Can people advise of the different bitcoin scams they have encountered

[Slow death]

Can people advise of the different bitcoin scams they have encountered.  i would like to ensure i can see these scams before they come.

Thanks

You should not trust all the sites that are on the internet. Every country has its own laws and for this reason, often a website in the internet does not fulfill what it promises and you can not process this site. That is why you should not trust the sites that are on the internet.

When I say that you should not trust the sites that are on the internet, I am not telling you not to use sites that are on the internet, I am saying that if you use sites that are on the internet, you must use with great caution.

Sites like PTC, Revenue share, matrix, HYIP / Ponzi, double bitcoin, are dangerous and many of these sites are created by scammers, thieves.

[Seansky]

All investment sites especially cloud mining sites are just scam created by owners to scam some money out of their investors. If the promised return was too good to be true, its most probably that it will turn into scam for about days maybe hours so be careful witj them. I too have experienced being scammed by those scammers when I was still a newbie and I learned the hard way to never invest on investment sites especially if the site was running for long time.

[xIIImaL]

All investment sites especially cloud mining sites are just scam created by owners to scam some money out of their investors. If the promised return was too good to be true, its most probably that it will turn into scam for about days maybe hours so be careful witj them. I too have experienced being scammed by those scammers when I was still a newbie and I learned the hard way to never invest on investment sites especially if the site was running for long time.

I have encountered in bitcoins scam once.  I just received from the campaign cand I simply Google my online wallet and logged in thats it my fund is empty in the wallet due to I have logged in scam site which is same like a block chain.

[Techie5879]

Well, beware of the autosurf sites, that pay in bitcoin, they are especially nasty ponzi schemes, and many people have fallen into the trap. Also, to avoid scam, dont use cloud mining sites and check here before investing in any sites. This is for the safety of your own money.

[dollarneed]

All investment sites especially cloud mining sites are just scam created by owners to scam some money out of their investors. If the promised return was too good to be true, its most probably that it will turn into scam for about days maybe hours so be careful witj them. I too have experienced being scammed by those scammers when I was still a newbie and I learned the hard way to never invest on investment sites especially if the site was running for long time.

I have encountered in bitcoins scam once.  I just received from the campaign cand I simply Google my online wallet and logged in thats it my fund is empty in the wallet due to I have logged in scam site which is same like a block chain.

First of all i am really sorry for your loss.
as we can see blockchain.info spoof in google sponsored results, i am just wondering how could you lose that coins i mean when you login to the site, email confirmation will send to you and you must verify it before accsess them so if the hacker got your password he can't open it before verify the email, anyway i am advising you to bookmark the real site and never google it.

[blackmagician]

Can people advise of the different bitcoin scams they have encountered.  i would like to ensure i can see these scams before they come.

Thanks

Never believe in easy money without working. Like bitcoin doublers do not belive on them.cause they are scam.. avoid joining on hyip and cloud mining sites.they promise that you will get your roi in a matter of days but Promise are made to be broken.

[BAGOBO]

50 % return profit in a week ?
That smell scam , there is no easy money to achieve much money.
If there is an easy way , there will be contain risk ( to win or to lose )

[pacifista]

50 % return profit in a week ?
That smell scam , there is no easy money to achieve much money.
If there is an easy way , there will be contain risk ( to win or to lose )

Absolutely a scam where in a hyip  site promise to get 50%  return profit within a week. Im sure before 1.week of opetating they will turnes into scam. Remember christmas is coming. Scammers are everywhere.

[Cereberus]

It's been more than three years that I am involved with bitcoin and I can tell you the place where newbies fell most is the "cloud mining" area.

Never put your money in any website that says we have 4-6 datacenters around the world(these are like mushrooms nowadays). Also never put your money in any website that offers you daily interest for your coins.

I don't know any successful site yet where you can invest your bitcoins so the best place to keep them is your wallet until you want to sell them.

[Hellacopter]

There is a lot of scams using Bitcoin as payment processor right now, this scammers think that using Bitcoin would be safest for them..The most part of the cloud mining and ponzi schemes which pop up daily online are just scams

[frankmb]

I encountered 2, the Opair ICO and Declouds ICO scams.

Whenever it is a ICO make sure they use a well trusted and verifiable escrow and clear rules on the roadmap they need to follow before funds are released.

A self moderated thread for a ICO is a red flag.

If the OP doesn't use a new bct account but a old one, ask the OP to verify the account by signing a staked address. Because accounts here can easily be bought ans sellers don't care what they're used for. Otherwise they would leave neutral feedback themselves stating it's a sold account.

Even if the signature campaign is managed by a trusted member, that doesn't mean the project can be trusted.

And like with almost everything, when something sounds to good to be true, it usually is.

[nejibens]

Obviously the cloud mining sites (or most of them) and the ponzi schemes which appear everyday online should being treated as scams because investing there is really risky

[machinek20]

You need to stay away from ponzi hyip or cloud mining, ponzi a scheme that said its going to double your money in a short time, hyip and cloud mining promise a huge back of interest which is an impossible rate, so if you encountered people or service that said you need to invest and your coin can be multiply easily that is the first sign of scam, do not trust people easily and find all the site information before you decide to invest

[outatime1]

The only way that I've been taken advantage of is when the exchange cryptsy shut down the website with the customer money. This has happened to a couple of exchanges and there is almost no way to recover the coins.

[chubiruba]

The several altcoins signature campaigns that will pay in several look suspicious to me.

Let's see how Komodo will end

Hope the team won't disappear as soon as they receive the ICO money

[wheelz1200]

Altcoin ICOs, Altcoin ICOs and more Altcoin ICOs.  Not saying they are all bad but collecting tons of btc with no real value behind the product is scammy enough for me.  Be careful if you plan on entering that market its a shark tank.

[2double0]

Bitfinex hack, poloniex attack, hashocean scam, and the biggest one which no one can forget, it was Mt Gox.
Everyone got goxxed after that case as a very big amount of coins got stolen in that hack.

[Pai Mei]

Bitfinex hack, poloniex attack, hashocean scam, and the biggest one which no one can forget, it was Mt Gox.
Everyone got goxxed after that case as a very big amount of coins got stolen in that hack.

hack is not the same as scam

Bitfinex and Poloniex are still working, I guess they somehow returned the coins or found some kind of agreement

[Kprawn]

Well one way to spot these scams early, is to check them against http://www.badbitcoin.org/thebadlist/ and if all of us keep reporting

these scams to them, then we will make this site more effective. I always check this site, before I dive into something new. You can

also just Google it, because someone would have raised a red flag on some platform, if they were scammed. Just report all scams on

this forum or other platforms.. so that people will know about it in advance. 

[almostdone]

these scams are scary, I hope some laws have established early so it will be more regulated. Now it seems like a wild west, people just invent all sorts of scams without really being punished.