The individual was very nice and quick to respond, but in the end, a series of red flags made me unable to follow through with a trade with them.
- I was trying to trade using a wire transfer. In total I was looking to trade around $80,000 USD worth, but was going to start with $8,000
- I offered to initiate a wire transfer for $50,000 under the condition of using a guarantor or escrow through a reputable individual on Bitcoin talk
- Even though I offered to pay for all of the fees (on top of the 15% up charge which we agreed to) they refused the idea
- Their reasoning for this was along the lines of, "Look, this is how it works, you can go look at my rep on the forum, I have traded hundreds of thousands with trusted members"
- When I asked since I am sending a wire transfer (not an ACH-payment as they originally thought) how long it would take for me to receive the bitcoin. Even with using this method, it still had a wait time of over 72 hours
- The thing that ultimately led me to blocking them on Telegram, was when I asked for proof that they had $50,000 in BTC, they informed me that they did not actually have the bitcoin. Once I sent the money through a wire transfer, they then use that money to aquire the bitcoin, which they would then trade to me. The told me this is how it works in this industry, and that everyone else does this as well.
- They then told me that they would not be online for the next six hours, and to send the payment, which they will be on the lookout for.
- I have been "in this industry" long enough to know when to walk away from the table.
I am not trying to trash talk your service, and like I said, the individual was very nice through our conversation.
This just checked every box in regards to raising red flags.
Why do you have in your sales post that you will accept escrow, only to inform me that you do strictly deal with direct tradings?
Very nice comment.
But my experience showed me that everytime I put some money in escrow for such transactions, I finished with a dipsute because the person tried to scam me, sending me fake screenshots etc.. and No I wouldnt spend my time again with such. If you are not confident dealing with me, it's not a problem at all dear :-) Nobody asked you to use my service.
I have my rules, you can follow or not. It's pretty simple.
You wrote I said I should be offline for 6 hours: where is the problem? Do I have to be online all the time because you are sending me a payment that will take 2-3 days to arrive? Or would you have preferred that you send the money and I just disappear without any word? My god, why some people can't think further?
Furthermore, if I was interested to take your money and run with (as you try to write here lol) , I would not have verified first that
you are the owner of the bank account (you forgot to say that right? :-D) .
And I dont remember you having me asked to show you proof of 50k BTC, but rest assured, I will
never show you such proof, as I don't see why I need to show you how much money I have before trading with you.
I told you many times, if you are not confident, try first with 1-2k USD only, then appreciate the service.
You said yes, then you come back asking me instead to lock 50k USD BTC in an escrow, so you can send that amount? You think I 'm so stupid? I've been long enough in this business to understand such attitude.
Please don't spoil my thread with such stupid comments. You can look for someone else that you might be able to scam. I'm definitely the wrong person for this
