Topic: I ALMOST GOT SCAMMED! BEWARE PEOPLE - page 3. (Read 527 times)
Scams are not that easy people, if you verify with trustworthy sites and have strong grounds of information, no one has a chance to scam you with fake news. Don't worry.
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.
it's really wise of you! your emotions under control 
the way scams evolves these days is something outrageous, one day they'll learn how to fake your own thoughts 
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.
Better buy NEO on a specific exchange rather than a doubtful seller. The more secure technology is the more smarter the hackers. The people should be aware of anything that is ambiguous things they see, an example is your "fake" NEO that you almost bought from scammer. Lucky for someone like you that you escaped that modus. Newcomers on crypto world should be aware of contract addresses to know the altcoin's legitimacy. It is also sad that these kinds of things are mostly ignored but I think it is better to spread awareness rather than keeping it secret. Or the best way is you just buy on legit exchanges to prevent those things, NEO is available in most exchanges.
Neo and Ethereum have different protocol though their sevice are similar in that you could create smart contract on both platforn. Neovis not an ethereum token and you should not make such mistake in future!
The reports of scam has skyrocketed. The scammers are getting smart therefore we should be more careful. Investor should check for the trade history as well as the background of the coin. Also it should be discussed with the people in the forum.
Guys common i think this post isn't about a scam, this is all about bewaring invest fund without knowing what you buy, without even research that NEO isn't ERC20 and use own blockchain!
Thank you for sharing your experience to us, this gives me more information on how to detect scams from real ones. It is fortunate of you to notice it before you made a transaction with the fake one. It is really important that we are very keen even to the smallest details so that we can avoid scams.
It is important to look out for scammers. We always need to see the number of investors associated with the coins as well as the trade history. This proves that if it has had any transactions or not. We need to extra careful, given the scammers have gotten smart too.
Thaks for sharing your exprience. we all know scam is one of most popular threat in crypto currency market. As it's a online market we can not get rid of this. We all have aware of this scam carefully we have to invest.
You will never know if you'll be scammed or not. Most of the investments scheme nowadays are just to good to be true. Collecting different kinds of coins and then runaway. some are true but didn't work out, then turn into scam again. Just be safe, and always invests or put money on something that you can afford to lose, and diversified of possible.
In fact, it's just because you don't know this token, so I still don't recommend that newbie use a decentralized exchange, so it's easy to run into problems and try to trade on a large exchange, like binance.
Nowadays, the scams are designed in such a way that they seem almost real. You were really close to being scammed, it's fortunate that you got to know the truth. I'd suggest you to approach the verified ones only, and also I appreciate how you shared your experience with others and spread awareness.
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.
That’s good that you saved yourself from such scam. Actually nowadays scams have become very common. The criminals know that cryptocurrencies are a new industry and as more and more people are becoming aware of it, they can take the advantage of it to scam them. Therefore, beginner should be especially careful while investing their money. I think this is one of the main reasons which discourage many people to invest in this 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.
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