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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

Actually, I have never been scammed here in this forum, but before I knew about bitcointalk, I have involved in several scams and one of the ones that affected me most is the one about forex trading. I newly learnt how to trade forex, but I was not strong in executing trade independently. I was alternatively introduced into bot trading where I was deceived to buy a forex trading bot in a very high amount. I wasted thousands of Dollars to buy the bot and founded the bot with thousands of Dollars. But the bot was not profitable. I ended up blowing my account three consecutive times and the people that sold the scam to me could not retrieve it. So I lost thousands of Dollars. Trading was an ugly experience to me. The ugly experience I had in forex trading is still affecting my ability to execute cryptocurrency trading this time. I hate bots, I hate to copy trading. If I should trade again, I should be able to know how to read the candlesticks myself and trade.

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I will forever be indebted to you you've changed my whole life contiune to preach about your name for the world to hear you've saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment thanks so much Mrs Louise O'Brien.

This is the type of scam I almost fell for. It is embarrassing but I was young and naive during my early days of learning and searching the internet about trading and making money. There is a Mrs Louise. It was just a well thought out scam that takes their victims from one convincing step to another and before the victim notices the scammers have blocked them everywhere. Through luck, I escaped their tricks. An experienced trader saved me from this.

I had been scammed as a trader and also as investor in the market and that had never made me to think less of myself.
I believe in the future especially what the future has for me. There are times for us to complain, argue, learn , regret, and win. When any of this time comes our way, we need to embrace it and carefully focus on what we want without any drawbacks. The market is full of different level of circumstances and that should not make us to feel less of ourselves. It is important for us to focus on what we want which is the profit.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

I believe the word scam is already associated in crypto already, so it's not surprising if we see a lot of scammers or a lot have been scammed in crypto. Even myself, I tend to fall way back in my newbie stage that bitcoin is a get rich quick scheme. That was my first impression with bitcoin, the reason why I hurriedly invest in bitcoin that time.

But now being a long time bitcoin enthusiast, I realize that even in bitcoin, you still have to work and make extra efforts so you can gain profits later on. There's no quick money in bitcoin, only quick losses if you are not cautious with your funds.

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I will forever be indebted to you you've changed my whole life contiune to preach about your name for the world to hear you've saved me from a huge financial debt with just little investment thanks so much Mrs Louise O'Brien.

This is the type of scam I almost fell for. It is embarrassing but I was young and naive during my early days of learning and searching the internet about trading and making money. There is a Mrs Louise. It was just a well thought out scam that takes their victims from one convincing step to another and before the victim notices the scammers have blocked them everywhere. Through luck, I escaped their tricks. An experienced trader saved me from this.

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Quote from: AicecreaME on December 16, 2023, 01:42:34 AM

I've never experienced being scammed related to cryptocurrency but I've seen a lot of different scams in social media who uses cryptocurrency as their bait.

Most famous are pyramiding scam, those companies wanna be that will make your certain deposit into a big amount of money in just few days. The other one is the phising email, links, or whatever kind it is, they have the most believable thumbnails that will make you think they are legit, but if you're wary enough, you'll notice in their links that they are a scam.

Great to hear that. That can mean that you are knowledgeable and wiser than them. We are actually on the same boat, hehe. We can only feel sorry for those who are affected. It was also their fault anyway on why it happened to them. They may be rushing on the earning part and disregarding the important part. They think all here is only about profits and being rich, but they didn't know that it is also about reducing risk or loses about the capital that you allocated.

A scammer can use a crypto because this may be their chosen niche. It's not surprising though, since there are lots of money flowing in here, and there are still people who just getting started. They are still very fragile and can be attacked easily.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

personally I have only witnessed the LUNA and UST scam at my expense. I believe it was one of the worst scams ever seen in the crypto world along with FTX. There were the conditions to understand that it could be a scam project but it was also sponsored by Binance and for many, including me, we were convinced that we had found the goose that laid the golden eggs, too bad that then one day it all ended and moreover in worst way

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Quote from: G_Besar on December 19, 2023, 07:04:44 PM

Scammer are now clever enough that everyone has to prepare themselves when they have to face scammer who target everyone with any amount of funds. So it's true as you said that we have to be able to make quite thorough preparations for this even though we don't have more Bitcoin because scammer will always attack weak people and also people who neglect to make preparations. Because the target of the scammer is not just the amount of money, but also the amount they can deceive at one time.

Scammers wants to get your money and also they want to trapped you in scame project and steal whole amount that is present with you. They will steal that amount without realizing you about their process and also about the accuracy or doubt of created projects . A crypto user should be must prepared before happening of any such strategy because as Scammers and hackers are active all the time and we cannot find that who is hacker and who is our friend therefore don't share your personal information with your friend or family member as they can also steal your Bitcoin and other coins.

There are some people who win a greater reward but they did not find any benefit from it because their money has been hacked by hackers or they again invest in some scame project so I will say that only earning is not necessary but Keeping It secure and save is also most important thing.

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There are many that I can't even count them again mostly the Ponzi Schemes that were deceiving people to double their money for a very short period of time. And those fraudulent elements had defrauded me a lot and I also believed that many people had been defrauded like me. And in most time those things happened to someone because of the level of poverty and they want to increase their financial status and unknown to them they scam sites.

All experiences are bad on this. Some of this Schemes have been running in the internet for a very long time and all these period they are compiling funds to run away and within these period they would create trust in their platform and people would be depositing big amount of money. Op just be careful with anything referral links.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

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Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

What I did is before investing, I already watched numerous Youtube videos, and read some threads here regarding tips and tricks on how not to get scammed. At that time, lots of scam projects were emerging, and most of them had the red flags that I just watched or read. Until now, whenever I see new projects, I always think that they are a scam at first because nowadays, investing in new projects is very hard because the chances of you getting scammed are at their highest. Though I've missed many opportunities not to invest in new projects because I'm always hesitant, I'm not feeling any regret at all.

I think that the biggest scams in the crypto space are these scam projects, they keep coming and the worse is that there is no sort of regulations to curb them. I developed myself to have phobia for them after knowing what most of them are capable of, but like you I've also missed opportunities to invest in a few that I think can give me good ROI, but no regrets because it'll still be a gamble, not being sure if it'll turn shitcoin before I cash in. It's Bitcoin and top altcoins that have gained strong reputation in the crypto space, I never do new projects because of the fear of being scammed, I like to minimize my risks and new projects comes with loads of it.

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Quote from: Timmzzy on December 04, 2023, 01:13:22 PM

Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

I only do projects that comes from BOUNTYPORTAL, BOUNTY DETECTIVE, JCHAMPAIGNS, BRANBOSS, WAPINTER aside these ones I just mentioned every other projects or bounty campaigns that's not managed by these ones I mentioned I don't do them...

about bounty altcoin project, i think not bounty manager created scam
but only founder altcoin is not paid, because altcoin project, coin still not yet listing in market exchanger early open bounty campaign

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Quote from: Silberman on December 19, 2023, 05:52:43 PM

People often think that no scammer is going to be interested in going after them because they may not have much bitcoin in reserve, but I have seen scammers going after people just for five dollars, so no amount is too small for them, and with this in mind we need to prepare ourselves when we encounter those scammers, as in this way once we do so we will be prepared and it will be way more difficult for them to deceive us and steal our coins.

Scammer are now clever enough that everyone has to prepare themselves when they have to face scammer who target everyone with any amount of funds. So it's true as you said that we have to be able to make quite thorough preparations for this even though we don't have more Bitcoin because scammer will always attack weak people and also people who neglect to make preparations. Because the target of the scammer is not just the amount of money, but also the amount they can deceive at one time.

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Quote from: Hamza2424 on December 16, 2023, 11:48:10 AM

TBH, many people tried to catch me out of the way using their phishing tricks on social media, here on the forum too but Luckily I haven't gotten caught.

TBH, OP you should actively, visit the section you've outed out and also make sure to check the Reputation board as well. Avoid all unnecessary PMs because mostly they target you. On the forum, many scammers always try to find a way to sneak attack. Sometimes they even use stupid tactics haha to have fun and play those stupid games consciously to bring more of their strategies, belive me it will be a wonderful experience.

People often think that no scammer is going to be interested in going after them because they may not have much bitcoin in reserve, but I have seen scammers going after people just for five dollars, so no amount is too small for them, and with this in mind we need to prepare ourselves when we encounter those scammers, as in this way once we do so we will be prepared and it will be way more difficult for them to deceive us and steal our coins.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

Those projects that have a clear view and they are not even want to make themselves invisible and are fully visible to the community should be trusted, and also those who are so engaged in social media should be given a chance. Those projects that have some good individual better partnerships with those projects that are also better like I can say Binance, and Kucoin, and if they have funding from some top projects should also be given a chance.

We can trust these projects but looking at their work, that what is the main reason the project is famous for? Then we should take a step forward toward these projects in terms of investment and keep ourselves distant from the scam projects would be easy.

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TBH, many people tried to catch me out of the way using their phishing tricks on social media, here on the forum too but Luckily I haven't gotten caught.

TBH, OP you should actively, visit the section you've outed out and also make sure to check the Reputation board as well. Avoid all unnecessary PMs because mostly they target you. On the forum, many scammers always try to find a way to sneak attack. Sometimes they even use stupid tactics haha to have fun and play those stupid games consciously to bring more of their strategies, belive me it will be a wonderful experience.

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Quote from: borovichok on December 14, 2023, 07:13:44 AM

I've never been so insecure about the market until I got scammed with these shitcoins and I realized I've lost quite significant amounts of my portfolio. When we see a project in the market, we shouldn't rush into anticipation of these projects, rather we should take our time to examine the market and ensure we're stick on the winning side. Scam projects are everywhere in the system, we just have to apply precautionary measures to ensure we be on the safer side or path because no one would like to welcome defeats and losses in the system.

Scam projects are everywhere so when we're not careful of projects that we're investing into we'll get scammed. Some popular ways scammers are using to scam many individuals is the use of popular coins names in their projects and getting popular due to the name they use. After they have gotten enough fame and money from scamming investors they stop the project. When investing we should take notice of the names this projects are using.

Memecooin is also another way scammers are using to scam many Investors as they aren't regarded as a serious investment therefore alot ify scammers can scam investors and they won't be questioned. If you have invested in many altcoins, you would have been scammed or encountered scam projects as they're many in the market. I can't remember how many projects has scammed me but the amount aren't very big since I don't invest too much onto new projects.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

The only time I got caught was when I used a fraudulent exchanger. I decided to check this exchanger for fraud and I was not mistaken. No exchange took place and my money was gone. And only then I found on the forum a topic with a description of this fraudulent exchanger.

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I've never experienced being scammed related to cryptocurrency but I've seen a lot of different scams in social media who uses cryptocurrency as their bait.

Most famous are pyramiding scam, those companies wanna be that will make your certain deposit into a big amount of money in just few days. The other one is the phising email, links, or whatever kind it is, they have the most believable thumbnails that will make you think they are legit, but if you're wary enough, you'll notice in their links that they are a scam.

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Quote from: sulendra12 on December 14, 2023, 08:42:08 AM

Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?

Not reported in here, but it was when I really new at cryptocurrency. People asked to borrow a money and at the first time they paid back the full amount faster than the promised date, but they keep asking it over and over again until at the point when I "felt" I can "trust" them, I just lend them money without any further question and they stopped paying after that.

It isn't that a big amount, but still after that point I've pretty much guarded myself with every scam I could find and do all of the research possible so I can make sure I don't want to fall on same shit again.

Losing even a small amount is awful, and this is because you feel like if you have done things as you were supposed to then you would not have been deceived, I know that feeling as this happened to me as well, and even if the amount of money I lost was not big I was still mad about it for a very long time, and if a person wants to avoid to feel that way then they have no option at all but to investigate thoroughly any service they use on this market.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

I have seen many cases of fraudulent projects on this forum https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?

Not reported in here, but it was when I really new at cryptocurrency. People asked to borrow a money and at the first time they paid back the full amount faster than the promised date, but they keep asking it over and over again until at the point when I "felt" I can "trust" them, I just lend them money without any further question and they stopped paying after that.

It isn't that a big amount, but still after that point I've pretty much guarded myself with every scam I could find and do all of the research possible so I can make sure I don't want to fall on same shit again.

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Quote from: Junoto on December 03, 2023, 10:31:44 PM

What I want to ask you is how many times have you been caught in a scam project?
And what factors deceived you?
Please share your experience with me so that I can be careful in the world of cryptocurrency.
Thanks.

You're not being direct with your question and this does not go along with being specific, do you mean the campaigns some of us have promoted which turned by to be scam or the scam campaigns we have initiated by ourselves, many people are here on the forum participating in signature campaigns and were taking their time and risk in working for any organizations without knowing if they have the intention of scam or not, what we do here is only to work in promoting their brands and name, you must do your own personal research about how reliable or trusted they appear to be.

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