Hello ,
I live in germany and have bank account so I guess I can get bitcoin with its orginal price .
I am looking to start selling bitcoin on sites like paxful .
I think I will sell with Paypal/ bank transfer / gift cards / debit cards ...
I know this is high risk work . But A lot of people do it ! Look at paxful.com
so what is your advices to avoid scamers ?
I know a bit about pp but about bank transfers and cards not that much .
so please help .
I need to avoid refunds and dirty money .
thanks .
Here is what know from reading on the subject: If you accept Paypal, or Skrill, Payoneer and similar payments methods, it is just a matter of time before you will get scammed.
Almost the same risk is taking any credit card, debit card, even gift cards because they can be stolen, and very often they are, so new sellers are very likely to get targeted by fraudsters.
There is no 100% secure way to protect yourself, but if you are long enough in that game, you will learn how to minimize your risk, and cover your losses from your profit- that is if you survive long enough.
I am not talking from my experience, but from reading other people's experiences and problems they are facing.
Now, the obvious solution you might think is if you sell Btc thru the Western Union, but, as you already assume, it is also risky.
First, the guy can send you the money using stolen credit card, and yes, you will receive cash on WU, but it will trigger some investigation, and you don't want that kind of problems.
Further, you may ask him to deposit cash, and you are safe, right? Well, not quite. You will ask the buyer to take a photo of a deposit slip to prove that he paid with cash, you will receive the photo, you will check the photo for its authenticity, so it is not photoshopped or something, and if the photo is real, you are good.
No you are not. What he will do is, he buys his own thermal printer and prints out his own fake deposit slip, takes a photo of it and sends it to you, while he made a deposit with his stolen credit card.
He will cover the cost of the printer probably in his first fraudulent transaction.
And more methods are being introduced every day, so I just wanted you to be fully informed before you make any decision regarding your money.
I know I wouldn't want to be a victim of fraudsters.
After all, I believe what they say: "Knowledge is the only treasure that increases on sharing."
Cheers