Topic: Have you been a victim of scams? - page 5. (Read 696 times)
Yep.... accidentally sent 0.5 Ether to a fake Indahash ico.
I've been a victim of fraud I got tricked on an ico I've done all but ico it does not pay me at all.
I am really interested in this topic and am writing Bachelor thesis about types of frauds on the internet. I believe it is serious problem and it is important to share your stories so others would be aware of these issues.
Please share your experience, where you faced scams, what were your losses, do you know anyone else who faced same issues?
Examples of scams:
1.) Shady Exchanges
2.) Pyramids and Ponzi Schemes
3.) ICOs
4.) Mining software with malware
5.) Emails from scammers.
I will be really thankful for your stories!
P.S. Please specify scam websites, token names or projects in order to bring awareness.
Please share your experience, where you faced scams, what were your losses, do you know anyone else who faced same issues?
Examples of scams:
1.) Shady Exchanges
2.) Pyramids and Ponzi Schemes
3.) ICOs
4.) Mining software with malware
5.) Emails from scammers.
I will be really thankful for your stories!
P.S. Please specify scam websites, token names or projects in order to bring awareness.
Ofcourse, I have been a victim of scam and it was really suck, I've been careful right now since it happened to me. All my coins that I've earned was loss and I think it was because of the airdropped that I have joined or maybe it was hacked. I am very sure that I didn't give my private key so I was really upset that all earned was all gone. I should have not stack here so I decided to moved on and start again but it was hard to start again that's why I started 2 months after what happened. There's a lot there like phising site and I think you know that already.
I've been scam by people on slack who claimed to be from the team and you can make a lot of money by investing in their pre-ico
Yeah. I was once and learned from it, I was just merely helping someone and was clueless of what will happen next. Been good to other help but he infected me some kind of phising program tried to hack me, fortunately i was able to detect it. I lend him small amount but still tried to hack and scam me. Learned from it, never trust anyone and don't let other people take advantage of your kindness. lol
2nd one. HYIP programs, always scammed by this ponzi scheme, lost 0.1 btc in hexabot and 0.5 btc to chain.group
never learned but now I won't be joining any HYIP program anymore all ending to be scam.
2nd one. HYIP programs, always scammed by this ponzi scheme, lost 0.1 btc in hexabot and 0.5 btc to chain.group
never learned but now I won't be joining any HYIP program anymore all ending to be scam.
I'm a little Careful with that.I discussed and then React. Hopefully not been a victim Yet 
Yes, SIGT and ECT, both complete scams.
Well yes, I have been a victim of many revshares and HYIPs before. One of them was crypto related project called Lunacoin. The project was very promising, with many products built like wallets, sister sites, gambling platform, revshare etc. But the project owner fled away in just 1 month with around $2 million. Most of the funds were in Bitcoin, so I guess that $2 million is worth a lot lot more now, as this scam happened in April.
Then there was this Bananafund project, which claimed to be the next kickstarter platform. It also gathered a lot of funds, like around 600+ BTC, owner showed some progress in the site, but he actually used the money to do crypto trading and never returned the users their money. His name is John o'Neil.
There were many more projects like this and I lost in most of them, because at that time I was foolish enough to believe in the clever words of the site owners. Now, I am totally out of that sector and only invest in crypto projects. In that also, I choose ones which offer value even to free users like Steemit, Lunyr etc.
Then there was this Bananafund project, which claimed to be the next kickstarter platform. It also gathered a lot of funds, like around 600+ BTC, owner showed some progress in the site, but he actually used the money to do crypto trading and never returned the users their money. His name is John o'Neil.
There were many more projects like this and I lost in most of them, because at that time I was foolish enough to believe in the clever words of the site owners. Now, I am totally out of that sector and only invest in crypto projects. In that also, I choose ones which offer value even to free users like Steemit, Lunyr etc.
No and i dont have plan to be a victime of these scams,you just need to research well to prevent people from scamming you.
No, I do research or ask my legend friends when there's new airdrops and icos before joining. However, I was scammed before, but not here.
When I've started buying in the crypto world I knew just one coin, BTC.
Later after reading a lot and watching hours on youtube, I found out that there is potential in other "alt" coins too.
I am a holder and not a day trader. I avoid following others opinion and I am not attracted by names or promises of quick money.
I am lucky because I don't have a lot to invest, I am struggling to make my living, but I have hope and nothing to lose..
Later after reading a lot and watching hours on youtube, I found out that there is potential in other "alt" coins too.
I am a holder and not a day trader. I avoid following others opinion and I am not attracted by names or promises of quick money.
I am lucky because I don't have a lot to invest, I am struggling to make my living, but I have hope and nothing to lose..
No, because i know when ill be joining or not cause i am careful for it might be a fraud.
I think everyone of us who is a bitcoiner or crypto lover has atleast once stucked in scam. Somehow every user go through this level which includes scam emails also.
I have been scammed by ICO projects for twice now. They were very active at first and very engaging but then they refused to pay after their project has been successful and then just vanished into thin air. I think that sometimes, people get scammed because they didn't do their own research about the campaign or the project because even a successful project can lead to a scam in the end.
I have been a victim once, quite recently - I did a lot of work for a bounty campaign, but when time for payment came we all had to submit our ERC20 addresses again. I submitted my address, but unfortunately someone else claimed to be me and entered their address as well, and they got sent the tokens. There wasn't really anything I could do about it, other than tell the company my ETH address over and over again, which I did several times both before and after distribution.
A very frustrating experience, and I'm still trying to work through it with the company concerned just in case there's a chance of a positive resolution - so I'm not really prepared to name names at the moment. But this is an example of the sort of scam where you are not scammed yourself, but still become the victim.
A very frustrating experience, and I'm still trying to work through it with the company concerned just in case there's a chance of a positive resolution - so I'm not really prepared to name names at the moment. But this is an example of the sort of scam where you are not scammed yourself, but still become the victim.
I was a victim of ponzi scheme 10years ago thats why i can clearly say bitconnect is a ponzi scheme,so i dont recommend new ones to join Bitconnect.
yes , got scammed on Discord on name of marketing of coin
Ive been a victim of bitcoin scams before like ponzi schem also those hyip. That was when Im new in bitcoin that I joined quick and invested in. So this time Im being careful before joining any.
There are many different types of moshennichestva , various ICO scam . So you need to be very vigilant nowadays
when the first time I used bitcoin I get scammed by us man. 500$ bitcoin at that time mean 5000$. so hurt
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