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I see a lot of ponzi schemes, advertising themselves as ponzi's, doubling your btc investments, but not quite and leaving a lot of investors empty handed when the desired profit is reached. Why do people still buy into these, even when the schemers are playing open card? Didn't we learn enough from the pinnochio fairytale, money does not grow on trees?

You might miss the boat and the chance you do with a ponzi is very high?

i remember when i was new and saw the first post about one these schemes i thought to myself that it is "too good to be true!" and as i was browsing through the comments on the post i realized that i am not that wrong.

Because if you know how to play ponzi's, they can actually be pretty good. Some people don't understand that people enjoy playing ponzi's. So everyone thats like "Boo ponzi fuck you scammmer, hahahahahha" doesnt really need to make that post to boost their post count. Just let the people that enjoy them play them, and the people that dont can leave it alone.

Not as much as people who have dice addictions or any other form of gambling, i have lost 0.15 on 2 different ponzi but was a cheap lesson to learn!

The one main thing look out for all the newbie paid shills bigging up the ponzi they are what suckered me in  >:(

Not till after i realised lol

I never deposited my bitcoin in any ponzi or hyip.
IMO people make a deposit in those sites mainly because they believe they are early investors and there will be enough latecomers.

Number of people who lost in ponzi = Total number of people who have heard about this scam - Sensible people - Lucky opportunists - Ponzi operators /millionaires :P

100% - 60% - 10% - 0.01% = 29.99%

There it is.

been very fortunate got in early on many game's and left once paid out . a couple have scammed from the start and i lost but overall well in profit . the doubler's are best if you are in on the first couple of days

I am new who lost in ponzi few hours ago and hope this is my last because now I will never in any ponzi and exchange in my future both are same for me

I lost my much btc in gambling not in ponzi schemes. i lost approximately 0.4 btc which is i think not big if you go through this thread, in which people posted much more than me: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=882055.0

i think there are more people who lost bitcoin in gambling rather than in ponzis also they lost more in gambling

its a good thing that i never deposited any bitcoins into ponzis

because its obvious loss of coins!

money doesnt grow on trees but indeed people never learn anyway, they took chance to double their investment although they know the risk, it is in human nature, it is called greed, can't deny that

i lost only 0.05 in coinsdouble it's the last ponzi to try  :(

I am not the person who tries to make his money double or triple or so on. Ponzis are very attractive but let you without money.

I am not an idiot, I havent lost anything in ponzi or scam :)

Maybe lost 0.05 or so, maybe +-0. Dont know always invest small amounts so w/e.

Im out around 0.1 to Ponzis that's when I was only a member and new to Bitcoin but learnt my lesson.

but what i think is that we can invest in these ponzi scam site in early stages/ like when the site started its journey. like i invested in a ponzi site when it was in its starting stage and when i earned almost double the amount i invested then i left it, then this site went scam and many people lost their investment

what you say?
 

This is best strategy but we should tell others to not invest as we are taking others money being early investors. I lost once and since then I stay away from any kind of scheme even if it is ponzi or not because we dont know what is happening behind the scene. I did not lost much but was enough to have a lesson.

my friends was a ponzi (and HYIP) maniac, he often join newly built ponzi site and make a good profit from it
but he often loose too, because owner of ponzi site run too early
he told me very hard to leave this ponzi game, because he can get money easily from ponzi (and loose easily too)
win and make profit -> more greedy to get another money
loose and loss profit -> time to revenge! make profit from another ponzi
good things that he can leave this ponzi world now

no one will donate you dude, if someone donating btc to you, you'll easily join another ponzi again from that fund :)
if you want treat your brother quickly, apply a loan in nearest bank
good luck

3rd option... Never touching it!

always loss much more, than  win

This is why they continue to get new domains, make new sites and come back because they know people are greedy fools and they'll keep falling for those. As for me, I haven't ever lost money in any Ponzi.

I just one time touched a ponzi game and then i loose my btc

After that i never touch a ponzi again

I will never lose on ponzi. why? becuse its total scam :) better give btc to charity!

As I have always posted, never play on ponzi schemes, it is as good losing your btc.
No, will not touch ponzi's with a ten foot pole!

I tried and lost but atleast it is not a regular loss, people need to stop send these grease balls their money/btc because if you played lost and learned they would all be finished long ago but we keep getting people falling for their traps stop it guys!

The question should be - how many people have actually made money in ponzi schemes?

Weeklyponzi is my first ponzi here, I started to play on week #1, sent out 4BTC (4 deposit 1BTC each) on day 2 and I only got back 2.6BTC. I lost 2 out of 4 deposits and then I stopped playing.

A lesson has been learned in a hard way

it's very bad that you lose just in two days, it's too early
so lesson learned, nobody knows when will new ponzi close (except ponzi operator)
invest in earlier stage and withdraw immediately scheme doesn't actually works

lost aroung .2 in several ponzi xD

I made almost double the amount i invested in a ponzi site: letshavecash.com, i sent almost 80$ in in this site and earned more than 90$.
But lost more than .35 btc in gambling  >:(

How do these ponzi games stay in business if no one's playing?

0.0075 BTC was lost :|

I'm lost about 0.05 ~ 0.06
On that time, I was new on bitcoin so I'm invest some to investment site named Golden Cow

After being scammed, I never trust anymore any type of ponzi game

I never played a ponzi scheme, all ponzies are scams.Don't support those type of sites, just let them die.

i reminded this one too :D
buy cows and wait your profit after that (and can get more if you refer someone)
i make small profit there, after understand it is ponzi,i withdraw all my coins from there
that the first time i knew about ponzi, and avoid to join ponzi anymore since that

that question would be too scary to be answered :P
like someone else already did the math, the only people who actualy made money are the pozi scammers.

I have way to avoid the SCAM by PONZI,

"HIT,, RAIN,, And RUN.." Make the owner scammed by you :D don't make you scammed by owner

Are you sure that coinsdouble?becouse ysterday I got payment for them

I like your strategy to make the scamer loose his money . But there all lot of people they easily fall in trap of making more and more.

Satis is my first ponzi, I lost 0.1 from there
After that i never touch a ponzi again
For me better sports betting rather than a ponzi

hahahahah same as me Satis was the first ponzi i follow and then i lose my all btc
after that i never follow ponzi again


agree with you better sport betting and choose a great team to bet to gain profit

The losses will still continue because many are still continuously trying these ponzies.. 

I never touched or spend any money in ponzis, because how the ponzi works is in a questionable thing, no one is properly answering it, some one says we do trading, some people says they have sixth sense so they can earn money from currency trading daily.  I seen some ponzi saying they will double your money in 24 hours, huh... is it possible? and do they think we all fools...

im losing at 0.02 BTC
I regret and do not want to repeat again
stay away from ponzi :)

Aren't ponzi's worse odds than dice?

how you can scam the owner if he can run away in profit whenever he wants

Most people don't care of the ponzi loss, unless they deposit a big amount , say more than 0.1 BTC.
But I am sure there are many people who actually end up losing money.

if payout is around 150% , and the average deposit amount is same, then roughly 50% lose their money.

By using this 'strategy' you only feed the scammer and help them scam and making life more easy for them. It is only a small investment to make you feel happy and smart, telling everybody about it so more people will try and more people will lose. Not pointing a finger, it is a survival game, but just a warning to those who are not 'fit' enough to be wary!

that is the ponzi operators :P

I did lose, but not much, and a I also won some in ponzis so less losses

didn't lose because I didn't play,it is not really gambling because the owner can run away when he wants

ponzi operators / owner and few users who joined inon early time
even that is very risky too, because some ponzi operators run immediately after get some cash
most of players are loser, that's the fact :)

I would assume that everyone but the person who sets up the ponzi loses out sooner or later.
You are at their mercy as soon as you "invest"

Investing in pozis is one of the most stupid things one can do. It does profit at times, but most of the times it wont .

Yeah u are right.
I lost money on btc flow hehe I was stupid but I learned the lesson.
Never ever, stay away of ponzis if u dont wanna get scam.

you dont get scam apparantly , it is your own action of depositing in a ponzi site, which makes you lose your own coins by your own actions

As long as you know it's a ponzi, then gambling is gambling.  You could make that same statement for gambling at large: it's stupid.  Some people search out high risk endeavors, knowing full well that they could get reamed in the end.  If you know it's a ponzi and you know what you're doing, you can have fun and make a little coin.

I lost 0.05 BTC ,  225k Doge , 5 XPY
 :(

Well apparently, most of the ponzis just shutdown and run away with the money.

I have lost quite a bit on ponzis. However, at the same ime, I have also managed to win more than I lost.

The best are ones that were delivered by MultiCryptos, before it turned out he was actually a scammer.

With the best one being HonestDoubler.com!

Some are loosing some are gaining. It depends on luck and skills in the field of investing ;)

Lost 1 BTC from Ore-Mine.org
0.08 BitFactory.co
0.04 coindoubler.com
0.05 coinbooster.com

Currently playing in 3 forum hyips with 0.3
Resolved not to trade any more USD for BTC gambling ::)

I lost With THE big scan from Ore-mine bought all lvl 1 t/m lvl4 mines. Learned from this and will think twice next time before I invest again big amounts.

I lost a total of .01BTC and i'm glad its a throw away amount. I learned that they will ran away even with small amounts

Invested 3 times, paid back 3 times. I concider myself lucky, but as others said, the early ones get the best bites.

0.011 btcbooster.com
0.004 coindouble.com

my strategy is earn and run for ponzi's :D

So far im in profit with ponzi or HYIP.. maybe some people in profit and some in loss..
Well its depend on the site how long they gonna stay alive.
Anyway my profit not much yet might losse it someday..

lost on 4 ponzis on this forum pretty much given up on them. they are the same as they always been not a mater if they turn scam just when , as of right now i stay away from them. they are not getting any more of my money :)

I never experienced anything ponzi investment lost 0.024 btc and after that I no longer invest to a site ponzi / hyip, because the level of risk is very big lost of money

I have to admit that i lost in a ponzi site.
but its only about 56 mbtc.
My friend owns it. And i never thought that
he will really do it, because i trusted him a lot.
After that, I stayed away too any of similar site.

much better to do btc trading. aight?

I think 50% of people who've been in the bitcoin world ever experienced.

i have lost around 0.04, i get into ponzi bcause they give 100% in just 5 days..
quite fast and alot ..forgot what site is that...its happened 4 months ago..
right now i try not to invest anymore..too risk i think
i saw some people get more profit when the site just open...aftr run 1 months the site get closed
first invest will we first profit?the late will be lost?

Yes, but not much i amde much more with ponzi refs then i lose

The first thing to know about investing is that you can lose money. It’s as simple as that. You could invest today and see your money drop tomorrow. 

I have a great strategy for these ponzis.

Invest a small amount (an amount between 0.01BTC-0.001BTC).
If on a doubler, once it has doubled, reinvest the capital.
Repeat doing this, and, as long as you get your first payment, you are technically guarenteed to not lose any of your Bitcoins (though there are still some risks!).

I wouldn't touch Ponzis with your ten foot pole.

It amazes me that people try to make money doing these sort of scams, and I mean not the ones who are running them.  They're just stupid schemes that pander to the basest instincts in those who love to lose money.  And there are so many of those folks right here on this forum.  Don't do it.

So, where do you suggest we should invest?
Sorry for asking...