NEVER BE IN A HURRY

[Rich222]

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

[Shamm]

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sells online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to lose my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

Your story is too long and it takes my time to read I don't know it's true or not but I think you are saved by the bell and one of your friends tells you that all of the members of that group are scammers.
And the lesson we learn is that we must not trust immediately on what we saw or encounter on the Internet cause nowadays many scammers want to ruin many lives.

[nakamura12]

Too long to read so I'll just base it on the title itself. If you are hurry you will make mistake that are not reversible like when you send btc to other wallet (small amount) but you mistakenly set a higher fee then you lose your btc there with just a transaction fee. The lesson you should learn here that you should be hasty when doing something that can't be undone. You should also careful on what service you'll gonna use as some of them are not who you think they are (some are impostors).

[isaac_clarke22]

For anyone looking for tldr, it's basically the OP almost got scammed inside a trading group but then one of his friend warned him.
@OP, I always steer clear of social media platforms when it comes to crypto. I even recall spam bots randomly wanting me to contact them in Facebook so that they can "tothemoon"x my money.

[pooya87]

I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram,

This has always been a terrible idea that leads to being scammed. And not just the scam you explained where they fool you into a bad trade where they rob you but I'm talking about misinformation and pump and dump groups. You join these groups to "learn" more, possibly involving how and what to trade and end up receiving a lot of wrong information that they are giving you to benefit themselves. For example they advertise a shitcoin that they want to dump because they want YOU to buy it from them.

One thing we all need to learn on the internet, and this is not limited to bitcoin, is to learn where to get our information from and whether that information is reliable. Social media is definitely not the right place for it.

[Poker Player]

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

Did you by any chance have a triple espresso before writing this? There's a thing called periods and paragraphs.

As for what you say, you are partly right that one should not be in a hurry in investment matters, and, in fact, many scams get the sucker in a hurry by making him believe that he is going to lose a great opportunity.

Other than that, I agree with the others about staying away from social media platforms when it comes to crypto investments.

[GeorgeJohn]

Op, you have to peruse and penetrate into a site before you start any transactions with them, because scammers have generate different means of getting client from social media, all this you narrated doesn't happen only in telegram, it also take place in Facebook social media.

The only thing i should let you understand is that, it's preferable and encourageable to hold a coin for long time duration than investing on puzzi scheme platform that is made of scammers, secondly if you want sell to your coins, go directly to a pronounced exchange like binance to sell your coins than selling to a group that you don't know their taproot of exchanges, i think you have to be curious and smart before you adventure into hands of scammers.

[Dunamisx]

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

Firstly, someone you don't know sent you a message and you reply without asking how he got to have your contact or blocking such user, am just happy for you that the scammer get bursted first before he gets you hunted, next time you have to be careful of spamming related chats as they are part of the route to hacking account, lucky you.

[Ripe_berry]

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

A great lesson was taught by your experience. There is no need to ever be in a hurry. There is a popular saying "No hurry in life" which should always guide our actions in life. We all need to be patient with growing and making profit in bitcoin coz the journey of a thousand miles do and always start with a step.  We also need to be careful with any transaction that is done on via internet since we don't have concrete information about the information  of people we meet their. I think we should vigilant and thread with caution.

[uchegod-21]

Your story is true, I was a victim of this. What they do is to create a telegram group and all the scammers will be very active, showing false testimonies and prove of transactions. Even if you go pm, you will likely meet them there. The best thing is to avoid them totally.
They fake it to be so real that you will believe that they are real. Though I think that scam tactics is outdated. If you want to trade, trade with only people you know and trust, otherwise use reputable exchanges.

[Kelvinid]

Honestly, the telegram group is having a huge number of scammers, talking to anyone from the group is not good, especially when talking about trading and money. And that if someone unknown person sends a message for you with that as the intention is obviously to scam.

It was needed for us to be more vigilant about what we are doing and those people we talk to. We can escape from being scammed if we are too careful as well and certainly, not to easily trust people online unless you both have a history of successful transactions. It is a need for us to widen our awareness and we only have to use legit exchanges if possible.

[Mpamaegbu]

so that they can "tothemoon"x my money.

What's the meaning of that in quote. It's my first seeing or learning of that. Would you mind explaining? I tried Google but couldn't find the meaning.

@OP, I always steer clear of social media platforms when it comes to crypto.

That would be a wrong profiling of social media platforms. Don't get me wrong, scams abound online but we still have nice and honest platforms. I've come across both parts – honest ones and scam ones. We all just have to be extremely careful, anyway.  Spend sometime being in the background and monitor activities in the platform before making comments. That way, you would've garnered something to fall back on and then make your informed decision based on that.

Your story is true, I was a victim of this. What they do is to create a telegram group and all the scammers will be very active, showing false testimonies and prove of transactions.

Most times these scammers get their victims because of greed or the victims are in a hurry to cross-check stuff. Someone once told me he had sent me the Bitcoin I paid for ($300 worth) but it didn't reflect in my wallet at the time he said he sent it. I told him to wait for me to confirm. A few minutes later he sent me a screenshot of the transaction with it showing over 9 confirmations. I wasn't moved. I told him to send me the TX id (that's very important before you release cash).

He grindingly sent it. But it was a completely different TX id. My wallet address wasn't in it. Dude insisted that it was there by showing it on the screenshot. 😆. I refused to listen to him. Finally, I discovered that the screenshot was doctored as the scammer later owned up that he never sent anything at all.

Note to OP: find a way of using paragraphing so your write-ups don't becoming boring and tiring to read.

[Stalker22]

TLDR;

Somehow I find it hard to believe that you knew about bitcoin (even owned it) back in 2013 and you only discovered this forum a few days ago.
I am not saying it is not possible, just that I find it hard to believe.

[nurilham]

Basically, based on the story from the OP, we shouldn't be easy to believe and be tempted by attractive offers that people give because it could be an indication of a scam. We are that responsible for the assets that we have so we must be careful especially when it comes to transactions because scammers are now smarter and more sophisticated so we must be vigilant, search and research first whether it is safe or not if indeed we are going to do trading or something else because whatever we do will have an impact on the assets that we have.

[passwordnow]

Good riddance. Use some spaces though so that anyone who's going to read your story won't feel a bit odd. That's the normal story that we get from people who are new in this space. Someone's going to offer them anything and will link you to their own territory which is their own telegram group. The group is full of fake members of their own that will give fake vouching. @OP, there are also other scams that you might experience.
This is just one of them but still, it's good to see that you escaped from them.

[GowithMi_GMAT]

It is important to know that social media is a storehouse of fraud. since the cryptoqurrency boom especially the value of bitcoin which has increased drastically most scamers launch their actions there and everywhere, including in this forum as well. it is important for you and everyone to be careful and don't trust easily "If someone asks about your assets in a message that looks suspicious"

[JangoUnchained]

TLDR;

Somehow I find it hard to believe that you knew about bitcoin (even owned it) back in 2013 and you only discovered this forum a few days ago.
I am not saying it is not possible, just that I find it hard to believe.

Its not impossible, I knew Bitcoin through a Ponzi scheme called MMM we were ask to buy bitcoin and deposit it on the platform and it took me 4 years to know that this forum existed.

[worle1bm]

Your story is true, I was a victim of this. What they do is to create a telegram group and all the scammers will be very active, showing false testimonies and prove of transactions. Even if you go pm, you will likely meet them there. The best thing is to avoid them totally.
They fake it to be so real that you will believe that they are real. Though I think that scam tactics is outdated. If you want to trade, trade with only people you know and trust, otherwise use reputable exchanges.

These telegram scams are not new and they will make some big promises to you in hope of finding some victims from that group and you are right on the part that best is to ignore them or don't even join them to avoid getting scammed from them.There are many people who will also shows you some proof of the transactions and later on it's all scam so be prepared for it.

[Magicalking]

so that they can "tothemoon"x my money.

What's the meaning of that in quote. It's my first seeing or learning of that. Would you mind explaining? I tried Google but couldn't find the meaning.

"to the moon" is like a bullish slang used to express a bullish sentiment. "Doge to the moon" that sort of  thing signifies that the price of doge is increasing rapidly and the only way its going is up (the moon is in the sky) reaching for the moon.

That would be a wrong profiling of social media platforms. Don't get me wrong, scams abound online but we still have nice and honest platforms. I've come across both parts – honest ones and scam ones. We all just have to be extremely careful, anyway.  Spend sometime being in the background and monitor activities in the platform before making comments. That way, you would've garnered something to fall back on and then make your informed decision based on that.

I steer away from accounts on social media platforms that masquerade themselves as crypto traders, analysts or financial advisors. They are all scams in my book. There might be a few real in the ocean, not every trader on social media is a scammer. Looking for the right fish in the pond could have you swimming in the mud. e

[Pmalek]

A great lesson was taught by your experience. There is no need to ever be in a hurry.

It sounds to me that OP was just lucky. He found a familiar name among the group members, decided to contact him/her and ask about their experience with the group, and he received the needed information and warning. Had he not found his friend there, my guess is that he would have been scammed and we would be reading a different title in his thread.
OP you did many things wrong.
First of all, you don't reply to people contacting you over Telegram or other social media asking about investment and having crypto-related inquiries. You don't go around joining investment groups you know nothing about because they are scamming groups in search for easy prey. Bitcoin is a sought after digital asset. You can sell it anytime you want through normal routes without talking with self-proclaimed "trading experts" over various social media.