First time scammed , very frustrated

[Genemind]

There had been a lot of scam in telegram, I once followed Polkadot channel so that I can get updates from time to time. Every time I open it, there are a lot of invites from Polkadot channels that are replicated, announcing they have an airdrop or send an "X" amount and receive x2. I always check any official announcements and even before joining any presales I check the link, website, news, etc. It's true there is nothing you can do, make your experience count and learn from it.

[codpku]

considered it as a price you have to pay to get some experience, like wise man say experience is a good teacher and i hope it will be a last time you get the scam project
you have to carefull to where your money have to put and i hope you will get more than your lost someday
stay safe

[Shasha80]

Hopefully the opening post can learn from its mistakes by not checking the recipient's address again, because the method used by scammers is
an old way that has been around since 2018. I don't blame the opening post in this case, because we all make mistakes. The most important thing is
for the opening post to make this experience a lesson, so that this is the last experience of being a victim of fraud. Because as long as we are careful,
scam like that can be avoided.

[VanDeinsberg12]

There should be a feature or a way for users to distinguish telegram group from a fake and official for real, this scamming activities already get out of hand so many random spam group and scam group appearing everyday, atleast if there's like badge for the official project group it could atleast reduce the confusion but nah, telegram simply ignore these scammer and gives them too much room.

[DoublerHunter]

There should be a feature or a way for users to distinguish telegram group from a fake and official for real, this scamming activities already get out of hand so many random spam group and scam group appearing everyday, atleast if there's like badge for the official project group it could atleast reduce the confusion but nah, telegram simply ignore these scammer and gives them too much room.

^ That is not necessary but if that will probably have soon, much better.
The only way to determine if you are in the right social media, like Telegram and Twitter which is common that all projects have. You can visit their official website and below you will see the linked social media of the company. Sorry for the loss of OP, that is unrecoverable because every transaction in cryptocurrencies is can not be recover. Nevertheless, this is one of the good examples that we must avoid.

[Anonylz]

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
  

Cheer up bro, shit happens especially in this space any slight mistake can cost you, good thing you have learnt from it, don't beat yourself up about it because almost every newbie has experience same as well,

Just have to be extremely careful,  always check and double check address of any project you want to invest on especially during ieo or ico, same goes to telegram groups because there are many fake of most project out there,
I wish you good luck with your remaining %50 so you can profit and recover your loss.

[cheezcarls]

I know how it feels to lose an amount like that. Since there is no chance of recovering it, take it as a lesson learned. I was scammed many times long before I was introduced to crypto and blockchain. I was scammed by phishing emails before, which I ended up losing my savings and in complete depression. But on the brighter side, I have learned and calling experience as the best teacher.

[ethereumhunter]

There had been a lot of scam in telegram, I once followed Polkadot channel so that I can get updates from time to time. Every time I open it, there are a lot of invites from Polkadot channels that are replicated, announcing they have an airdrop or send an "X" amount and receive x2. I always check any official announcements and even before joining any presales I check the link, website, news, etc. It's true there is nothing you can do, make your experience count and learn from it.

I agree with you. That is why I do not use telegram anymore as I heard from my friends that if we use telegram, people can easily add our account to their groups without asking permission, although we can set it up in our account. But still, that can be too risky because we never know if that group is really helping us make money or just want our money. Getting first time scammed is very frustrated because I already got that experience in the past, but that does not make me stop making money from crypto as I am trying to stay away from something that I think suspicious.

[Bitstar_coin]

I know how it feels to lose an amount like that. Since there is no chance of recovering it, take it as a lesson learned. I was scammed many times long before I was introduced to crypto and blockchain. I was scammed by phishing emails before, which I ended up losing my savings and in complete depression. But on the brighter side, I have learned and calling experience as the best teacher.

That's very heart felt situation for you, I have also been scammed but not too serious amount but then a loss is a loss, it is vary disheartening the way this scammers make innocent people suffer without given a shit about it,

I feel bad for @op, very bad experience as a newbie, this is reason why people are been warned to stay away from crypto, bad eggs like this makes crypto look bad, @op be careful with rest of your money and stick to top project on cmc for now, buy from only well known exchange.

[doctor877]

Very very sad one. This won't happen to you again. There are tons of Telegram scammers in every project group and thats how they work. Just know that anyone asking you fkr money to solve a problem in any project is a scammer. Project admin won't send a direct message first to ask for money.

[badjacks99]

The best advice is to  not forget how you feel about it now, hopefully you wont be in that position again. Use it as a lesson to carry with you. Im still pissed about being scammed back in 2014 out of what is now a shit load of bitcoin. Not only do you lose the money you sent, but your extra prize and cherry on top is you get to look and feel really stupid about it haha. Remember anytime you move coin out of your wallet there is always a chance it wont come back, be stingy with your outgoing transactions. shake it off boss, more profits to be had.

[ice18]

Unfortunate experience I also encounter like this one in Uniswap but I always ask on official group of a project Im investing the correct smart contract, there are many of them everyday creating fake projects you can even count fake similar tokens everyday same Project names if you did not research carefully you might end up like Op so always be careful. 

Also in Tron they will send you airdrop token with complete details including website and when you visit that website you will see the interface just like Uniswap with swap function but beware instead of swaping the button will just send your tusdt or tron into scammers wallet.

[kenelmark]

Sorry for your loss but yep humans do mistake even we already experienced it. Scammers are everywhere and it seems scammers are really smart nowadays they made a clone of an official telegram channel but a fake, thanks for sharing this information I'm aware of this now.

That's right, since last year the scammers have continued to increase and create fake projects that are almost similar to the real ones, so that new people in crypto fall victim to them because they are trapped in it, that's why information like this can be so valuable to everyone.

[illnino]

Better not to dwell on negative experiences. You've heard more than once that the crypto market is a very insecure and unstable place. It is a pity that every day one of the users falls for the bait of scammers, but this suggests that every day you need to be more careful and recheck information about sites, exchanges and coins several times.

The more in demand the crypto world, the more scammers, because cheating is the easiest way to get your money. Beginners should be especially careful, as they usually always fall for different methods of deception. 

[StartupAnalyst]

I really sorry you've lost your money but don't do such silly things anymore. You shouldn't believe to all information that is put in telegram channel especially connected with buying tokens. There's always a possibility to be caught by scammers. There are official sites of bounty campaigns and different projects. Use them to buy tokens/coins, but be again patient and always check URL before entering the site, even if you enter exchange site.

[akirasendo17]

I feel bad for you, but seems like you know how to earn in crypto, but why are you get scammed? did he promised you returns that you can't resist? mostly scammers will lure you to invest with great rewards these are mostly because people are too greedy that they want immediately have money from a ico or any form of invesment, I hope next time you will not be a victim anymore.

[ancafe]

well, we need to be careful about such things. however, very many people would create clones to deceive potential investors. in fact this is very much the case on telegram. they imitate everything on the telegram admin or the person in charge. to be honest I have also been a victim of something like this. well, however, we need to be thorough before investing.
I believe that 90% of people have been through this. you have to keep up the spirit to earn money, buddy

[Iyeman]

You must always aware of the real admin will always put a special mark on its telegram name. You must never believe the admin that was PMing you about the opportunity to invest in the coin.
There are a bunch of scammers in the telegram group and that will become a disaster when you are not aware of this dude.
Telegram is very well known as the place with so many scammers. Scammers are very active in searching the new victims.

[SacriFries11]

Sorry for your loss but yep humans do mistake even we already experienced it. Scammers are everywhere and it seems scammers are really smart nowadays they made a clone of an official telegram channel but a fake, thanks for sharing this information I'm aware of this now.

Yes, there a lot of scammers in telegram and I experience it again yesterday. They will chat you if you have problem with any of the token. I experience it in pancakeswap and after I joined them and ask some help. A lot of people ask me what happen and they told me to send some ETH to the address they give so that they will give back my tokens. One of them told me to send to them my private keys to manually recover the tokens but I didn't give them. I know they are scammers and I'm okay with the tokens does not send back to my wallet rather than give them my private keys.

[fly.math]

This is a lesson learned for you... hope this kind of scam wont get you again.. Telegram is the home of scammers, tehy are good at imitating supports or administrators