Topic: Got scammed on Localbitcoins, received 650€ counterfeit money (Read 960 times)
you should've said no when he ask for your home address.
After several dozens of successfull transactions without any problems I became a bit too gullible and agreed to sell about 3BTC to a guy without any feedback, who initially tried out all sorts of excuses to avoid meeting me in person (instead he wanted me to give him my address so he could throw the money into my postbox, which I obviously refused). We met at night after he called my from a hidden number and I couldn't check the money properly (and I'm no expert either to recognize fake notes) so I only discovered that it was counterfeit next day when I was trying to deposit it into my bank account.
Needless to say, I had a terrible time (several employees came, took my personal data and kept the money to send it to the Central Bank). Once they confirm that it's fake I will have to go to the police and report the incident. I'm confident that I won't recover the money but at least I hope they can track his identity down from the call he made (although it's almost impossible to prove that the money came from him). Luckily I didn't try to pay anywhere with this money so hopefully I won't get into any legal trouble.
Lessons learned: buy a portable UV note detector and be tremendously cautious with anyone without a feedback and/or with a strange behaviour
Needless to say, I had a terrible time (several employees came, took my personal data and kept the money to send it to the Central Bank). Once they confirm that it's fake I will have to go to the police and report the incident. I'm confident that I won't recover the money but at least I hope they can track his identity down from the call he made (although it's almost impossible to prove that the money came from him). Luckily I didn't try to pay anywhere with this money so hopefully I won't get into any legal trouble.
Lessons learned: buy a portable UV note detector and be tremendously cautious with anyone without a feedback and/or with a strange behaviour
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