How many times have you've been scammed?

[MingLee]

I luckily haven't been scammed yet, however there is still a lot of potential to get scammed with some of the investments that I'm currently using. So far they've been doing fine and it doesn't look like I'll be losing anything anytime soon, but you never know for sure.

Closest I ever got to being scammed was a really long unconfirmed transaction.

[Mastsetad]

Never counted, when i was new to bitcoin and that time i was just accumulating bitcoins through faucets, and that time i used to think that earning bitcoin might be quite easy so i used to believe those hyips so easily, and i got scammed by them quite a lot of times in different ways, sometimes as cloud mining, sometimes as doubling and sometimes as faucet as well.

[Junko]

I got scammed once out of 10BTC. This was back when bitcoin was worth ~$12-$14 or so. I staked a poker player who I only knew from here on the forums for 10 btc and he disappeared with my coins. I had staked him successfully multiple times previously for smaller amounts: 1BTC, 2BTC, 3BTC and earning 10% each time which he paid promptly each time. He seemed like a nice guy, was friendly, polite, etc. After earning my trust, I staked him for 10BTC. And that was when he disappeared never to be heard from again.  

I learned my lesson the hard way. Nowadays when it comes to gambling I stick to my Number One Rule(s):

When it comes to gambling, never lend or borrow and never stake anyone or ask for a stake.

[calkob]

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 sold some bitcoin and accepted paypal not realising how bad paypal was compromised with phished account, it is rife.  Paypal simply does not care either they just pass all the liability to the seller, which is why i have never used them since and never will again.

[Adelajda]

I luckily haven't been scammed yet, however there is still a lot of potential to get scammed with some of the investments that I'm currently using. So far they've been doing fine and it doesn't look like I'll be losing anything anytime soon, but you never know for sure.

Closest I ever got to being scammed was a really long unconfirmed transaction.

it is really funny to read you post ,what are the potential you seen on you getting scammed what sort of investment have you done ,the possibility of losing from me is when the exchange i am using get hacked and i hope i wont lose that

[Chris!]

I've only been 'scammed' once in the bitcoin community. It's when I was a newbie and my Blockchain.info wallet got 'hacked'. I had 2FA set up (which I never got an email) and was using the same bitcoin address I had used for a gambling website. My assumption is it was an inside job or that their algorithms for creating addresses was found out again.

That is why you don't use web wallets. I lost 0.05BTC which at the time cost me $20CAD. Today that would be $50. It annoys me still, but at least I found out early on that they were a terrible wallet. I'd hate to lose what I have now.

[Sithara007]

I have lost my capital many times due to my carelessness in investing coins. Wasted too much money on altcoins. But I don't know whether I can call them as scams. Other than that, I have lost a few mBTCs in a ponzi scheme.

[ukasyah]

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.

Alhamdulillah I have never been scamed because I always ask to my friend when I want to do a bitcoin related job. Even he explained me about HYIP etc in the first time he introduced bitcoin to me. Besides, I read some threads here about scam, so I carefully take bitcoin earning way.

[Kprawn]

Last year, I also got scammed during Black Friday, as did many others.. We were all hyped up with all the Black Friday deals and did not notice

that the site was spoofed. So we lost some money...  .... I also bought some jewellery online, that were faked. You had to destroy the

item to test the gold. People will go through great lengths to scam people out of their hard earned money. 

[socks435]

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 sold some bitcoin and accepted paypal not realising how bad paypal was compromised with phished account, it is rife.  Paypal simply does not care either they just pass all the liability to the seller, which is why i have never used them since and never will again.

you should learn about this and deal again and accept paypal.. because they are still reverse or charge back the money he said to you from paypal..
Unlike bitcoin that has no feature to charge back.. or refund option..

Before i scam many online in facebook fake info and invest some money that i thought that can gives me good profit but those all are scam. so those experience gives me strong to do not trust again..

[olushakes]

I had been very careful of not to be scammed but not until recently where a site came out with the "provide help, get help" shit and I was like since its new let me put because the one I know of hasn't scammed yet but after I had "PH" then wait for 15 days only to asked to "GH" then its not coming that's when I know I have been scammed. Never will I do that again.

[kryptqnick]

I have never been scammed, fortunately. Maybe it is not only luck but also me not trying to get involved somewhere and to earn money (I think this is how people get scammed usually. They believe they are the smartest and don't see the trap). Where are people usually scammed, by the way? Is it mining pools?

[beerlover]

I have been scammed quite a number of times and I have regarded all as a form of lesson. Firstly was as by HYIP as I was a novice. I saw this nice site with all the promises and the likes and I was like " i could really make a cool money" but alas the dream was cut short my money went down the drain. The other one was when I wanted to exchange Bitcoin to FIAT, I was actually still a novice then too. I was scammed and because Bitcoin is irreversible, I lost my money...

I am using bitcoin for a long time, but still i am not scammed for a single time. Maybe the reason is that I am very causious while investing my bitcoin or tading or even dealing with anyone. I really do study before investing in any site for gmabing or in buying selling goods.

[Hidemyname]

I've been scam so many times in hyip but I think its part of being an investor and taking risk its just like gambling you just have to know when to quit and lastly invest what you can afford to lose Happy earning guys

[Mark02]

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've been scammed many times before. First is by investing in HYIP sites. Then in Cloud Mining, Hashocean to be exact. I know there are lot of people scammed by the Hashocean right? Next is by investing in scam coin in trading. Although there are many times I've been scammed. Still I can get it back by working hard and making sure that I will not do that foolish thing again. And right now it doesn't happen anymore 

[South Park]

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.

Fortunately I have never been scammed with bitcoin but in the past I lost some money to HYIP a grand total of 20 bucks, not much but I learned my lesson.

[LTU_btc]

If to talk about various HYIP's, ponzi's ans similar shit I was scamed up to 10 times. But it was small loss, because I knowed about risks and didn't invested much. Mostly times I didn't got ROI, so I started to avoid such shady investements sites. And I'm happy that I never invested in to cloud mining.
Also, I was scamed by faucets so many times that I even count it. But it was question worth only some cents.

[Blackdeath]

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 was scammed frequent times.
Specially when it comes to selling goods like TBC

Yet, I was never scammed by cloud mining and investment because I never do that.
Too many HYIP are in that industry.

Also, my worst experience is my first time I did trading in crypto currency.
I was so dumb that time.
I didn't manifested what does buy orders and sell orders mean.

Now, I put more doubt in eveything.
Should consult others befire initiating a decision.

[cpfreeplz]

Well back in my day my parents taught me this cool thing called common sense. I'm very lucky because I've applied it to real life and you know what? I've never been scammed.

Would you also like to never get scammed? Try these simple tips:

• Does it sound to good to be true? Walk away.
• Do you have to trust the other person? Then it's not for me.
• Is there a ton of risk for you but no risk to someone else? That's a red flag
• Common sense. We already went over this.
• Guard your freaking money like it's a baby on your teat and you're a damn tiger. You want to hold my baby? You damn well better make it worth my while. I'm ready to leave right not. Don't screw around or I'll fight or flight on you!
• I see a newbie selling "X" for $50 when it would usually cost me $100. RUN! Whatever you do, don't buy it. It's carded or they won't give you anything. If somehow miraculously you don't get scammed now you'll be arrested later for using a stolen card. Just don't do it!

That's about it. Anything I should add? Don't be stupid, naive? Everyone else wants your money so don't be dumb with it.

[Casabrandy]

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.

In investing , im a newbie that time first i tried to invest small amount and it doubled and I got paid. Because Im newbie i got excited and invest a bigger amount bigger in what I invest on the first trial. Then I got paid also. But in the third when I almost give all my btc and that investment site is having lots of investor BOom. That time they just bring back few of what I invest telling they system got failure something issues. So yhen what I expect to double lessen more. So lesson learned dont give all in one investment site. As much as possible portion it.