First time scammed , very frustrated

[scarystorytime]

I was scammed many years ago back when bitcoin was $20. I needed groceries. My bitcoin was earned by doing some web work for someone and since I didn't have a job at the time I figured I could get a gift card off of this very website. I had received a gift card from him once so I trusted him and then the second time he gave me a used gift card number then disappeared. Now I think back about how that one $20 bitcoin is now worth 50 grand and I really hope his wallet is missing. I could have really used that money right now.

[rat03gopoh]

Grieve your loss.
But, at least you can still be a savior angel for other people here if you want to provide scammer details too.
Since I joined the crypto community, telegram has indeed often become a hotbed for scammers to catch victims. That is why it is widely recommended to avoid telegram to make deals especially about big business.

Wish you great luck in the future.

[Cling18]

I also had the same experience when I was beginning. Sometimes, we really have to go through things like that so we'll know what to do and what to avoid in the future. It's just so frustrating that you have lost your funds because of those scammers but don't worry because you'll still be able to work to earn money again while they're still serving their karma. Cheer up and learn from your mistakes.

[youdacapt]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

I am sorry for your loss; and i think this is as a result of poor research and information; please do well to gather more details next time. In telegram, no valid project would ask you for funds in telegram, and no admins would dm you for sales etc.  I hope you learn from your mistakes and make better decisions next time. If you miss out on private sale and public sale; you can always make purchases on the exchange after it is listed

[Francis Freeman]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

It's ok it happens to the best . Just try not to FOMO into any Ico or don't follow any links. Go through twitter or the official website links . If in doubt pull out of the ico.

[Sourhearrt]

That's a hurtful experience, I'm sorry for your loss, all I can say is get your ass up and don't give up, learn from your mistake and never ever let such happen again, before engaging in any fundraising ICO or other make sure you are taking the right step, may the lord be with you

[distr@yopmail.com]

Hope you learned a lesson for your bad experience. Yes to many scammers out there and we need to be very careful especially when we are sending  our hard earned money before pushing the send button conduct tripple check to make sure all informations are correct, true and coming from original project not to a clone scam one.

scammers are always looking for their victims in any way. no matter old people or new people. when there is an opportunity they will definitely use it to earn money. I've had experiences like you. and that makes me really stupid. but believe me, do not panic and immediately build a new plan to correct our mistakes.

[hari9981]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

Sorry to hear that things happen to you, it must be a big lesson for you. Forget about the ETH you lost because in the future your lost could be increased in USD.

[CashbackLover]

There are tons of scammers on telegram and it's 100% unsafe for newbies that knew too little about crypto investment, next time make sure you go through the project official website to find their real telegram channel link, anyone trying to PM you on telegram is 100% a scammer even if they used the project team pictures, you need to be extremely careful with telegram

[danherbias07]

Think of it as a stepping stone. Yes, the scammer is the stone and you should step on him. 
We all have our shares with this kind of experience.
Before I was not just scammed but also hacked. He didn't stop at just getting the money or the coins. He went overboard by taking everything including the account.
I felt bad but life goes on.
You cannot just feel down all the time. All you can do is try to earn back what you loss while being careful of every little detail that you do.

[mezzaluna]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

Its really frustrating when something that you worked hard for is just gonna benefit other people instead of you and I really hope you would encounter scammers in the future. You really should also try and stop contacting people through Telegram if they have an account within the forum. Telegram is just for updates within campaigns because if a person tries to contact you Telegram there is a 60% chance that the person talking to you is not real.

[semobo]

Sometimes lessons can become very costly and you know people lost in millions for such simple tricks but here you are in hundreds which maybe a big amount of money for you but you learned from it and you may never repeat it so just think that you saved millions in your future.

[ChiBitCTy]

I am sorry to hear this, very unfortunate that the "world" of cryptocurrency has spawned so many different scammers and types of scams.  I am a financial advisor so sniffing out financial scams is something I am trained to do and let me tell you I've ran in to countless types of cryptocurrency scams, some good and some not so much.

The one silver lining you can take from this incident is you learned a valuable lesson.  Could have been worse right? Also, my suggestion, don't waste your hard earned money on shitcoins like the one you listed out, because the cold hard truth, it is a shitcoin.

[ratas]

i was scammed hard and hard by this clown. maybe the same

but keep in advice


user Arabicbet365 with telegram (one of many,i think ) - @Bet365sellerss




Now , ussualy try scam by PM.

[gabbie2010]

Cloning and phishing is the new subtle means by which scammers fraudulently steal unsuspecting newbies their hard earned coins personally I nearly fell victim of a cloned address after discovering that my laptop was vulnerable I could have mistakenly sent my coins to the address it was my diligence and patience in rechecking the address that reveal the fraud, the bottom-line is that scammers and hackers are getting sophisticated in their operations on daily basis its up to every crypto users to take extra caution in handling their coins especially via telegram which is one of the social media used by these fraudsters to perpetuate fraudulent activities.

[kindbtc]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

I know how it feels to get scammed as i have gone through all this many times, it is not only regretful but also full of rage because at one end we have lost our money secondly we get stress and mental torture because we cannot do anything about it, al we can do to avoid such situation is to be extra careful while investing.

[ningrum]

Cloning and phishing is the new subtle means by which scammers fraudulently steal unsuspecting newbies their hard earned coins personally I nearly fell victim of a cloned address after discovering that my laptop was vulnerable I could have mistakenly sent my coins to the address it was my diligence and patience in rechecking the address that reveal the fraud, the bottom-line is that scammers and hackers are getting sophisticated in their operations on daily basis its up to every crypto users to take extra caution in handling their coins especially via telegram which is one of the social media used by these fraudsters to perpetuate fraudulent activities.

Indeed, the development of times is getting smarter and more sophisticated as well as scammers to trap us,
and their ways have also proven successful and make us all nervous about it,
what is certain before doing we have to analyze and research first because that is an important thing too,
and don't forget to always be careful

[Zeehaxan]

There is a start for everything , so i just get first time scammed and hope last time.
Since few times i follow polkadot env and liked their projects especially polkastarter . it's like the ico's for projects to raise money . I wanted to participate to one of them and got whitelisted to superfarm ($super) to buy in the presale at a good price but sended 0.25 eth to wrong adress . yes i'm little bit dumb they made a clone of their official telegram channel and i get caught . usually i don't do that but we all do mistakes .

the adress of the scammer : 0xC88b5F4aaE1C8f2778DEF2257b6bAf1BA62E4B09

i hope he will die  with a cancer . i lost $447.83USD that's 50% of my humble portfolio and i worked hard to put this money in . i know that there is nothing i can do and i feel little bit down but that's life assholes are everywhere . Whitout this scammers cryptocurrency and the world would be better .

So just a little thought for me . good luck and get your money safe
 

Although it is very sad to read your story but you should have double checked before investing so that you would have avoided this situation.
Having said that do not lose hope and do not get discouraged as the market is bullish im sure you will cover this loss soon.

[matchi2011]

Cloning and phishing is the new subtle means by which scammers fraudulently steal unsuspecting newbies their hard earned coins personally I nearly fell victim of a cloned address after discovering that my laptop was vulnerable I could have mistakenly sent my coins to the address it was my diligence and patience in rechecking the address that reveal the fraud, the bottom-line is that scammers and hackers are getting sophisticated in their operations on daily basis its up to every crypto users to take extra caution in handling their coins especially via telegram which is one of the social media used by these fraudsters to perpetuate fraudulent activities.

Indeed, the development of times is getting smarter and more sophisticated as well as scammers to trap us,
and their ways have also proven successful and make us all nervous about it,
what is certain before doing we have to analyze and research first because that is an important thing too,
and don't forget to always be careful

Scammers and hackers are evolving, they are able to go with the flow. Understanding the system and how they'll
be able to gain trust from people around.

It's time to make sure not to be careless, it's needed to have a much deeper knowledge before you participate or
before you invest your time and money.

[isaac_clarke22]

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Almost $450. That's a lot of money, OP. Why would you risk that much for something even if it means to something that is quite known of a project these days? I wouldn't risk that amount solely for anything.
I guess you learned your lesson from there already. This is why when I join a certain group, not just Telegram, I tend to scout first the activity if it is filled with bots or not.