Rate at which p2p merchant are frauding people are high - always be vigillant

[Dailyscript]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

He reported the account, and up until now, support is still settling the issues with which they have restricted his trade. Brothers, be careful. Always be vigilant to check before releasing any of your assets. These merchants are cunny.

[Charles-Tim]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

If you have not received the money or the seller has not sent the complete money, do not release the coin next time. This is how some of you people will be scammed and later realized that you have done something stupid.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

If the buyer has already changed the price, the exchange will notify the seller in a way it would be very obvious. Anyone that wants to sell coins should check the price of the buyer before selling the coin.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

In P2P trading, only release your coins when the trade is completed. Completed means the buyer already sent money to the seller and the seller received that money then released his coins.

Don't release your coins when you have yet received money of the trade from a trade partner. Don't release under any kind of pressure from a trade partner. If your trade partner tries to bully you, create as much as pressure on you, just to request you releasing the coin, it is bigger and clearer signal of a scammer. Report that trade partner and move on.

[aTriz]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

He reported the account, and up until now, support is still settling the issues with which they have restricted his trade. Brothers, be careful. Always be vigilant to check before releasing any of your assets. These merchants are cunny.

You did the right thing by not sending the Crypto to him.
but You did not mention which p2p platform did you use? you should always use a platform with good reputation. see the feedback and users reviews. and some time the traders in that p2p platform also try to scam people which means the platform is ok but you have to pick traders wisely.
I always use binance p2p for trading. and always pick a trader with highest trust score. never had any problems with that.

[AirtelBuzz]

He reported the account, and up until now, support is still settling the issues with which they have restricted his trade. Brothers, be careful. Always be vigilant to check before releasing any of your assets. These merchants are cunny.

Such fraudsters exist in all countries, they mislead people in various ways and deceive common people. If we need funds then we also convert dollars to our own local currency through P2P system in our country. But I have never been cheated till now because I am very skilled at it. When I need funds I use the P2P system but when the buyer sends money to my "BK" and "Ng" account I review it carefully and then release the dollars to him. Many times buyers send fake sms which has happened many times to my friends and they are cheated.

I think not everyone gets cheated only fools get cheated by cheaters. If we do our work properly with caution then we will never be cheated.

[sokani]

The buyer didn't pay less because the price changed. If the price of the displayed ad has dropped, he'd not had accepted to transact, he'd would have rejected it and created a new one based on the current market price. When a buyer set an ad at a particular price and you agree to sell your coin, you'd get the total amount for the transaction based on the number of coin you want to sell. It's all your friend's fault, he'd have confirmed the money he received corresponded with what was displayed on Binance before releasing the fund. I doubt if Binance support is going to penalize the buyer.

[Agbamoni]

The buyer didn't pay less because the price changed. If the price of the displayed ad has dropped, he'd not had accepted to transact, he'd would have rejected it and created a new one based on the current market price. When a buyer set an ad at a particular price and you agree to sell your coin, you'd get the total amount for the transaction based on the number of coin you want to sell. It's all your friend's fault, he'd have confirmed the money he received corresponded with what was displayed on Binance before releasing the fund. I doubt if Binance support is going to penalize the buyer.

Literally he didn't pay less because that was the price that was there. What OP is saying is that the buyer intentionally changed the price so fast that the seller hardly noticed he did it. If you read careful, he said he checked the price after the first changes and noticed it was back to the original price, he was comfortable with. All of a sudden when he placed the order it was a different price. It was an intentional act from the buyer.

Good thing that he noticed before he thought about releasing his assets. And it seems people he was concerned about the increase of the price of USDT to naira. And doesn't want to buy at that rate. Last week i noticed there were only 10 buyers on Binance P2P. I have never saw something like that before.

[DVlog]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

He reported the account, and up until now, support is still settling the issues with which they have restricted his trade. Brothers, be careful. Always be vigilant to check before releasing any of your assets. These merchants are cunny.

This happens on Binance or some other platform you were using. I have seen a similar pattern in my country where some scammers send SMS to the seller's phone number, which looks similar to the one you get from the bank when your account has received a deposit. Sometimes busy people don't bother to check their account balance in the bank and release the funds. P2P option is the most convenient option for people where bank don't allow crypto deposit thats why scammers are targeting people who are using this features.

[Crypt0Gore]

I guess you are using Binance exchange Peer to Peer? That place is full of scammers now, the only tip that I can drop you is the reviews, don't do deals with anyone that has bad reviews, some intentionally do bad to some numbers of people and do very good to a larger number of people to have a nice looking profile stats.

The thing is the Binance exchange have smart customer services, if not, many of these scammers would have stolen a lot of funds from people, just like how paxful used to behave, Binance team will always ask you both to provide evidence and if one failed the person will be banned.

Next time, do trade with people that has zero negative reviews, I have came across those scammers few times and I followed this strategy and since then I don't have any problem anymore.

[Bitcoin_Arena]

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

Your friend is also to blame. There is literally a warning there stating “unstable price” just as you are making a sale order. Better still, if you are placing a sell order and the price changes, the order won't go through, Binance will show a dialogue box where you have to review and accept the new price. If you don't agree, you look for another seller. This has happened to me several times.

Next time, tell your friend to be keep when he is trading.

[Zaguru12]

I guess you are using Binance exchange Peer to Peer? That place is full of scammers now, the only tip that I can drop you is the reviews, don't do deals with anyone that has bad reviews, some intentionally do bad to some numbers of people and do very good to a larger number of people to have a nice looking profile stats.

The thing is the Binance exchange have smart customer services, if not, many of these scammers would have stolen a lot of funds from people, just like how paxful used to behave, Binance team will always ask you both to provide evidence and if one failed the person will be banned.

Next time, do trade with people that has zero negative reviews, I have came across those scammers few times and I followed this strategy and since then I don't have any problem anymore.

The problem is people get carried away with the price and tend to go for those with bigger price. Also when trying to check for ratings I will advise that one doesn’t just look for 100% or 90% rating but also consider the number of trades that person has completed. A person with very few number of trades and a 98% rating is riskier than someone with thousands of trade and 90% rating. Also you can never be scammed on this exchanges as long as you know what to do. Never ever release a coin when you haven’t confirmed the payment. The scammer will have no other option than to pay or leave the trade.

Your friend is also to blame. There is literally a warning there stating “unstable price” just as you are making a sale order. Better still, if you are placing a sell order and the price changes, the order won't go through, Binance will show a dialogue box where you have to review and accept the new price. If you don't agree, you look for another seller. This has happened to me several times.

Next time, tell your friend to be keep when he is trading.

What OP said actually happens there are some vendors that actually put a conflicting figure outside and if you click their their handle you will see another thing. Newbies who actually naive will just proceed without checking. The exchange even present the details after you put the amount you want to sell but they still don’t pay attention to exit that transaction.

[Yamane_Keto]

Give that scammer negative trust and send a screenshot of the conversation to the support team, and I am sure that they will stand with you and may ban the account if it violates their terms of use. I focus on negative trust and how the seller deals with it more than positive trust. If he has 100 positives and 5 negatives but responds to them well is better than 1000 with 5 negative reviews without responding to them.

[jrrsparkles]

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

Actually, the trader didn't scam your friend and the price of the order can be set to a designed price in two methods on p2p exchange, one is the price you want, let's say you buy bitcoins at $43K and the other one is based on percentage above/below the market price, if trader set price using the second one the price changes whenever the market changes and the price you are buying at will be shown in the trade window and along with how much money you will receive.

[Franctoshi]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

He reported the account, and up until now, support is still settling the issues with which they have restricted his trade. Brothers, be careful. Always be vigilant to check before releasing any of your assets. These merchants are cunny.

This issue has been on going on the P2P exchange platform for a long time now, especially with the Binance exchange platform, to a point that Binance has to come up with a written pop message that says do not release funds if you have not received payment in your bank account from the Merchants , then if anyone falls victim of this then it means the person don't read instructions, then when it comes the dramatic price switch, when you placed an order, this is something that happens in such a way that if you aren't careful and in fast to transact, you barely would notice it.

[fullhdpixel]

I always use binance p2p for trading. and always pick a trader with highest trust score. never had any problems with that.

Binance P2P platform is no exception when it comes to scammers. Remember, there are scammers on every single platform, no matter how much trusted a platform is and how secure it tends to be, these scammers will always try a way to trick you and scam you if you are not vigilant.

A different sort of scamming trick was tried on my friend a few days ago in the Binance P2P marketplace. The scammer had a buy order way higher than the market price, which would make anyone fall for it since you will get a lot more value for your money than the normal rate. So, when you place an order, the scammer will ask for your email address attached to your Binance account. I know that an experienced person would understand but a newbie wouldn't get it. So, what he does is that he creates and sends a fake email to you from Binance which says that the buyer has made the payment and the funds are kept in Binance's Escrow Wallet, lol, and the funds will be released to your bank account once you release the funds.

It's an obvious scam but someone who is new in all these things wouldn't understand, the email is designed in a way that you can't know if it's not official unless you check the receiving address which gives it all up.

[Pokapoka124]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

The only way scammers can succeed is if you release the coins from escrow without confirming payment. When trading p2p, it’s important to check the feedback on the trader’s profile. This will help you determine the type of buyer you might be dealing with. Also when you’re engaged in a trade, keep the conversation at a minimum and report the account to customer service if you suspect foul play like the buyer clicking paid when he hasn’t made payment. The buyer will be required to show proof of payment and if he can’t, the trade will be cancelled.

[Potato Chips]

Good job on not releasing funds, op.

But I would honestly avoid sleeping it off and start a dispute right away if it feels like I'm talking to a wall with the buyer or seller. This is because the other party could instead start a dispute and 'some' exchange may want you to respond in a timely manner so being MIA does not paint a good picture. It's also possible I may forget about it for some time and therefore, may be away for a longer period lol but that's just me.

On another note, hodlhodl has a nice security guide which for the most part is applicable in any p2p/hybrid-p2p exchanges, I recommend reading it at least once, see: https://medium.com/hodl-hodl/trading-security-guide-2f35c20e58f4

[Kelward]

Scams are synonymous with crypto transactions, so far you're not seeing your trade partner face to face, them extreme caution should be taken in any transactions that is carried out, because if you're scammed due to your own negligence, I doubt that there's anything much that the exchange can do to recover your money. So it's true that despite the pressure that can be mounted by an exchange merchant that he has paid money into your account, never release your coins, unless your account balance tells you that the money has entered, otherwise you just gambled with your money. Don't trust anybody that you meet online, due diligence must be followed in crypto transactions to avoid being scammed.

[BlackBoss_]

Ripping off trade partners is one of scam type and you can learn about more scam types on Peer to Peer marketplaces.

People were scammed because they want to get as highest profit as possible, so at the end they touched offers which are "too good to be true". They can be scammed without receiving money from trade partners but even if they receive money, there is another risk.

Money they received from trade partners can be from money laundering and at the end, they will lose it when police knocks their doors and ask them to return it to victims.

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[Issa56]

Yes, yesterday I almost fell for a P2P scam. Mine was the regular way these merchants always try to set people up. I had placed an order, and he approved that he had sent the amount to my account, but he did not. I told him he insisted I release it because he had sent it and I would see it in less than 5 minutes. I knew he wanted to scam me, so I left him and slept off. He then knew I wasn't going to fall for his trap and sent the money after so many hours.

This is a regular strategy that scammers use, but the first thing you should know when making use of P2P is don’t release coins if you haven’t received your payment. If the buyer claims they have made payment and you decide to release coins to them, then it turns out to be a scam, and your money is gone. I don’t think there is anything you can do to get your money back. When I am making use of P2P and the buyer keeps on pressuring me to release coin, I do think they are scammers automatically, because if you are not a scammer, you won’t pressure me.

But waking up this morning, a friend of mine had similar issues, but this time the scammer came with a little twist. My friend told me he had placed an order for $70 since he needed some funds. As he wanted to click the sell button, the price changed, and he refreshed it again. So he bothered not to check again and procedd with the order as he got the alert in his phone he saw that the merchacnt changed the order from  $1 = 1,460 Naira to $1 = 1,270 Naira.

I don’t really know if you can mention the exchange that your friend used. I know scammers can use that strategy to scam people. That’s why if you are using Binance exchange, before you release a coin, they will ask if you received the actual amount that you are supposed to receive. So when using P2P, make sure you compare the amount you received with the amount you are supposed to receive before releasing coins.