Localbitcoins stole my bitcoins just because I'm Iranian

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Quote from: Negotiation on January 22, 2020, 05:59:18 AM

I agree with you you can work using VPN. If they do not allow you to trade because they are Iranian, then the only way to use a VPN is to not know where you are working. That's why try to set policies in the face of circumstance.

As per the latest update, they have Ban many countries from using localbitcoins and not only Iran. Here is the complete list of countries and if you belong to any one of them, you will not be able to use that site to buy/sell bitcoins.

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Customers residing or otherwise located in the following countries are required to have an enhanced due diligence process. The countries are defined by EU commission: Afghanistan, American Samoa, The Bahamas, Botswana, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guam, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, US Virgin Islands, Yemen. The process to activate the account will be introduced in the near future. If you’re not willing to wait for your account to be activated, you can withdraw your bitcoins by deleting your account.

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Sad, in a vision of supposed "Decentralization" even this is being "Centralized". Every good thing must seemingly come to an end.

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Quote from: mmahdim on January 22, 2020, 05:13:00 AM

Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 07:47:45 PM

Quote from: mmahdim on January 20, 2020, 01:41:02 PM

Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 01:25:21 PM

Get proof of address from your DMV, send it to them and then report back to us.
These processes are always annoying, but I don't think they'll keep the coins you if you give them enough data.

They have approved my address now. That's not the problem anymore. Their only problem is me being Iranian, and they won't let me do trades until I get out of my country.

You can still use tier 0 with a VPN?

I always use a VPN.

They will need higher-level verifications as soon as you start trading bitcoins with Rials. That's when they find out someone's Iranian.

BTW I just found this new local website. Its fees seem lower than the others.

I agree with you you can work using VPN. If they do not allow you to trade because they are Iranian, then the only way to use a VPN is to not know where you are working. That's why try to set policies in the face of circumstance.

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Unfortunately you have been caught in the web of policies of LocalBitcoin. If I were you, the moment they start with the policy should be the signal for you to just move to a desktop wallet and we won't be facing these scenarios. But now, I think the only option now is to just find a way to regularize your account to withdraw your balance. Also, because of the sanctions, LocalBitcoin might be hard in other to protect themselves and nothing else. This is something why I will always advocate for no war because the common man will always bear the brunt.

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Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 07:47:45 PM

Quote from: mmahdim on January 20, 2020, 01:41:02 PM

Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 01:25:21 PM

Get proof of address from your DMV, send it to them and then report back to us.
These processes are always annoying, but I don't think they'll keep the coins you if you give them enough data.

They have approved my address now. That's not the problem anymore. Their only problem is me being Iranian, and they won't let me do trades until I get out of my country.

You can still use tier 0 with a VPN?

I always use a VPN.

They will need higher-level verifications as soon as you start trading bitcoins with Rials. That's when they find out someone's Iranian.

BTW I just found this new local website. Its fees seem lower than the others.

iluvbitcoins

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Quote from: mmahdim on January 20, 2020, 01:41:02 PM

Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 01:25:21 PM

Get proof of address from your DMV, send it to them and then report back to us.
These processes are always annoying, but I don't think they'll keep the coins you if you give them enough data.

They have approved my address now. That's not the problem anymore. Their only problem is me being Iranian, and they won't let me do trades until I get out of my country.

You can still use tier 0 with a VPN?

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Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 20, 2020, 01:25:21 PM

Get proof of address from your DMV, send it to them and then report back to us.
These processes are always annoying, but I don't think they'll keep the coins you if you give them enough data.

They have approved my address now. That's not the problem anymore. Their only problem is me being Iranian, and they won't let me do trades until I get out of my country.

iluvbitcoins

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Get proof of address from your DMV, send it to them and then report back to us.
These processes are always annoying, but I don't think they'll keep the coins you if you give them enough data.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on January 19, 2020, 05:08:55 AM

Quote from: mmahdim on January 17, 2020, 06:56:25 AM

Quote from: akram143 on January 17, 2020, 06:12:36 AM

^Still you didn't said how you can be able to withdraw your bitcoins when your account is suspended? Huh

WW3 trending made the prices of bitcoin to hikeup on Iranian exchanges so you actually sold it for huge price right? or just holding them!

I don't know what actually happened but I don't see any error when withdrawing my money. I just get an error when I try to place an advertisement for selling bitcoins.

I'm holding them for now, since I'm going to exchange them for Rials and Rial value is highly dependent on the political situations like the triggering of the dispute process by the EU.

So are able to withdraw but not able to make an advertisement on localbitcoins. Are you able to deposit bitcoins there and make the buying/selling of bitcoins ? I want to tell this to my Iranian friend who was also worried about the localbitcoins policy towards the irani citizens.

I can withdraw my bitcoins but I cannot make any trades to other advertisements, or make my own advertisement. I can only use it as a wallet.
Tell them to stay away from it unless they're not inside Iran and don't plan to exchange them for Rials.

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Quote from: mmahdim on January 17, 2020, 06:56:25 AM

Quote from: akram143 on January 17, 2020, 06:12:36 AM

^Still you didn't said how you can be able to withdraw your bitcoins when your account is suspended? Huh

WW3 trending made the prices of bitcoin to hikeup on Iranian exchanges so you actually sold it for huge price right? or just holding them!

I don't know what actually happened but I don't see any error when withdrawing my money. I just get an error when I try to place an advertisement for selling bitcoins.

I'm holding them for now, since I'm going to exchange them for Rials and Rial value is highly dependent on the political situations like the triggering of the dispute process by the EU.

So are able to withdraw but not able to make an advertisement on localbitcoins. Are you able to deposit bitcoins there and make the buying/selling of bitcoins ? I want to tell this to my Iranian friend who was also worried about the localbitcoins policy towards the irani citizens.

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welcome to bigotted west, it never was about liberty and human rights for the us government it always was just about usd imperialism

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Quote from: Sadlife on January 17, 2020, 07:16:40 AM

Maybe localbitcoins is an custodial trading site based on US. I've read here before that Iranian citizens are prohibited to enter any exchanges that are based on US, basically American government implemented a law banning Iranian's, to me that's just insane.
People should be entitled to withdraw their money no matter nationality they belong.

Localbitcoin is not from US,it is located at Finland.

Code:

LocalBitcoins Oy
Porkkalankatu 24
00180 Helsinki
Finland

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Quote from: mmahdim on January 15, 2020, 02:19:03 PM

Quote from: iluvbitcoins on January 15, 2020, 02:03:18 PM

Why don’t you send them something else as address verification? O.O

I live with my parents and none of the utility bills are registered to my name. I only have my bank account which they don't seem to accept for some reason :/

Go to the DMV and get proof of residency from them.
Most countries have this so I assume yours does this.
Maybe you'll have to pay a bit, but you'll have a goverment issued certificate confirming your address.

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Maybe localbitcoins is an custodial trading site based on US. I've read here before that Iranian citizens are prohibited to enter any exchanges that are based on US, basically American government implemented a law banning Iranian's, to me that's just insane.
People should be entitled to withdraw their money no matter nationality they belong.

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Quote from: akram143 on January 17, 2020, 06:12:36 AM

^Still you didn't said how you can be able to withdraw your bitcoins when your account is suspended? Huh

WW3 trending made the prices of bitcoin to hikeup on Iranian exchanges so you actually sold it for huge price right? or just holding them!

I don't know what actually happened but I don't see any error when withdrawing my money. I just get an error when I try to place an advertisement for selling bitcoins.

I'm holding them for now, since I'm going to exchange them for Rials and Rial value is highly dependent on the political situations like the triggering of the dispute process by the EU.

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Quote from: mindrust on January 15, 2020, 01:46:20 PM

Quote from: mmahdim on January 15, 2020, 01:29:08 PM

p.s. there are lots of Iranian businesses with .com domains Cheesy

They are still operating because the US let them. With a snap of a finger, they are gone.

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Going to far to fast on this runs the risk of widespread adoption of alternative addressing methods. Some of them already relatively well developed. It's always tricky to make a relatively trivial engineering problem into an enduring and insurmountable problem. Can sometimes be done, but it requires a decent foundation and some care.

They never would have found capable people to develop the internet in the first place if they got people who would not make certain 'mistakes' (e.g., making the thing relatively open and relatively free.) Now it's time to erase those mistakes. I don't doubt that they are working feverishly on it.

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^Still you didn't said how you can be able to withdraw your bitcoins when your account is suspended? Huh

WW3 trending made the prices of bitcoin to hikeup on Iranian exchanges so you actually sold it for huge price right? or just holding them!

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Quote from: TheCoinGrabber on January 17, 2020, 04:18:55 AM

Heard you already got to withdraw your money. That's great! So how did the process went? Did they responded to one of your private messages or they responded to a complaint on their sm? Some people might also have the same problem in the future, it would be good if they already have an idea of what to do.

Also, what do you plan to do with your btc now given that you can't trade there and you probably wouldn't be keeping any in there again after what happened? Are Iranian citizens living elsewhere subject to the same restrictions?

I think maybe it had something to do with this topic, maybe they were concerned about their reputation. Because I had been sending them the same address document for the past week and they kept rejecting it. I didn't put any complaint on their Twitter or other sm. I also opened some tickets but they were answered after they proved my Tier 2 verification.
If someone had the same problem I would suggest them to first open a support ticket, and then if they did not respond they might want to try to tell their situation on some forum or somewhere that might endanger their reputation.

There are lots of Iranian websites trading bitcoins now, but normally they have higher fees and lower exchange rates. There's also HodlHodl which has discounts on their fees for Iranian citizens but it's not as popular yet. I don't know about Iranians living elsewhere but I think unless they want to trade their bitcoins to Rials they would be fine.

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Quote from: mmahdim on January 16, 2020, 07:03:41 AM

Quote from: TheCoinGrabber on January 16, 2020, 06:28:45 AM

Weren't you the same guy complaining about not being able to ship in the ICs needed for a project? Wow, this sucks big time. Angry

I don't have any solutions I can suggest and there's really not much you can do against them. If I were you I'd probably go follow Spendulus' suggestion of trying to make formal communications and hope someone picks it up and then try work out a solution from that. I don't know if social media are blocked there but if you can carpet bomb their Twitter with you complaint they might actually try to contact you since that's going to agitate customers.

Yeah, I'm the same person.
That's a good idea, I will try that if they don't respond to my support tickets. Thanks for that.

Heard you already got to withdraw your money. That's great! So how did the process went? Did they responded to one of your private messages or they responded to a complaint on their sm? Some people might also have the same problem in the future, it would be good if they already have an idea of what to do.

Also, what do you plan to do with your btc now given that you can't trade there and you probably wouldn't be keeping any in there again after what happened? Are Iranian citizens living elsewhere subject to the same restrictions?

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Quote from: TECSHARE on January 16, 2020, 05:26:41 PM

Did you get your money back?

Fortunately, yes.
Thanks for your concern.

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