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. You Can Use Skrill ... But Before You accept it, You Must Make sure that the source of the buyer funds is from trusted websites only
otherwise Don't Accept it
Also .. When using it, Becareful not to receive multiple transfers on it per day .. Cause Currency Exchange is prohibited By Skrill
and will be much better if You make the buyer to write any note about any service you provided to him .. and of course not E-currency Exchange
Regards
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I've seen people advertise ad space on their websites for BTC and get this done successfully yet when I do it it's 'odd'.I mean this is no different to what the rest of the community does.I just posted here to get a guide/some leads and finally get somewhere with trading/earning some BTC without fuss (reason I moved to the mac is the 'just works' experience I get which my PC never did give me.I see BTC 'just works' for everyone else so I thought why not me?) as a new concept is of no value to me if I can't earn it trouble free (just pick any marketplace that my blog appeals to,post listing and be done with it.)
I'm a bit puzzled.Are you saying that people who have nothing to do with BTC have no right to trade?As I'm not sure what your message is.Please clarify is what I'm saying.
Erm, listen, if you're going to post on a Bitcoin forum, in the Service Discussion subforum, about monetizing your blog, then yes, the general expectation will be that your blog has something to do with Bitcoin, in which case, why not state it and work from there? This isn't a discussion about "rights". The idea is that if you have a BTC-related service which you want to make BTC with then it's time to restructure your presentation of it (cause ATM that's not clear). And if that's not the case, why exactly are you asking around here? If you want to make BTC you'll need to offer something that people with BTC want. I'm not sure how a travel blog fits that description, but if you think it does why not go ahead and state your case? If you're truly uninterested in all of this you can just slap an address on your blog somewhere and offer to rent ad space or whatever, and I guess hope for the best. |
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at a time that is happening now
Hahaha. Thanks for diligently reporting, OP. |
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S.NSA has announced specifications for its first product, the Cardano, a USB stick-style device to be used for the purpose of GPG-signing and decrypting with total security, even on potentially compromised machines. Full spec, use cases, etc available here. |
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Well, it's not so great to be "advertising" your bitmit post, as you say, at least not in Service Discussion. At any rate though, the issue is moreover that you'll need to provide something of value before seeking to make money off of it. To that end, have a read here. If all you're interested in is getting BTC for totally unrelated non-services tho', you're not at all in the right place. |
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I know you guys like mpex but it is pretty much over for them. Most people would rather have nothing than mpex. No asset could move there.
Still with this? I guess if you've been wrong for years what's adding another one. |
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Right. I'd say read moar, lurk moar, figure out what it is you actually want to do, discover what you're actually able to do, come back 1 year.
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Sounds unfortunate for pretty much everyone involved.
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Hiya Green. You certainly have some good points, and your earnestness is admirable. Thing is, though, some people genuinely have no interest in vetting, in reading, in making an effort, or being responsible. You're welcome to encourage them to change their ways, of course, as has been done time and time again, but for the most part this is how it goes. Yes, people need to learn. Learning is not necessarily a comfortable, cozy activity involving group hugs. Getting scammed surely sucks, but the solution is not expecting everyone else to be nice. It's not any sort of solution at all. |
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I have not been able to get a hold of Sam in over a week. I have talked to TheSeven over Skype and I can't speak for him but I feel that we are reaching the point where the Labcoin team being absent is just not even close to OK anymore. I still own my 30,000 shares and have taken a close to 99% loss at this time. I have talked to the team of forum members talking on IRC and trying to figure out what is going on with Labcoin and can only say that I of course will do whatever I can do help get to the bottom of what is going on.
I have also contacted Burnside to see what I can possibly do to ensure that all shares are accounted for etc. Right now I share every cent of frustration with everyone else on this forum. I will keep everyone here updated on everything and anything I find out.
I still find it incredibly odd that an actual physical business as owned by Fabrizio would (if that is the case) be willing to stand behind any form of scam, and I can assure everyone here that both me and Burnside did what we at the time considered a very fair due diligence of the project before we ever considered having anything to do with any part of the listing process.
Points. Laughs. Read better next time. |
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a link to create a virtual wallet
There is no wallet, that's not the intention. Which is it? |
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Dead horse. It was time to pull out in April. Seriously, there's no reasonable incentive to have funds, or hope, in MtGox. |
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How does it work?
You select one of the various images, type your e-mail, the recipient's e-mail, selects how many coins to send, optionally types a message and that's all.
The recipient will receive an e-mail with a link to see their e-card with a brief explanation of what Bitcoin is, a link to create a virtual wallet a field to withdraw their coins.
You will get e-mail messages when the recipient views the card and when the coins are withdrawn. If they don't see the card or withdraw the coins in 15 days, the coins are sent back to you.
A lot depends on the content of this "brief explanation," and on the specific tools and concepts you choose to present. Given that you're presenting people with a web-based wallet (where?), I imagine the rest of the story is similarly poorly focused on or entirely bereft of a discussion of security and sense. And this is the problem, really. Bitcoin doesn't need a swarm of people uninformed and uninterested in security, cryptography, personal responsibility, and so on to "adopt" it with personal pittances --in needs much less of that, in fact. Perhaps have a read here. Your drive to contribute and participate is great, but not all threads are worth pursuing. |
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So, half of it is mine.  Given BitBet's policy of insta-approving shit bets and rejecting much better ones slowly, I won't be creating new bets nor promoting them. The rejection was relaxed a little recently, as it was perhaps excessive. Maybe that's what you're seeing? |
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September results: ***************** Operational results ***************** Received 111 new propositions, of which accepted 16, rejected 95. Total bets in worth 236.15664585 BTC. i Revenue : 5.60240124 BTC, of which : bets resolved : 3.36095198 BTC ii fees from refunds: 0.00350000 BTC advertising : 0 BTC house bets won : 2.23794926 iiigracious donations to shareholders : 0.061 BTC Expenditure : 1.74774867 BTC, of which : referrals paid : 0.04774867 BTC ivhouse bets made : 1.70000000 BTC Profit : 3.85465257 BTC to be distributed as dividends. ***************** Miscellaneous ***************** Well at least BitBet did better than BTCtalk and Silk Road this month. I blame the Somalian. Update : As pointed out by the astute FabianB, dividends actually paid for the month of August were in excess of the value actually owed. As a result the next month will carry a 1.88896099 BTC charge to compensate. ——— i. Graphs :  ii. 336.09519837 BTC total pool resolved this month. iii. 2.90000000 BTC worth of house bets were resolved in the current month. iv. Tenfold increase month over month. Keep it coming!
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*Where IPO means I'm Pretty cOnfused. |
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Only on bitcointalk   I lolled. |
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Cute name.  Why not get yourself in the WoT? |
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This is very important in terms of the US government being a partner in Bitcoin. It proves to them that bitcoin is not beyond their reach or understanding. It means that some of the best experts on bitcoin are within the FBI and financial crimes departments.
Flesh out these arguments, if you will. I have a feeling it'll reveal the mistaken assumptions and various other errors you've made, though in any case it'd be a good exercise. |
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