How many scams with SEPA, how to avoid them?

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Hi @jennus5. Welcome to t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶a̶b̶b̶i̶t̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶e̶ Bisq.

It is practically impossible to get scammed as a buyer. Tainted BTC are rare on Bisq and kinda rare in general since any form of tainting can be negated with CoinJoin, mixers etc. Still, there is always a way for you to check if the seller is selling tainted BTC.

  1. Click on the i button next to SEPA (COUNTRY_CODE)
  2. In the pop up that appears, click on the link next to Maker fee transaction ID

You will get to a transaction that contains the trade deposit and the maker fee. You can use this info to track the BTC trail for the trade. To do this, you need to know:

  1. How Bitcoin works
  2. How to use block explorers
  3. A list of ‘bad’ transactions you want to avoid

Let me know if this helps

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