Myself shahid from mumbai. I had an old stash of btc with me which i wanted to cash out. I choose to deal from localbitcoins. Since i did not have a verfied account there, i decided to contact a trader and execute a deal outside of localbitcoins.
I first contacted "Abidhussainf" but our times did not match so i went ahead and contacted another trader who goes by the id "Prateeketc". I contacted him on his whatsapp number 8217331774. He replied quickly and we dealt without escrow for Rs. 20000. Since the deal was successful, i decided to proceed with another deal of 50000 INR to which i sent him around 0.015 btc. He assured me that he will send me the funds in 10 minutes after which he went offline from whatsapp and even blocked me on calls now.
I got in touch with the local police station today who refereed me to cyber crime bran to register a case of fraud. They have asked me to submit his details asap. If anybody here has any details about this person kindly let me know.
Also it would be great if you guys please suggest me what other option i have to recover my amount
Unfortunately, there is absolutely no chance that you would be able to recover your money, if you have whatsapp chat and some details of that person you can lodge an FIR against the person in both civil as well as criminal law. But I am not too hopeful that they will help you in tracing that person, try contacting local bitcoin support if you can get any identity details of that person, also try to request police officers or even offer kickbacks to get the details attached with the phone number he is using because if you can find him chances are you will be able to recover the money
Every seller or buyer on local bitcoin nowadays has to go through KYC. I do not think the OP is telling the complete truth. He himself might be a scammer trying to find out loopholes by posting this topic.
Op did not use local bitcoins escrow service, therefore he is responsible for his loss. Local bitcoin will not provide any information to him as he never used their platform. Op cannot do anything here and do not believe in what he is saying as he might be either a competitor or a fraudster. Did he provide on this forum any link where we can see the FIR he raised?
Another thing is his first post and he came to Bitcointalk asking for a solution. Where there are many forums to do the same, he also did not mention it in his post.
I would recommend everyone here to ignore his post as he might be a scammer.Calling me a scammer for what? Its me who has lost 50k and yes i accept my fault for not using escrow but that does not mean you will call me a scammer.
Not using escrow just because of trust does not make me a scammer bro. I needed the money on urgent basis so i decided to skip escrow.
What proofs do you want? I have all the whatsapp conversations which i have already submitted to the police station. The reason for starting this thread was to get details about this scammer "Prateeketc" who is now out of reach. You can even see his last seen on localbitcoins.
And i would like to know what made you accuse me? Did i ask any monetary help apart from his details? Did i beg you anything? Its my loss and i shall deal with it. Fraudsters should be dealt strictly so they do not repeat it with anyone in future.
P.S to All: Sorry for the late reply as i was busy running from pillar to post and i will get him nailed for sure soon. I might not be posting updates here, and if there is any breakthrough in this case i will post his picture too someday in this thread.
I even have a doubt that this person might be connected to a profile "Abidhussainf" because this guy had vouched for him.
I am thankful to you guys for suggesting me different ways and ideas to get his details.
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