How many times have you've been scammed?

[Barbut]

I have been scammed by many users many times because I had been so gentle to all of them and whenever they asked for some loans as a help, I gave them and they never returned them back. I could have easily given away more than 2 bitcoins in just loans, and even few were my friends.

Be nice to everyone. That is good. But don't be stupid.

No one will advice you to refrain from giving out loans to others. But at the same time, you must ask for some collateral in return. Giving out a loan without collateral is the stupidest thing that a Bitcoiner can do.

This is not nice at all, I get how you feelin. Sithara told you nicely, be good and nice to everyone but don`t be stupid. Before giving something make sure they will able to return it in some way. This is a lot of money to just be given away, for me that is a little fortune, 2 btc in no return loans.
Well I hope you will be able to earn that money on some other way. Good luck my friend.

[Dudeperfect]

Fortunately I never lost any money in scams but yes I have paid some amount frequently to learn some lessons (I ended up in learning lessons by throwing money). When I started trading, I used to follow the some piece advice from the shoutbox and thus met with loss 99% or more. Definitely it was not scam but still I lost money in such cases and I learned a lot from such incidents.

[piloder]

I lost few bitcoin in cloud mining ponzis before like in coince better to say them as hyip with the face of cloud mining with big promises. Other than them i haven't tried any other hyip/cloud mining because i have learnt a very good and useful lesson not to invest in any big promising program giving high return daily.

[equator]

first time i got scammed in Cloud Mining but after that i have never went for any offers from any one which is too good to reject but having bad experience from previous i got saved. But after that one genuine offer look a like gave me offer to download the exe file and install and do daily work but as soon as i downloaded the exe file my computer got hacked and my wallet got hacked and my account become zero.

[Slow death]

If I were to tell, I would say that it happened more than 1000 times, being honest, when I arrived in this forum I believed that the HYIP sites that were posted here in the forum were legitmos. I mean, who would have thought that bitcointalk would have scammers? In my head it was like: impossible, nobody in this forum would steal something like 0.001 btc. But I was wrong. All site that was posted here, not pay. All site was just shitty ponzi sites. Sites created by thieves.

But I learned to lesson. Never invest money on ponzi sites, hyip, double.

Always do research on every site you see, every new coin you see, you should do research. Scammers do not rest and do not measure means to achieve their goals.

[prtty2gal2]

I have never been scammed, if you ask me bitcoin is the safest way of monetary transaction, if you check how much people get scammed in other fiat currencies comparing to that with bitcoin it is safest way. Also with ‘no backsies’ ideology people are even more careful.

[Shenzou]

When it comes to bitcoin i got scammed 2 times, one was when i started learning about bitcoin and i wanted to buy it so i went searching for a good price when i came across this site that offered me to buy bitcoin for half of its price and i got scammed for 200 $   , and one when i first started earning i put 35$ in a cloud mining site i believe it was Hash Ocean and then the site closed.

[zero1ten]

I have been scammed for quite a lot of times when I was still a newbie in bitcoin because of my enthusiasm about it and wanted to double my bitcoin as fast as possible, I ended up joining a lot of HYIP in short amount of time and then they all disappeared in an instance, then I tried to join lending sites like btcjam but it ended up the same cause almost all of the borrowers I funded defaulted their loans. But at least now I have the experience to see what is a scam and what is not.

[socks435]

When it comes to bitcoin i got scammed 2 times, one was when i started learning about bitcoin and i wanted to buy it so i went searching for a good price when i came across this site that offered me to buy bitcoin for half of its price and i got scammed for 200 $   , and one when i first started earning i put 35$ in a cloud mining site i believe it was Hash Ocean and then the site closed.

You should learn right now since i think we are already experience to be scam here online so right now increase your instinct and always check every thing and ask if it is legit or not here in forum experience is the best to learn that there is no cheaper than the present price of bitcoin and there is offering 100% free money just to invest in cloud mining site or ponzi.. better to stay away and look for other way to find a good source of bitcoin..

[coinplus]

In bitcoin world? I think just once. By cloud mining... damn I hated that. Worst experience and that too at the start of my bitcoin usage, but I learnt my lesson.

Me too, I was thinking bitcoin mining like some magic when I was new into this and hence any site that claims that they are mining bitcoins and sharing profit, I used to fall for it. Most of the sites are scam, which I realized a bit late but anyways I have earned too a few times, loss is like negligible.

[neochiny]

ONCE   

Though I can't really say it's been scammed. lol.
There was one time, over a year back, where I got to talking with a guy I've seen around on some site we've both been playing at. He was probably winning a good amount as he just suddenly gave me about $90 worth of bitcoin at the time. Then he got to talking that he was the owner of some cloud mining/hyip site and I should invest with him so I could make some money.
I was like, 'What the heck, sure, it's his money anyway.' So I went and invested $30. 
Not even a week after, no one's heard from him again. and I never saw a trace of those 30 bucks again..
(Quite a sad story,huh.  )  Haha.
Anyway, that was the only time I invested in those kinds of things.(that I can remember)

[Wintersoldier]

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 for about 4 times.

The feeling of being scammed is so sad. Yet, being acused of being a scammer is the saddest experience that I have felt.

We should never trust aniy poeple we don't know.
We should not talk to any strangers.
Strangers can break you down, hack or scam you, and get an information that can be used against you.

[South Park]

I have been scammed by many users many times because I had been so gentle to all of them and whenever they asked for some loans as a help, I gave them and they never returned them back. I could have easily given away more than 2 bitcoins in just loans, and even few were my friends.

Sorry for your loss dude, but I think when it comes to loans with bitcoin we must follow the rule the is in the lending forum if there is no collateral then no loan is given since you are exposing yourself to be scammed.

[Positid]

I have been scammed by many users many times because I had been so gentle to all of them and whenever they asked for some loans as a help, I gave them and they never returned them back. I could have easily given away more than 2 bitcoins in just loans, and even few were my friends.

Sorry for your loss dude, but I think when it comes to loans with bitcoin we must follow the rule the is in the lending forum if there is no collateral then no loan is given since you are exposing yourself to be scammed.

There's no safe in lending here since the collateral is just an account and it has no monetary value outside bitcoin and even if you sell that accounts it is not advisable here. I don't know if there are still a good collateral aside from what is used to here, or else you will not have to do this kind of business.

[Xenophoto]

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 for about 4 times.

The feeling of being scammed is so sad. Yet, being acused of being a scammer is the saddest experience that I have felt.

We should never trust aniy poeple we don't know.
We should not talk to any strangers.
Strangers can break you down, hack or scam you, and get an information that can be used against you.

Most of the time, it's the person who you trust the most and is closest to you who will do bad things to you. A stranger don't care about you, unless you're rich. They'll not hack you if you didn't catch their attention.

Not talking to strangers is a bad thing, in my opinion. Because you shut down everyone that you don't know. What if they're the way to make you a better person? What if they can help you with whatever your struggling with right now? It's really hard not to talk to people that you don't know most especially if you have to buy/sell things. You have to be open to new people. New people means new opportunities.

[altcoinnxt]

just once, investment is a doubler site which 200 RMB was gone

[delliaerd]

ONCE   

Though I can't really say it's been scammed. lol.
There was one time, over a year back, where I got to talking with a guy I've seen around on some site we've both been playing at. He was probably winning a good amount as he just suddenly gave me about $90 worth of bitcoin at the time. Then he got to talking that he was the owner of some cloud mining/hyip site and I should invest with him so I could make some money.
I was like, 'What the heck, sure, it's his money anyway.' So I went and invested $30. 
Not even a week after, no one's heard from him again. and I never saw a trace of those 30 bucks again..
(Quite a sad story,huh.  )  Haha.
Anyway, that was the only time I invested in those kinds of things.(that I can remember)

I am sorry to hear that dude. But before decide to invest your bitcoin in that hyip site you should have checked the reputation of that site.
Don't too quickly sent your money and invest on it site if you don't wanna the bad tragedy happens.
But based from that you can take a learn and experience to become more aware .

[d@nte]

Once, in cloud mining. It's a problem that many users go through at the beginning. It was not something related to the site closing and running away with the funds or something... The mining difficulty went up a lot and the value of the hashpower I was holding fell. So, I'm not sure if this can be considered scam, it's more like a bad investment.

[FlamingFingers]

Well, So far, I haven't been scammed   (and I hope I will never be), but I can tell you that greed and enthusiasm can drive people to trust scammers and throw their money off to them.

ONCE  

Though I can't really say it's been scammed. lol.
There was one time, over a year back, where I got to talking with a guy I've seen around on some site we've both been playing at. He was probably winning a good amount as he just suddenly gave me about $90 worth of bitcoin at the time. Then he got to talking that he was the owner of some cloud mining/hyip site and I should invest with him so I could make some money.
I was like, 'What the heck, sure, it's his money anyway.' So I went and invested $30.  
Not even a week after, no one's heard from him again. and I never saw a trace of those 30 bucks again..
(Quite a sad story,huh.   )  Haha.
Anyway, that was the only time I invested in those kinds of things.(that I can remember)

Slummy Bastard! Do you call that a scam? (who scammed who? you or him). And where did those $60 go?! (Although, I still don't understand why would he run with $30 bucks only?! I mean he could have made you invest more by giving you some profits at first, then take your bigger investment and run off. Really seems like you scammed him )

[richardsNY]

Once, in cloud mining. It's a problem that many users go through at the beginning. It was not something related to the site closing and running away with the funds or something... The mining difficulty went up a lot and the value of the hashpower I was holding fell. So, I'm not sure if this can be considered scam, it's more like a bad investment.

It most likely was a scam, but it would be easier if you just say what "cloud mining" site you were using. It's very easy for fraudulent cloud mining sites to change (lower) their payouts according to the higher difficulty. It's also very easy to up their maintenance fees insanely till the level where you barely profit from "found blocks". The block halving is another welcome aspect of them as they only have to pay out 50% of what they used to pay out.