How many times have you've been scammed?

[sabbirshm]

I am very lucky that I didn't get scammed ever.I always made research before I start trading or invest in altcoin.So that's why I don't get scammed till now.Again, a exchange site was get hacked after I withdraw my all btc.So, I will tell I am so lucky.

[alyssa85]

I had some coins on both Mintpal and Cryptsy when they got "hacked" and disappeared with the money.

Exchange risk is the biggest risk in bitcoin.

[playboy99]

I have been scammed 2 times in bitcoin world, once it was a HYIP programme and the second time it was a cloud mining website.

[mafgwaf@gmail.com]

I am very lucky that I didn't get scammed ever.I always made research before I start trading or invest in altcoin.So that's why I don't get scammed till now.Again, a exchange site was get hacked after I withdraw my all btc.So, I will tell I am so lucky.

wow thats a good on your side, I have been scammed many times. I am not guided when I was a newbie , I lost many bucks on Hyips and cloudmining sites. But now I regained my loses I am happy that I earn morethan i lose
 

[PacePay]

From the beginning i was much aware of the scammers and did not trust on any person but after sometime I started to trust on members of this forum and one of the person told me that he will sell me some coins (altcoins) which were much cheaper from him I started the deal and thought that I will sell them on exchange for high price we started the deal on gmail and after sending my money he did not replied me.

[carlisle1]

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 have been scammed by different fake investment not including the fake cloud mining services although i tried topmine and cldmine but i didn't put any amount of satoshi on the said website anyway as i can remember i have been scammed by so many hyips/ponzi scheme like around 10+ times abd that was the time when i am just starting to adapt on this community.

[reee]

scammed two times, very small amounts.

[angaper]

Actually I have preferred to be very cautious with my coins because I prefer to store then rather than spend them, but the only occasion when I decided to risk some coins (only 0.05) I was scammed by the Donaldcoin administrator who suddenly decided to close his sheet site few days after my investment.

[TreeOfDeath]

well  im the newbie member and never get scammed but after this discussion
i should get careful about the scamming n all that.

 

[lolxxxx]

Twice or thrice times maybe.
Once working with a forum who paid me half payment upfront and the rest was to be paid after the work done but the user escaped and stolen around 50 bucks from me.
I have nothing to do I just left negative feedback to his profile.
And at the very first time I gave a person a loan and gave me his Bitcointalk.org account in collateral which was member account at that time and the account worth was 0.03 I gave him 0.04 and he never paid me that amount back.

[Cactushrt]

Im using bitcoin for 6months my worst thing in bitcoin is to invest in hyip because i just really want to earn fast not knowing that hyip is very risk. I have no experience in cloud mining so im trying to know more about mining so i cant start investing.

[brain_dead]

Im using bitcoin for 6months my worst thing in bitcoin is to invest in hyip because i just really want to earn fast not knowing that hyip is very risk. I have no experience in cloud mining so im trying to know more about mining so i cant start investing.

I also invested in HYIP and was scammed.
All I would like to tell you is that most of the cloud mining websites are there for ripping you off and you can't earn anything from them.

[winspiral]

Im using bitcoin for 6months my worst thing in bitcoin is to invest in hyip because i just really want to earn fast not knowing that hyip is very risk. I have no experience in cloud mining so im trying to know more about mining so i cant start investing.

I also invested in HYIP and was scammed.
All I would like to tell you is that most of the cloud mining websites are there for ripping you off and you can't earn anything from them.

Because you have not yet tried the only cloudmining site without miner...paying now for over 1 year...
All is for free and you can only earn...
(most of cloudlining sites are without miner...but do not pay)

ok...too good to be true...but it is true...(lol)

[Hazir]

On altcoins,only twice but it's a wake up call to do diligence research on a coin that you are going to invest it's learning experience and it  will make you a better investors,after that I have prepared a list or guide on what to look for a crypto currency to invest.

Lack of resarch is main problem with bitcoin/altcoin scams. After some years spent here I can notice the patters of scummy behavior when I see one.
I am talking about easy to spot could mining scams or creation of "new amazing ICO" - when in reality ICO has no future at all.
In the past I was blinded by some companies which I though will never scam people - because they were like top dogs at that time - I learned that no matter how big bitcoin project is - it can go rogue.

[staff_1307]

I'm relatively short in this area, and that has never encountered a fraud.

[jacobmayes94]

I have had a few attempts to scam me on here, using fake ognasty links and fake bitcointalk sites.

[Carlsen]

Till now I was able to resist every offer that sounded too good to be true.
I never invest and I never lend. That narrows the possibilities down a lot of being scammed.
So I can say that I have never been scammed by using bitcoins.
Once I bought me a car and payed cash, but that's another story...

[Rosberger]

I never been scammed and I really love the fact that I never have been because it really would make me up sad.
Always keep your bitcoin in a safe offline wallet people.

[Decoded]

Only once. I was so pissed with myself after, because it was so obvious to me. A guy on Steam added me and wanted to buy my inventory for 1.5 btc. It was 3 AM so naturally in my sleepy state, I was extremely compliant.

He asked me to send one thing of value before he sent me the Bitcoin, so I said I would after he signed a message. He replied with a response somewhere along the lines of "Stop wasting my time", which scared me, as this was an offer too good to pass down. So I sent him the item, worth nearly 0.15 BTC. Bad idea. Almost instantly, he unfriended and blocked me, then made his account private.

[HanSchultz]

i am not a big time player in the bitcoin echo system and i am not that greedy to earn more coins in a short time and so i have not being scammed or the best phrase would be i have not let others to scam me.