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Let's start with the facts: The website is Traade.co

It claims to give you BTC for your smartphones, and it also has a nice website. However, it might be a scam, due to the "giveaway" used to advertise it. There have also been NO verifiable evidence of any payments, but people have reportedly "traded in" phones and then "received money".

http://gyazo.com/189879eecc3340882463014d85165a63.png

http://gyazo.com/d42b4f8cc48cda7ae5683fa0ad2dc6ca.png

An IP check might reveal more.

The most controversial part is the give-away. "smashing-bitcoins" apparently won it.

http://gyazo.com/0b96d49dfd8735e4fa30f2b25d940e0f.png

But let's look at the Bitcoin address...

https://blockchain.info/address/17hSbSTPrhhXYzwFkNQJWPEQFG7spX5okn

Oh. No "1 BTC" was ever put on it. The .9 BTC was way before the giveaway ended, too.

http://gyazo.com/826a4ceb63e4911fbd071c63dbad4ff1.png

Never used after the "giveaway"...a dummy account, possibly?

Again, we need IP checks.

My point is, Traade is a possible scam at the moment. Considering this sketchy giveaway, we need more information before we can either confirm Traade is legit or whether Traade needs a scammer tag. But at the moment, it's not smart to use it.

This is a warning for now. Going to leave this up here until more info comes up.

ANy outcome from this yet? I'm going to post them on bitcoinscammers.com as soon as we investigate this a little more.

No, there hasn't been any outcome from it yet, it still seems like a shady business.

not a scam, just a lazy business owner. i think i'll just keep my old iphone for now

100% at minimum this guy is lazy and has no motivation to do the right and correct thing.