kwoody
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December 15, 2013, 10:51:00 AM |
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lost 225 BTC "purchasing" ASIC hardware that never existed, from a guy named Tom based in the USA no less. he still sells fpgas on btcfpga.com. this happened about a year ago when btc was worth $12
edit: looks like btcfpga.com has changed since last i looked. i hope that dick got what was coming to him.
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empoweoqwj
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December 15, 2013, 11:13:08 AM |
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lost 225 BTC "purchasing" ASIC hardware that never existed, from a guy named Tom based in the USA no less. he still sells fpgas on btcfpga.com. this happened about a year ago when btc was worth $12
edit: looks like btcfpga.com has changed since last i looked. i hope that dick got what was coming to him.
That's a horrible amount of bitcoins to lose  Yep, he probably used a few scammed bitcoins to get the site redone ..... You sound surprised you got scammed by someone in the USA? How many people have been arrested for bitcoin-related scams? 1) Silk Road Owner 2) Some guys that in China that ran a virtual exchange Any others? |
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whiskers75
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December 15, 2013, 11:50:11 AM |
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Wait until all of TradeFortress' victims find this poll.
heh. |
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nate008
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December 15, 2013, 11:50:45 AM |
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lost 225 BTC "purchasing" ASIC hardware that never existed, from a guy named Tom based in the USA no less. he still sells fpgas on btcfpga.com. this happened about a year ago when btc was worth $12
edit: looks like btcfpga.com has changed since last i looked. i hope that dick got what was coming to him.
That's a horrible amount of bitcoins to lose Yep, he probably used a few scammed bitcoins to get the site redone ..... You sound surprised you got scammed by someone in the USA? How many people have been arrested for bitcoin-related scams? 1) Silk Road Owner 2) Some guys that in China that ran a virtual exchange Any others? Under charges: 1) Trendon T. Shavers. And that is one big fishie  |
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EvilPanda
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December 15, 2013, 01:15:32 PM |
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I guess I was cautious, or maybe lucky. If I got scammed for 1000 BTC i would be devastated.
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HeRetiK
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December 15, 2013, 08:05:48 PM |
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Wait until all of TradeFortress' victims find this poll.
welp... |
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Ricke
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December 15, 2013, 08:55:34 PM |
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Lost less than 0.01 BTC recent 3 months, less than 1 BTC in total. I'm carefull.
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Verkaufe Bitcoin gegen Bargeld (Wuppertal und Düsseldorf, Handel im öffenlichen Raum, z.B. bei McDonalds), privat zu privat und völlig anonym. Konditionen im Thread; Individualabsprachen möglich
(Ich mache mit Erstkontakten nur kleinere Handel, weiteres ja nach Kurs, Vertrauen, mein Bedarf, Ermessen und Situation)
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Cryptolator
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December 15, 2013, 09:47:09 PM |
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Never been scammed and I hope I'll never be. I'm pretty cautious tho.
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exstasie
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December 15, 2013, 11:12:11 PM |
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Never been scammed and I hope I'll never be. I'm pretty cautious tho.
Same with me. I've been worried by all the stories i've seen so I've managed to keep myself as safe and secure as possible! *Knock on wood!* |
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descarte (OP)
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December 15, 2013, 11:23:46 PM |
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I think its fair to say that risk takers have a higher chance of being scammed.
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Ivica
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December 15, 2013, 11:39:07 PM |
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ljudotina
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December 16, 2013, 12:02:59 AM |
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I have very good expirience with BTC, but than again, i have good IT knowlage and have expirience in all sorts of online payment systems.
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Voodah
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December 16, 2013, 02:10:12 AM |
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I have very good expirience with BTC, but than again, i have good IT knowlage and have expirience in all sorts of online payment systems.
What you lack apparently is spelling. |
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Cryptolator
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December 16, 2013, 02:12:29 AM |
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I have very good expirience with BTC, but than again, i have good IT knowlage and have expirience in all sorts of online payment systems.
What you lack apparently is spelling. LOL ! |
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empoweoqwj
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December 16, 2013, 02:37:20 AM |
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I have very good expirience with BTC, but than again, i have good IT knowlage and have expirience in all sorts of online payment systems.
What you lack apparently is spelling. Or indeed the ability to fit your sig in properly. |
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jeppe
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December 16, 2013, 09:55:36 AM |
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I have never been cheated big time but, have lost 0.5 BTC but knew the risk so was my own fault.
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hilariousandco
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December 16, 2013, 10:52:42 AM |
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I have very good expirience with BTC, but than again, i have good IT knowlage and have expirience in all sorts of online payment systems.
What you lack apparently is spelling. Or indeed the ability to fit your sig in properly. Haha, the signature showing up depends on your monitor size.It shows up fully for some and not for others. |
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Ailure
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December 16, 2013, 10:55:56 AM |
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While there been deals I regretted (spending BTC on random crap before it rose in value), in my case it's.. never!
I did however withdraw everything I had from inputs.io just three weeks before it got "hacked" (I simple had a bad feeling about having a part of my BTC in a web wallet). So it's been close. Too close.
I don't think the poll is indicative of the bitcoin community as whole though.
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hilariousandco
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December 16, 2013, 11:05:12 AM |
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While there been deals I regretted (spending BTC on random crap before it rose in value), in my case it's.. never!
Haha what crap did you buy? This is one of my main fears of spending BTC right now. I've already made nearly 1000% profit on my BTC, so I'd still getting a ridiculously good deal for my coins, but I don't want to order a pizza and a few months later have ended up essentially paying a stupid amount for it. |
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Ailure
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December 16, 2013, 11:20:32 AM |
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In my case it was TF2 items. In retroaspect though, I was using BTC I just bought with fiat currency to buy said items, and I was getting a really good deal at the time. I bought up BTC later to make up for it (BTC that I told myself to not spend until the next reward halving), and said loss is becoming more and more of a distant memory. Certainly not as bad as the 10K BTC pizza at least.  I don't think we see another crazy BTC rally anytime soon and we're entering another stable but boring price period after the months past fluctations, so I'd think right now is actually a safe moment to spend (and buy) BTC. |
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