Scam indicators?

[geschtonkenflapped]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

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[dunfida]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Scam is normal and do exist either on both online and offline world. Clear indications? Then you should set your own checklist on seeking a scam and a legit one.There are many types of investment actually.This forum isnt a good place infact there are still lots of scammers but mostly people do learn here on how to detect one.

[adzino]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Just don't rely and depend completely on the information you get on the forum. Do your own research. Search every other places on the internet and follow your own instinct. If people offer service that sounds too good, there is most likely something fishy no matter how legitimate they look.

[ipanks]

no one will know when scam is come to us, there are no indicators that can detect scam. if one thing is legit and in one day its going to scam, maybe we can see the sign like in hyip, if the sites is make pending payment then its the sign that sites is going to be scam and i think its happen too with another business so we need to be careful.

[MadGamer]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

You should first start by looking at the trust profile of the concerned user because because usually DefaultTrust members leave negative trust on their profiles when someone opens a scam accusation about their services. If the service is new and looks legit as a start then there is no way to know for sure but you could use your logic , If it's a trading website for example then you could measure the trust by the effort that the developers has put on it , If the design is bad as hell , the domain name is free or not professional , no HTTPS , low domain age , all those indicate that the website is not planning to run for long term and run with funds.

[harizen]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

There is so-called an obvious scam and scam in the making. Obvious scam obviously has some service that is really out of the context and not realisitic meaning you will think of it as no way "they have something like that" etc.

On the other hand, scam in the making are great at first but eventually will turned to a shit one. No indicators or something that can tell a great site if those will be scam afterwards, just make a wild analyzation out of your factors and criteria as considering a certain site a scammed one.

[allcloudminers]

For general Bitcoin Scam advice You can always check badbitcoin.org. Also, there are sites like scamadvisor.com and similar.

For cloud mining specific scam advice check:

http://www.allcloudminers.com/2016/11/16/cloud-mining-ponzi-scheme/

[RodeoX]

I have never lost a satoshi.
Never trust an unlicensed business.
Never trust anyone with a guarantee of profit.
Never "invest" bitcoin, spend bitcoin.

[Rockie1234]

Often any sort of guaranteed returns on your investment is a scam. I don't think trusted accounts is a good enough indicator, because of scams like the letitride scam, which used bought accounts. Even lauds, who until recently was a member of staff, got cushy trying to extort money from a scammer on this forum.

[Kevin77]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Just compare the usual things to abnormal things to find out whether it is a scam or not. Usually I do identify scams by analyzing their income generation procedures. If I find anything abnormal then I will avoid them completely.

When you are not able to understand a business model, just stay away.

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

There are no obvious traits to tell who is a scammer or not but if they are repeat scam artists a simple google search can reveal who they are and can be avoided.
Sometimes a good service can go south and turn into scam without obvious signs,just like big firms turn into bad debtors..

[Cast12]

There are no obvious traits to tell who is a scammer or not but if they are repeat scam artists a simple google search can reveal who they are and can be avoided.
Sometimes a good service can go south and turn into scam without obvious signs,just like big firms turn into bad debtors..

Some people are smart enough to use a different handle though. If you can't find anything on those guys(including the people you are trading with), then just be careful and use escrow if you think you still can't trust them.

[RodeoX]

I would add that an absolute requirement of any business deal is a notarized contract. The contract should detail what you must do and how any claims of profit are handled. You will find that all the guarantees made online disappear as soon as the counter-party is presented with a legal contract obligating him/her to honor those claims.  

[sir.humus]

If the website or service provider has no contact details whatsoever listed on the site, it is not a definite indicator of fraudulent intentions but it is a red flag.
Criminals will usually attempt to convince you to act quickly to avoid missing big profits or high returns.

[fikihafana]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Do your own research diligently. This forum can not give guarantee 100% to detect fraudulent scheme, but it's good idea if you read or sharing with member here.  

One of scam indicator, they will promise you big bonus, big profit in X days. Dont trust they promise easily, even they have office address, phone number, listed in UK company(in goverment site). Dont you ever ever ever trust them. When i got scam, in the earlier stage they prove us if they are legal in UK, and show us that they're listed in UK company(online certificate website real from UK gov) and finally scam.

[uneng]

Even a legit investment can fail and you lose your money, so it's necessary to be very cautions when sending your money to another's hands. The classic indicators are the high profit return, the rush for referrals (investors trying to scam others to have profit), people asking for money and promising return without say from where the money comes. But surely there are more sophisticated schemes that can lure even expert investors. Checking for reviews is also a good thing to do.

[JeffBrad12]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Too difficult for detecting the fraudulent intention. But mostly of the scammer are running his business for well and scam a lot of the people at the end of his business(died).

Look at the spectrocoin and does it really unpredicted before?

[eternalgloom]

Are you talking about exchanges or also other services?
For exchanges, I would say that if it's clear that there's fake volume on them, that's a pretty good indicator of them scamming. Not sure how you can know 100% sure that there's fake volume though.

Otherwise, look for honest reviews on forums, if there are a lot of people that are experiencing problems with withdraws, it's also a pretty good indicator that they're having some sort of problem with funds not being available.

[ArdiPrabowo]

Even a legit investment can fail and you lose your money, so it's necessary to be very cautions when sending your money to another's hands. The classic indicators are the high profit return, the rush for referrals (investors trying to scam others to have profit), people asking for money and promising return without say from where the money comes. But surely there are more sophisticated schemes that can lure even expert investors. Checking for reviews is also a good thing to do.

all online investment, packages investment , cloud mining investment nothing legit investment
all only ponzy site and scheme ponzy only wait to scam, cloud mining low profit , low refferal commision and several cloud mining without commision
but someday still scam

so if still want join to ponzy site must smart playing

[passwordnow]

Being scammed in one way or another seems inevitable, what are the clear indicators that a legit-looking service is actually a big scam of some sorts? Is this forum a good place for info to detect a fraudulent scheme?

Well this forum has a lot of scam busters and they are really helping a lot of investors that are doubting to invest into a site. Most of them are doing some deep research and once they found out that it was being run by the same scam guy they will notify us here. Scammers are upgrading nowadays because their modus are upgrading too. But when you think that a site is fishy, just doubt it already.