So many people hear about bitcointalk forum from friends, families, internet and so on they where not given the full details of the Dos and Don'ts (the rules of the forum) of the forum. they where only told about the juicy parts of the forum because of that they are excited to join without making deep research.

Newbie should be corrected and not to be use to earn merits, most of the top rank members earn most of their merits from attacking and reporting newbie.
                 WHAT IS NEWBIES
newbies is a person who just started a  particular activity without having full knowledge. Newbies are also called novice, newcomer, beginner.

IMPORTANT OF TOP RANK MEMBERS
Before you are been named or given a rank I believe you have pass through many challenges, obstacles before reaching the level you are now. I believe there is a reason why you are at that level. they are vital importance of being a top rank members
1: To guide and not to judge
2: To support
3: To Teach and so many more

I believe that Bitcoin talk forum is a home of knowledge and knowledge is acquired and distributed.
 

I agree with you, the most important thing is to know more about the rules and regulations guiding us the Bitcointalk family and also you need to know why you are here, don't be discouraged, always be hungry for knowledge.

There's so much about bitcointalk forum which I believe you don't know yet or already know but don't want to put interest on. To really want to be a bitcointalk member I mean Really bitcointalk member you need to emphasize more on the rules and regulations of Bitcointalk forum.

Sorry everyone this should have come since but I wasn't too well that was why I wasn't online.
About my story scammer get scammed I saw all sort of comments and questions and even almost everyone who commented labelled me a scammer and even a lier, someone even give me a neutral trust, but I only have Two questions for everyone.

1__What if I was the one who made payment first  do you guys think I will be able to get it back?
2__what if I was the one who got scammed what will you guys think of me?
               Reading and understanding
They are two categories of people
1__people who read but don't understand ( these are the people who go to read the comments of others and reply the same way to the comments without reading the threads or think if the person understand what he or she read)
2__people who read and understand (these are the people who read through what ever is given making sure they understand every bit of it. this set of people do not only make use of reading and understanding they also make use of thinking).

They are different people in this world, ones who thinks they are perfect but they are the opposite of what they think and those who thinks they are worst but they are opposite of what they think.

The link you gave me is not opening on my phone secondly I don't use computer or laptop what I make use of is cellphone. And that brings me to the question can't someone upload images with cellphone.

if I really want to go away with the money I wouldn't have post this thread secondly I don't know how to post images I would love to proof and clear all doubts.

But to be honest with you guys I refund his Etherume not because I want to clear myself to you guys but because of my conscience. And I also believe what you did to others also comes back to you. I never want to be the reason why anybody cries.

If you read my threads  before replying you will understand what I have written.
I said proof of identity to be sure if I'm chatting with the same person I'm seeing on Facebook profile

After posting this thread (scammer get scammed) yesterday, I chatted him up telling him to send me proof of identity threatening him that is only way he can get his fund back but he couldn't prove it he didn't send me any, I even tried calling him video calls but he couldn't pick up, but do you guys know the funniest part of it he even called me with a Nigeria phone number but I returned his Etherume yesterday because I believe that anyone who keeps what belongs to a thief is also a thief and I don't want to be path of that word.
Thank you guys for your contribution and advice.

Was at the office when a message pop on my Facebook messenger saying he is dewi from Indonesia that he is  interested in buying BTC worth $2000 I ask him why not buy through the wallet he is using, he said the wallet is not yet verified, I asked him again which wallet he is using he replied Binance, I smiled, I also asked him why did he think buying online is better he said because no kyc or verification need online and I ask him are you ready to risk it he boldly tell me yes. To cut the story short he was persuading me to send the BTC first before he make payment which I refuse, he even told me to send half of the BTC which he will make full payment  after I confirm payment i send the remaining BTC I also refuse, then he said he's going to send me $300 worth of  Etherume to show me how serious he is, I sent him my Etherume wallet and he made a deposit of $300 worth of Etherume. at the moment it was time for my presentation at the office so I went offline after the presentation I came online, I was seeing all sorts of pidgin local Nigeria insultive words.
that caught my attention how can an Indonesia citizen speak and write a pigeon local Nigeria insultive words then I decided not to refund him his Etherume for him to feel how others feel when they are being scammed.

Note__ scammers can go extra mile even by sending you money first in order to achieve what they need.

I have one question am I a scammer too or did I do  wrong by not sending him his Etherume back because after this incident my conscience has been beating me.
 stay safe.

This is so annoying, everyone should be careful scammers are everywhere planning,  developing skills and strategies on how to ruin your future.
The way you plan for your future the same way scammers plan to ruin your future.
The way you go out to look for your daily bread the same way scammers strategize to steal  your daily bread.
So everyone shine your eyes be your own security do not allow them to ruin your life because you struggle to get to where you are today. Shine your eyes, be your own security.
Stay safe.

In the world today most people delicate themselves by writing threads that talks about scammers in different ways either by been scammed, the Technics or strategies of scammers, ways to dictate scamming platforms, how to avoid scammers and many more, which there effort is really appreciate because it been helpful in one way or the other. But today will love to share the history of scamming which I believe only few people knows about the history.

History__ no one knows the actual year, month or day when scam came into existence but most scam was related back to late 18th or 19th centuries because of similar letter entitled " The letter from Jerusalem".  The modern day transnational scam can be traced back to Germany in 1922, There are many variants of the template letter. One of these, sent via postal mail and became popular during the 1980s.
The number "419" refers to the section of the Nigerian Criminal Code dealing with fraud and the charges and penalties for such offenders.
Financial fraud dates back to the year 300 B.C. when a Greek merchant named Hegestratos took out a large insurance policy known as bottomry. The merchant borrowed money and agreed to pay it back with interest when the cargo—in this case, corn—was delivered.

Who created scamming( 419)__ Michael Berry, goes by the alias Shiver Metimbers.

Who is the first scammer in the world__ Emmanuel Nwude Odinigwe popularly known as Owelle of Abunuga.
Criminal status__Released in fraud case, but currently in custody on murder charges Criminal penalty__25 years for fraud case Partner(s)__Emmanuel Ofolue, Nzeribe Okoli, Obum Osakwe, Christian Ikechukwu Anajemba and Amaka Anajemba.

List of fraudsters
__Alfredo Sáenz Abad, retired in 2013 as CEO and vice-chairman of the Spanish bank.
__Frank Abagnale Jr, American imposter.
__John Bodkin Adams, British doctor
__Eddie Antar, founder of Crazy Eddie.
__Ruben Oskar Auervaara, a notorious Finnish
__Mehmet Aydın, Turkish entrepreneur
__Jordan Belfort
__Horatio Bottomley, newspaper owner
__Melissa Caddick
__Cassie Chadwick, pretended to be Andrew Carnegie's
__Charlene Corley
__Edward Davenport, self-styled as a "Lord";
__Tino De Angelis
__Marc Dreier, managing founder of law firm
__Enric Durán, from 2006 to 2008
__Bernard Ebbers, founder of WorldCom
__Ramón Báez Figueroa, banker from the Dominican Republic and former President of Banco Intercontinental (BANINTER),
__Martin Frankel, American former financier
__Vladislav Horohorin, indicted in 2009 for fraud
__Elizabeth Holmes, convicted of 4 counts felony fraud in January 2022
__Shimon Hayut, international ponzi schemer.
__Samuel Israel III, former hedge fund manager.
__Dennis Kozlowski, former CEO of Tyco International.
__Sante Kimes and her son committed numerous frauds.
__Konrad Kujau, German fraudster and forger responsible for the "Hitler Diaries"
__Rudy Kurniawan, Indonesian wine fraudster in America.
__Kenneth Lay, American businessman who built energy company Enron;
__Nick Leeson, English trader.
__James Paul Lewis, Jr., ran one of the biggest ($311 million) .
__Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con man.
__Bernard Madoff, creator of a $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
__Matt the Knife, American con artist, card cheat and pickpocket;
__Billy McFarland organizer of the notorious Fyre Festival.
__Gaston Means, professional con man during U.S. President Warren G. Harding's administration.
__Harshad Mehta, did a fraud without bank receipt of ₹5 billion from State Bank of India
__Barry Minkow, founder of ZZZZ Best
__Michael Monus, founder of Phar-Mor
__F. Bam Morrison, conned the town of Wetumka, Oklahoma by promoting a circus that never came.
__Lou Pearlman, former boy-band manager
__Frederick Emerson Peters, American impersonator who wrote bad checks
__Thomas Petters, American masquerading as a business man.
__Charles Ponzi, Ponzi scheme
__Gert Postel, German mailman
__Alves Reis, ran the 1925 Portuguese Bank Note Crisis
__John Rigas, cable television entrepreneur, co-founder of Adelphia Communications Corporation
__Christopher Rocancourt, a Rockefeller impersonator
__Scott W. Rothstein, disbarred lawyer from Ft.
__Michael Sabo, best known as a check, stocks and bonds forger.
__Emil Savundra, Sri Lankan insurance swindler
__Jeffrey Skilling is an American former CEO of Enron Corporation
__John Spano, struggling businessman who faked massive success in an attempt to buy out the New York Islanders of the NHL in 1996
__Allen Stanford, self-styled banker
__John Stonehouse, the last Postmaster General of the UK and MP
__Kevin Trudeau, American writer and billiards promoter
__Samuel D. Waksal is the founder and former CEO of the biopharmaceutical company
__Ferdinand Ward, financial swindler in the late 1800s
__Dina Wein Reis pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in May 2011
__Richard Whitney, stole from the New York Stock Exchange Gratuity Fund in the 1930s
__Whitaker Wright, company promoter, convicted of fraud.

List of top 20 famous scammers
__William Chaloner
__Gregor MacGregor
__Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Remy
__C.L. Blood
__Cassie Chadwick
__William McCloundy
__William Jones
__Victor Lustig
__George C. Parker
__Charles Ponzi
__William Thompson
__Ferdinand Waldo Demara
__David Hampton
__Jerry Tarbot
__Natwarlal
__Reed Slatkin
__Frank Abagnale
__Ali Dia
__Calisto Tanzi
__Bernie Madoff is probably one of the best-known con artists in American.

Sources:-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam#:~:text=The%20modern%20day%20transnational%20scam,became%20popular%20during%20the%201980s.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/09/history-of-fraud.asp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/419eater.com

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Nwude

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fraudsters

https://moneyinc.com/the-20-most-notorious-con-artists-of-all-time/

Well don't really know about via wallet from viaBTC, just hearing it for the first time. If any of the seniors here have comes across or heard of via wallet from viaBTC I believe your question will be answered and also more knowledge will be shared about you thread.

Rank__ Jr member
Amount of merit__ 5
Profile link__ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3453751

Anytime I share my threads here is been deleted, please if by any chance have done something wrong please forgive.

Thanks.

Now I see, it doesn't matter who registered first or how punctual you are online, it all depends on your good threads and how you carry others by teaching them and passing to them the knowledge in you.

fillippone and Ratimov appreciate you guys on your efforts by carrying others along. You guys are truly a mentor.

When you make your research and invest in the right coins  that has a standard global Crypto market cap such as
 Bitcoin,
Etherume,
BNB,
Tether
ADA
XRP
Solana
Litecoin and so on
Then you have zero worries. Especially when you invest in BTC you have nothing to worry about.

Correction noted.

98% of Crypto holders belong to Crypto world because of its benefits and usefulness.

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin has gone viral, it among the top 10 news in the world today. Bitcoin has been heard in so many ways either by testimonies of people on how they invest and make huge amount of money, how they are been scammed, how they lost their wallet seed phrase and can't recover it etc. But not everyone knows or want to ask why cryptocurrency especially Bitcoin is been created.

why is cryptocurrency bitcoin created.
Bitcoin was created for individuals to freely make Financial transaction at any time around the world without relying on banks or governments. But the main point by which cryptocurrency was created is to fix the issues of traditional currencies so that currency holders will have the responsibility and power in there hands.

Useful of Cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
Bitcoin has so much benefit and has benefit individuals around the world in one way or the other and  that makes 98% of Crypto holders want to be part of bitcoin world because of it usefulness or benefits.

That brings me to my question "imagine a future without cryptocurrency Bitcoin and a world without digital payments".
___how will the world look like?
___will financial transaction be stressful and restrict?
___will there be anything like Bitcointalk forum?
___will the rate of jobless increase or decrease?
___will the rate of scamming increase or decrease?

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will advice to start with the Bitcointalk forum rules___ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

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please do well to go through this threads, it will help you on your journey here on bitcointalk.