Localbitcoins seller trying Skrill scam?

[andrevleyerr]

I opened a trade for 880 Euro via Skrill and sent payment when the seller told me to, he was then unresponsive but finally came back later to say that he "doesn't confirm receipt of anything". This was on Friday night and he is now not responding despite having been online multiple times throughout the day.

I think he's trying to scam me. What should I do?

[bL4nkcode]

So you sent your funds to the seller? That makes sense that you have been scammed.
You should be careful of transacting to anyone even most people here or anywhere recommend to buy bitcoin in locabitcoins but that doesn't that buying there is 100% safe, you will still encounter some users that all objective is to scam, that's why you have to be careful when choosing people to transact with. Always make sure he/she has enough reputation to start.

[andrevleyerr]

https://localbitcoins.com/accounts/profile/Tropnikov/

He has 500+ trades. What should I do now?

[bL4nkcode]

Please wait for the seller reply's you or you should give all the transaction details to the seller since he said that he didn't receive the amount.

Well, I can't assure that the seller is the real owner of the account, since selling/buying LBC account is not that new.

But as I recall skrill do have a chargeback, so that's only your option if the lbc seller really is a scammer, the only thing I have no idea is how you can do it in skrill, if what are the requirements or days before you can apply a chargeback request.

[andrevleyerr]

He obviously received it, as the payment shows as successfully sent to the email address that he provided.

"I don’t confirm receipt of payment now, nothing. I sent a request to the support service. Sorry for waiting"

This was his reply, and afterwards he stopped responding. It's been over 36 hours now, and he's been online on the site as well as Telegram. That seems really suspicious to me.

[LeGaulois]

LocalBitcoin doesn't act as escrow with the transactions? If it does I would escalate your problem quickly. If not then you can consider your money gone forever, unless you can open a dispute with your payment processor.

The +500 trades mean nothing, true that.

[leowonderful]

Sales often happen for Localbitcoins accounts, and while a member with higher trades might be more reputable than someone with fewer trades, there's always that risk with Localbitcoins. The gap in trades for the seller you're talking about from December 2018 to January 2019 seems a bit suspicious to me, but at the end of the day it's hard to tell when some people are scamming.

As for disputing the transaction, there's a spot on Skrill's support site (click for direct link) that shows you a way to email and call Skrill for help in the event that you haven't received something you paid for. Should be your best bet for help from Skrill.

[buwaytress]

Sorry to hear about what happened but hopefully you've learnt your lesson. P2P trading online, always use escrow so you can dispute transactions. Since you're the buyer, you're less protected I guess, but as long as you've attached proof of payment the dispute resolution team should be able to pursue this. Doesn't make sense though, as seller's BTC would still be stuck in escrow.

Just proceed with resolving this issue with both Skrill and LBC. Either you get refunded or awarded the escrow.

[andrevleyerr]

Thanks for the replies. I opened a dispute right after he sent me the message claiming to not have received anything, and he ignored all my messages. LBC staff asked me for a screencast showing that payment was sent and I provided it, after that they asked him to do the same in his acccount to show whether or not payment was actually received, and gave him a 12 hour deadline to do so... of course right before the deadline, I get this response:

"Hello, it turned out that it was a system skrill failure. Therefore, the payment was not displayed in the transaction. Now the problem is solved. I hope for your understanding, as well as apologize for such a long delay."

I don't believe a word of that; the jackass clearly thought it would be easier to scam than it turned out to be. What an idiot.

[bL4nkcode]

Thanks for the replies. I opened a dispute right after he sent me the message claiming to not have received anything, and he ignored all my messages. LBC staff asked me for a screencast showing that payment was sent and I provided it, after that they asked him to do the same in his acccount to show whether or not payment was actually received, and gave him a 12 hour deadline to do so... of course right before the deadline, I get this response:

"Hello, it turned out that it was a system skrill failure. Therefore, the payment was not displayed in the transaction. Now the problem is solved. I hope for your understanding, as well as apologize for such a long delay."

I don't believe a word of that; the jackass clearly thought it would be easier to scam than it turned out to be. What an idiot.

Considering that the issue was resolved and you receive your bitcoin from the seller already, I guess you should stay away from that seller now if you ever want to buy again in localbitcoins though also leave an honest feedback with his scam attempt so people will be aware of that.

[sheenshane]

I'm not particular on Localbitcoins exchange if how to buy and sell works there, here can I say, do not trust accounts by having xxx trades or looks like reputed. Look at this thread there is someone selling their account on Localbitcoins with high trade account, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1888396.0. The best thing about having transaction always find a legit escrow for your own safeties as well. Yes, Bl4nkcode says was right you can leave feedback on that account to avoid those other users next in the victim.

So, now what happens to your Euro? The issue was resolved?