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Title: Scamming faucets Post by: ani4444 on June 04, 2015, 01:19:10 PM I was checking out faucets and found out a list of faucets which are scamming users by saying they pay "X" amount on their website but in actual they just send 1 satoshi. Eg: 23coins.com I have not saved the names of other faucets but will add them here when I find them.
Update :Another such faucet I found : WINBITCOIN.space Message: "1000 satoshi was sent to you on FaucetBOX.com." But in my wallet I recieved 1 satoshi. Title: Re: Scamming faucets Post by: Muhammed Zakir on June 04, 2015, 01:56:43 PM That is not scamming.
Title: Re: Scamming faucets Post by: ani4444 on June 04, 2015, 02:10:10 PM So if I setup a faucet which says it will pay 1 bitcoin per hour and once a user redeems I show him the message that your 1 bitcoin has been sent to your wallet and sent 1 satoshi to his wallet. It is no scam?
Title: Re: Scamming faucets Post by: Muhammed Zakir on June 04, 2015, 02:45:19 PM So if I setup a faucet which says it will pay 1 bitcoin per hour and once a user redeems I show him the message that your 1 bitcoin has been sent to your wallet and sent 1 satoshi to his wallet. It is no scam? Of course, it is not scam. This can be categorized to unfair, dishonest etc... but not a scam. Title: Re: Scamming faucets Post by: shorena on June 04, 2015, 02:58:11 PM So if I setup a faucet which says it will pay 1 bitcoin per hour and once a user redeems I show him the message that your 1 bitcoin has been sent to your wallet and sent 1 satoshi to his wallet. It is no scam? Of course, it is not scam. This can be categorized to unfair, dishonest etc... but not a scam. I think it is. Lets say I promise you payment for work, e.g. posting here and once you have delivered the work I just pay you less. Most would consider this a scam. A faucet is no different in that regard, the work is just very simply and quickly done. Mostly its loading ads while you solve a captcha to make sure you are present. The question is whether they actually said they would pay X or if they advertise to pay "up to X" and OP was lured into believing that X is given to everyone and not only a certain percentage of lucky visitors. Title: Re: Scamming faucets Post by: ani4444 on June 04, 2015, 03:34:36 PM So if I setup a faucet which says it will pay 1 bitcoin per hour and once a user redeems I show him the message that your 1 bitcoin has been sent to your wallet and sent 1 satoshi to his wallet. It is no scam? Of course, it is not scam. This can be categorized to unfair, dishonest etc... but not a scam. I think it is. Lets say I promise you payment for work, e.g. posting here and once you have delivered the work I just pay you less. Most would consider this a scam. A faucet is no different in that regard, the work is just very simply and quickly done. Mostly its loading ads while you solve a captcha to make sure you are present. The question is whether they actually said they would pay X or if they advertise to pay "up to X" and OP was lured into believing that X is given to everyone and not only a certain percentage of lucky visitors. It was not upto. You can try at the faucet and see you get a message like "X satoshis have been sent to your wallet" but in your wallet you will only receive 1 satoshi. Another such faucet I found : WINBITCOIN.space Message: "1000 satoshi was sent to you on FaucetBOX.com." But in my wallet I recieved 1 satoshi. |