LocalBitcoins Fraudulent User

[DuGuerre]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to share my story about a trade that has happened on LocalBitcoins. User came to me wanting SGD6,000 worth of Bitcoin. Wanted to do it off LBC so we spoke on Skype. Agreed on a price and asked him to cash deposit into an ATM into my account. He actually did an ATM transfer from his account to mine and I foolishly accepted it. Sent him the bitcoin and 2 weeks later now I have the Police calling me up about a "Facebook Scam" where the "victim" was told to send the $6,000 into my account.

Most likely the police are going to reverse the money back into the "victim's" account and I am out of pocket $6k.

I don't have any details about the Scammer except that his receiving bitcoin address is:

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Any way to track this address down into a Bitcoin exchange to find out the KYC?

Cheers in advance.

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[Victoo]

Usually you do trade on lb with a user whom Email, Phone, Name are verified and also have a 100+ positive feedbacks.

Was that the case in your trade? I don't think so because incident like this doesn't happen with reputed users.

Your only hope is to try contacting LB and see if they can do anything or provide any details of the user.

[thecrimson16]

Gotta be careful with localbitcoins...every couple of days I get someone messaging me wanting to do the transaction in private....got scammed once...never againa

[enryk]

You never want to trade with anyone on LBC for large amounts .The probability of getting scammed is pretty high. However there are certain users who have high trust for large volumes as well. Only those trusted sellers/buyers should be trusted with the funds. And never try anyone new with large amount.