It is hard to detect scammed bounty campaign..

[AimHigh]

Yes you are right because I have 4 projects that I've  joined this year but two of them was a scam and the other two I don't  know if also a scam because almost one year but still no exchange nor distribution so it's hard to earn and find if the bounties was legit or a scam so that always be careful on what you are joining.

[beehimneff]

It is really hard to detect scammed bounty campaign.  After completing all the requirements to be able to get accepted in a bounty campaign, spending much time to participate in forums and not to mention carrying their banners, completing all the tasks and reports then all of a sudden you will just find out that you have been scammed already.  luckily I am not the only one but to think all participants did the same efforts as well as you did.  But it is really happening, lesson learned and could be just charge it to experience and move on.  If we could only find out at early stage if we were in to scam or a legit bounty campaign.  Who would really know anyway?

You're right! It is very difficult to identify scams. And until they settle the ICO, we'll have to intuitively choose reliable projects. And in the bounty to earn you need to work hard!

[Bitknick]

It's right.  Sometimes it's not at all easy to find signs of a fraudulent company.  After all, they each time become more intelligent and try to look normal!

[nazaididuan1]

Due to the downturn in the market, many project parties delayed the issuance of bounty, resulting in many bounty hunters not getting paid for the application!
My suggestion is to choose some well-known bounty missions, which can greatly increase the probability of getting a bounty!

[butcherme]

Yes because even the promising project could go wrong,
Even the good plans and teams could fall due to small investors.
It is really hard to know which one would be a success which one would fail.

[JollyGood]

Usually fraudulent ICO provide fake campaign for compensation. At the same time much easier to detect fraudulent ICO, so you have a manual on the detection of fraudulent awards.

In the case of Adab Haraam exchange the Kazakh "owners" of the project are working together with Vitali Chebotarov (the bounty scammer) and all his sock-puppet user accounts.

They are running a 6 month "pre-sales ICO" between August 2018 and February 2019 then after that they will run the "ICO" from February 2019 to August 2019.

That means they are running a 12 month ICO.

It is a major scam and the bounty manager is an essential part of that scam.

[EvgenOrel]

It is really hard to detect scammed bounty campaign.  After completing all the requirements to be able to get accepted in a bounty campaign, spending much time to participate in forums and not to mention carrying their banners, completing all the tasks and reports then all of a sudden you will just find out that you have been scammed already.  luckily I am not the only one but to think all participants did the same efforts as well as you did.  But it is really happening, lesson learned and could be just charge it to experience and move on.  If we could only find out at early stage if we were in to scam or a legit bounty campaign.  Who would really know anyway?

Pay attention to the ICO, which allow you to get some tokens of generosity right during the ICO. This means that the probability is extremely small fool you.

[travwill]

It is not difficult, but for this you need to make some efforts, for example, to check the team, the founders and their financial history, to check what information is about the project and partners over the past few years, whether these partners have an idea about this project.

[luongdk]

First thing you have to pay attention is ICO and project in general. You've got to make quick analysis before choosing bounty.
Without analysis there won't be any result in this field. Think about it in advance!

[JollyGood]

As mentioned before please note: Anything related to Russian/Ukrainian bounty scammer Vitali Chebotarov must be avoided.

Several have been permanently banned but he uses many fake accounts including these as his "bounty manager" names:


520bit
whitetoo
Mari Royalteam
RoyalTeam
vitalii_inves


The Russian/Ukrainian bounty scammer uses multiple sock-puppets to flood thread to create fake hype or fake buzz just to try to scam investors by trying to entice them in to participating in their scam ICOs and pre-ICOs. One of those pre-sale ICO is taking place for 6 months between August 2018 to February 2019 then it will be followed by the ICO from February 2019 to August 2019.

These scammers will run off with your funds after running a 12 month ICO !


520bit
12assa34
AdamNelson
Aleksandra 81
AlexMilton
assasin21rus
ARTiShock2008
bazar111
berkoch
Bigjackpot
bmw_e46
buttnonslet
Charisma359
Crypton2018
D1jay
daly896
Den1ska
Departament11
Dezlife
DonProton
draka_na_dne
drrekkty
Enchantment99
evgenii17
fgp5
FORTUNA88
Freddy63
gansbit
gennadyg
Genrix
GOSPOD1N
Garahain
Guardsman
Hanna_Money
lkjhg
luongdk
kl1nkagg
kmntrci
Mari Royalteam
miner_boy
minttop
mo1.drug11
MoLoKo789
NedStrex
nerttor
paxswerr
perovsergey24
Phileste
Pline
pogi23
psp_
Redded8888
Ring8523
rolik2001
RoyalTeam
SergeyZ
SerjiGrey
sofaflesh
trobbert
Tryam93
vitalii_invest
whitetoo
ZloiRediska



A full list of these fake names associated with the Vitali Chebotarov the Russian/Ukrainian bounty scammer can be found here, it will be updated regularly: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5077842.0

[tamango]

Numbers of successful ICO campaigns is very low now, that's why I drastically reduced numbers of bounty campaign I'm participating and I'm choosing only bounty managers that I trust like Wapinter, btcltcdigger, sandra evans, newslike, sinatra12.

[SinisterBountyHunter]

It is a gamble also to join and participate in bounty campaign. Because even if its legit or even have a good ratings in the ico review sites, if they really intend to scam other investor or the bounty hunters, they can surely do that. All we have to do is have some faith on it.

[joletartare]

its scam bounty campaign when from begining, ICO is scam.
If ICO is not scam, bounty campaign can not be scammed. So whenever you take a bounty campaign, spend a little time to see their website, their team, their project,...v...v...Don't try all bounty as much as you can because you also invest your time in bounty. So check ICO like you are investors who will invest money in, that will help you to reduce risk of joining scam bounty campaign

I wish you were right... I participated in "Health Nexus-Simply vital health"  bounty campaign. The project seems to be real, with active leaders making conferences, but all of them seem to have forgotten their bounty campaign!

[Debonaire217]

It is really hard to detect scammed bounty campaign.  After completing all the requirements to be able to get accepted in a bounty campaign, spending much time to participate in forums and not to mention carrying their banners, completing all the tasks and reports then all of a sudden you will just find out that you have been scammed already.  luckily I am not the only one but to think all participants did the same efforts as well as you did.  But it is really happening, lesson learned and could be just charge it to experience and move on.  If we could only find out at early stage if we were in to scam or a legit bounty campaign.  Who would really know anyway?

The thing I can share with you guys is that, even scam bounty campaigns are too good to their digital marketing and advertising. They have good digital graphics that can attract bounty hunters just like the real ones. We can't really figure out at this moment if the bounty is legit or not.

[patz22]

It is definitely hard to identify whether a bounty is a scam or not even though it is being managed by known bounty group or manager. Whatever research that you have by the end of the day you will only know once the tokensale ended. Thats the reality and risk of joining bounties.

[Joshapat]

The thing that makes market red and looks difficult to rise is the number of scam projects, this makes investors afraid to put their money in, and most of these projects carry out marketing strategies with bounties so we have to be selective in following the bounty which later becomes a scam project.

[princeyeboah]

Identifying a scam bounty or project is really growing tougher each time because the scammers are always working tirelessly devising new ways to steal from people. The best way to check this bane is to set anti-scam team which will be responsible to follow up on each project launched on the forum. The team will set escrow when it comes to payment, be responsible for ascertaining the authenticity of the team members and the credentials they provide etc.

[KingOfWinterfell01]

It is really hard to detect scammed bounty campaign.  After completing all the requirements to be able to get accepted in a bounty campaign, spending much time to participate in forums and not to mention carrying their banners, completing all the tasks and reports then all of a sudden you will just find out that you have been scammed already.  luckily I am not the only one but to think all participants did the same efforts as well as you did.  But it is really happening, lesson learned and could be just charge it to experience and move on.  If we could only find out at early stage if we were in to scam or a legit bounty campaign.  Who would really know anyway?

Well.. I keep joining the campaigns from a certain bounty manager I know that always pays and always have a very great bounty campaign. That's why I always get paid after, regardless of whether it's profitable or not. Bounty campaign managers really makes a difference in the whole bounty campaign.

[pearcy jackson]

I can advise you to choose who the Bounty Manager is, because many BMs have started here that have trusted status and disappointing status. although that doesn't guarantee but can be tried. and don't forget to see their community, is it really human real / Bot

[karagun125]

Yes it's gard to tell bounty campaign if scam or not. But i think we should choose a good bounty with a good plans and concept in their website or whitepapers, also see their respective members if they are legit. But mostly choose a campaign that handled by a trusted bounty manager to avoid being unpaid.