
[4:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: madar chod                       
[4:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: 2014 se hi scam kar rahe ho                       
[4:18 PM, 3/12/2017] +91 86514 06678: chutiya

This DEEPAK CHAWLA is a serious scammer and need to be reported to Cyber Crime immediately .. I see this fucker scamming around pretty long time . Like his only profession to scam people .

Can we please all get together and do something about Deepak Chawla ?

I mailed subvolatil a few days ago but haven't heard back. Lets do it for the sake of Indian bitcoin community.
Would love to see the look on his face when he is caught

This guy just tried to message me on whatsapp and asked me if he could buy btc worth 12K without knowing the rates :P I was lucky enough to search for his number on google before trading and thankfully got to this thread

Below is the chat with him:


⁠⁠[9:16 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠can I buy here ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:16 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:16 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠ok
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:16 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:16 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠give bnk details
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:16 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:16 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab:
[I gave my bank account details here........]
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:16 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:18 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠you know the rates right?
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:18 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:19 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠192500
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:19 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:19 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠you will get approx 0.06233 btc
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:19 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:19 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠for 12k
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:19 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:20 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠Also send me your pan card over here
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:20 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:21 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠bro. this time pan card not here so can I send 12k or not ?
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:21 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:21 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠you got any other id proof?
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:21 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:22 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠this time not here because out side and dont worry sir everything is smooth
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:22 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:22 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠can I send 12 k
I m doing imps
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:22 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:23 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠ok then send the bank account details of the account you are sending from
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:23 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:24 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠Karur Vysya bank
name Rajesh Kumar
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:24 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:24 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠acnt no. 49685763954
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:24 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:24 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠branch?
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:24 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:24 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠and IFSC
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:24 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:25 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠dude
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:25 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:25 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠you are on scammer list
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:25 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:25 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠lol
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:25 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:25 AM, 6/3/2017] Shahaab: ⁠⁠⁠see ya
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:25 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
⁠⁠[9:25 AM, 6/3/2017] +91 99113 76028: ⁠⁠⁠ok bye bye 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
⁠⁠⁠⁠9:25 AM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Once bitcoin has some kind of moderation / legal standing in India, only then can scammers like Deepak Chawla be put to rest, because then the cops and courts would take the matter more seriously. Right now bitcoin is considered play money. This guy has been scamming for years now without any action being taken against him.

Mobile number of this new fraud is: +91 9874941221

> Name: Shaksham (as he claims)

He contacted me on Whatsapp and collected my ICICI bank details. After 20 minutes, he sent me a screenshot of payment Rs.164000/-, which is transferred to my bank account.  Everything was perfect with the screenshot also. Within seconds I got an sms from icici bank saying my account is credited 164000 INR.

Immediately copied his wallet address as I promised him instant transaction, and proceeded with bitcoin payment. Suddenly.

I took a pause.

How can he send IMPS payment from ICICI to ICICI? Because in the sms IMPS reference number was clearly mentioned. Take a look at the pic below.

http://prntscr.com/fkx14z

I logged into my netbanking account. Buh! Nothing was there.

The sms was sent from some other website. Lucky I am. Would have lost 0.84 btc, in a matter of seconds.

Lesson: Always login to your netbanking account for confirming a payment receipt. Never trust the sms you receive. Beware of these frauds guys. Safe trading.


Regards,

Dizz

Always check 2nd sms or where total balance of account show. Unknown person will never know how much fund is there.

Yeah!

Thanks for sharing information, Everyone should take care that never give any type of personal information to any unknown person on phone, even bank officer never ask your personal information on phone.
Click here to know more (http://finfyi.com/know-your-pan/)

Hmm seems like a serious problem and top of that, Localbitcoin's customer service
is fumbling lately.
I trade there and on Paxful as well.
A bit disappointing if they cannot put him away. :(

You should double check your account balance before send a huge amount of money or btc their are scammers everywhere.

This is really pissing me off as this scam. List it growing every day instead of that why not to use other alt wallet just suggestion

Instead of it why don't people just go for any other any option instead of getting scam from this tour of people's.
Just find alternate ways to buy and sell bitcoins out change your wallet to other good one.

So here's another scammer found on Paxful https://paxful.com/user/Robert5426

His real name is Mohammad Atif Khan.

I paid him 81100 (81000 + 100) on July 28th 2017 to buy bitcoins, at that time the rate was around 170,000 INR / btc, he told me he is going to give me at 160,000 rate but the minimum i have to buy is 0.5 btc.

I paid him in his following DBS Bank Account

Name : MOHAMMAD ATIF KHAN
Acct Number : 881001649985
Bank IFSC : DBSS0IN0811
MMID : 9641318
Mobile: 8392977716

Then he said, he will give it after 1.5 hrs, after 1.5 hrs he said his khalu (uncle) has expired and he has to leave office immediately.

Then on next day, he said his manager will contact me regarding the refund, and said they will return me 81100 + 200 (comphensation). They asked for my DBS bank details, i gave them, but for no luck, then he asked for my alternative bank account as there was some problem at their side to transfer from their SBI account.

So i gave them my SBI account details on Saturday, 29th July 2017, His manager said they have initiated an NEFT and it should arrive on Monday 31st July 2017, but it never arrived in my bank,

Then when i called him again on tuesday his manager picked up and said the guy Atif Khan has not yet returned from the funeral and will return the next day.

After that the next day his mobile got switched off, I got three of his numbers and all of them were switched off.

His numbers are::

8392977716
9634112552
8755334633

I then messeged him on paxful on previous trades, but he never replied, i sent him numerous msg on whatsapp but he never replied.

Can anyone here help me get my money back from this scammer?

I am attaching all the screenshots of the payment and chat over here.

https://prnt.sc/g5gwhv
https://prntscr.com/g5gwde
https://prntscr.com/g5gw9z
https://prntscr.com/g5gw67
https://prntscr.com/g5gw3f
https://prntscr.com/g5gvzd

A good news to all Deepak Chawla haters!!

"In a first for city, Bitcoin trader nabbed for fraud
Sep 24, 2017, 11:45 IST

BHOPAL: In what could be the first arrest related to Bitcoin, cyber cell on Saturday nabbed a Delhi-based alleged Bitcoin trader who has duped several victims across the country in name of exchanging their money to Bitcoin.

The accused who is said to be into this trade for the past seven years allegedly indulged in hawala transactions during demonetisation. He allegedly used to contact the victims through WhatsApp and after finalising the deal asked them to deposit money in his bank account. On receiving the money, he used to change his number. One Bitcoin is equal to around Rs 2.5 lakh. It was around Rs 4500 in 2013.

SP (cyber-cell) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that the accused was nabbed following a complaint filed by Shubham Jain, resident of Airport Road, Lalghati, against the accused around eight months ago.

Jain claimed that he registered himself on an online website localbitcoins.com on which Bitcoins are traded between buyers and sellers. After the registration, a person who introduced himself as Abhishek Kumar contacted him on his mobile through WhatsApp. Both finalised a deal and Jain deposited Rs 25,000 in his account for Bitcoins. Subsequently, the accused switched off his number. Police registered a case on his complaint.

During investigations it came to light that the accused Deepak Chawla, 37, a resident of New Delhi who is a graduate from Delhi University, had committed the fraud with Jain. A police team was sent to Delhi and the accused was nabbed. During interrogation, he told police that he himself became a victim of fraud in a similar manner seven years ago and adopted the same modus operandi to dupe others. He registered himself on the localbitcoins.com website and his id was 'btcltc'. He used to contact the user registered on site through WhatsApp chat and fraudulently got money deposited into his account.
He said that when the Union government imposed withdrawing limit from bank accounts during demonetisation he earned as much as Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per day by helping people indulging in hawala transactions. He got crores of rupees invested in Bitcoins through such persons.

SP Chouhan said that police had to struggle hard to arrest the accused as his family has affixed a board outside their house claiming that they have disowned Deepak. Police later found it was false and the family was supporting him.
Bitcoin is a worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system called the first decentralised digital currency, since the system works without a central repository or single administrator. It was invented by an unknown programmer, or a group of programmers, under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. The system is peer-to-peer, and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain."

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/in-a-first-for-city-bitcoin-trader-nabbed-for-fraud/articleshow/60811682.cms (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/in-a-first-for-city-bitcoin-trader-nabbed-for-fraud/articleshow/60811682.cms)

This is great news, finally the scammer is behind bars. Hopefully people stop looking at Bitcoin as a criminals currency now! :)

I was also scammed by localbitcoin user jac197233
He said he has given funds 194000 to LBC and once you release BTC, LBC will release funds to you, initially i did not believe this and I raised a support ticket and told him that I have raised a support ticket and will wait for there reply. That guy spoofed the email and he sends an email that appears to be coming from no-reply.... what we generally get from localbitcoin. The email asked me to release btc so I released BTC, but never received any funds.

That guy also spoofed the call (call appears to be coming from a number but when i dial back someelse speaks up) claiming to be support from LBC to make the case strong.

I was foolish enough to loos .6 btc (400000Rs/BTC).

I cyber police declined to register a complaint saying that bitcoin is neither legel nor illegal so they cannot take complaint.

Wow. That should've hurt. And here you're the seller and don't even have the other guy's bank details. It will be tough to track the user down. Only LBC support can help, and I doubt they can do much about it too.

 :) Still people are trying to scam and this will go on much higher rate ....following the announcement in 5th april about crypto world.........


have a good day and weekend all....

Looks like localbitcoin removed high risky payment methods,even Paytm is not much available these days so we can trade scam free on localbitcoin if we don't have intention to scam anyone. :D

There is a so many way to scam in localbitcoins, even you can get payment from hacked accounts, it's happened with me too once.
That's why I avoided fully localbitcoins trader who is not very trusted.

If we want to have certain terms and conditions for trading on LBC we can create advertisements where we can add identity verification in that case hacked account can be avoided.

Thanks for creating the important thread lol :P that guy, Deepak Chawla scammed me of around 4000 INR in the year 2015 early. I heard in news he got arrested few months after, I am still astonished how I got into his trap. But I was a complete noob then and didn't know much about escrow on lbc. This thread is a real need at this time for lbc traders.

SCAMMED me on 7 March 2017, promised to pay Bitcoin worth Rs 25000, made the transfer and he just vanished. After some time i knew i was scammed and bastard just flew away with money, after that i did my research and came to this thread. After gathering all the details, i approached cyber cell Bhopal, finally the case was registered. I had to visit cyber cell quiet many times, he own that Union Bank Account and the address that was in bank record was the same address from where he was arrested by Bhopal Cyber Cell Police after months. There was an article published for same in the Dainik Bhaskar News Paper and few more about his arrest. After few months the family of the Deepak Chawla approached me and begged me to take the case back, they had orders from court to Pay me back Rs 25000 for his bail, finally after i had to take that money back and he got BAIL. Till date the case is open in Bhopal's Court. He has to come every quarterly (approx) to court for his presence. From all this incidence i have learnt a good lesson and Deepak Chawla has also, as i sent him this message on whatsapp that i won't leave him without getting him behind bars.

Yes, i was the one who was the one who filed case against him in Bhopal Cyber cell, this thread helped me a lot to gather all his details. Bu just typing the account number on google i landed up here. Finally he was arrested in somewhere in September 2017, till date the case is open in Bhopal Court.

Scammed me on 7 March 2017, was arrested on 24 September 2017 by Bhopal's Cyber Police.

That is awesome to hear that you nailed a scammer but what i did not understand is that how you got scammed and how he got the coins from escrow. I understand that you were using localbitcoins and how come you got scammed when the coins will be sent as an escrow and until you say that you got the funds how come he was able to convince you to complete the trade.

Money laundering from hacked accounts is the most of scam happens on localbitcoins,so you will actually receive money to your bank account and you will release bitcoins then everything will go normal for a week or so then you will get a call from bank or police about enquiring who send money to your account,return it or go to jail. :-\

When you are dealing with P2P trading then the risk of getting the funds from hacked account is highly likely and there is nothing you cannot do about that, fortunately i only got one transaction in years and that too for a small amount in my bank account and once i got a query from the bank authorities i cleared it with them that it was done through P2P transaction and since there was a lot of transaction during that period it was difficult to identify my trade in the exchange, but somehow sorted with the bank authorities. But i was curious about the issue with iwassacmmed and how he got scammed.

Steps to avoid getting funds from hacked bank accounts

Check the received account matches with localbitcoin this details available on every type of Indian payment modes like UPI,IMPS,NEFT,etc.

And avoid trading with someone who created account recently even if they got verified account on LBC.