Is this a scam? What to do next.

[krb91]

fools get beaten even in churches  

After reading the write up of the topic,  I think this is the best reply that can be given.

If it's too good to be true,  it's  too good to be true. I didn't read beyond three lines before surmising it was a scam.  Yes it is a scam and I say it again - it's a Scam!  Do not on any account send any one money to invest for you or any thing of that nature. Please be guided and stay safe. A fool and his money are soon parted.  

[rahmatullah9305]

this is caused by a lack of knowledge of the basics of cryptocurrency, too soon to believe in people who are trying to attract you or others to want to invest with the claim that they know big profits in the future. SAM Lack of understanding of the technology offered and not understanding the basis of the technology itself, so the investments he joins can be fraught with risks and can also be a scam.

[audaciousbeing]

So okay, this story didn't happen to me. It happened to a friend (let's call him Bob) of a friend (I will call him Sam).

Bob came to me asking is this a scam and is it legal. Bob doesn't know much about bitcoins and crypto, Sam even less.
Sam somehow got in contact with people who offers to open an account and invest into crypto. These people guaranteed a lot of profit. Sam paid 500 EUR at first and other two times a 2000 EUR.
What is interesting, that these people calling him to invest more. But he has an app (I don't know what app, because I heard it from Bob and he doesn't know either) which shows that Sam has doubled his investment (9000 EUR), but he cannot withdraw it now and these people (from Russia) are calling and rushing him to invest even more.

Bob asked me about that, I said that this is some nonsense. There shouldn't be people calling you and asking to transfer money. All is too fishy.

What should Sam do? Will the police help?

Its obvious Sam has been scammed and the scammers have been preying on him being too gullible to milk him dry. One of the method scammers uses is isolation which they either put their victim in or they made their victims feel its the best option. He must have thought to himself to keep the investment under wrap so that alot of people wont share from the expected returns unfortunately, he is only building castle in the air which will never materialize. What to do is simple, you can involve the police but be sure the police are enlightened to understand what is going on or else he might be accused of something else that he got the money via illegal means. Away from there, if he has downloaded the app from PlayStore of Apple Store then its time to report the app to ensure other people don't fall in the same trap.

Other than the two options above, its best Sam should move on and be smarter in the future.

[davis196]

I was scammed by a Telegram faucet using the same principle.Fortunately I was scammed with a really small sum.
You get a fake dashboard,which shows that you have "earned" X amount of bitcoins(usually a big amount),but you have to deposit coins to upgrade your account(or meet their terms and conditions) in order to withdraw your coins(which is ridiculous).
You are explaining exactly the same scam tactic.

[suvo05]

I got similar type of phone call last year. One people called me and asked me to invest 10000 INR in BTC and claiming to make it double in a few months. I think your frnd is very young. It's the simplest most scam to fool people.  your frnd should contact police as soon as possible.

[btc78]

This is a problem if “Greed” interferes the scenario ,becaue everything turns interesting even that the people involved knows nothing about the area he was investing

This is a clear scam when people randomly asked you to invest promising good amount or irresistible,why would people that you don’t know will encourage you to invest?and the problem also for Bob and Sam is they come to invest continuously without clarifying how would be the profit claimable?

Tell Bob and Sam to move on,forget this person  because they were being fooled and make this as experienced to be learnt and not to happen again

[pixie85]

Sam somehow got in contact with people who offers to open an account and invest into crypto. These people guaranteed a lot of profit. Sam paid 500 EUR at first and other two times a 2000 EUR.

This is so typical for people. They invest very little at first thinking that it will make them safe against scams and then when the money doesn't disappear but is there on the account making more money they lose their heads and spend more and more.

2000 EUR is not the end of the world. It will be a valuable lesson for him.

[Upgate]

A friend of a friend what a funny way to start this imaginary story,  what an easy way to get scammed, your friends really are very gullible this is no case of being a cryptocurrency novice it's a just too bad

[adzino]

So okay, this story didn't happen to me. It happened to a friend (let's call him Bob) of a friend (I will call him Sam).

Bob came to me asking is this a scam and is it legal. Bob doesn't know much about bitcoins and crypto, Sam even less.
Sam somehow got in contact with people who offers to open an account and invest into crypto. These people guaranteed a lot of profit. Sam paid 500 EUR at first and other two times a 2000 EUR.
What is interesting, that these people calling him to invest more. But he has an app (I don't know what app, because I heard it from Bob and he doesn't know either) which shows that Sam has doubled his investment (9000 EUR), but he cannot withdraw it now and these people (from Russia) are calling and rushing him to invest even more.

Bob asked me about that, I said that this is some nonsense. There shouldn't be people calling you and asking to transfer money. All is too fishy.

What should Sam do? Will the police help?

I have heard about this scam somewhere before. Someone on the forum was talking about the same scam he has faced where a "person" contacted him saying that he can invest his coins on a certain platform and then he will double the investment. The person than started to ask for more investment before he could completely withdraw his coins. I don't remember the whole story but it was some what similar to this. Unfortunately, this is a very obvious scam and is very sad to fall for this. There is nothing much you can do other than ignore the person when he asks for more investment. I doubt the police can help in this case.

[shield132]

This is a typical scheme on what many people should avoid - a clear example of "double your money scheme" which has

already crawled its way to crypto industry! Remember, "if its too good to be true" it is very probable that it is indeed a

scam! Let us all be vigilant about this and spread awareness within the community.

It doesn't matter whether some proposal sounds too good to be true or not, catchy thing here is that people want to hear what they wish and once they hear it, then they want to believe it and are often looking for positive arguments and sometimes are left under spell so much that they don't even think about opposite arguments.
Also only high profit offers aren't scams, can say the same about those projects who promise low profit, it's a trick, low means steady and guaranteed profit for some people while it's getting easier for scammers to catch such people.

[waitforme]

Ask the whitelist from the development team as it gives you details about what the team is doing. Ask for anything from his project development team to verify it. Do not be foolish to make further investments if you have not verified this is a real project and it can be profitable.

[Bountyhonter]

Why will anyone send money to someone they don't know that is promising double investment in just few hours thats just pure greed.

[rodel caling]

According to the story you shared is obviously and clearly pure scam, the of bob and sam is learn to all do not trust trust people investing funds without any study and investigation to avoid vitcim of scam. A lot of the people use this new digital crypto currency to make easy money even in the bad ways.

[tanjiran]

Yup, that is a scam for short

In the name of investment, if you are making a profit in a short time, that will be too suspicious because we know the investment itself needs time before we can make a profit. The short time we can get the profit will be at 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month but if the return is too big to imagine, then that will end with the scam.

It is true. The easier it is to get a profit on an investment, let alone the way it's so easy, the more suspicious it is. Well, nothing is easy and instant, everything needs a process. If it's that easy, surely all the teams are already rich and don't need to look for additional funds by influencing more people to join. Come on think logically.

[Gi01]

The answer for Sam's situation is simple, Sam has been scammed and there is no way he will be getting the 900 Euro back. Just tell him that, he has been scammed. And please help him understand what crypto is and not to invest into anything he has little or no knowledge about. People will also take advantage of the lack of knowledge people have in the crypto space.

[joelsamuya]

What should Sam do? Will the police help?

Sam is definitely a common victim of just another scam. Now, the next question is what should Bob do? First, he should stop listening to these scammers as it can mean more financial bleeding. Second, he can try to at least have the crime reported. Third, he should start processing what happened and just learn the many big lessons out of it. Fourth, he should accept now that his money is gone with the wind.

[Naughty Princess]

Your friend already lose money by investing without any research about that product. The team is asking for more money because they know that they can get more if they rush your friend to invest more. The police can record this incident but they can't help you to get back the money because they of being anonymous in a world of crypto. Its a clear scam because its easy money, feel sorry if you will invest more.

I agree. Just stop to give more because they cannot give it back to you. They are just fooling you because they know you do not even suspect them and just take a bait they give to you. It such a big lose which give a lesson to everyone to search first and ask people who knows about it more than you who will advice you.

[jaocoincrypto18]

The information you shared is few so i considered it a scam too. We should not trust anyone that we did not meet before that we should not give them our money without verifying it first like if the person is legit, if the project really exist and if they have business permit to operate. If these tips are not verified then your friend will might become victim of scam.
 

[kidoseagle0312]

So okay, this story didn't happen to me. It happened to a friend (let's call him Bob) of a friend (I will call him Sam).

Bob came to me asking is this a scam and is it legal. Bob doesn't know much about bitcoins and crypto, Sam even less.
Sam somehow got in contact with people who offers to open an account and invest into crypto. These people guaranteed a lot of profit. Sam paid 500 EUR at first and other two times a 2000 EUR.
What is interesting, that these people calling him to invest more. But he has an app (I don't know what app, because I heard it from Bob and he doesn't know either) which shows that Sam has doubled his investment (9000 EUR), but he cannot withdraw it now and these people (from Russia) are calling and rushing him to invest even more.

Bob asked me about that, I said that this is some nonsense. There shouldn't be people calling you and asking to transfer money. All is too fishy.

What should Sam do? Will the police help?

That is absolutely purely scammer, they are obviously greed in money. You better stay away from this type
of people. They are very aggressive to contact and converse with you as long as they're not getting what they want from the
victim and from you but once you give your investment 100% for sure they will stop communicating with you at once.

[voltesbit777]

So okay, this story didn't happen to me. It happened to a friend (let's call him Bob) of a friend (I will call him Sam).

Bob came to me asking is this a scam and is it legal. Bob doesn't know much about bitcoins and crypto, Sam even less.
Sam somehow got in contact with people who offers to open an account and invest into crypto. These people guaranteed a lot of profit. Sam paid 500 EUR at first and other two times a 2000 EUR.
What is interesting, that these people calling him to invest more. But he has an app (I don't know what app, because I heard it from Bob and he doesn't know either) which shows that Sam has doubled his investment (9000 EUR), but he cannot withdraw it now and these people (from Russia) are calling and rushing him to invest even more.

Bob asked me about that, I said that this is some nonsense. There shouldn't be people calling you and asking to transfer money. All is too fishy.

What should Sam do? Will the police help?

Oh my gosh! you're friend obviously transacted by the scammer. Never believe easily with lots of promises in return dude.
And those victims sometimes, became greed because of lots of promises they've heard for the scammer is the reason why they spent
money to those unknown people. I guess, this will give a lesson learn to you dude.