Topic: Be carefull Newbies! Fake Promo-code scams (Read 803 times)
If the site seems new and starts asking for money before you even get to explore it, it's most likely a scam. They usually target newbies in trading because most of them are still easy prey. That's why it's important for anyone new to bitcoin and exchanges to join forums like this where we get to read tips from experienced members.
There are many scams nowadays using Bitcoin, so you should always be careful with give aways offers in the form of promo codes.
This method of fraud is widely used by scammers, because many people are interested in give aways promos. Especially in a pandemic
situation like now, many peoples which requires a lot of money. If we are diligent in reading reviews about trustcoin exchange, of course
we will be aware that trustcoin exchange has received a lot of fraud accusations. What I worry about newbies and lazy people reading
reviews, such a person very easily becomes a victim of fraud. Advice from me is always to avoid if there are give aways offers that require
a deposit first, that's one of the characteristics of fraud.
This method of fraud is widely used by scammers, because many people are interested in give aways promos. Especially in a pandemic
situation like now, many peoples which requires a lot of money. If we are diligent in reading reviews about trustcoin exchange, of course
we will be aware that trustcoin exchange has received a lot of fraud accusations. What I worry about newbies and lazy people reading
reviews, such a person very easily becomes a victim of fraud. Advice from me is always to avoid if there are give aways offers that require
a deposit first, that's one of the characteristics of fraud.
Good thing you know that there are so many scam nowadays abusing the bitcoin system. The hard part is that it is not easy to track those guys to put them into prison. This is why if one will join cryptocurrency then one should be careful and should be educated when it comes to different aproach of scamming. There are others usually done scamming in telegram with channel thatbhas good number of users. However, they could get nothing as long as we know how they work and one should be always careful to offers that are usually good to be true. This is an old school way of scamming.
I already explained the method they use. Usually they offer a huge amount of money and try to make the victims to get into the trap. I call this method deposit-to-withdraw and in my own idea usually any exchange, casino, ... who ask you to deposit some money smells fishy. Also, probably if you check the promo codes on multiple account and multiple days you will see the promo code is working during all the time and on any account, theoretically this can be one simple way to detect such scams.
not a scam promo code but I think the website is a scam
never make a deposit on an exchange that is not clear, do not link metamask on any website
one more important thing, don't be easily tempted by free coins or tokens, we must be very careful in choosing
never make a deposit on an exchange that is not clear, do not link metamask on any website
one more important thing, don't be easily tempted by free coins or tokens, we must be very careful in choosing
Don't run after free bitcoin earning sites or you will get fall in their trap. Trust Exchange has many bad reputations and i personally don't recommend this exchange for every new members. You have fallen their trap and if you deposit, you will be more loser. So avoid this exchange to safe your funds.
This is actually a trap. If you deposit, you're done. You had your money already gone. This kind of fraud is old. It's been on our environment for a long time. Because of that, we should already be familiar with this kind of bait. It's only a promo code, why you will be risking your 1.6mBTC for this crap.💩
I'm surprised this topic isn't even moved to B&G board even 2weeks had already passed.
@OP, this topic should be moved to Beginners & Help board.
Don't run after free bitcoin earning sites or you will get fall in their trap. Trust Exchange has many bad reputations and i personally don't recommend this exchange for every new members. You have fallen their trap and if you deposit, you will be more loser. So avoid this exchange to safe your funds.
Not really a thing to know about but because of greediness, it drives them to fall into the trap. No wonder why still a lot of NO-HOW individuals will become a victim of this scheme because they easily get attracted after seeing FREE without doing any legitimacy check. It is a must to check first before doing any stupid decision. We know already how tricky the market today and we should also have to take extra effort to avoid being a victim of fake promotions.
Don't run after free bitcoin earning sites or you will get fall in their trap. Trust Exchange has many bad reputations and i personally don't recommend this exchange for every new members. You have fallen their trap and if you deposit, you will be more loser. So avoid this exchange to safe your funds.
I have recently signed up on the trust(lol)coin exchange because someone here was saying there was a promocode for a few free satoshis, I redeemed the code and tried to withdraw, it said I had to play atleast one roulette game before i can, which is what I did, and it said I had to deposit 0.016 to prevent abuse from the promo code. This is obviously a Scam!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
Lot of such kind of scam strategy scattered everywhere in different online games, sites and apps. They are spreading their evil business to deceive people and to earn easily from others pocket. Be careful everyone not just a newbie.
I have recently signed up on the trust(lol)coin exchange because someone here was saying there was a promocode for a few free satoshis, I redeemed the code and tried to withdraw, it said I had to play atleast one roulette game before i can, which is what I did, and it said I had to deposit 0.016 to prevent abuse from the promo code. This is obviously a Scam!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
I fell for scams like this before I got to know better. Scams like this have so infiltrated the crypto world that one can fall for these scams ten times over as one can't distinguish between real and scam.
One thing I'd advice newbies is that they stay away from sites that promised free bitcoins. These sites give the free bitcoins and require that you deposit a certain amount of bitcoin to withdraw your free coins. Obviously schemes like this are scams and those who deposit only learn the truth the hard way.
I'd say you run away from 'Free coins'
There are too rampant of this even here in the forum but I am not falling for any of it. The best thing to do is to avoid anything that look suspiscious or having a good offer. Actually no one has offering here a good except from the scammer who use it as a bait. In short, if the offer is so good to be true then do not waste your time on it.
See other ways of scamming. Most of the time they used the social media. And since it has a large audience it can really get scam especially to those who are desperate to earn fast and easy money.
See other ways of scamming. Most of the time they used the social media. And since it has a large audience it can really get scam especially to those who are desperate to earn fast and easy money.
I have recently signed up on the trust(lol)coin exchange because someone here was saying there was a promocode for a few free satoshis, I redeemed the code and tried to withdraw, it said I had to play atleast one roulette game before i can, which is what I did, and it said I had to deposit 0.016 to prevent abuse from the promo code. This is obviously a Scam!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
That really sucks. These promotions are meant to entice newbies to learn more about the Cryptocurrency Industry and not to scare them away. Promotions like that are the reason why people are saying that Bitcoin is a scam because they heard stories about other people being scammed but they did not know that they were just caught in a bad timing. I hope that you will not encounter things like that anymore. Lets just earn slowly and surely and invest on things that looks promising.
obviously it was a scam, I see it frequently on social media and messengers so just ignore it. there is always something fishy behind the free coins and You have to be careful not to fall victim especially to beginners
There are various fake you will be finding it that will tempt you to join by giving the showing higher returns, fake giveaways etc and in the and you realize that it was a scam or you end up losing your money in such things. Do not get carried away by such lucrative offers as many times those are scam.
Be careful on joining a giveaway since a lot of scammers lurking around in crypto world. You have to search their site and reviews before joining. Even if they asks you a lower amount don't be a victim of click bait. Though during these hard times people are in need of errands so you have to do some research on the legit site.
Better stop Joining Giveaways because all of them are scams and not trustworthy.Not Like in past that they are truly Giving prizes but now they are only Asking for KYC or free reviews and then nothing will happen and you will wait till the end of the world lol.
Why not instead of Joining Give aways we use our precious time in something productive and profitable in real term not in scammy ways.
Be careful on joining a giveaway since a lot of scammers lurking around in crypto world. You have to search their site and reviews before joining. Even if they asks you a lower amount don't be a victim of click bait. Though during these hard times people are in need of errands so you have to do some research on the legit site.
Thanks for these heads up for newbies, pretty helpful in my opinion. You didn't include the link of the scam site though but there is someone who posted the link so the problem was already solved.
it is not necessarily a fraudulent scheme. Recently, there was a campaign called Root bat and there, too, in order to withdraw the money that came for the bounty, you had to make a Deposit of one dollar. I did it and it worked perfectly. So check the information - it's not always a Scam.
Your case is special one, the number of legitimate sites that do this is outnumbered by scam sites to the point that most people will not trust them no matter how legitimate they are, I agree that doing research is a good move regarding this one but always remember that in crypto space, "free" is a red flag.
it is not necessarily a fraudulent scheme. Recently, there was a campaign called Root bat and there, too, in order to withdraw the money that came for the bounty, you had to make a Deposit of one dollar. I did it and it worked perfectly. So check the information - it's not always a Scam.
Newbie's and those who are greedy are the vulnerable on this type of scams.
They should learn how to know if the site or promotions are just scam.
There are people who would just ignore it and try to gain whatever they have been promised even if it is a high chance of being a scam.
They should learn how to know if the site or promotions are just scam.
There are people who would just ignore it and try to gain whatever they have been promised even if it is a high chance of being a scam.
There are so many scams nowadays with giving away free promo codes and most of all our emailing and giving us a link to "click" that we fall into their trap.
and with this news everyone realizes that the scammers are doing some way to get what they want, so all the more thorough for now to avoid the scammers
and with this news everyone realizes that the scammers are doing some way to get what they want, so all the more thorough for now to avoid the scammers
I have recently signed up on the trust(lol)coin exchange because someone here was saying there was a promocode for a few free satoshis, I redeemed the code and tried to withdraw, it said I had to play atleast one roulette game before i can, which is what I did, and it said I had to deposit 0.016 to prevent abuse from the promo code. This is obviously a Scam!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
Be carefull Newbies! don't fall for this crap!
You should make a research about the exchange first before jumping to try it out. Me personally will do a research before trying any new site cause we dont know what will they gonna be.. A good one or a bad one.. Some of promocode are legit as long as they doesnt as to deposit our own money before to try it out. so it very obvious a scam exchange. stay out be safe.
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