Topic: The Fraud company Localbitcoins is closing (Read 169 times)

Yes you're right, but if you don't care about other's opinion, then you shouldn't post your story on a public forum.

I've worked for the 2 biggest CEX and am actually working on European cryptos regulations. I can confirm

And with these informations shared, what are you going to do as a exit scammer ? Spend your stolen BTC in Antartica ? 

Weeks is nothing when you are talking with a closing company, especially in the crypto area.

If you are talking to them like you talk to me, I think they will appreciate the fact of giving you difficulties before returning your funds. Some customer support agents doesn't appreciate mono-maniacs and aggressive customers.

What do you think holds absolutely no weight to the matter. It's just your opinion.

Ridiculous. I have to be patient? You sound silly and patronizing.
I wasted my time for weeks with their useless support before bringing this matter to the public.
You sound like an incredible satisfied customer or a paid shiller.

Consequences would be crazy? You are silly or naive. I suppose you must be new in the Crypto scene? Or just a paid shill?
MTGox was regulated and everyone was able to find Mark Karpeles physically. No one hurted him. Cmon, don't bring silly arguments.

I'm not screaming anything. I bring the matter to the public: LocalBitcoins.com is doing anything in their power to scam my funds. Recent feedback? This morning, after weeks of being fooled around with their useless support.
I also linked them my thread.

You are ridiculous to imply that if I don't got my money back must be that I did something shady.
This is an idiotic statement. You should be ashamed of yourself to attack the victims of this scummy company.

I don't think that after so many years of good and loyal service Localbitcoin is a scam company.
I looked at the topic you opened, you didn't provide any real evidence

I don't deny in any way that you are having problems with them, but I think you have to be patient. They are currently understaffed because as everyone knows, they are stopping down their business.

I don't think a company that is regulated in the EU and operates with the necessary licenses can really do an exit scam. Consequences would be crazy for them, and everyone is able to find them physically if they really want to. You can create as many alts as you want, I think it will take strong and irrefutable evidence to get the community to accept that Localbitcoin are scammers.

Have you had any recent feedback from them? Why go straight to the point of screaming scam like that? It won't get you your money back. I honestly think that if there was a Localbitcoin’s exit scam, we would have hundreds/thousands of feedbacks in that direction. For the moment we can't say that there are many...

In any case, I wish you good luck with the recovery of your funds, I'm sure you'll get them back one day if you haven't done anything shady with them

When I try to withdrawal my BTC, LBC is saying I can send maximum: 0 BTC

Correspondence should be addressed to FIN-FSA's Registry, in one of the following ways

 

by post to: Financial Supervisory Authority, Registry, P.O. Box 103, 00101 Helsinki, Finland

by email to: registry(at)fiva.fi

by fax to: +358 9 183 5328.

He made a bunch of posts about it. But since LBC is licensed by FIN-FSA https://www.finanssivalvonta.fi/en/ they have to follow certain rules.
The OP instead of filing a report with them just came here and started calling them frauds and scammers instead of going though proper channels.

Since out of millions of transactions over a decade there are not a significant number of complaints that don't go back to the user being the one at fault it's not something anyone was putting a lot of time into following.

-Dave

He made a bunch of posts about it. But since LBC is licensed by FIN-FSA https://www.finanssivalvonta.fi/en/ they have to follow certain rules.
The OP instead of filing a report with them just came here and started calling them frauds and scammers instead of going though proper channels.

Since out of millions of transactions over a decade there are not a significant number of complaints that don't go back to the user being the one at fault it's not something anyone was putting a lot of time into following.

-Dave

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Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 8:19 PM
   
to me

Hi,

 

A customer may contact FIN-FSA about a practice of an entity supervised by FIN-FSA that the customer deems to be contrary to the rules or otherwise worthy of censure. All correspondence is recorded and FIN-FSA may at its discretion take the issues raised in correspondence into account in its supervisory activities.

 

Correspondence addressed to FIN-FSA may be free form and should clearly express at least the following information

 

The supervised entity, in other words the service provider whose operations it concerns

An explanation of the business practice or operations in question

The grounds on which the writer deems the practice or operations to be contrary to the rules or otherwise worthy of censure

Whether the issue is also pending or being handled elsewhere (for example by the Finnish Financial Ombudsman Bureau or by some other board or court) and

The writer's contact information (name, address, telephone number and email address, if available).

Generally, correspondence addressed to FIN-FSA is public, except for information contained within that is confidential by law (for example a person's state of health, status as a job applicant or salary information). The supervised entity may also be informed of the correspondence. FIN-FSA publishes information on its activities and supervisory measures on its website. It is also important to remember that correspondence or other contact with FIN-FSA is not the equivalent of an appeal, as prescribed by legislation, nor does it have the effect of extending the appeal time mentioned in the appeal instructions.

                                                                                 

Correspondence should be addressed to FIN-FSA's Registry, in one of the following ways

 

by post to: Financial Supervisory Authority, Registry, P.O. Box 103, 00101 Helsinki, Finland

by email to: registry(at)fiva.fi

by fax to: +358 9 183 5328.

For reasons of information protection, we do not recommend that correspondence be sent by email if it contains confidential information.

 

Letters may also be delivered by hand to the Financial Supervisory Authority.

 

The reception point for incoming post is situated in the inner yard of Rauhankatu 19. Admission to the inner yard is by the alley between Rauhankatu 19 and Rauhankatu 17 (National Archives / Kansallisarkisto), which has a gate in front of it. You can open the gate by contacting the Bank of Finland's Security Office using the intercom on the gatepost. After the gate, at the end of the alley, there is a glass-walled lift structure. You can call the lift using the intercom mounted beside the lift.

 

Kind regards,

 

Samuli Urpalainen
Avustava lakimies | Biträdande jurist | Assistant lawyer
Finanssivalvonta | Finansinspektionen | FIN-FSA
Finanssivalvonta.fi | Twitter.com/FIN_FSA

 

They froze my wallet a while ago, and they did not send me any email.
LBC is scam, I have friends who got scammed also.

LBC has my bitcoins, but put me on forced holiday? Is this they way the get away with their scam?
https://localbitcoins.com/service_closure/

Does anybody knows where the main scammer Vladislav Alimpiev is hiding?

But why do you wait till now to complain about it?

They froze my wallet a while ago, and they did not send me any email.
LBC is scam, I have friends who got scammed also.

They froze my wallet a while ago, and they did not send me any email.
LBC is scam, I have friends who got scammed also.

12. No duplicate posting in multiple boards (except for re-posting topics in the local language boards if they're translated and re-posting marketplace topics in the altcoin boards if altcoins are accepted).

You can not call them as scam.

They made announcements a few times about their closing and you have enough time to withdraw your funds on LocalBitcoins to your wallet or to other platforms.

You will have one (1) year to withdraw bitcoins from your LocalBitcoins account after the service has been closed

They promised like above but you can withdraw your Bitcoin sooner than 1 year. Don't leave your coins there too long and longer than what you should.

The Reminder: do not keep your money in online accounts is not too old and still applicable.

After 2023-02-17 LocalBitcoins customers will only be able to log-in to withdraw their Bitcoins. The trading and Wallet services will no longer be available at this point.

How much time I have to withdraw my bitcoins.

By our terms of service agreement, we promise that you will have one (1) year to withdraw bitcoins from your LocalBitcoins account after the service has been closed. This means you can withdraw your bitcoins until 16th of February 2024. However, we recommend that you withdraw your balance as soon as possible.