I have done a ton of trades over LocalBitcoins, the quantity of money hasn’t been totally huge but I have been able to make some money over there as a side gig.
I was contacted by this girl who wanted to buy some bitcoins from me.
We agreed on an amount and the place, they picked a coffee shop, which was fine, I like to do trades when there are a lot of people around for protection and what not. We agreed to meet in a few days. I get a message from the girl saying that she won’t be able to meet that day, however, her boyfriend can meet with me in the coffee shop but only later in the evening, like 9 P.M. That was fine with me so we scheduled it. This chick had a few reviews, and she was pretty alright.
Never suspected a girl lol.
I get to the coffee shop with my little brother who wanted to come with me. We meet, and everything is going well, the guy is alright. I start going through the process of transferring the bitcoins to his account.
Everything is going okay. He hands me an envelope, I count the money, and use some of it to buy coffee for me and my little bro, just to make sure it isn’t fake. I thought I was smart. The guy asks where we parked, coincidentally he parked in the same place so were walking together to the parking lot. It’s late, almost 10 P.M and there aren’t a lot of people around. I wasn’t worried, the guy seemed nice and social.
At one point the guy says “oh shit”, and turns around, I turn around to look too. That’s when he clocks me right in the face and rips the envelope out of my pocket and goes running. Pretty lame since my brother got to see all of that.
Currently filing a police report and hitting up LocalBitcoins.