Localbitcoins.com allowing gift card sellers to get away with fraud

[Dan Druff]

Tons of scammers on there.

Have you tried contacting the buyer? Did they respond?

localbitcoins is very poor at policing scams on there. High volume traders basically get away with murder there.

Never accept anything but cash deposited into your bank account, and always verify that it was actually cash put in, and not a check/money order/whatever.

I contacted the seller right away and at first Daniele said j" just give me a few days and I'll give you the bitcoin back"

About 5 mins later Daniele said they need "proof" before they will refund me. The issue is amazon won't give me proof they just give me the same email response.

I have never used an Amazon gift card before. I always used my credit card to order stuff..

Dan Druff's Rule #1 of Customer Service: "Never use e-mail when a phone call is possible."

Call Amazon, don't e-mail them. If necessary, get a supervisor on the line. They are mostly third-world, but they're actually pretty good and fairly empowered.