. At the begin you only should take telgram group link from ANN thread in this forum or from website only and don't forget to check number of member in telegram group to not join wrong group and get scammed one more time 
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Where you found telegram group link? And why you thought it's a legit one? I think it's your mistake so there is nothing to complain about . At the begin you only should take telgram group link from ANN thread in this forum or from website only and don't forget to check number of member in telegram group to not join wrong group and get scammed one more time
. At the begin you only should take telgram group link from ANN thread in this forum or from website only and don't forget to check number of member in telegram group to not join wrong group and get scammed one more time 
I wanted to participate in the Iagon pre-sale. I joined what I thought was the official Iagon telegram. Turned out it wasn't. I followed the instructions on the pinned message, which directed me to send ETH to a specified wallet address. Turned out it was all a scam, and I lost 5 ETH.
Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
I do not cease to be surprised by the ingenuity of fraudsters. Although phishing sites seem to be not a new way of fraud. Although high techologies create additional conveniences for us, they also give us a lot of trouble. Crypto currency in general is a gold mine for scammers and hackers. Apparently, this illegal type of business will only thrive, because transactions in the crypto currency are held around the world and criminals are very difficult to establish and hold accountable. Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
I wanted to participate in the Iagon pre-sale. I joined what I thought was the official Iagon telegram. Turned out it wasn't. I followed the instructions on the pinned message, which directed me to send ETH to a specified wallet address. Turned out it was all a scam, and I lost 5 ETH.
Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
I am very sorry, you should check carefully on their home page and on the battery pack telegram on it, they are specifically informed in any ICO project, if you get mail asking you to send the number of ETH I'm afraid scam, including the email address you send me is correct or not, because they can not send out the message to each other but through the mail server system, they can hardly do more work together. At one time, the best way to do this was via the official website and the telegram channel where many people watched Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
You need to do everything possible to punish these people, because these people can unequivocally deceive some other people, you need to call people to account and write about it on the forum. Do not be afraid to do it.
I searched for Iagon in telegram, and the fake telegram group is what came up (not the official one). It had 350+ members and seemed legit, so I thought it was the real one -- real logo, and the admin had the name and picture of the company's CEO (who is in fact active on the official telegram).
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
350 members seems pretty low. Should probably speak to a few of them before investing, to confirm that they arent bots and stuff.
Waoh always very easy to lose money on crypto. Sorry for your loss. We always can't be too careful but to be more alert to notice some fraudulent activities especially the telegram groups. They set up avatar like admin and pm you, if you are not carefully you fall for it.
Be EXTREMELY careful when sending ETH or any other crypto through commands/instructions given on a Telegram channel. Really easy for scammers to change their profile pic/name to lure people in.
Just use official webpages for participating in ICOs.
Just use official webpages for participating in ICOs.
I wanted to participate in the Iagon pre-sale. I joined what I thought was the official Iagon telegram. Turned out it wasn't. I followed the instructions on the pinned message, which directed me to send ETH to a specified wallet address. Turned out it was all a scam, and I lost 5 ETH.
Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
What I could find in Telegram when I tried to search for Iagon was 3 groups: one of them is Russian with 139 participants, another one is "official" with 344 participants, and the third one seems to be a redirected chat.Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
Which group did you enter into? Can you remember how many participants were there? Was it at least over 5k?
If not, then I'm sorry to say that, but you were really fished by a scam
Gosh, this is an expensive lesson. Always send your ETH to the contract address listed in official website. There are fake contract address send by members in official chat too.
I'm sorry for you dude. But how can you trust a group of telegrams? There must be a site with security certificates
I searched for Iagon in telegram, and the fake telegram group is what came up (not the official one). It had 350+ members and seemed legit, so I thought it was the real one -- real logo, and the admin had the name and picture of the company's CEO (who is in fact active on the official telegram).
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
I am truly sorry for your loss, but something not add up here ! From my knowledge you can not search for channels unless you are member of it, so if the fake group came up then you was already a member of that group before making the search. Why you did not follow the Telegram link in there ANN thread ! Or why you did not just follow the instructions from their official website . Can you provide a transaction TX for your transfer ? .
Feel something is not right here
Scroll up.
Yes, you can definitely search telegram.
Exactly!
I guess I’m not sure what you mean by the TX. I can post it if you clarify.
Is this it?
The full TX hash is:
0xee83fa0c3fb96229e61c5ded62f96893fcbabdb395f36aecba5dbad9091ff219
The transactions out of the account ultimately lead to binance accounts. I reached out to binance support, but I won’t hold my breath. I’ll take this as an expensive lesson.
I searched for Iagon in telegram, and the fake telegram group is what came up (not the official one). It had 350+ members and seemed legit, so I thought it was the real one -- real logo, and the admin had the name and picture of the company's CEO (who is in fact active on the official telegram).
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
I am truly sorry for your loss, but something not add up here ! From my knowledge you can not search for channels unless you are member of it, so if the fake group came up then you was already a member of that group before making the search. Why you did not follow the Telegram link in there ANN thread ! Or why you did not just follow the instructions from their official website . Can you provide a transaction TX for your transfer ? .
Feel something is not right here
Scroll up.
Yes, you can definitely search telegram.
Exactly!
I guess I’m not sure what you mean by the TX. I can post it if you clarify.
Thank you for sharing your sad experience, and henceforth we will all be even more vigilant. I hope you can get your ETH back.
So so sorry buddy, many of this scammers out there just wanting to scam whoever comes their way. This should sound as a warning note to many of us to be careful of this guys
I wanted to participate in the Iagon pre-sale. I joined what I thought was the official Iagon telegram. Turned out it wasn't. I followed the instructions on the pinned message, which directed me to send ETH to a specified wallet address. Turned out it was all a scam, and I lost 5 ETH.
Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
You really need to be careful before making any sort of investment in cryptos. The market is full of scam, pumps/sumps, phishing attacks, hacks etc etc. It is your money and you need to be extra careful with it. Before sending coins to any wallet, just make sure to whom it belongs, see the past transaction. In case of ICO, try going to their website, check URL and then participate there. Never believe anyone giving wallet address on Telegram or Twitter. There are lots of scammer. Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
I searched for Iagon in telegram, and the fake telegram group is what came up (not the official one). It had 350+ members and seemed legit, so I thought it was the real one -- real logo, and the admin had the name and picture of the company's CEO (who is in fact active on the official telegram).
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
The pinned message had instructions on how to participate and I was also pm'ing with who I thought was the CEO.
I should have been more vigilant.
I am truly sorry for your loss, but something not add up here ! From my knowledge you can not search for channels unless you are member of it, so if the fake group came up then you was already a member of that group before making the search. Why you did not follow the Telegram link in there ANN thread ! Or why you did not just follow the instructions from their official website . Can you provide a transaction TX for your transfer ? .
Feel something is not right here
Scroll up.
Yes, you can definitely search telegram.
Wow... a lot of money has been tack down by scammers. Did not you check it out first? Usually the project admin will not send the first time message, but you should send the message first. And then keep check your email to be spared phishing. I feel sad to know the news. Be careful to invest your money.
I wanted to participate in the Iagon pre-sale. I joined what I thought was the official Iagon telegram. Turned out it wasn't. I followed the instructions on the pinned message, which directed me to send ETH to a specified wallet address. Turned out it was all a scam, and I lost 5 ETH.
Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
I feel bad to you. Lesson learned that you should check everything first if it is official or not before you do something. Always remember that there are a lot of scammers today, that is why it is now hard to trust everybody when it comes to money. Really sucks. The lesson is be careful out there.
You're not the first and won't be the last. And this is not the first and the last project, under the guise of which will be hiding cheaters. However, in your situation you are to blame yourself. As the proverb says "measure 7 times, cut 1 time". It seems, you have hurried.
The proverb is measure twice, cut once.
In the Russian proverb - 7 times measure, cut once!
And we still have a good saying - rush is needed only when catching fleas
Lesson learnt . Next time you should check telegram link carefully or you only should take telegram link on official website of ICO project only if you don't wanna be scammed anymore . I also know that there are so many fake telegram groups of so many ICO projects that why I only join telegram group via link on official website and everything is still fine to me
. Next time you should check telegram link carefully or you only should take telegram link on official website of ICO project only if you don't wanna be scammed anymore . I also know that there are so many fake telegram groups of so many ICO projects that why I only join telegram group via link on official website and everything is still fine to me Jump to: