Quote from: duke1839 on February 24, 2015, 07:46:34 AM

I had an ad up on Mycelium's Local Trader to buy bitcoins for cash. Someone responded to my ad and asked me to email them a Gyft card and said that then they would release the bitcoins. My understanding is that Local Trader is not set up for online trades and is for in person trades only. I responded to them that they can use their bitcoins to buy a Gyft card directly and I canceled the trade. I'm 99% sure I would have been scammed had I gone ahead with the trade. Anyone have any similar experiences?

Have seen a couple like this myself and someone trying to use Western Union. No successful trades yet.

The bad thing is, I agreed to the trade before I realized these people were scammers and so when I cancel, I will get my reputation dinged. I think Mycelium could do with a tutorial mode or a popup on the 'agree' button to be sure that you have settled terms before agreeing. I know now but at the beginning is when you need good reputation. I'm just going to set up a new account and start again since I have no reputation anyway.