I think these problems of centralization and third party of thing is the main reason why Bitcoin was invented to bring an end to such scams going on around the international markets of goods and other centralized markets like banks and others.

Buying and selling of Bitcoin is easier than gold; you can safely buy and sell your Bitcoins in centralized exchanges as well as in decentralized exchanges with less risk through p2p and other means; you don’t have to doubt anything along the line because the exchanges are responsible for the entire transaction and will credit you with your Bitcoin once the transaction is confirmed.
Moreover, you can send it out to anywhere you want with just an address, you don’t need to be afraid of receiving fake Bitcoins because there is nothing like that.