These are following tips to look into when doing p2p inorder to prevent yourself from getting trapped by p2p bad eggs.

1- Do not release coin, unless you confirm the payment being delivered to your account.

2- Do not place numerous orders when you only work on single order, you may end up cancelling the one you make a payment if you decide to cancel some.

3- Preferably, rade with verified Marchant having a high volume of orders (80-99% delivered)

4- Check if the Marchant is online 

5- Don't trade with a restricted Marchant, it couldn't work.

6- Verify the Marchant's name on the exchanger with the account name, unless specified from the exchanger by the Marchant ( e.g some Marchant uses company name).

7- Stay positioned, stay calm when doing p2p. Do not rush.

8- Do not trade with the Marchant off the exchanger.

9- When buy/sell search or look for a Marchant whose advertisement suits the amount you want to sell/buy from minimum to maximum.