How many times have you've been scammed?

[avikz]

I have really forgotten that how many times I have been scammed by others. When I started earning money online I started with hyip. Till the time I got the hang of it, i lost several dollars.

But when I started earning Bitcoin I was totally alert. I lost few bucks in trading and p2p loans. But I did not give anyone a chance to scam me.

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[Sithara007]

I never been scammed because I simply do not trade or buy things from people that are not having a good feedback or not even have one these days its just so important to be on the look out.

Even if the trader is having a positive feedback, there is no guarantee that he will not try to con you. For example, in SR 2.0, there were some vendor accounts which had very good feedback, and still cheating their clients. I don't know what happened. Perhaps some scammer hacked these vendor accounts, and then used them to rob others.

[winspiral]

I never been scammed because I simply do not trade or buy things from people that are not having a good feedback or not even have one these days its just so important to be on the look out.

Even if the trader is having a positive feedback, there is no guarantee that he will not try to con you. For example, in SR 2.0, there were some vendor accounts which had very good feedback, and still cheating their clients. I don't know what happened. Perhaps some scammer hacked these vendor accounts, and then used them to rob others.

feedback?
is worth nothing...I have never scammed and I have so much red trust...
I'm the living proff that you can not trust feedback.
This proves as well that it is not good to trust red trusters who red trust for wrong reasons...(lol)

[stark101]

For now, i never experienced to be scammed by someone. As i search through the internet, there are many people that was being scammed. Almost four million people every year was scammed.

But is their any way to avoid it? Have you ever been the victim of an internet scam? What scams have you fallen for? How did solved it?
Mind me to share you ideas guys  

[diodio5]

Never.
But only because I started using Bitcoin when I was older. If I was a teenager I probably would not be so cautious.
Just remember- don't trust anyone on the internet.

Yeah right what you say do not believe anyone on the Internet, even users who have a positive trust though sometimes misused to deceive for their own advantage, be careful, because a lot of greedy people on the internet

[Pursuer]

I never been scammed because I simply do not trade or buy things from people that are not having a good feedback or not even have one these days its just so important to be on the look out.

Even if the trader is having a positive feedback, there is no guarantee that he will not try to con you. For example, in SR 2.0, there were some vendor accounts which had very good feedback, and still cheating their clients. I don't know what happened. Perhaps some scammer hacked these vendor accounts, and then used them to rob others.

no system is ever perfect and there will always be faults, hacks, scams,... everywhere, and all the additional information like trust rating on this forum are designed to give us some guidelines not the sure thing. when you see someone with green trust vs someone with red trust it is obvious which one is a better choice and in the end we should always use escrow to reduce the risks of trading.

[zahra4577]

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.

When I first joined this forum, I was lucky to checked various threads of this forum and realised not to trust anyone with my bitcoin.I followed the the advice and never send my bitcoin to anyone so I have saved myself from getting scammed

[Monnt]

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.

I do not have much to share but I have been scammed a lot of times by HYIPS because when I was new I did not had much idea about gambling and there were not much sites to invest online so I used to invest all my money in Hyips and quickly withdraw once in profit. But I am overall in loss with that thing, so I suggest everyone to stay away from HYIPS.

[hawkins]

Well, many times I was deceived in the business world especially in the world of bitcoin. Well, HYIP and Minning is a major factor in this regard. too many promises and they promised bonus for an investment, even I've invested all bitcoin I have on one of the sites Minning, which has been forgotten. however, I just assumed that it was a very rewarding experience 

[eternalgloom]

I've only been scammed once when trying to buy Bitcoin with a Ukash voucher, but luckily it was only for 10 euros.
I kinda anticipated it since the website didn't look too trustworthy from the start. 

[lienfaye]

I cant count the times ive been scammed by people whom i trust and investment sites but that didnt stop me to use bitcoin and believe that there's a good thing that will happen. i learned to be more cautious and dont trust easily, thats part of life.

[prtty2gal2]

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.

Well I don't mean any disrespect for you but actually it seems you were waiting for getting scammed. It is a golden rule in ponzi sites that whenever you get little profits from the site never invest there again.
I have been scammed by a dice site, I don't remember name correctly but some ninja site sort of name ...

[frankmb]

Just 2 times, the declouds and opair ICO scams. But that was my own fault to be honest I ignored the red flags myself and just kept a little hope.
But I learned my lesson.

[rababo]

As I remember I got scammed twice, both were PTC sites. I was invested on PTC sites and the sites were shutdown before I got ROI. Though it wasn't a lot of bitcoin I invested there, but it give a lesson not to easy put my bitcoin on those kind of sites.

[QuestionAuthority]

I have three ex-wives. That should tell you I've been scammed a lot. A few times in Bitcoin too but I have plenty of money so I'm not real worried about it.

[alphablitzer]

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 guess I'm thankful for this forum that helps me to avoid those kinds of things that make the bitcoin world go bad. There are a lot of bad people using bitcoin to have transactions and then run away with your money. Nothing can lead you to profit by joining HYIP and Ponzi.

[Ayers]

not even one time, i stay away from ico scam with altcoin, and i don't play ponzi or dice game or betting game, also cloud are dangerous and part of the altcoin scam, everythign that is too risk involved is a scam for me

[xIIImaL]

I have three ex-wives. That should tell you I've been scammed a lot. A few times in Bitcoin too but I have plenty of money so I'm not real worried about it.

Lol, I got scammed here in the forum one time when I had LBC account trade. He looted my 0.04 btc went offline and he didn't replied at all.

[South Park]

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.

Just a question, how can you be scammed by faucets? Do you mean that you brought referrals to the faucet and then the owner of the faucet refused to pay you?

[crwth]

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.

I have not tried investing in a cloud mining firm or invest in something that says you could profit. From what I've learned here in Bitcointalk, it's always a scam, especially when it has big returns (obviously when it's too good to be true, it is). Are there even Bitcoin investments that you could really earn profit from?