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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hgw39 13 Apr \ on: 🚨 Someone Tried To Scam Me On RoboSats bitcoin
I had a similar instance of this (not with a gift card though) last year on Robosats and it made me aware that you can potentially be scammed by a seller. In my instance I had sent the fiat but the seller claimed I hadn't so we opened a dispute.
The coordinator adjudicated and ruled in my favour, as I had clear evidence of the fiat being sent and I got my sats.
But it made me realize that if the coordinator and seller collaborate they could scam you, so we're really relying on the coordinator.
Although you can't recognize a seller by their bot identity, you can identify them by their Wise or Revolut tag if you're using those payment methods.
After this incident I was in another trade with the same coordinator and when I got to the send Fiat stage the Revolut tag was the same as the seller who tried to scam me previously so I cancelled the trade and forfeited my bond.
Robosats is still me preferred P2P method (especially now as no one in my community wants to sell sats P2P right now for some reason!) but since this happened I limit the size of my buys and be mindful of who I am trading with (coordinators and sellers).
It's a jungle out there :)