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legendary
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November 18, 2019, 02:49:21 AM
#33
As sad as this might sound there is little or nothing hunters can do,
They can. But they dont wish to. What they can do is spread the word to boycott all bounty campaigns and stop their friends from joining them too. Sadly few people are willing to take an initiative and it will fail because some hunters will not accept this cause.

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most times hunters work themselves out for more than three months and at the end of the waiting period some bounty managers extends the bounty or refuse to pay with the excuse of hunters dumping down the price of the token, the saving grace that hunters are to apply is to make a background check on the bounty managers track records of bounty he has handled,  do he successfully pays his hunters or not. Doing this wil help you know whether if at the end of bounty you will get your reward or not
Background check does not determine outcome. It is still a gamble. It depends on whether the project can raise money and that nobody can say for sure that the hard cap would be reached. Also add that 99% of ICOs have been bullshit and worthless tokens, there will be no change in this market at least for several years from now. So they are a waste of time. Bounty hunters should participate more in what this forum is about and bitcoin than wasting time on shitcoins.
sr. member
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November 17, 2019, 11:43:39 AM
#32
As sad as this might sound there is little or nothing hunters can do, most times hunters work themselves out for more than three months and at the end of the waiting period some bounty managers extends the bounty or refuse to pay with the excuse of hunters dumping down the price of the token, the saving grace that hunters are to apply is to make a background check on the bounty managers track records of bounty he has handled,  do he successfully pays his hunters or not. Doing this wil help you know whether if at the end of bounty you will get your reward or not
legendary
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November 17, 2019, 04:56:50 AM
#31
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
Stop joining bounties. As simple as that.

Bounty campaigns run because the bounty hunters want them to run.
As harsh as that may sound, that is the bitter truth. Although not all bounty campaign ends up badly. It would take a lot of effort to find a legit one that would succeed and will not turn out to be a scam. I remember back in the old days when doing bounty campaigns is still profitable 'cause most projects succeed. Nowadays, you'll either end up holding a bunch of useless no-value tokens or be dragged to the bottom with the project you are promoting. Sure, we can suggest to OP and all bounty hunters do to hard assessments, make a thorough research about it but let's be honest here, most bounty hunters will not do that since it's so time-consuming. Most would jump in and join without any hesitation especially when promised with hefty rewards.
sr. member
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November 17, 2019, 01:09:30 AM
#30
To avoid scam projects, the first thing I see is the manager of the bounty project, if the manager is very trusted and the track record is good, I don't hesitate to join, for example, like Yahoo managers, we as bounty hunters already know what he looks like. But there are also good managers who can be fooled by a scam project. Even managers can get caught up, especially us. For that we also have to do our own analysis of the project, like the Team, we have to check one by one the team, and the other has been described by friends here.
legendary
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November 16, 2019, 02:29:13 AM
#29
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
Stop joining bounties. As simple as that.

Bounty campaigns run because the bounty hunters want them to run.

It is because of the false hope that this shitcoin is going to become the next bitcoin that makes the hunter join, but then just think about it, would so many piles of shitcoin really exist if they were all going to take over bitcoin? They are all lies and projects without any development. If you become an advisor then you pump and dump the project when you feel like. Whats good in that.

Bounty hunters are even less than that, they would never be able to voice their demand nor sell their token because it has zero value in the market.
sr. member
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November 16, 2019, 01:50:22 AM
#28
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
I'll say this bluntly, it's hard to avoid this kinda scammy projects. At least you could do some preparation so, yeah, it could make it less scammy. Do your research first about the related projects that you're planning to join. A good result of your research doesn't always mean that it is a good project. As long there's participants who are willing to join, scammers always there and everywhere to take advantages of bounty hunters to promote their projects so they could scam investors. And the other thing is, try joining a bounty that pays weekly or something.
sr. member
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November 15, 2019, 11:42:53 PM
#27
the way is quite simple stop working on the bounty that gives their token gifts.
do bounties that only pay you with BTC or ETH.
There is also a bounty that has been registered at CMC which is a project that is already running and traded on the exchange to avoid scams but obviously the results are definitely there although not too large.
hero member
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November 15, 2019, 02:28:10 PM
#26
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
Theres no way to stop this but completely those bounty hunters would stop on joining up these projects. Scammers using up these bounty
hunters to widespread up their shady project and in the end you wont receive anything from your hard work and time which is completely wasted.

Since crypto is anonymous then tracking those fake teams would be hard that's why its pointless if you do tend to fight such right.
hero member
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November 15, 2019, 11:30:37 AM
#25
Bounty hunters should avoid dealing with the scammers and their connections. They have strong networking skills which is good for attracting the inexperienced bounty hunters. The bounty hunters have to make their own research and should write down the reasons why he wants to join the bounty campaign. If the project is going to be listed on big exchanges, I prefer to ignore this part of the research and join the bounty campaign.
copper member
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November 15, 2019, 08:36:43 AM
#24
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?

Huh?

Here how things exactly work.

Bounty hunters are hired to help spread awareness and build a hype over the space so it will attract investors to help projects to make money out of it. From this, which one got the most loss? Bounty hunters or investors? Think about it.

What is needed to discuss about is how to stop scam project from hiring bounty hunters to steal investors' money and not about to stop projects from scamming bounty hunters.

It's just the samw in my own perspective. If you stop the project by scamming bounty hunters then you probably cut the project awareness to the public and only minimal will be scam. Some projects do scamming only bounty hunter by not paying them the right amount that was stated during bounty program while they continue the project and list on exchange which does not affect investors.
full member
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November 15, 2019, 08:32:10 AM
#23

huh?

Here how things exactly work.

Bounty hunters are hired to help spread awareness and build a hype over the space so it will attract investors to help projects to make money out of it. From this, which one got the most loss? Bounty hunters or investors? Think about it.
investors lost money they dont loss efort because they are only waiting for thier money to grow but bounty hunters are the ones that do the job however bounty hunters dont invest any money  .

What is needed to discuss about is how to stop scam project from hiring bounty hunters to steal investors' money and not about to stop projects from scamming bounty hunters.

the question is actually the same as what your trying to pinpoint here  . they are unstopable but its now easier to tell if the project is scam or not  .
sr. member
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November 15, 2019, 08:12:48 AM
#22
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?

Huh?

Here how things exactly work.

Bounty hunters are hired to help spread awareness and build a hype over the space so it will attract investors to help projects to make money out of it. From this, which one got the most loss? Bounty hunters or investors? Think about it.

What is needed to discuss about is how to stop scam project from hiring bounty hunters to steal investors' money and not about to stop projects from scamming bounty hunters.
hero member
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Merit: 509
November 15, 2019, 07:29:45 AM
#21
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
The best way to avoid this is to join the trusted bounties. Or join bounties of trusted BMs such as arteezy and bublex. Otherwise, you do not know what the result will be in the bounty of suspicious projects. Also, it may be possible to rectify this problem, but we do not know how the devs will react. A predetermined amount is taken from the project owners and can remain in escrow until the bounty ends. In this way, the projects work more smoothly to avoid losing the collateral.
full member
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Merit: 103
November 15, 2019, 06:44:10 AM
#20
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
we cant stop these scam projects cause this is the easiest way for those scammers to raise money.  And we bounty hunters will suffer in the end.
hero member
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November 15, 2019, 06:23:15 AM
#19
ICO and IEO market are struggling to raise funds. They both will become obsolete by year-end. This was meant to happen after so many SCAMS. Therefore how can you expect them to pay you guys?

Except for Signature Bounties, all other bounties are a waste of time. Ensure that you join a bounty that pays you weekly. Find bounties that pay you in ETH or BTC. Those who pay only accept Members and above. I know it is hard to find one but, that is your best chance.

In the meantime try earning some Merits by creating constructive and good posts. It will help you in the long term.
member
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November 15, 2019, 05:55:54 AM
#18
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?

There's not much you can do. Just do a better research before joining any bounty campaign. And try to join the bounty campaigns organized by the rely managers on the market.
jr. member
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November 15, 2019, 05:47:54 AM
#17
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
You can start by doing research and always see updates on every project you take part in. Being a bounty participant takes a lot of time before joining and promoting new projects, there are many projects here but all are not scams
jr. member
Activity: 32
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November 15, 2019, 05:47:29 AM
#16
Ensure to do a thorough research especially on the team and their past activities. For instance, You can imagine a project launched its bounty program sometime in July 2018 that's last year which am pretty sure they didn't pay hunters. Just a few weeks ago, same project launched a bounty2. I found out they are yet to pay hunters for Bounty1 in my research. I backed out of it. I don't care if it later turns out to pay. What matters most to me is, I will never promote scam projects again.
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November 15, 2019, 05:37:30 AM
#15
A lot of projects are scamming Bounty Hunters and taking Bounty hunters for a ride. What can we do to stop this?
You can stop the future projects but if any project did this in past then you can make them into negative tag by bringing this case into scam accusation and the manager also might get tagged but we can't make them to pay because they are scammers and will never come online with the same projects,they will use different name and the same strategy so bounty hunters need to stop the things.
sr. member
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November 15, 2019, 05:27:11 AM
#14
Do your research and stop not following the bounty scam. Don't promote fake bounties if you already know, report immediately so that they can be quickly blocked. You can look for other bounty campaigns. Research is very important before participating in the bounty, reviewing the campaign and notifying the public if the bounty is indicated as a scam.

By reporting together, we will be able to fight bounty scams and reduce them, so that the original bounty campaign can succeed and can pay us as bounty hunters.
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