Have You Been Scammed?

[YRFCHIPOJNP]

gamebet coin, but i dont think i got scammed cuz i held all that coins having known that this is scam and playing on pumps and dumps, but i missed timing to get in and out so lost some stack on that scam

[emberbekas]

if you're an old user in bitcoin, I think you've been fooled. I thought that was the usual thing. even I've been fooled at some minning sites and investment sites, like HYIP, and others. but, it will also shape your thinking.

I was scammed once at a HYIP site and someone stole my bitcoin from my blockchain account too. It happened long time ago when I was relatively new to this kind of business and didn't care too much about security. As time goes by, I learn from my mistakes.

[cramcram21]

Yes and I think it is part of being an investor we should take it as an experience,
And be careful in our next investment I have been scammed a plenty of times since I started earning in bitcoin.

[trk]

I do, you do, who doesnt get scammed in this cruel crypto world LOL
During my first month in trading I suffer quite a loss and some9ne is offering a bot, an absolute profit earning he said
And boom, I got scammed

Lesson learnt is never trust someone new and believe something which is too good to be true

[buytheeffinD]

I just came over from the 'Investor Games' subforum (hope I got that right). A guy there said he came across a site asking to double his bitcoin, he paid in $20 and got $40 the following day or so. He then went for a higher plan of $300 hoping to cash out $600 but they asked him to pay in another $300 before cashing out. He got confused and was asking for advice.

I think I've been there before. Before I became a forum member. I once came across one of those scam sites promising to generate bitcoins. Thought it was real, but when they asked me to pay some transaction fee, I was stuck. I had no money to pay the fee. With the benefit of hindsight, I know I'd have sent them the 'transaction fee' had I had the coins to send them.

Now, what have been your experience with internet scams?
How do we help people not to get scammed?

It happens when you are naive and you think an idea will give you more value than it should. It should send off alarm bells when things are too good to be true or if you do your research but these things happen. I have been scammed a few times in my lifetime and sadly it may not be the last. However I am taking steps to ensure this type of thing doesn't happen again I guess time will give us our answer.

[tabas]

Now, what have been your experience with internet scams?

It's popular that everyone here that started out crypto's having lack of knowledge basically got scammed by HYIPs and I'm one of it before. But I learned from that scam and never joined any of them.

How do we help people not to get scammed?

Let's just spread the word and tell us our experience about those scams, warning them will help.

[promosn]

often when I explored bitcoins, but to be honest, I was calculating with it, I participated in lots of ponzis etc. But back then btc reachen 100 dollars and erything got crazy:D
now I' d feel bad to support ponzies like double your btc...

[chocokush]

Yes. I exprience it once I invest in one site and its down now. But now I read a lot about the the site before invest. I hope it will never be happen again.

[cioloxl]

I consider myself a rather experienced scam sniffer. Ate it hook line and sinker with confido. I let fomo get the better of me for the first time in quite a while. Lost 1 eth. Others lost a shit ton more. Wasn't angry. Just thought of it as a somewhat costly lesson.

[iL_P4driNo]

I advise you next time to ask for people feedback before investing. And you can always do a little search in google if this website is reported by anyone as scam.

[Isaacck]

I have already been scammed. In the field of bitcoin and campaign specially the bounty one, we don't know what will happen. Still we will do it since we need to give out trust. But of course as a Bitcoiner, we must have calculated the risk that we can take.

[Maureenjoy]

No I haven’t been scammed, and I do hope that it won’t happen to me. I think the only way not to experience that is to be very careful and mindful on where to join and really take time to read the profile or know their history because in that way we could avoid being scam. There are really some people who don’t care about anything as long as they could get money from you. The only thing we can do is be very careful so not to experience any of that.

[jlanzago]

I have never been scammed myself because I am extra-careful. But participated in an ICO that was (they did handled properly and I didn't lose my money).

[xuan87]

Ohh I had been scammed so many times, when so I was a newbie, I joined HYIP, cloudmining, Ponzi, and the doubler site, the good things is now I got the experience with all of that and I have been aware with all of the scam site,  " if it's too good to be true then it's a scammed site ", don't listen to your greed think clearly, and always search for the information before you decide invest in anything

[Lun4t1c]

I've been scammed multiple times, but it should not let you give up on what you want to achieve it is just a experience which should be use to be more educated enough next time on where you gonna put your money on.

[Kryten12]

Not really scammed only fell through the cracks when was first using Counterparty. Lost about .1 BTC when it was worth about $250 now its worth way more

[Micerker]

I just came over from the 'Investor Games' subforum (hope I got that right). A guy there said he came across a site asking to double his bitcoin, he paid in $20 and got $40 the following day or so. He then went for a higher plan of $300 hoping to cash out $600 but they asked him to pay in another $300 before cashing out. He got confused and was asking for advice.

I think I've been there before. Before I became a forum member. I once came across one of those scam sites promising to generate bitcoins. Thought it was real, but when they asked me to pay some transaction fee, I was stuck. I had no money to pay the fee. With the benefit of hindsight, I know I'd have sent them the 'transaction fee' had I had the coins to send them.

Now, what have been your experience with internet scams?
How do we help people not to get scammed?

I think this is crazy, why do you believe that you can get the double money you spend on something unreliable? 

[heureca]

I just came over from the 'Investor Games' subforum (hope I got that right). A guy there said he came across a site asking to double his bitcoin, he paid in $20 and got $40 the following day or so. He then went for a higher plan of $300 hoping to cash out $600 but they asked him to pay in another $300 before cashing out. He got confused and was asking for advice.

I think I've been there before. Before I became a forum member. I once came across one of those scam sites promising to generate bitcoins. Thought it was real, but when they asked me to pay some transaction fee, I was stuck. I had no money to pay the fee. With the benefit of hindsight, I know I'd have sent them the 'transaction fee' had I had the coins to send them.

Now, what have been your experience with internet scams?
How do we help people not to get scammed?

In my opinion a lot of internet organizations are scams. Sometimes it is well-done pyramides and you couldn't regonize it without certain experience. So do not give money to similar organizations.

[FiveReels]

I was once scammed. In a pyramiding business venture. I have deposited about $100 but to no return it just died down.  It was online my friend and classmate recruited me on it.  Little did we know we were made to believe it was real. A lot of us were scammed with that supposed business venture.

[randyg29]

I think I'm not scam in my 1st campaign I joined in bitcoin and  I really encourage my friend to join a campaign that really trusted.