I have been scammed 0.20 btc, what can I do?

[franky1]

nothing that can be done

lessons to learn:
if you meet someone but dont know their real name, dont hand them cash with just a handshake promise
if you contact someone but dont know name, face,location and cant even shake hand or slap face, dont hand them money
..
if you dont know enough about them to slap them with a wet fish(metaphor: file lawsuit) if the harm you. dont deal with them.

would you hand a stranger on the street a briefcase of cash? no. then dont do the same online.

[avikz]

I only have his Btc wallet number and his telegram nothing else.

can I do something reporting it to the police?

Will binance help me identify that person after I have sent the money?

thanks

You can take several steps but none if these steps will help you to recover your funds! Binance can't do anything! Telegram can ban the person and then the person can come back using a different name and create a different group. You can report to police but if that person belongs to your local area, police can't do anything either!

So, that's one of the disadvantages of trustless currency systems! Forget about it and make sure you don't pay money for such unverified information going forward!

[AniviaBtc]

but do you think the police would help me?

Chances are the scammer is from some other country, and no one will launch a world-wide investigation over stolen $9,000.

You should have done more research, pump and dump groups are a known scam, even without buying signals you would have been scammed, because these groups are just dumping obscure altcoins to naive traders who think that a pump is coming.

There's no easy money in crypto.

It is just a waste of time if he will spend so much effort in locating his scammer around the world.

Being knowledgeable and aware about the scams will help you and you should prioritize that in an investment. Don't always look for an easy money, there's no such thing like that, especially in an investment. You really need to work hard and be wise in crypto investment so that you can make it profitable for yourself.

I hope he learned something from his mistake, don't settle on a free money.

[GeorgeJohn]

Well that, yesterday they scammed me 0.20 btc in binance

A guy by telegram gave me proof hours before the coin that was going to be pumped, which was VIB, which was the admin of BIG PUMP SIGNAL, and I paid him 0.20 btc for the information, and today he has blocked me.


I only have his Btc wallet number and his telegram nothing else.

can I do something reporting it to the police?

Will binance help me identify that person after I have sent the money?

I think the only situation that will permit's you to involves security personnel's is when you know the person that scammed in person but a process whereby the person is unknown to you involving police is waste of time, so the issues of Binance, to be sincere since people has shouting of scamming I have not seem some people were scammed and the person retrieve the coins through Binance before, so the only remedy to not fall victim through scammers is to trade with coins instead of investing in numerous platform that does not have name.

[davis196]

Well that, yesterday they scammed me 0.20 btc in binance

A guy by telegram gave me proof hours before the coin that was going to be pumped, which was VIB, which was the admin of BIG PUMP SIGNAL, and I paid him 0.20 btc for the information, and today he has blocked me.


I only have his Btc wallet number and his telegram nothing else.

can I do something reporting it to the police?

Will binance help me identify that person after I have sent the money?

thanks

From what I read,I come to the conclusion that you are NOT scammed by Binance.You are scammed by a random guy in a Telegram group.Binance has nothing to do with this scam.
Paying 0.2 BTC for information?I'm like WTF?!?Who the hell pays 0.2 BTC for some information,that can be false?
You can call the police if you want,but I really doubt that they can help you.
You could post the scammers BTC address here,so we can put in a blacklist,that contains all BTC wallet addresses used by scammers.

[ethereumhunter]

0.2 btc now worth to $8,000-$9,000. That is a lot of money, and I think you can not get it back. Even if you report that to the police, they will find it hard to identify the thief or the scammer because the details will only be seen as a wallet address without knowing who they are. You can watch the money moved to the other wallet, but you will not know who they are. It is a lesson for you that you should stay away to use the paid telegram signal next time because you already get a bad experience. You should learn trading by yourself to improve your trading skills, so you do not have to rely on other people to trade.

[Twinkledoe]

 I think the only situation that will permit's you to involves security personnel's is when you know the person that scammed in person but a process whereby the person is unknown to you involving police is waste of time, so the issues of Binance, to be sincere since people has shouting of scamming I have not seem some people were scammed and the person retrieve the coins through Binance before, so the only remedy to not fall victim through scammers is to trade with coins instead of investing in numerous platform that does not have name.

No chance to get back the money and yes, waste of time to report to the police because a lot of missing vital details here. No one can track down that person. His telegram account - he can delete it anytime. And about his btc wallet address, he can only follow the movement and that's about it. Why people keep on falling from this scam tactic? It is because people are hoping to get high returns but it is the other way around. Don't trust strangers when it comes to crypto dealings. You can't run after them when anything goes wrong. A very expensive lesson to learn here.

[gabbie2010]

Well that, yesterday they scammed me 0.20 btc in binance

A guy by telegram gave me proof hours before the coin that was going to be pumped, which was VIB, which was the admin of BIG PUMP SIGNAL, and I paid him 0.20 btc for the information, and today he has blocked me.


I only have his Btc wallet number and his telegram nothing else.

can I do something reporting it to the police?

Will binance help me identify that person after I have sent the money?

thanks

Its a pity that you fell into trap set by the scammer, It could have been safe if you had an account with binance exchange and trade VIB directly rather than relying on a faceless scammer, we are in bullish season now a lot of scammers will be on the prowl looking for who to scam, I doubt if you will able to retrieve your BTC with those information at your disposal however you can contact binance for help provided that they can be of help or try and check the phone number of the scammer on telegram probably you can track it, if its not fake.

[crwth]

I hope you learned your lesson with buying signals like that and 0.2 BTC is damn expensive for a signal. 9,300 USD for just a signal? If you can afford that then you probably have a lot more BTC lying around.

You could post your transaction ID here for further investigation but I doubt you can get it again.

There is a lot of confirmation before withdrawing in Binance so I doubt they would do anything about it. But there's nothing wrong with trying.

And do you mean that you withdraw your balance from Binance? Or got scammed with P2P or something?

[Rruchi man]

0.20btc is quite an amount i must say. However, since the did has already been done, i believe that little or next to nothing can be done to get back the already lost btc. It is best you count your losses, learn your lessons and move on. Better days ahead, cheer up.

[Josefjix]

This is one of the warmings that has been churning out to Newbies by the veterans here, you could have possibly held your BTC and be selling gradually when you notice a simultaneous growth but you thought an immortal words could accurately triple gain you. This is sad though, the funds can't be refunded again next time please stay away from such things to avoid losing larger sums.

[LogitechMouse]

but do you think the police would help me?

I only have the conversation in telegram and the test payment order

Nope they will not help you.
You don't even have a lead to start with. Your conversation isn't enough proof for the police to start investigating with. Telegram is swarmed by posers and scammers.

You're a newbie obviously and yet you invested 0.20 BTC and expecting that you will get profit that easily?? That will serve as your lesson and you know what you will do in the future .
Learning really is expensive right??

[gurunanakji777]

You paid .20 Bitcoin just for the information its a huge amount if we calculate in dollars. You should know there are lots of scammers active in the telegram groups and you should be careful. Now you can raise a ticket in the support of Binance but chances are less you would get anything back.

[blackened515]

Well that, yesterday they scammed me 0.20 btc in binance

A guy by telegram gave me proof hours before the coin that was going to be pumped, which was VIB, which was the admin of BIG PUMP SIGNAL, and I paid him 0.20 btc for the information, and today he has blocked me.


I only have his Btc wallet number and his telegram nothing else.

can I do something reporting it to the police?

Will binance help me identify that person after I have sent the money?

thanks

You can definitely go to police but I don't think binance can help you in this matter. They could have helped you of your binance account was compromised or your funds were stolen.
Here you sent them out of your choice. Yes police can help you chances are that scammers arr from some other country so your local police can not grab him.