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newbie
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April 18, 2018, 09:28:49 AM
#35
free bitcoin maker is nothing but a waste of time scam

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newbie
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February 16, 2018, 08:37:06 AM
#34
Free crypto! How can it not be true?  Cheesy
newbie
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January 01, 2018, 02:43:28 PM
#33
Very helpful thread.  The scam is still making the rounds, unfortunately, as of January 2, 2018.  The old axiom about something appearing too good to be true appears to be applicable here.  Many thanks for all who shared insights.
newbie
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December 23, 2017, 07:54:34 AM
#32
I found this thread too late.
I could confirm bitcoin maker is scam. 500k sathosi is gone and never come to wallet.
newbie
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December 15, 2017, 09:23:45 AM
#31
0.3 btc in 15 minutes... That's around $5000...  Roll Eyes

It shouldn't take more that this to realize it's an absolute scam.
I even saw fake-claim for 3 btc in a day... Reminds me on those African princes offering millions of $$ via email scams... It can be yours within a week just send me $200 to pay some administration tax, blah, blah... pretty please...

Funny how anyone can fall for this.
hero member
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November 20, 2017, 05:40:47 AM
#30
I know the topic is for Bitcoin Maker but the dialogue is incredibly similar to Coin-Maker.io.

Sadly being naïve I did test it out for a super small amount.  You'll get the progress bar completing, and a dialog box / QR code to pay the miner fee of 0.00xxx and a BTC address.  However after testing, no confirmations ever happened even after waiting for some time.  

Now worried that my coins were forever gone, I atleast *think* I fixed it by doing the following after a lot of Googling:

1.  Closed Bitcoin-qt (Core) once I saw the ? in 0 transactions / memory pool
2.  Went to the Username > Roaming > AppData > Bitcoin folder and deleted the Memory Pool file.
3.  Uncertain as to how to set the typical Windows 7 flags in Windows 10, I just was able to do it from Command Prompt
and did "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt -zapwallettxes=1", retaining the transaction history that I like to see in my wallet but removing the stuck 0 transactions send I just spent.  
4.  Replaced wallet.dat with a backed up version.
5.  Relaunched Bitcoin-qt.exe like normal and as such it forced a Rescan (which may take some time).  After 30-45 min and letting the wallet reload itself after rescanning, I found that my balance was back to the previous, unspent amount.  

Also as a note, in Command Prompt, changing the database cache from 1024 MB to 8192 MB made it rescan SOOOO much faster.

Hope this helps.  I think I did it correctly but it's also late and I'm tired so YMMV.
member
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September 05, 2017, 11:46:56 AM
#29
scammers every where ..just go for the trusted site. You can check the website safe or risk at www.scamadvisor.com
full member
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August 16, 2017, 05:11:54 AM
#28
and realy if somthing sound too good to be true so this is probably  not true its always  the same story everytime and  everyone wants to be reach faster that is why <> like that has someone who trust them.
full member
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August 16, 2017, 05:04:13 AM
#27
Thank you Cynthia, you have just saved me a few minutes of clicking. I was about to start on this just to make a few coins. It looks like all these faucets are turning into scams really. Im glad I decided to google before even starting.
full member
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August 09, 2017, 09:07:49 PM
#26
I was spending some down time the other day clicking ads on one of the PTC sites and I kept seeing one
for Bitcoin Maker. Not much to look at features / design-wise, but they claimed to be able to generate
free bitcoin faster than any mining pool.

Sound too good to be true? It is.

After supposedly generating the amount of bitcoin you selected in a crazy short amount of time (less than
15 minutes to generate 0.3 BTC - HAH!) a pop up appears saying that they have sent the payment but that
you have to pay a TX fee for it to go through. In the case of the 0.3 BTC, the "fee" was 0.009 BTC.

I looked up my BTC address in the blockchain and no transaction was ever sent - confirmed or unconfirmed.

There is no means of contacting the site owner and when I did a WHOIS on the domain, the registrant info
was hidden behind a privacy service. The TRUSTe verified emblem is bogus too AND the user comments
are recycled fakes.

Here is the complete review w/ screenshots: http://bitcoinmafia.com/scam-graveyard/bitcoin-maker-scam-review/

The only GOOD thing about this is that I didn't actually lose any bitcoin.

Forewarned is forearmed!

Cheers,

Cynthia


You did the right decision but it still makes you a fool. Why would you entertain these kinds of bitcoin schemes that is too good to be true? Judging by your rank, you should already know and aware what is legit and what are not.
hero member
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July 30, 2017, 05:49:44 AM
#25
~snipped~
I don't know it's real or you just edited that pic to proof that "awesome site" is legit. No man, we are clever and not fall to this shit attempt again. If that thing exist, no one poor people in this world because they can earn Bitcoin easily from those sites.  Roll Eyes
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July 29, 2017, 10:15:13 PM
#24
what do you say to this

another scam

i started bitcollect.io as a free member few days back, and it was running fine for couple of days or more

after some days i logged in to check my account

i saw this

http://prntscr.com/g204ys

i wrote to support to fix this, no answer

 Grin
legendary
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Once a man, twice a child!
June 27, 2017, 09:56:05 AM
#23
I'm in the middle of testing / reviewing Bitzilla and Metizer right now. Just made my first withdrawal from
Metizer. We'll see what happens.

Sadly, this is what I found even here on the Metizer site: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/metizer-is-a-scam-warning-1853676 I guess it has gone down too as a scam.
legendary
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June 25, 2017, 11:50:00 AM
#22
Thanks for sharing this, I was looking up bitcoin maker and found this you have warned many more people who fall for this type of scams and waste their time hoping for some positive results.

Glad I was able to help Smiley I'm trying to do one or two of these reviews a month. The scam potential is what
scares people away from bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general, imo.

You are right. The too many scam cases around Bitcoin has really scared many people away from the crypto world. I was scammed twice when I  got into the Bitcoin awareness thing by some cloud mining sites like: http://quickbtc.click and
http://www.hellobtc.xyz/double.php?p=paid

There's also bitminer.com too which I luckily escaped.

sr. member
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June 25, 2017, 10:38:05 AM
#21
Thanks for bringing this up, i fell for this scammers yesterday, i paid 0.00580 to them and no bitcoin was sent into my account. That is my personal experience with the site. Beware.
That's why you need to research first with google and different sites and forums especially if money matters, because you don't know what will happen to your money after you send it to anyone. Btw sorry for your loss, much better if you serve this incident as a lesson.

This is not a new story for me, and personally I've been into that experiences during those days that I am new in bitcoin. We had no control over that situations to occur while you're innocent of a certain thing and you definitely fall into those scams online. Anyways that losses will make you strong enough not to deal with that possible attempts in the future so will be able to prevent those traps to hit you again; of course that's an enough lessons for you to ponder.
legendary
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June 25, 2017, 09:48:20 AM
#20
Thanks for bringing this up, i fell for this scammers yesterday, i paid 0.00580 to them and no bitcoin was sent into my account. That is my personal experience with the site. Beware.
Haven't you notice that scammers asked you first to sent money to them, so they would next sent the same money+more back?
"Send me the money first" is the prime and definitive indicator of scam waiting to happen.
I gathered from my experience that the very name: "bitcoin maker" is always associated with scammers.

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June 25, 2017, 09:25:44 AM
#19
Thanks for bringing this up, i fell for this scammers yesterday, i paid 0.00580 to them and no bitcoin was sent into my account. That is my personal experience with the site. Beware.
That's why you need to research first with google and different sites and forums especially if money matters, because you don't know what will happen to your money after you send it to anyone. Btw sorry for your loss, much better if you serve this incident as a lesson.
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June 25, 2017, 07:49:55 AM
#18
Thanks for bringing this up, i fell for this scammers yesterday, i paid 0.00580 to them and no bitcoin was sent into my account. That is my personal experience with the site. Beware.
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May 25, 2017, 11:43:21 AM
#17
I was spending some down time the other day clicking ads on one of the PTC sites and I kept seeing one
for Bitcoin Maker. Not much to look at features / design-wise, but they claimed to be able to generate
free bitcoin faster than any mining pool.

Sound too good to be true? It is.

After supposedly generating the amount of bitcoin you selected in a crazy short amount of time (less than
15 minutes to generate 0.3 BTC - HAH!) a pop up appears saying that they have sent the payment but that
you have to pay a TX fee for it to go through. In the case of the 0.3 BTC, the "fee" was 0.009 BTC.

I looked up my BTC address in the blockchain and no transaction was ever sent - confirmed or unconfirmed.

There is no means of contacting the site owner and when I did a WHOIS on the domain, the registrant info
was hidden behind a privacy service. The TRUSTe verified emblem is bogus too AND the user comments
are recycled fakes.

Here is the complete review w/ screenshots: http://bitcoinmafia.com/scam-graveyard/bitcoin-maker-scam-review/

The only GOOD thing about this is that I didn't actually lose any bitcoin.

Forewarned is forearmed!

Cheers,

Cynthia

It's great that you really made an observation on that shit Grin I am not sure if there are people who also used that fake bitcoin maker but hopefully they didn't get any victim especially those who really want to get more bitcoin . Anyway, thanks for sharing this, keep it up so that people will be aware.
hero member
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May 24, 2017, 09:31:04 AM
#16
People fall for worse scams everyday. I agree w/ you about moving it to the Scam Accusations board though. I didn't know that there was one, otherwise I'd have posted there.
i think people fall for it because the scam is new they still have no idea if its legit or not , moving this to scam accusations is a good idea to inform users , generating 0.3 btc in 15 mins is insane cautious users will surely avoid this new type scam
full member
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May 19, 2017, 12:17:28 PM
#15
Nice to hear.

The site is very strange  ...
sr. member
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March 12, 2017, 07:25:37 AM
#14
Nice to hear that you posted here all about Bitcoin Maker that is actually scam, people now a days trying to fool us lol. Unfortunately its will just waste your time, since bitcoin maker have a proof now that it is scam yiu shouldnt not to use them....
hero member
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March 12, 2017, 03:26:16 AM
#13
Glad there are concerned netizens who are willing to inform and warn their fellows. Its absolutely true that scammers are really all over the world and is doing every strategy to trick people for their selfish wants. On the other side there are also people like you who is very kind for informing people in such doings that will help in there future plans in transacting and dealing with bitcoin.
legendary
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★Nitrogensports.eu★
March 10, 2017, 05:56:43 AM
#12
What is the actual website address?

I googled 'bitcoin maker' but the scam site is nowhere to be found on 1st or 2nd result page.

Golden rule you should always follow: if someone is asking you to pay first and only after that he will reimburse you several times over - it is 100% scam.
That is the oldest method in the book, mostly used in 'Nigerian price' scam tactic.
legendary
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March 10, 2017, 05:30:06 AM
#11
I'm in the middle of testing / reviewing Bitzilla and Metizer right now. Just made my first withdrawal from
Metizer. We'll see what happens.
I don't have any idea about metizer but i have checked bitzilla few days ago and i am quite sure what they are claiming is just some madeup story. They are running in model of hyip and paying old investors with new investor's money. They may keep paying like this for few days or even for few weeks but 10%+ daily return is just too good to be true.
sr. member
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March 10, 2017, 03:15:03 AM
#10
Lets is say ,no one website get give such many btc in 2017 year.Not time when faucet give 1 btc for clicking i only hear.
legendary
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March 09, 2017, 08:22:44 PM
#9
In my view, 90% of those platforms that oblige their users to deposit an amount before a withdrawal to occur is a COMPLETE SCAM. What they do is, to bait users with fast profiting first then later scam them using cheap tricks. It was a bust since the beginning.

It's all about this quoted text..
Quote
crazy short amount of time (less than 15 minutes to generate 0.3 BTC)
= scam

sr. member
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March 09, 2017, 07:13:30 PM
#8
I'm in the middle of testing / reviewing Bitzilla and Metizer right now. Just made my first withdrawal from
Metizer. We'll see what happens.
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March 09, 2017, 07:03:21 PM
#7
The name itself is already doubtful, it just another trick to fool people of using this tool. It's nice that you posted it here before anyone try to waste their time there. Any free bitcoin generator is totally a waste of time and simply a scam.
legendary
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March 09, 2017, 04:29:09 PM
#6
I would say that this needs to be in the Scam Accusations board, but to be honest, it's pretty obvious.  I hope most people are intelligent enough not to believe that a program would generate hundreds of dollars from minutes - in fact, if anyone wasn't, I would fear that their IQ is below any recorded level, or at least that they're extremely naive.

People fall for worse scams everyday. I agree w/ you about moving it to the Scam Accusations board though. I didn't know that there was one, otherwise I'd have posted there.
I know someone personally that got his system whooped at the time he installed a piece of software that claimed itself to be a free Bitcoin generator. It turned out to be ransomware.

That happens when you don't know what Bitcoin is and how it works in its entirety. It wasn't even a noob noob as he is a well educated person.

Other than that, I don't think this thread belongs in the scam accusation section since you haven't lost anything. Maybe that when a victim pops up here, you could move this thread to that section, or he could create his own thread.
sr. member
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March 09, 2017, 04:13:50 PM
#5
I would say that this needs to be in the Scam Accusations board, but to be honest, it's pretty obvious.  I hope most people are intelligent enough not to believe that a program would generate hundreds of dollars from minutes - in fact, if anyone wasn't, I would fear that their IQ is below any recorded level, or at least that they're extremely naive.

People fall for worse scams everyday. I agree w/ you about moving it to the Scam Accusations board though. I didn't know that there was one, otherwise I'd have posted there.
newbie
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March 09, 2017, 03:50:42 PM
#4
I would say that this needs to be in the Scam Accusations board, but to be honest, it's pretty obvious.  I hope most people are intelligent enough not to believe that a program would generate hundreds of dollars from minutes - in fact, if anyone wasn't, I would fear that their IQ is below any recorded level, or at least that they're extremely naive.
sr. member
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March 09, 2017, 03:11:00 PM
#3
Thanks for sharing this, I was looking up bitcoin maker and found this you have warned many more people who fall for this type of scams and waste their time hoping for some positive results.

Glad I was able to help Smiley I'm trying to do one or two of these reviews a month. The scam potential is what
scares people away from bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general, imo.
sr. member
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March 09, 2017, 03:06:23 PM
#2
Thanks for sharing this, I was looking up bitcoin maker and found this you have warned many more people who fall for this type of scams and waste their time hoping for some positive results.
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March 09, 2017, 02:01:03 PM
#1
I was spending some down time the other day clicking ads on one of the PTC sites and I kept seeing one
for Bitcoin Maker. Not much to look at features / design-wise, but they claimed to be able to generate
free bitcoin faster than any mining pool.

Sound too good to be true? It is.

After supposedly generating the amount of bitcoin you selected in a crazy short amount of time (less than
15 minutes to generate 0.3 BTC - HAH!) a pop up appears saying that they have sent the payment but that
you have to pay a TX fee for it to go through. In the case of the 0.3 BTC, the "fee" was 0.009 BTC.

I looked up my BTC address in the blockchain and no transaction was ever sent - confirmed or unconfirmed.

There is no means of contacting the site owner and when I did a WHOIS on the domain, the registrant info
was hidden behind a privacy service. The TRUSTe verified emblem is bogus too AND the user comments
are recycled fakes.

Here is the complete review w/ screenshots: http://bitcoinmafia.com/scam-graveyard/bitcoin-maker-scam-review/

The only GOOD thing about this is that I didn't actually lose any bitcoin.

Forewarned is forearmed!

Cheers,

Cynthia
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