Is there something you can do if someone scams you?

[UserU]

I remember last year someone is in the same situation as you are now when he engaged in some kind of transactions using bitcoin and got scammed. his case was he bought a car online using bitcoin at a cheap price and got scammed after that, he came to this forum asking for support. he taught that this forum is the customer support for the bitcoin user. by reading your post, now I believe that those fake offers get some victims sometimes and are always dramatic when you read their victim's post. that's why we really need to post an awareness about this happening to warn them on not to engage in some strange transactions using cryptocurrencies.

Was it on Bitcointalk? I've seen cars sold in the Marketplace before.

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[RapTarX]

It would be not possible to trace the scammer since bitcoin is decentralized and the information of the sender and receiver is anonymous and cannot be traced.

This is not true. Bitcoin is not anonymous, instead, it's pseudonymous. Moreover, bitcoin blockchain is transparent and available to public. You can trace where the transaction is going, from where he is receiving fund as well as his previous records of transaction. It's very much easy to trace, even more easy to trace than fiat money in my opinion.
You have to spend some times behind the scammer, most likely today or tomorrow he will leave a footprint from where you can get his identity- if the address receive a transaction from an exchange or if he ever execute a transaction to an exchange etc. By this way, you can trace anyone in bitcoin blockchain. Well, it's time consuming and you have to wait for the scammer to make a mistake and leave a footprint anywhere between his transaction. Depending on the amount of being scammed, the victim may try to have a regular update of the scammer movement. For a lower amount, it certainly doesn't worth the time you have to spend.

[barnes13]

In my opinion it is rather difficult to find a solution if an incident like that has happened, but we can take precautions so that we are not fooled, especially in large amounts of money. 1.5 BTC is not a small amount, you should check their credibility and reputation before making a transaction. Don't check it after completing the transaction, it is a big mistake.

[sujonali1819]

It is very difficult to find out the scammer If you don't have any Information about the Man(scammer) except the bitcoin Address only. If the scammer use a exchange wallet then something is possible rarely. But exchange will not give any information of their user to any 3rd person. So it also very difficult  to find out. But possible.   

So before sending High amount we should asking the Personal Information about his, or asking a vouch copy is the only way to solve this issue.

[desticy]

The first thing you can and should do is tell the rest of what happened to you and who did it. Thus, you at least protect the community from the next scam and get a lot of useful tips on what to do and how to act.
As a rule, if your money is stolen, and you do not know anything to the person who transferred the money, then nothing prevents him from selling stolen goods to any of the exchanges.

A huge amount of funds was lost on the crypto market thanks to scammers, only a small part was returned, while all this is very unique and often unnatural for the blockchain.

[Polar91]

Lets say for example you pay someone for a product or service 1,5 btc and he scams you? what can you do about it? can you find his location his name etc?
Also you send the btc to his exchange account(witch is not Kyc). If he turnes that btc into monero its over!?

The best thing to do with that is to file a complaint to the bureau of investigation and allow them to track the scammer who victimized you via the platform you used for the comminication. You can't track them through the money you sent since it can be laundered making it really impossible to get traced even though the authorities take an action.

[UserU]

The best thing to do with that is to file a complaint to the bureau of investigation and allow them to track the scammer who victimized you via the platform you used for the comminication. You can't track them through the money you sent since it can be laundered making it really impossible to get traced even though the authorities take an action.

Isn't that kinda contradictory? Besides, cryptos are way more difficult to trace compared to fiat, let alone if the scammer resides in another country.

[moneyball]

thanks for your feedback guys

[Negotiation]

If someone tries to scam most of the time nothing can be done because they are already prepared to do these things. They usually keep all of their addresses confidential while working with us, sending us the wrong address and scamming them so we have nothing to do. Also we always have to be careful when it comes to working Also note all the name addresses where you are doing the transaction Do not make any investments or transactions on Telegram.

[aioc]

Lets say for example you pay someone for a product or service 1,5 btc and he scams you? what can you do about it? can you find his location his name etc?
Also you send the btc to his exchange account(witch is not Kyc). If he turnes that btc into monero its over!?

As long as you can trace his location and you know who he is you can prosecute him, there is no reason why you should send funds to the person who cannot prove that he is legit and there's a way to trace him because there is no chargeback involve, you are inviting people to scam you if you do not investigate first before sending, then your funds are lost.

[SheriffEl]

Well, firstly you can track on Blockchain explorer to where that BTC was transferred. After that, the only thing you can report him here: - https://www.first.org/members/teams/  (choose the country where you got scammed and send email )

Although it is not likely they will find him. Of course, there is always hope. Good luck