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🚨 WARNING: New P2P Bitcoin Scam Involving Revolut and Online Marketplaces 🚨

There’s a growing scam that combines RoboSats, Revolut, and platforms like Facebook Marketplace or eBay.

It’s a classic man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack — and both Bitcoin users and online sellers can become victims.

🧠 Here’s how it works:

A scammer opens a BTC sell offer on RoboSats, requesting payment via Revolut.

At the same time, they contact someone selling an item (e.g., a MacBook) on Facebook Marketplace.

The scammer gives the seller’s Revolut account details to the Bitcoin buyer on RoboSats.

The buyer sends money (thinking it’s for Bitcoin), but it actually goes to the unsuspecting seller of the MacBook.

The seller, seeing the payment, ships the item — to the scammer.

The scammer gets a free MacBook, the buyer gets BTC, and the seller loses their item.

📌 Everyone loses — except the scammer.

🔐 How to protect yourself:

For Bitcoin buyers/sellers:

⚠️ NEVER send money to an account that doesn’t match your trade partner’s name.

Ask for a screenshot of the Revolut profile before sending payment.

Be skeptical of anyone who says “use my friend’s account” or “this is my assistant’s Revolut.”

If anything feels off — cancel the trade.

For marketplace sellers (Facebook/eBay, etc.):

Be cautious if someone pays via Revolut but the account name doesn't match your buyer’s.

Don’t ship products unless you’re sure the payment is legit and not part of a crypto scam.

If someone says “my friend will pay you” — it’s likely a scam.

Stay sharp. Scammers are evolving — so must our awareness.

Don't trust. Verify. ⚡

#Bitcoin #P2P #RoboSats #ScamAlert #CryptoSecurity #Revolut

Doesn't the bitcoin needs to be lock on the scrow first in order to send the money via Revolut? If I as a buyer send the money to the requested account by the scammer, the P2P coordinator is going to unlock the funds in my favor in case of dispute. Maybe I'm missing something

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Robosats, is peer to peer, you choose to release the sats, not the escrow(Robosats), it is about you and the other peer. These type of scams ,happens after a trade is concluded. Fiat has been sent , sats are released, the order on Robosats is concluded as succesfull, Robosats coordinator keeps 0,02 , 0,01 % for some coordinators as fees, and then there is a chargeback request. In case of a dispute, one of the two peers ,maybe has not received the money, or has sent fiat and the other peer has not received. The order is not concluded succesfully, and the coordinator in that case has to decide, with evidences provided by the two peers.

Is very very unlikely to get scammed on a P2P marketplace that uses escrow. When sending the FIAT the btc has already been locked on the contract. A coordination between scammer and coordinator needs to exist in order to determine the dispute in favor of the scammer even though you as a buyer have sent the FIAT to the requested account.