I found a local ad on Craigslist, some guy who was selling close to two thousand bucks, which was a great deal for me because I didn’t want to lose any money on exchange services. I’m a cheapskate lol. We agreed to meet at a restaurant and the trader to send me some money from his computer to make sure that the transaction works, I used a wallet on my phone. It took a long time so we decide to eat and talk. He seemed pretty trustworthy, and knows a lot more about crypto technologies than I do. We finally get approved for the coin he recently sent. He starts to send over the rest of the BTC, and I whip out my money.
Unfortunately, the dude’s laptop dies, but he said that he sent the transaction.
The restaurant soon closes and we decided to move to a coffee shop nearby. It took forever for the transaction to be processed, but I guess it was already registered on the Blockchain and we just needed a few more confirmations. I got really tired and decide to call it a night. He agreed and provided me with his phone number and driver’s license. I’m home, too tired to check the transactions and went to bed.
I woke up the next morning from a nightmare, decided to check my wallet… Nothing, nothing is there.
I contacted my wallet provider and they said that there’s no information pertaining to the transaction and nothing on the Blockchain as well. I called the guy, he doesn’t answer. I filed a police report and they ran the license information, but didn’t get any returns.
A fake license, who knows if anything he said was even real and I have absolutely no way of getting my cash or coins back. I’m going to try, but I probably won’t be successful.