Originally posted on 12/15/2016:

Paxful and Localbitcoins are great. There are some things that you should be aware of. Some will make 100s of micro-transactions so it looks as though they have a lot of buys/sells. Then they will scam using Paypal or gift cards such as Amazon. Some gift cards are reversible.

Check how long a person has been trading and the dollar amount. If you do that, you should be safe.