How many times have you've been scammed?

[alphablitzer]

What are your bad experiences in bitcoin? Not just scammed by other users it could also include HYIP, Cloud mining scams, investment scams, etc. I know it's a bad thing that happened, I think it's better to share them here so you could vent out on what you are feeling.

Feel free to post anything.

[sweeeter]

I've been scammed by a few alt coins but never been to excited to throw btc at hyps and very obvious cloud mining scams. My overall profits out way the losses so I have nothing to vent. I do however warn not to invest in anything more than you can afford to lose.

[unamis76]

Honestly, so far, none. Doing all I can and having full attention in order not to be scammed. I can only say I've escaped from a scam by inches (exchange closed down with customers funds right after I withdrew). Close call

[ngokiemtuan]

Honestly, so far, none. Doing all I can and having full attention in order not to be scammed. I can only say I've escaped from a scam by inches (exchange closed down with customers funds right after I withdrew). Close call

That must make you feel lucky to get your BTC withdrawn before the site scams. Very lucky like you and not been scammed yet 

[winspiral]

I have forgotten...i will say...20 times or so.

[EdgarTheEdge]

What are your bad experiences in bitcoin? Not just scammed by other users it could also include HYIP, Cloud mining scams, investment scams, etc. I know it's a bad thing that happened, I think it's better to share them here so you could vent out on what you are feeling.

Feel free to post anything.

I think almost everyone has been hacked/scammed sometimes in Bitcoin. For me, I lost a few bitcoins back in 2013

[ngokiemtuan]

I have forgotten...i will say...20 times or so.

20 times!! You should really learn from your mistakes before 20 times. I hope you have not lost to much, lol.

[crwth]

I'm still quite new to the bitcoin community and I had just rather bad investments and bad gambling decisions too. I'm doing my best to profit in some ways that could help recover from what I lost.

[mindrust]

2 Times.

I can't really remember what was happened in the first time probably it was not a big deal, but the second time was in an online game. I was selling my stuff to somebody and trusted his word, used no escrow ofc gotten scammed. Reported to the mods, gotten him banned.

[xuan87]

i had been scammed so many times, when i was still newbie in bitcoin, i was mislead into Ponzi, the first ponzi i joined paid two times and the third times it ran away, and then i tried HYIP i split my coin into 3 HYIP, all of them are scams. I don't earn anything from HYIP, joined fresh cloud mining got scammed before ROI, so now i always encourage newbie or anyone else to avoid all of this things, bitcoin is a world with a lot of scammer you need to be extra careful

[grim007]

i had been scammed so many times, when i was still newbie in bitcoin, i was mislead into Ponzi, the first ponzi i joined paid two times and the third times it ran away, and then i tried HYIP i split my coin into 3 HYIP, all of them are scams. I don't earn anything from HYIP, joined fresh cloud mining got scammed before ROI, so now i always encourage newbie or anyone else to avoid all of this things, bitcoin is a world with a lot of scammer you need to be extra careful

I think you know the risk before you invest in hyip. Because it is their warning on their website. There is no such profit on cloudmining and ponzi. The only legit on cryptoworld is trading and investing on crowdfunding. Gambling is too risky so i won't suggest it but it is more safe than hyip

[20kevin20]

Just once, by downloading a virused bot for a dice game. The creator made the first two versions legit, and the third one stole your money as soon as you got over 0.001 in your account. I do not know what happened to that guy, but he stole my money and I reported that.

[altcoinhosting]

For me: twice... I once invested in what later turned out to be a ponzi cloudmining company. They made a lot of effort to make everything look legit... Fake whois, phone number, address, photoshopped images of hardware.
They payed out for a while, and afterwards disappeared with the remainder of my funds.

I've also had a guy defaulting on a loan i gave him long ago (somewhere in 2015). He gave his account as collateral but he took 2 loans at the same time and didn't give collateral to the second guy, so his collateral was red-tagged by the other victim and became useless to me.... I'm going to count that one as a scam aswell.

[Techie5879]

None; thanks to paying close attention. Going great so far! I have been able to avoid a great many ponzi schemes on which i have stumbled upon in the past three or so months, but never tried (and never will try, now) to invest anything.

[mobnepal]

I have lost few bitcoin when bitfinex got hacked but i have never invested in any cloud mining, bitcoin hyip so haven't lost much. Few months ago i got tricked by one investment site which claim to run several bitcoin faucet for profit and share profit, they ran away after few month.

[Barbut]

I don't count cloud mining services, they cheated me few times but I lost time needed for registration and claiming their free hash, I deposited one dollar once and nothing more. I read what is happening here, and I'm more into gambling, there I didn't have problem's. I lost many times, and sometimes I felt like everything was set up, but that is paranoia from loosing. I don't thing casinos are rigged.
Before doing anything people should pay attention, check here what kind of service you choose to deposit your money.

[clickerz]

How many times? I can not count already LOL  

When I was just starting from bitcoin, I joined so many faucets sites. Some are paying, and some are not. I Also joined several HYIP's program and mostly I lost and did not recover. Joined some cloud mining too. See? So many experience already  

Until one day, I discovered https://bitcointalk.org, I mean this site and read topics here. I learned trading here and I am very grateful of this site as it gives me real opportunity to earn online. I am also earning from signature campaign.which is also a great way to earn while expressing your ideas.

[Zadicar]

How many times? I can not count already LOL  

When I was just starting from bitcoin, I joined so many faucets sites. Some are paying, and some are not. I Also joined several HYIP's program and mostly I lost and did not recover. Joined some cloud mining too. See? So many experience already  

Until one day, I discovered https://bitcointalk.org, I mean this site and read topics here. I learned trading here and I am very grateful of this site as it gives me real opportunity to earn online. I am also earning from signature campaign.which is also a great way to earn while expressing your ideas.

Just like you i have already many experience regarding on scams on this online world or in this crypto world. Ive experienced already being scammed on HYIPS,PONZI sites, Altcoin and ICO scams and somehow lose up money on trading since i was still a newbie  on that time and dont have enough knowledge into things thats why.
Same as yours,i do find this forum and already know about those past mistakes that ive done and i learned too much on this site,.

[Kevin77]

I have lost few mBTC with one Nigeria based altcoin exchange (really could not recall its name). Till date I regret for what action must be cex.io cloud mining investments. I bought hash power for more than 0.2 BTC but recovered less than 0.1 BTC, it is not scam yet. But I have not reached ROI with them and my hash power is simply sleeping there.

[mk4]

scammed in bitcoins? never. and I'm definitely not looking forward to it. lol