I almost got scammed using P2P on Bybit Exchange

in #hive-1679227 days ago

Some people are heartless, they derive joy in making others sad... Everyone is struggling so hardship does not justify stealing from others.

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Yesterday, I needed some cash for something offline so I used the bybit p2p to convert Usdt to Naira and that was where it happened... The amount I wanted to transact was #371 500 as shown in the screenshot above but the scammer paid the wrong amount which was less into my account and she did it in a way that the recipient wouldn't know unless he took his time to check.

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At first, when I saw the alert notification pop up, I did not know she sent the wrong amount until I refreshed my bank account and the amount it was reflecting was not up to the amount I was expecting, I refreshed 3 times thinking it was network. Still, it showed the same, so I went back to the p2p trade to check if the mistake was from me or maybe I didn't sell all the Usdt but that was not the case, so I checked my Opay app again to see the amount the person sent and that was when I saw the trick, she changed the 71 to 17.... she sent 317 504 instead of 371 504... Just imagine!

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I was angry because there is no way on earth you would tell me you made a mistake with that, it was a deliberate act to steal from me, I did not have the stress to argue or insult the scammer, I just messaged her that she sent me the wrong amount and guess what? she tried to act like it was not a deliberate act

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After Fooling herself for some minutes, she paid the balance and asked me to recheck, you and I know that was intentional and your plan was to steal from me, imagine losing 54 000 Naira in this economy when things are hard and she would be happy someone falls for her schemes.

I would have fallen for this scam too if not that I had already calculated how much my total balance would be before I got the money.

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I did not have the strength to blast her in the chat box but I won't let that go just like that so I gave her a bad review so others can be aware of her scheme. We have many like her because I remember Vickoly also shared a story where he was sent 2050.00 instead of 20500.

Be careful famz when dealing with others in this crypto world, so many scammers are out there waiting to pounce on you and suck you dry.

Always double-check the amount you receive before you release the coin

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Some of this guys are just annoying, bli might have fall for the trick too because at first I didn't notice any flaws, but then like you said, being proactive to know our expected total balance can help to quickly notice any abnormaly.

i found it really annoying last night too but i was not in the mood for any banter, the one thing that saved me was that I wanted to use the money and I already know what my balance should be if not, he would have been successful with the trick.

It really unfortunate that people still have the guts to steal not that they are hungry but for their selfish interests knowing fully well everyone is feeling the heat of the country. Sometimes when someone send money to my opay, I try resending same amount to my other banks or more depending on my previous bal. Nevertheless, just like you have said we just need to be careful.

it is greediness, they earn a good amount with the p2p trade they do yet they want more and they believe the right way is to scam and rip off others....

I do that too, whenever I receive money in my Opay, I transfer it to my other bank because of a fake alert and I also heard there is a way to send money to someone but it will be reversed after 15 minutes, to avoid stories that touches the heart I don't keep the money in my opay

Greediness it is indeed.

Wow!! Those scammers are sure toping their games daily meaning they are very much intellectual to do something of such. I pray our parts doesn't cross each others.🙏

yea , we just need to be careful and always be prepared for them...

You are safe as long as you do transfer the amount you receive from them out of the bank ACC to another before releasing the coin.

Alright!!! and thanks for the information.😄

One need to be cautious when dealing with online transactions..thank God you were smart enough to notice it.

I was lucky

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You got your money back because you checked it. Many people even don't bother to check the balances. they release the money after seeing a deposit message. I am always careful about it and fortunately, no scams were done with me. We need to stay alert from those scammers.

yes, he must have used the trick on many people already and unfortunately they wont know or they get to know when it was too late...

The trick will be really hard to spot if one doesn't look closely at the numbers, it's kind of subtle too, rearranging the same numbers but in a way that makes the other party lose some on their end

like I didnt detect anything, my calculations before the transaction is what saved the day

Thank God you got it back!

This is really bad. There are some people who lives on others' money deceiving them. And you will be surprised that by doing so, they think themselves smarter! They forgot the smartest is always watching everyone from the top.

yea, it is a wicked world, we need to be careful not to fall a victm