Update from the partners who got scammed as well:
We are saddened to announce that the Benebit ICO was an elaborate scam.
We’re currently investigating and looking into all our options to recover the funds and find the responsible parties. We'll keep you informed.
It looks like most or all of the companies involved with Benebit were scammed by them as well. This includes the company who was managing their Telegram and doing content marketing for them and more, the technology company who did their website, dashboard and created their white paper. Even some of the advisors had no idea that Benebit is not a legitimate project. The actors in their MVP video were probably unaware as well. This is a tough lesson for the all of us.
Benebit was originally requested by some of our members. The business case looked good at the first glance. Similar ICO projects trade for a good price at the moment.
Please note that we always tell our members to do their own research, never contribute more than they can afford to lose, and to stay diversified. We do not promise to perform due diligence nor guarantee accuracy of any information provided. Of course, we look at the ICO, study the white paper, look at LinkedIn profiles, talk to the team, read press releases (they even had one on NASDAQ), and more, but it’s always the responsibility of the person contributing the ETH to do their own research. It’s their ETH after all.
Given the statistics of all our previous deals, our long-term members are still substantially ahead in ETH returns. As we all know, ICOs are extremely risky. Outsized returns come with outsized risks. So far the math has been in favor of the contributors: The occasional 5-10x return on a contribution can pay for a lot of ICOs gone wrong for any reason. But there are no guarantees.
We’re deeply grateful to all our loyal members who are now showing us their support, giving us encouragement and are already looking forward to the next deal.
Going forward, we will do our best to implement changes to prevent this from happening again. One can never be 100% safe in crypto-land.
Rest assured that this does not affect any of our other past private sales.
We're currently looking into the option to organize ICO airdrops for the Benebit victims.
We have a big community and doing an airdrop for the victims of the scam would be good PR for the generous ICOs willing to help out. If you know an ICO that would be willing to help out, please let us know.
Security note: If you’ve used a shared password in the Benebit dashboard, you might want to change it in all other places where you’ve used it.
Shaken and saddened,
The ICO Syndicate Team
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