Hallo again,
I am the topic starter.
I live in Germany and have been offered to sell my bitcoins for 6% above market value.
The guy I was in contact with said, it would be safest if I am going to fly into his country (Eastern Europe) to do the deal (he would also pay the flight tickets for $400).
The guy who wanted to give me the money (cash or bank transfern in currency EUR) didn't want to travel to Germany for some strange reason (e.g. he earns so much money that it is a waste of time).
As an alternative he suggested, that I can stay at home and I should send him 0.2 bitcoins first and then he would send me the money € 3,333 via bank transfers. And in the next step he has the full risk by first sending me €6.666 and I will send him the remaining 0.4 Bitcoins.
I had very big doubts, after all, he could have disappeared with my 0.2 bitcoins and could not continue to send me the money by bank transfer.
Ultimately, I looked for an Escrow service here.
I suggested this escrow service to the guy in Eastern Europe and he refused by telling that the had bad experience is with such an escrow service.
Overall there were a lot of more warning signs and I'm really glad I didn't trade without your Escrow services.
Maybe everything could have gone well but I think I could have faced a danger.
sorry, but that sounds shady as hell...
If it were me, and somebody offered me plane tickets to eastern europe to exchange crypto for cash, i'd run in the opposite direction. I'm also from the EU, from a country neighboring Germany, and i know eastern europe's reputation... Try going to the (bribed) police officer to tell him you were robbed of magical internet money at gunpoint by some bald dude in a leather jacket, see what happens.
As for you sending him 0.2
BTC first, without escrow, without knowing the other party => you're just asking to get scammed.
6% above market value + free plane tickets sounds to good to be true, so it usually is...
ps: I have nothing against eastern european people... I have worked with many people from ukrain in the past, they're lovely people... I just mean to say that i truely believe that there is more corruption over there than there is in western european countries, and going there to meet somebody you have never met before with an irreversible payment method in your pocket might not be the brightest idear...