Topic: Indian localbitcoins scammer list (Read 63242 times)

Steps to avoid getting funds from hacked bank accounts

Check the received account matches with localbitcoin this details available on every type of Indian payment modes like UPI,IMPS,NEFT,etc.

And avoid trading with someone who created account recently even if they got verified account on LBC.

When you are dealing with P2P trading then the risk of getting the funds from hacked account is highly likely and there is nothing you cannot do about that, fortunately i only got one transaction in years and that too for a small amount in my bank account and once i got a query from the bank authorities i cleared it with them that it was done through P2P transaction and since there was a lot of transaction during that period it was difficult to identify my trade in the exchange, but somehow sorted with the bank authorities. But i was curious about the issue with iwassacmmed and how he got scammed.

Money laundering from hacked accounts is the most of scam happens on localbitcoins,so you will actually receive money to your bank account and you will release bitcoins then everything will go normal for a week or so then you will get a call from bank or police about enquiring who send money to your account,return it or go to jail.

That is awesome to hear that you nailed a scammer but what i did not understand is that how you got scammed and how he got the coins from escrow. I understand that you were using localbitcoins and how come you got scammed when the coins will be sent as an escrow and until you say that you got the funds how come he was able to convince you to complete the trade.

Scammed me on 7 March 2017, was arrested on 24 September 2017 by Bhopal's Cyber Police.

Yes, i was the one who was the one who filed case against him in Bhopal Cyber cell, this thread helped me a lot to gather all his details. Bu just typing the account number on google i landed up here. Finally he was arrested in somewhere in September 2017, till date the case is open in Bhopal Court.

SCAMMED me on 7 March 2017, promised to pay Bitcoin worth Rs 25000, made the transfer and he just vanished. After some time i knew i was scammed and bastard just flew away with money, after that i did my research and came to this thread. After gathering all the details, i approached cyber cell Bhopal, finally the case was registered. I had to visit cyber cell quiet many times, he own that Union Bank Account and the address that was in bank record was the same address from where he was arrested by Bhopal Cyber Cell Police after months. There was an article published for same in the Dainik Bhaskar News Paper and few more about his arrest. After few months the family of the Deepak Chawla approached me and begged me to take the case back, they had orders from court to Pay me back Rs 25000 for his bail, finally after i had to take that money back and he got BAIL. Till date the case is open in Bhopal's Court. He has to come every quarterly (approx) to court for his presence. From all this incidence i have learnt a good lesson and Deepak Chawla has also, as i sent him this message on whatsapp that i won't leave him without getting him behind bars.

Thanks for creating the important thread lol that guy, Deepak Chawla scammed me of around 4000 INR in the year 2015 early. I heard in news he got arrested few months after, I am still astonished how I got into his trap. But I was a complete noob then and didn't know much about escrow on lbc. This thread is a real need at this time for lbc traders.

If we want to have certain terms and conditions for trading on LBC we can create advertisements where we can add identity verification in that case hacked account can be avoided.

There is a so many way to scam in localbitcoins, even you can get payment from hacked accounts, it's happened with me too once.
That's why I avoided fully localbitcoins trader who is not very trusted.

Looks like localbitcoin removed high risky payment methods,even Paytm is not much available these days so we can trade scam free on localbitcoin if we don't have intention to scam anyone.

  Still people are trying to scam and this will go on much higher rate ....following the announcement in 5th april about crypto world.........


have a good day and weekend all....

Wow. That should've hurt. And here you're the seller and don't even have the other guy's bank details. It will be tough to track the user down. Only LBC support can help, and I doubt they can do much about it too.

I was also scammed by localbitcoin user jac197233
He said he has given funds 194000 to LBC and once you release BTC, LBC will release funds to you, initially i did not believe this and I raised a support ticket and told him that I have raised a support ticket and will wait for there reply. That guy spoofed the email and he sends an email that appears to be coming from no-reply.... what we generally get from localbitcoin. The email asked me to release btc so I released BTC, but never received any funds.

That guy also spoofed the call (call appears to be coming from a number but when i dial back someelse speaks up) claiming to be support from LBC to make the case strong.

I was foolish enough to loos .6 btc (400000Rs/BTC).

I cyber police declined to register a complaint saying that bitcoin is neither legel nor illegal so they cannot take complaint.

This is great news, finally the scammer is behind bars. Hopefully people stop looking at Bitcoin as a criminals currency now!

A good news to all Deepak Chawla haters!!

"In a first for city, Bitcoin trader nabbed for fraud
Sep 24, 2017, 11:45 IST

BHOPAL: In what could be the first arrest related to Bitcoin, cyber cell on Saturday nabbed a Delhi-based alleged Bitcoin trader who has duped several victims across the country in name of exchanging their money to Bitcoin.

The accused who is said to be into this trade for the past seven years allegedly indulged in hawala transactions during demonetisation. He allegedly used to contact the victims through WhatsApp and after finalising the deal asked them to deposit money in his bank account. On receiving the money, he used to change his number. One Bitcoin is equal to around Rs 2.5 lakh. It was around Rs 4500 in 2013.

SP (cyber-cell) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that the accused was nabbed following a complaint filed by Shubham Jain, resident of Airport Road, Lalghati, against the accused around eight months ago.

Jain claimed that he registered himself on an online website localbitcoins.com on which Bitcoins are traded between buyers and sellers. After the registration, a person who introduced himself as Abhishek Kumar contacted him on his mobile through WhatsApp. Both finalised a deal and Jain deposited Rs 25,000 in his account for Bitcoins. Subsequently, the accused switched off his number. Police registered a case on his complaint.

During investigations it came to light that the accused Deepak Chawla, 37, a resident of New Delhi who is a graduate from Delhi University, had committed the fraud with Jain. A police team was sent to Delhi and the accused was nabbed. During interrogation, he told police that he himself became a victim of fraud in a similar manner seven years ago and adopted the same modus operandi to dupe others. He registered himself on the localbitcoins.com website and his id was 'btcltc'. He used to contact the user registered on site through WhatsApp chat and fraudulently got money deposited into his account.
He said that when the Union government imposed withdrawing limit from bank accounts during demonetisation he earned as much as Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000 per day by helping people indulging in hawala transactions. He got crores of rupees invested in Bitcoins through such persons.

SP Chouhan said that police had to struggle hard to arrest the accused as his family has affixed a board outside their house claiming that they have disowned Deepak. Police later found it was false and the family was supporting him.
Bitcoin is a worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system called the first decentralised digital currency, since the system works without a central repository or single administrator. It was invented by an unknown programmer, or a group of programmers, under the name Satoshi Nakamoto and released as open-source software in 2009. The system is peer-to-peer, and transactions take place between users directly, without an intermediary. These transactions are verified by network nodes and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain."

Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/in-a-first-for-city-bitcoin-trader-nabbed-for-fraud/articleshow/60811682.cms

So here's another scammer found on Paxful https://paxful.com/user/Robert5426

His real name is Mohammad Atif Khan.

I paid him 81100 (81000 + 100) on July 28th 2017 to buy bitcoins, at that time the rate was around 170,000 INR / btc, he told me he is going to give me at 160,000 rate but the minimum i have to buy is 0.5 btc.

I paid him in his following DBS Bank Account

Name : MOHAMMAD ATIF KHAN
Acct Number : 881001649985
Bank IFSC : DBSS0IN0811
MMID : 9641318
Mobile: 8392977716

Then he said, he will give it after 1.5 hrs, after 1.5 hrs he said his khalu (uncle) has expired and he has to leave office immediately.

Then on next day, he said his manager will contact me regarding the refund, and said they will return me 81100 + 200 (comphensation). They asked for my DBS bank details, i gave them, but for no luck, then he asked for my alternative bank account as there was some problem at their side to transfer from their SBI account.

So i gave them my SBI account details on Saturday, 29th July 2017, His manager said they have initiated an NEFT and it should arrive on Monday 31st July 2017, but it never arrived in my bank,

Then when i called him again on tuesday his manager picked up and said the guy Atif Khan has not yet returned from the funeral and will return the next day.

After that the next day his mobile got switched off, I got three of his numbers and all of them were switched off.

His numbers are::

8392977716
9634112552
8755334633

I then messeged him on paxful on previous trades, but he never replied, i sent him numerous msg on whatsapp but he never replied.

Can anyone here help me get my money back from this scammer?

I am attaching all the screenshots of the payment and chat over here.

https://prnt.sc/g5gwhv
https://prntscr.com/g5gwde
https://prntscr.com/g5gw9z
https://prntscr.com/g5gw67
https://prntscr.com/g5gw3f
https://prntscr.com/g5gvzd

Instead of it why don't people just go for any other any option instead of getting scam from this tour of people's.
Just find alternate ways to buy and sell bitcoins out change your wallet to other good one.

This is really pissing me off as this scam. List it growing every day instead of that why not to use other alt wallet just suggestion

You should double check your account balance before send a huge amount of money or btc their are scammers everywhere.