Quote from: Patatas on June 17, 2016, 03:59:12 PM

Quote from: philiveyjr on June 17, 2016, 07:56:47 AM

I am a trader on localbitcoins, and a lot of people say I sell bitcoins too, for neteller send me their ID proof to verify identity. But whats a safe practice to prevent identity theft ? I recently dealt with a guy who charged back and I later found out that he was using some other guys ID and even had that guy fooled(saying he was using his ID for some purpose).

Whats a good way about in general to send or receive ID cards without falling into identity theft ?

1.Stop trying to trade with methods which are reversible.There is not much you can do regardless of escrow or even real ID proof for that matter.Let's assume some guy provides his real ID proof and it turns out he is from a country miles away from your place.What you could possibly do ? Take legal actions ? Not sure if you can spend time and efforts on it.

I usually don't trade neteller or any reversible method on lbtc. I only buy it when I need Neteller to deposit to sites which accept only neteller at the time. I just happened to be unlucky that it was during my initial testing time, that this happened. However a lot of established people still trade neteller on lbtc and I believe they have had no issues so far.

Quote from: sherbyspark on June 17, 2016, 03:03:26 PM

If you use your ID on any of these online exchanges then everytime they ask you for the id, you should watermark the ID specifying the purpose so it cannot be misused at any other places.

Thanks! Thats actually a pretty smart way to achieve this.