questions for lenders/scammers

[Thunderbit]

if all the coins are tracked and your bitcoin account is linked to your ip address....wouldnt it be easy to find the scammer or where the coins? im sorry if this is a stupid question or if its been answered before....just curious how you could possibly scam when your prints are all over it?

[DeathAndTaxes]

if all the coins are tracked and your bitcoin account is linked to your ip address....wouldnt it be easy to find the scammer or where the coins? im sorry if this is a stupid question or if its been answered before....just curious how you could possibly scam when your prints are all over it?

Your bitcoin address isn't linked to your IP address.

[Thunderbit]

oh....well eventually i plan on lending... but if its that easy to just walk away... i dont see how people can afford to do it...and what are you going to do with a picture id? i didnt understand that either....press charges? when there is no law about bitcoins...is your only repercussion to show up to their house and give a bitcoin beatdown or what?  seems unsafe

[Thunderbit]

this is a serious question....if i got all the info from a person that i was going to lend to and they didnt repay  would i have to get a lawyer...i cant afford a lawyer and im sure a lot of others cant either... i just want to know what i could realistically do to get my money back?  or should i just stay away from lending all together?

[BurtW]

oh....well eventually i plan on lending... but if its that easy to just walk away... i dont see how people can afford to do it...and what are you going to do with a picture id? i didnt understand that either....press charges? when there is no law about bitcoins...is your only repercussion to show up to their house and give a bitcoin beatdown or what?  seems unsafe

Basically is it very unsafe.  You have to totally trust them.  If you do not trust them do not lend.  After a few months and getting scammed a few times you can get pretty good at spotting the honest people and the scam artists.  Look at the lending criteria in my thread here:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=61756.0 (it also contains a list of all my public loans that have paid me back).
This will give you a starting point if you want to start making loans.

[Thunderbit]

it amazes me that any lending goes on at all with little to no repercussion..  but thats great there is a list of trusted borrowers..im realizing how incredibly lucky ive been to even recieve the loans ive gotten so far.   im also realizing there is no real sure fire "easy" way to earn bitcoin.... a lot of risk all over   gambling  lending... seems like mining would be the way to go if i had thousands of dollars to invest.   anyway thanks for the info...im gonna figure out some way to make it in the bitcoin world.