Local Bitcoin Dispute

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

I recently opened a trade with a seller who trades bitcoin for amazon gift cards on local bitcoin. The guy takes my card details and then turns around saying that it was already redeemed. The guy has a very suspicious account and I know I was really stupid to enter a trade with him. I just oped a dispute against him, but there is no substantial proof for both sides. My account has just a few trades on it, was created 6 months ago and has identity phone and email confirmed. I attached his profile. My question is what are the chances that I ever see any of my money again.

SocialManager · Jan 30, 2019

Do you have information on where this guy lives or his real identity? I would call the police and make a report.

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

I have nothing and I've reported the card stolen to amazon, they said they can't replace because its already claimed. All I could get out of them was he used an account with the first name fauk. I also looked up his username and theres nothing.

adelnetwork · Jan 30, 2019

Never trade with unknown seller in localbitcoins with amazon gift cards. There are people who are doing the same way.

Only amazon can able to help. Did you bought amazon gift card from local or online?

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

I bought the card at a store. I usually trade in gift cards with trusted sellers, but this time I got greedy when I saw the good price.

omnirand · Jan 30, 2019

If they are a scammer then they most likely have most of their tracks covered. You will most likely have to put a ton of effort to try to catch the guy again. It's not impossible but it's fairly unlikely.

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

I've got the time, but I really have no idea where to start.

JB2302 · Jan 30, 2019

You might have a chance to get it back, Raise a dispute. !

CryptoKujira · Jan 30, 2019

How much coin did you lose, and more importantly, how much is your time worth? Sometimes it's best to cut your losses on focus on the future.

I'm sure some savvy internet sleuths could track this guy down. But as others have said, scammer knows the game well, and probably covered tracks quite well.

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

CryptoKujira said:
How much coin did you lose, and more importantly, how much is your time worth? Sometimes it's best to cut your losses on focus on the future.

I'm sure some savvy internet sleuths could track this guy down. But as others have said, scammer knows the game well, and probably covered tracks quite well.

I don't think he was a very smart scammer because local bitcoins just decided in my favor and after I reported the gift card stolen amazon support said that they would take action on the person who redeemed it.

CryptoKujira · Jan 30, 2019

Nice. Glad to hear they are taking action. Now...don't do that again.

SocialManager · Jan 30, 2019

Salty_Crumpet said:
I don't think he was a very smart scammer because local bitcoins just decided in my favor and after I reported the gift card stolen amazon support said that they would take action on the person who redeemed it.

Thanks for coming back and giving us an update! This is much better than I expected.

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

CryptoKujira said:
Nice. Glad to hear they are taking action. Now...don't do that again.

I have no clue why they decided in my favor the guy must have had a lot of cases open against him. I think I've learned my lesson.

Matez · Jan 30, 2019

Contact amazon Store and get all the necessary document attached to the trade.

juicemane · Jan 30, 2019

Salty_Crumpet said:
I have no clue why they decided in my favor the guy must have had a lot of cases open against him. I think I've learned my lesson.

good to hear. hopefully amazon closes his account as well. you should post his username

drogon · Jan 30, 2019

Salty_Crumpet said:
I have no clue why they decided in my favor the guy must have had a lot of cases open against him. I think I've learned my lesson.

Sometimes perfectly good accounts get sold or stolen or the 100% feedback guy goes rogue. If the rate seems too good to be true in comparison to everyone else then that already is a big red flag to avoid that person and try to stick to small circle of trusted buyers/sellers.

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 30, 2019

juicemane said:
good to hear. hopefully amazon closes his account as well. you should post his username

The guys name is anthonybernard1987

drogon said:
Sometimes perfectly good accounts get sold or stolen or the 100% feedback guy goes rogue. If the rate seems too good to be true in comparison to everyone else then that already is a big red flag to avoid that person and try to stick to small circle of trusted buyers/sellers.

I think he faked all his feedback because the account was only 1 week old but had 100+ confirmed trades.

PinguSpy · Jan 31, 2019

But why.
Why you make a deal with someone that have only <100 confirm trade
93% feedback score
and 0.5btc trade volume

when i make a deal in localbitcoins, i always make a deal with seller/buyer that have over 3000+ confirm trade, 100% feedback score and 100+ btc trade volume..

ProLifeandAll · Jan 31, 2019

it's really hard to prove that. It's now a matter of who writes a great response and convincing lie to support ticket or dispute. Wish you luck

Salty_Crumpet · Jan 31, 2019

PinguSpy said:
But why.
Why you make a deal with someone that have only <100 confirm trade
93% feedback score
and 0.5btc trade volume

when i make a deal in localbitcoins, i always make a deal with seller/buyer that have over 3000+ confirm trade, 100% feedback score and 100+ btc trade volume..

You're 100% right it was pretty stupid, I don't often use local bitcoins so I over valued the verified identify.

ProLifeandAll said:
it's really hard to prove that. It's now a matter of who writes a great response and convincing lie to support ticket or dispute. Wish you luck

Thanks for your response, the case qas resolved in my favor 24 hours after I opened the case. I don't know why, but I assume he had multiple open cases.

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