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I have a recent bounty campaign and they are saying that i need to pay them 0.004 btc before i can earn my bounty rewards. This is the first time i heard of it. I already reported it to the moderator but based on their reply they cannot do anything because i will fall under biased decisions

Bounty rewards are given as a return for promoting a project during their ico, so you are not required to pay anything in fact you deserved to be paid either in btc, eth or the tokens of the said project, so if someone is asking for money to send you bounty coins then he is scamming you.

Moderator on where?

I would tell you this if someone do ask you money just to claim your bounty then its a complete scam. As a bounty hunter for how many campaigns theres no such thing that someone would ask you money for you to claim your tokens since you deserve such rewards for promoting them.I would like to ask which bounty program you are talking on? So that people would be aware regarding to this one.Just remember, not to send any amounts to that someone.

I haven't been on a bounty where participant are required to pay a certain amount to get what they earned. Bounties are given as payment, so there's no sense for bounty hunters to pay what they have earned. I think it's a scam. Can you please tell us more about the details of the bounty. You can post a link here.

Why do you lose your money then you pay them Perhaps the scam might be in your favor, so you say, that you pay, first before giving the reward.

No ! That is absolutely BS ! You work for them, and they pay you. Not the opposite. You are supposed to get paid and not paying something. It is like when you are currently looking for job, but when you find one, they ask you for some money. That is obviously a SCAM and fraud ! Never trust someone like that. I never pay any money when I do bounty campaign, or signature campaign. I have earn so much money from this forum, but I never pay anything to anyone in this forum. So please, get realistic and be careful. Do not get fooled by those people. It is an old scheme and you should not fool yourself.

you are deceived and willows stumbled upon scammers. this is the old scheme. do not send any money.

Where were you asked to do this, is it via PM or is it posted on the official bounty thread? This is one of the weirdest scams no one should ever fall. It is given that in this world of crypto and bounty hunting, there will be those projects you won't be paid for but for this one, this is shockingly funny. Don't be fooled.

That is totally scam bounty. As far as I know we join bounty campaign for us to be paid for promoting their projects and ICO and not us to be paid them. At first what if you give them the amount of bitcoin they asking and they give you the token but what if the token is such a shitcoin ? no value ? that is very wrong, never join to that bounty bro.

That is smell something fishy. pay first before you can get the reward in bounty? this is the first time i heard about that i think that bounty campaign is scam i never know that there are a bounty campaign that you need to invest before you can get your reward because i know they are the one who need to pay you and not you to pay them.

I would be careful with bounties like that. What good reason would they have to ask money from you? They are supposed to be rewarding you for services you have completed for them. Is it logical to pay your employer just to get your salary?

Please let us know which bounty it is so we can avoid everybody associated with that bounty. Bounty manager would be a good start, but also the "team" members who are trying to scam you. It would go a long way, and sorry that you unfortunately ran into this situation :-\.

so you were saying that we will get our wage after we finish the work and paying the fees ?
before you did the job,what is their offer ?
logically speaking,the majority will tell you to work for them until the ICOs/certain time finish.
and they will distribute your shares based on your work.
but if they were asking you to send some sum of money before you get your shares(written on their offer),nothing wrong with it.
it's all about your agreement with him/her.
so the problem is,what is their offer ?
if you could not see it on their offer,more likely it was a scam attempt

it's a big NO. You are doing bounty campaign to earn in exchange to some jobs. There is no need to pay to claim what you ear from that. If that's the case it's a scam. Never heard of bounty campaign asking for payment but they are giving rewards.

Take this advice.

Any time you have to pay for something that's free to you; it's a scam. Look at all the emails / phone calls asking for money in order to send you your jackpot winnings, or your great grandparent's leftover fortune. I mean, those are above and beyond obvious scams, but the point is there still the same.

as I do not have a bounty program asking us to pay btc,
because to follow it does not need any cost could be it is a fraud who on behalf of the bounty

you try to clarify again this problem to the bounty provider is it true like that

because I too have experienced it but I was asked to give my private wallet wallet and I tried to calrificate the problem

as far as I know to claim our prizes just waiting for them to come into our wallet, we are not in need to pay, because it is our right to help do the project campaign.
if we are in order to pay first? can be sure it is a cheat.

Its a scam be careful. We dont need to pay to get the bounty rewards because we deserves it for promoting their project thus if someone is asking you to pay first then think carefully because they are trying to scam you.

I agree its too obvious, why would someone have to pay to claim their prices/rewards? its just funny if you think about it. Indeed people will do everything to fool others.

are you given a guarantee, when a gift campaign happens something like a failure if that happens does your money back? you are a participant so use common sense to choose some good gift campaigns. so that your work is not in vain and loss. you are entitled to success if you are good at choosing a gift campaign well.

Sounds like sheer bullshit to me. Why would they want you to pay them for you to advertise for them? Don't send them money. Participate in a bounty that is legit. Take Darico.io for example.

who is the person who asks for a payment first, bounty manager or team from project that you participate?
if may i know which bounty ??
as long as I follow bounty no one has ever asked for a payment to get a reward, I think it's a fraud(scam)

do not believe it may be a fraud anyway you want to campaign why should issue 0.004btc

Well this I have not heard. Can you tell the name of this ICO project so that bounty hunters know this fraudulent team and arrange a boycott and general contempt for them? This is generally the arrogance of requiring money to advertise them. It seems that the scammers are on the offensive.

You and nothing have to pay nobody, have to pay for participation and performance of certain conditions to you. Unfortunately, you have got on the most real swindlers, I recommend to gather all victim and to write the collective complaint at a forum. This campaign needs immediately to be banned.

Do not do that. pay to get a reward from your hard work? For sure it is a scam. You should just say what project you mean for other people is also more careful.
Next time please be more selective in choosing the project.

Thank you so much for all of the advices. Its just that someone copied the account of the bounty admin. They do have the same pictures and information. Even the username is also the same. I miss out that there is a letter which he or she doubled. Ive already talked to the real admin. Its just sad that this type of people do exist

That would be the fiancia scam where i posted and promoted this shit project for 4months and they are asking people to send 0.01 ETH to be able to get the tokens,what a douchebags! they cant even speak and communicate with english language because they are indians that i why these people will try to take advantage the situation in the market.

Its obviusly scam . There is nothing like that in any campaign. And there is no reason why you need to pay that 0.004 BTC what they plan to use to that amount much better if you will link here what campaign it is so DT will help you to tag them.

Only indians will do this shit,asking for ethereum to get your rewards, 100% indian people,what the hell they think about us ? stupid ? nah,might be their scam project didnt work and they want to get those money from the bounty hunters that is why they are asking hunters to send ethereum first to get their shit tokens,stay away or else you are done.

No and Never. These are scammers. In Bounties, we do a promotional service, and get rewards or paid by a business/ico. Most of popular ico projects announced these type of scamming, phishing tries. Those scammers send emails and ask for a small payment prior to send bounty tokens. or they use phishing sites and ask for our wallet address and private key. Be safe and get rid of these scam emails.

Scam! sounds like the FIANCIA scam attempt today they have removed the official telegram group. Legit projects wont ask you to send anything because they have enough money to support the development of the project these are 100% SCAM so stay away from these shit people.Dont mind your stakes and find a better campaign which wont scam people.

That is 100% a scam,that is the first time i have heard that these scammers have tried to scam hunters,that is purely stupidity asking people to send their money and then return it back after the ICO,bullshit! they cant be serious because it is too obvious with their scheme a traditional scammer probably an indian national.

That's completely a nonsense. Why only Indians? Not only south Asian people (Including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) But also China, USA, Japan, Korea do this. Scammers are not confined to one country. Its one of main symptom of the mankind. The biggest ico scam of the Year Denaro was done by an European team. most Crypto wallets hacking, Phishing Attacks was done by China.

Im not an Indian and I do completely hate them. But All Indians are not scammers and All other peoples not Good persons.

You don't have to pay anything to claim your rewards in bounty campaign,  you do work as what they ask you to do so way do you pay. 

Obviously a scam! that is why we shouldnt trust these people when it comes to our IDs because they can easily flip the table.Legit projects can turn into scam that is why we need to pick those projects who wont give us shits at the end of the ICO,these people are destroying cryptocurrency's reputation that is why we need to get these people down.

Clearly a scam stay away from these shit people,legit projects wont ask you anything to get your rewards! KYC can be asked but not coins because these people will try to scam the hunters,recently i have joined a scam project that i asking for the hunters to send coin before they can pass the KYC! what ? kyc that will require you to send your coin first ? sounds like a scam.

You were undeniably scammed. No bounty campaign participant were demanded to pay just so for him/her to be compensated for the work he'd accomplished. Otherwise it's the other way around. You should be the one demanding payment from them. I'm just glad that i still haven't experience this kind of scenario.
Bitcoin community, let us all be perceptive if something like this comes up again and immediately report them.

Of course not,it is 100% scam no legit campaign will ask you to send any amount to be sure that you arent cheating,kyc is enough but its not worth the hassle because they can easily use your ID to some shady businesses so do not bother to participate with these campaigns or else you are done.Staying away from these projects would be the best thing to do.

No,stay away from these people that will turn into scam for sure! no legit project campaign will ask you any amount because they have raised enough money with these investors probably that is a redflag ! stay away and do not let them scam your ass.These are shady businesses that we need to see obviously they couldnt get what they want to investors that is why they are trying to scam the hunters.

Nope,surely it is a scam project that is a traditional scam attempt and you should know it because you could be scammed easily! is this for real? never heard of this scheme ,actually its obvious attempt to scam people more or less they will run away from investors and bounty hunters! be more vigillant and alert with these campaigns and stay safe.

Bounty rewards are given for your work which you do to promote the project. So, if a project asks you to pay for your work then its a scam project. Don't ever fall for these tricksters, everyday they are trying to find new ways to rip off people. Just be careful and stay away from these kinds of project. Help potential investors by tweeting or posting on Facebook against this project also warn people in the telegram group.

Surely a scam! stay away because legit projects wont ask the hunters to send any amount that is why they are hiring hunters indirectly to get paid for their promotions,use some logic and you will be aware with these scams.Shady businesses are always there but you must make some good decisions when it comes in transacting with these people.

This is some nonsense, how is it to pay? Do you mean the commission for the withdraw? Then why is she so big. For the first time I hear about this

Beware it is obviously a scam do not risk your coins for these tokens ,theres a lot of other good bounties so you should avoid these campaigns or people because that is a redflag already you know what to do report it to moderator so that they wont succeed to their shady businesses,normally successful ICOs will just send your tokens directly to your wallet.

it is not good to do and you do not have to pay because we are just promoting and not being an investor. because after all bounty campaign should not ask for payment to participants.

No.....claiming your bounty rewards is free! Why would anybody pay to claim rewards after working for some months.
I have participated in some bounties and had never been told such.

You shouldn't have to pay money to receive a reward from the campaigns that you participated in. If they ask for money then it's a scam.

Nope,obviously that is a scam and you should stay away from these people.Scammers will always take advantages every situation do not let them steal your coins! Use some logic if they want to very the hunters why not ask for KYC verification? its not necessary to ask coins for these shit tokens because it isnt worth if the token wont be listed!

Obviosly a scam attempt,mark my own words its a SCAM! do not let these noob people fool you,probably they didnt get the quota to scam investors that is why they are trying to get something from the bounty hunters! these people should be reported to the moderators because it is a redflag already scammers will always find their way.

Why would you pay for it? for verification,you will need to send your IDs but not your coin that is surely a redflag and you should it immediately to the moderators so that these people wont have a chance to steal millions of dollars! No legit project will require that because the hunters are getting paid not being asked,hunters are not investors!

Surely a scam,stay a way ! these people will try everything to get your coins do not let them fool you be vigillant and aware to everything.Always ask the community and other people to confirm if these are legit people because no ICO will ask the hunters to pay because hunters are the ones who are getting paid by the ICO.

Bounty hunters should be the one to get paid not the other way,looks like a scam because it is the first time that i have heard that an ICO will ask the hunters to pay for their bounties! that is bullshit and stupidity and im sure it will turn into scam! no one should ask something like this to the hunters because these people are promoting their ICO without any assurance.

LOL this is absurd! unacceptable because the hunters should be the one to get paid not these shit ICOs! it is 100% scam and you should stay away or else you will lose your investment! obviosly a traditional scam like what others are doing promising shit things to get into hands of people's money as always! I wonder how that campaign will end or they are gone by now.

Maybe you are referring to cash out your money because if that the case, yes you need to pay charge or should I say GAS that is is the term you call here in my country but not so big amount maybe around $ 30.

That is suicide and you shouldnt be letting these fools get your coins,stay away and report them immediately i have experience this yesterday in FIANCIA scam which requiring me to send .01 ETH for me to get verified in KYC? what the hell is that KYC that will require you to send ethereum first what an idiot people these are indian nationals that is why you need to stay away.

I really doubt that you would need to pay, please post the name of the bounty here, as it's more likely that the bounty manager is actually trying to scam you. Definitely don't pay, you have fulfilled your half of the bargain by completing the bounty requirements, that is everything you should need to do to receive your rewards. Unless the bounty said in its terms and conditions that this is a requirement, you're almost certainly being scammed.

Of course you dont need to pay anything because you are promoting these ICOs to get paid not the other way around.Stay away from these shady things so you wont get scammed,these people will always try to steal your money so you should be  more vigillant and aware with these schemes,no legit projects or ICOs will require the hunters to pay!

this is currently happen to me right now and i dont even know what to do,they first they told us to pass kyc then we should pay for gas fee before we can get reward

I have not heard of anyone paying before they can receive their bounty rewards. As far as I am concerned, you should run away from projects like that. You are supposed to receive payments for the WORK you've done and shouldn't have to pay anyone to get it.

Definitely a scam ! do not let these people get your coins,no campaigns or ICO will ask the hunters to send their money because the main purpose of the hunters are to get paid,not to pay something for their hardwork that is stupidity ,these scammers are obviously trying to get something from the hunters before they disappear!

It's best for you to leave that campaign and do another one. Paying that money doesn't guarantee you to get your money back.

That is bullshit,no one noobs will send their money to these people its a 100% scam so you should be aware of these shady things ,bounty hunters are getting paid not the opposite of it! ICOs are the ones who are paying the hunters not other way around its clearly an attempt to steal people's money and you should be more vigillant and stay away from these shits.

This is clearly a scam attempt. Never join in any airdrop, bounty where they ask participants to pay a certain amount of BTC or Ethereum. Can you post the link of that bounty on here, or any kind of proof of your words? It'd be helpful for us to know about that project and who is this scammer asking people to pay in btc to collect their bounty rewards.

That is alread a redflag,avoid that campaign and move on because these ICOs are the one should pay us not the opposite,we are the hunters and they are the employers surely that is a potential scam attempt and you should report it to the moderator so that these shit people wont have any good chance to scam investors.

LOL  ;D obviously a scam and it made my day already! these people are too desperate to scam people.Promising the hunters that they will receive the eth after the ICO,stakes arent worthy if these people are going to ask for something.This is the first time i have heard this scheme and we should be aware from these scams in the future.

Stay away its sounds a scam to me! obviously they shouldnt be asking anything from the hunters because its their obligation to send the tokens after the ICO to the hunters,we arent forced to participate these campaigns but they shouldnt be taking advantage the situation to scam the hunters,i wonder how that campaign ends? shady business for me!

Scam attempt! they are too obvious and they should be reported immediately but i doubt they are still on the move,probably they have already run away from the investors! Do not let these people fool you ,be vigillant,alert and be suspicous if you some redflags stay away and warn other people so there will be less victims by these shit people.

This is most definitely not someone legitimate.  Do not pay them anything.  Never do anything that you are not comfortable doing money-wise.

This person is trying to scam you, I would say.  They are already scamming you it seems and you paying them is not going to get you your cut.

Nothing that i have heard of,because these ICO campaigns are the ones who will pay us not the opposite of it,bounty hunters arent ICO investors why would they ask for some amount to get those stakes from hard earned money? that is absurd! pure stupidity from these scammers because it is too obvious that will happen after you have sent your money.

Not acceptable,bounty hunters should be the one who gets paid,stupid scammers dont know we are vigillant! These schemes shouldnt be given a chance to steal people's money spread the word,the campaign or ICO you are talking about so less people will be scammed by these shit people who doesnt want to play nice and fairly.

Sounds like a scam to me as well. Which bounty campaign are you in reference to? I would like to investigate and take action.

Purely scam,no one should ask you to send your money before you get your hard earned stakes,because as far as i know these ICOs will be the one who should pay the hunters and not the other way around,that is a shady business! stay away from these shit projects because you will only lose a lot money and that is for sure.

It is the FIANCIA ICO which currently these people have run away,it is asking yesterday to send them some ethereum so that the bounties will be paid,what a stupid scammer they are its so obviously going to end badly which i am right because they already deleted the tg channel of their campaign,probably they stole millions of dollars already.

bounties pay you to promote a project and you do not have to pay to collect your reward. it seems you have fallen into the hands of scammers. THose are thieves and they will still continue trying to scam people who are ignorant of their earned money. if its not part of the admnistrator of the projct, report him. If he is, through a public accusation on the group. you must be attended to and the issue sorted out,

Of course not,bounty hunters are the ones who should be getting paid not those idiots, its a scam attempt and you should leave these shit people! spread the word to the community to warn people so that these scammers wont have any chance to scam millions of dollars ! surely they will runaway from all of this after they got what they want.

This is stupidity why would any hunter be required to send something to get tokens that hey have worked for?ICOs are the ones who should pay us! and as far as i can tell that will turn into scam after the ICO has ended.Believed me no should require any amount for you to receive your stakes that is surely going to scam a lot of investors.

You have worked hard to promote these ICOs why would you pay them to get your stakes? that is stupidity stay awat from it is surely going to scam investors and you,this is how ICOs are going to kil cryptocurrencies because most of the new people are getting scammed we shouldnt allow these scammers to invade our community they are indeed cancers of the cryptocurrencies.

Of course not,no ICO should ask for the hunters to pay something because these ICOs are the ones who should pay the hunters and that is surely a scam project if they are going to pursue this to happen,leave them and move to another campaign because you will only waste your time with these scammers they shouldnt be supporterd by the community.

I want him to name the relevant bounty program, otherwise I call BS on his claim.

NO,this is ridiculous it might be turned into a scam and i suggest go find a better campaign,that will end up the same as like what others experienced.Scammers will always find excuses to scam people and its obviously a scam attempt! redflag shouldnt be enough reason not to join or to invest to these projects!

Will,for me this campaign you join is another kind of scamming,this is the first time i heard in this kind of campaign who collecting a payments before you can claim your bounty rewards,and i called that ICO is a hooker.I want to ask a question,where  and when did you report that incidents? For the better of this community its better that ICO you joined  would  not,came back again so that its could not victimize all the group of this community.

Obviously , It's a scam . You don't need to make a payment to earn your profits in any bounty campaign .  I think you should stay away on that campaign and find another else , it's not worth your time actually . I suggest that before you join in any bounty campaign maybe you should make a little research regarding the history of their recent campaign .

That is funny, surely it is a SCAM because no one should be asking the hunters to pay something for their stakes! that is a redflag and you should leave immediately with their bounty campaign! because it will end up like the same as what these scam ICOs are doing disappearing into thin air without any trace!

It's a total no. Bounty rewards are given freely from what you have worked from them. They are the fruits of your labor and uour not supposed to pay it for them rather they are the one's to pay for you. It's my first time ever to heard about it and these people really likes to take advantage. Atleast i know now that there are such acts like that. Let us be careful from them.

Are you insane to send something that you could be scammed? no ICO will ask your privatekeys nor any payment for your bounties,that is purely a scam attempt and that campaign should be taken down by the moderator because it is going to scam a lot of people! only newbies will get that bait because these tokens are worthless not unless it was listed into major exchanges.

I strongly suspect that he is lying about it and are only posting BS to fill a quota and get a reaction. If not, then I should probably tell my story of how a bounty program wanted me to send them my kidneys in a box. ::)

That is insane these ICOs should be the one who are paying bounty hunters as they are the ones who are promoting their projects! What a scam! surely these people didnt get what they want with their investors that is why they are trying to get something from these hard working bounty hunters! these people shouldnt be trusted!

Exactly. There is a lot of greed inside of crypto, you have to dodge the scammers and find a nice project to participate in.

Nope,no legit ICO would ask something like that,that is pure bullshit because they are the ones who should be paying the bounty hunters.Its so obvious that is a scam attempt and you shouldnt be tolerating this kind of absurd thing you should tell the moderator about this imemdiately because im sure they will take some action about this.

Stay away from it,that is insanity we shouldnt be supporting these type of projects that is purely a scam attempt! do not be fooled by these schemes or else you could lose your money! time and effort are being wasted with these people who will try everything to scam people. They should be getting banned from this forum so that they wont be repeating that shitness here.

It is a fraud, never send anything if you do not want to be deceived, there is no such rule. The name of the gift means free at no cost whatsoever.

These people shouldnt be allowed to do what they are doing,you need to take some screenshots or atleast some video capture then report it to moderator that is purely a fraudulent acitivity,no ICO would ever ask something to the bounty hunters as they are the ones who will pay the bounty hunters at the end of the ICO.

It is not necessary to pay in such situations. I think it's a Scam. All the bounty of the company in which I participated were not charged me the fee!!!

We don't even know which bounty campaign he is in referenced to. The whole story could be a fabrication.

That is purely bullshit,ICOs should be the one who are paying the hunters now the other way around,that is insane why would these hunters pay for their hard earned stakes? that is surely going to scam a lot of investors if you ask me what to do? stay away and spread the word to the community so that less people will be scammed.

No one is telling that you can pay before you get it, it is all written on the rules. So, before you join here you were given a rules already on the first page of every bounty campaigns. Managers always write the rules in there and that should be followed if you want to get your stakes.

No its not true nothing bounty can offer you to pay before you claim your rewards or give your rewards in bounty this is scam if ever tell you to pay

Do not transfer your funds to such people. These are scammers, you will simply lose your money.

I have been into bounty and joined telegram channel especially in the bounty i am in. I have talked some of their admins there and also read some pinned message telling their participants that be careful with scammers. So if you have to pay first before you claim your rewards, that's something a scam ico and better get yourself away from them.

Of course you don't have to pay any amount to get your bounty tokens. Anyone that told you this is a scammer and you should stay away.

A big NO! Bounty rewards are given to you for FREE because you are advertising their project.

as long as I join bounty never though I find bounty that I have to pay first. every time I join my bounty I get paid on condition I do what they have set in accordance with their requirements. my advice is better you do not pay them. because I think it is a fraud

This is a straight up scam. Why would you pay for something you worked hard promoting?
It is either you get paid or you get nothing (in case the token sale flops), but you do not pay.

That is totally scam.. I never heard or read anything here that bounty program asking for payment before you can claim your rewards from them. They give you token as reward for promoting their project. I'm also a participant of signature campaign and my reward will automatically sent to my wallet address every month.
So be careful on choosing bounty program.

You definitely want to cheat. In any such project are not met. Better get out of the bounty of the company, if a moderator wants to help you in this matter. It would not be logical if the participants paid in each company.

Obviously, it is a scam. Bounty campaigns are part of the ICO's. The purpose of these bounty campaigns is to let the community know about their project. It's a way of advertising. The company will offer rewards to the bounty participants in exchange for performing tasks for the said project. It's like a trade or barter, we do something for them and they pay us in return. No need for the participants to pay anything to get their rewards.

this is a total scam.why not make thread on reputation about this one,this was the first time that I heard a project asking for BOunty rewards to pay some amount first before they get what they deserve to have..this ico must be known so investors may withdraw their investments because this is a scam project,unless OP is talking for a scammers pretending to be DEV .so lets here about the teams reaction for not being biased

There are some bounty campaigns which can ask you to send gas fee but that would be like 0.0003. 0.004  is too high price for the gas which indicates towards a scam. Better stay away and next time do some research before joining them.

Try to avoid that people, that is SCAM, they should not ask money from you, they should be the one to give you bounty reward from the project that you promote.

That's a scam right there. Nobody would ask you to pay something if you're doing bounty campaigns. Bounty campaigns are simply advertisements for icos that are to go on live for a certain period and these tokens are given after the live sale or at the end of the campaign. If someone asks from you money, could be the person is impersonating someone from the dev team and acting as if they're part of the team. These happens a lot especially for icos that are popular or have positive reviews. Always remember never to give any amount to anyone.

it is scam, You must be careful in choosing a bounty project, nowaday many scammers are doing various ways to earn money. do not just follow the bounty campaign because the rewards are great but You need to know who are behind the program, wheter they have a good reputation or not.

I am a bounty hunter from the start i joined bitcoin until now, i already received amount as a reward for my posting, the way i promoting their project, so they called it reward. But to pay first to claimed my rewards? it is a perfect scam. Please do tell what bounty you are joining so it be reported to stop them and do some legal action on it.

It looks like an old kind of fraud that has existed for a long time now but it even got to bounty. It seems to me that this should not be surprised, because in any sphere where there is money there are also scammers. Just be careful when choosing a bounty, pay attention to who is the manager, if he did not conduct ico projects before, then you should take a closer look at it.

Bounty rewards are given as a return for promoting a project during their ico, so you are not required to pay anything in fact you deserved to be paid either in btc, eth or the tokens of the said project, so if someone is asking for money to send you bounty coins then he is scamming you.

During the course of the bounty campaign you're to promote their ICO, and get rewarded with their tokens, so there's no reason to pay before getting your reward, I've never heard of paying before you get rewarded.

Nope :) I think you have had a run-in with some double-dealers or fraudsters, whatever you may call them :) My advice is to stay away from people or projects like that, because no legit ICO is going to ask you for money like that :)

This does not exist, this is a scammer who is trying to cheat you and make easy money. Never believe in a trap like this.