Topic: I ALMOST GOT SCAMMED! BEWARE PEOPLE - page 2. (Read 527 times)
This is not rare now..each and everyday happening similar things..for newcomers please study on the market how the coin works what is ERC20 token and basic things..cause each and very coin on the market there is a similar token created on ethereum block chain. those are very cheep you will impress by price..but actually there is no value for them...BEWARE people and save your cryptos..
NEO also sent me some messeges, thanks god I didn't renpond. Thanks for your information though.
Well there's a lot of phishing email saying you log in to this and that so better be cautious and always check their email address.
As per OP, don't trust anything in internet as nothing certain until you confirm it. Much better if you look at the CMC, click the coin and look for the contract address. And if you're unsure just trade in centralized exchange as hackers can't make their own address easily. Furthermore, good for you for saving yourself.
these days lot of scammers around the world. specially in Crypto currency most newbies get caught. There target is new people always. i also recently faced 1 ETH Scam. please be aware. always try to keep private key with you. dont not give anyone under any circumstances.
Never hurry on making any transaction. Being a late by a few hours won't yield you very large loss.
Be sure to check both from the sending, exchanging and receiving parties, rules, and what they offer.
I have not been scammed as such but I sent a few times to wrong address, double payed some, sometimes due to the delay form where I sent.
Be sure to check both from the sending, exchanging and receiving parties, rules, and what they offer.
I have not been scammed as such but I sent a few times to wrong address, double payed some, sometimes due to the delay form where I sent.
I was trying to buy NEO coins but I didn't know it's not an ethereum based tokens. I searched for NEO contract address on google and I got one, not knowing it's a fake NEO created by a scammer. I used the contract address on forkdelta and it brought the fake NEO with the price slightly different from the original NEO being traded at bitforex. I was about buying before I sensed that something was wrong cos there was neither a trade history nor any buy orders; only sell orders. That was how I got saved from being scammed. Please be weary of these people especially if you're a newbie in crypto world.
I believe buy and sell activity is safe when you do that on exchange or trusted friend, you knew their history and performance. Don't try to find another information about person you didn't know or new exchange to support your activity, it's dangerous. See people act in front of you and learn what they do to keep their activity safe. Not always easy but worth to be done.
I was trying to buy NEO coins but I didn't know it's not an ethereum based tokens. I searched for NEO contract address on google and I got one, not knowing it's a fake NEO created by a scammer. I used the contract address on forkdelta and it brought the fake NEO with the price slightly different from the original NEO being traded at bitforex. I was about buying before I sensed that something was wrong cos there was neither a trade history nor any buy orders; only sell orders. That was how I got saved from being scammed. Please be weary of these people especially if you're a newbie in crypto world.
This is a very popular and unhealthy way how scammers are looting people.
I remember the ICO boom when the tokens get ICO complete and then there will be fake tokens created and start trading on etherdelta. For example, I once saw message buy WePower Token on etherdelta before it lists to exchange on etherdelta.
The token name was "WPR Token", similarly I saw a lot many other cases too.
This is the dark side of cryptocurrency where newbies and less knowledge investors get scammed time to time, greed is also a big issue here. People fall for such scams in excitement and later regret, they dont even verify the contract address.
There are a lot of scammers out there right now trying every means possible to scam people.This is just one of the several tactics used by unscrupulous people now a days. Thanks for the heads up.
I was trying to buy NEO coins but I didn't know it's not an ethereum based tokens. I searched for NEO contract address on google and I got one, not knowing it's a fake NEO created by a scammer. I used the contract address on forkdelta and it brought the fake NEO with the price slightly different from the original NEO being traded at bitforex. I was about buying before I sensed that something was wrong cos there was neither a trade history nor any buy orders; only sell orders. That was how I got saved from being scammed. Please be weary of these people especially if you're a newbie in crypto world.
luckily you have looked again correctly. if you already spend money, you should first inform yourself a little more detail. wish you luck that something does not happen to you again.
this is eye open how newbies get scam so we should be careful in selecting the right way of buying coins
Thanks for sharing the incident with everyone. One of my friends was trapped by same type of scammer once. He had lost a good amount of money for that mistake and from then I have become more careful in these kinds of matters.
thank you for this information it will help us to be more aware, this is a online trading site so scams are part of it and that's very normal, it up to the users that how conscious they can stay , accessing your account safely is important otherwise you can lost your coins
Many people’s are doing the same things they think neo is ehereum based token but it not. If you search on Google and then you will clear about this and there are so many fake neo are available in the market but they have a huge price difference between original one. So you need to careful when you buy neo.
There are more forums like bitcointalk and others who have listed ways to identify a scam, It is important for all the investors to go through all of them to avoid getting scammed. Good to see that you didn't fall for it but be careful in the future. Nobody would like to lose their money to some thieves.
At least you saved yourself on it good for you. unlike what happened to me before , that I'm accused here in forum because of using fake ETH wallet, which is without knowing it was controled by hacker, i think we're 3 users here accused and suffering because of that wallet. Which is we are tagged ( known as alt ) because of having the same address , Lol , so be careful guys don't jump quick on any results in google 'cause most now is created by hackers, and make it sure first always to avoid such issues.
Thanks for warning the community, these type of scams are nothing new, forums like reddit and bitcointalk have previously listed suspicious activities which will identify scams, your incident is same as the listed ones. Hopefully, nobody will fall for these scams anymore.
Now in the market is extremely unstable situation. Bitcoin goes up, and altcoyins are falling. In such unclear conditions, the best solution will be to wait and see the developments on the market.
I was trying to buy NEO coins but I didn't know it's not an ethereum based tokens. I searched for NEO contract address on google and I got one, not knowing it's a fake NEO created by a scammer. I used the contract address on forkdelta and it brought the fake NEO with the price slightly different from the original NEO being traded at bitforex. I was about buying before I sensed that something was wrong cos there was neither a trade history nor any buy orders; only sell orders. That was how I got saved from being scammed. Please be weary of these people especially if you're a newbie in crypto world.
You are one lucky guy, you escaped that one, scammers and hackers are now getting good in what they are doing, as you can see a lot of post of their wallet getting hacked so better install metacert to verify the site that you are going to visit and of course, bookmark the real site so as not to get lost.
Sincerely, sharing this experience of yours is very much appreciated ....Thank God you were fortunate enough not to have paid to d fake one... The incessant increase of scam as far as crypto is comcerned is alarming.... People looking for innocent individuals to dupe.... Let us be more careful and do our findings well.... Thanks
I was trying to buy NEO coins but I didn't know it's not an ethereum based tokens. I searched for NEO contract address on google and I got one, not knowing it's a fake NEO created by a scammer. I used the contract address on forkdelta and it brought the fake NEO with the price slightly different from the original NEO being traded at bitforex. I was about buying before I sensed that something was wrong cos there was neither a trade history nor any buy orders; only sell orders. That was how I got saved from being scammed. Please be weary of these people especially if you're a newbie in crypto world.
you should never buy something that you do not understand, or you are not familiar with
Your information will be helpful to the people of the crypto. Thank you for sharing it. There are many scams online that can offset you or cause damage to you. So from now on you will have to resort to the truth. Only alert can keep you safe.
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