Am I Being Scammed By A Prominent YouTuber?

[David92506]

I've been watching a lot of YouTube videos about Cryptocurrency trading.
I especially enjoy watching one YouTuber, Eddie Moon. I Googled him and read about him. "is an American YouTube channel with over 292.00K subscribers. It started 9 years ago and has 196 uploaded videos."
In any case, he has a Patreon, which I joined. He also offers one on one mentoring.
He suggested I open an account at Webulltradingbot.com because that's where he does her trading. So I did. I deposited $10,000.00

However, there is another site called Webull at webull.com. I felt confused and I wrote Webull.com an email asking about the website, webulltradingbot.com. This is their reply:

"Hi,

Thanks for reaching out to us.

Our official website is https://www.webull.com/. webulltradingbot.com is not our official website.

We advise you to contact law enforcement if you have been taken advantage of by this fake website. At Webull, we make it a priority to protect your privacy and safeguard your personal and account information every day. Recently, we have seen an increase in fraudsters targeting Webull customers. We'd like to share some tips about what you can do to help protect yourself and your information, too. Together, we can keep your account and your information safe."

I googled webulltradingbot.com reviews but nothing comes up.
I contacted him and told him about this. He said it is a legitimate site and has been trading on it for years.
Am I being scammed by a prominent YouTuber?

[LTU_btc]

Can you tell name of Youtube channel of that prominent youtuber? It would be interesting to take a look into it? But yeah, it seems that you really got scammed. I tried to open Webulltradingbot.com and it doesn't even opens.
You really want to say that you deposited $10k to website that you hear for the first time just after listening advices of one Youtuber and you didn't even made research before doing it. I'm sorry for your loss, but you gave $10k to scammers with easy hand.

[Potato Chips]

They could be using a hacked youtube account which is not that uncommon, see: How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Most importantly, I thought you've learned in your previous experience OP? How come you did not do your due diligence this time? how regretful...

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and respond.
I've learned that there are fake crypto websites and if you deposit money into them you will never get your money back.
I'm assuming the website she uses is one of them.

[David92506]

Eddie Moon

[rat03gopoh]

Why your scam experience has increased recently?
If I'm not mistaken you claim to be a forex trader, but I doubt that from today. I think you trade only relying on some signals and mentor subscription (cmiiw). If that is true then stop, you will not gain self-improvement that way.

Answering this topic, yeah you were scammed.

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Am I being scammed by a prominent YouTuber?

Have you tried to withdraw money from there? If you can't do that, then you've been scammed, if it's a legitimate platform, then you won't have a problem with withdrawing money.

What is a prominent Youtuber? Do you know that it is possible to buy subscribers for the YT channel, so that number is not necessarily in a positive relationship with the quality of the material placed there?

"is an American YouTube channel with over 292.00K subscribers. It started 9 years ago and has 196 uploaded videos."

"Only" 196 videos for 9 years and that brought 300k subscribers... This sounds surreal to me

In addition to the possibility that you were deceived due to a hack or phishing site, how did you trust some unknown person from YouTube and invest $10k?

[bitbollo]

are you sure the correct address is Webulltradingbot.com
and not Webulltradingbots.com?
Because this second website is working fine and see below they have full who.is available (uncommon for a scammer for what I have seen during these year)

Code:

Registrant Contact Information:
NameBRANDSON JOSHUA
OrganizationWEBBULL TRADEMARK
Address3801 CARDINAL LANE,
CityCLEVELAND
State / ProvinceOHIO
Postal Code45011
CountryUS
Phone+1.2169992114
Email

Administrative Contact Information:
NameBRANDSON JOSHUA
OrganizationWEBBULL TRADEMARK
Address3801 CARDINAL LANE,
CityCLEVELAND
State / ProvinceOHIO
Postal Code45011
CountryUS
Phone+1.2169992114
Email

Technical Contact Information:
NameBRANDSON JOSHUA
OrganizationWEBBULL TRADEMARK
Address3801 CARDINAL LANE,
CityCLEVELAND
State / ProvinceOHIO
Postal Code45011
CountryUS
Phone+1.2169992114
Email

Information Updated: 2023-06-26 16:19:56

By the way as suggested by some users, I will never trust some "suggestions" made by random guys on YT
(as we say in Italy... Youtube it is not a degree!)

[WillyAp]

In addition to the possibility that you were deceived due to a hack or phishing site, how did you trust some unknown person from YouTube and invest $10k?

Astonishing isn't it?
People fall for Social Media ads, get directed to whatsapp and pay thousands of $.
The never gen should sit back and think a little.
 

[Bitcoin_Arena]

In any case, he has a Patreon, which I joined. He also offers one on one mentoring.
He suggested I open an account at Webulltradingbot.com because that's where he does her trading. So I did. I deposited $10,000.00

Let's start from the beginning, can you show us where he suggested that you open an account at Webulltradingbot.com?

Also, who deposits $10,000 to a site they barely know about?

It looks like you have a lot of a learning to do. The crypto spaces are very slippery with so many scammers all over the place. Having 300K subscribers is nothing and should not be used a measure to prove someone's trustworthiness

[Myleschetty]

First no matter how helpful the advice and knowledge given to you by a Youtuber or a cryptocurrency trading expert. You still have to do your own research because most of these influencers are paid for every advertisement they do and some of their websites they recommend paid for their service.
Having said that, wellbull.com is truly the official website and the webulltradingbot.com website is a phishing website

[nutildah]

I googled webulltradingbot.com reviews but nothing comes up.
I contacted him and told him about this. He said it is a legitimate site and has been trading on it for years.
Am I being scammed by a prominent YouTuber?

Did the conversation with this Eddie Moon guy take place on Discord? Can you post some screenshots of it? You can blur out your username if you want but its possible someone on the Patreon Discord was pretending to be him.

The site (webulltradingbots.com) is totally fake. Everything about it is fake, from the products offered to the office address to the testimonials... This made me laugh:



Not only is the dude's name "Sarah" but its a stock photo.

You might be right about Eddie Moon, anything is possible, but something tells me you got scammed by an impostor.

[Martingaleboy]

I googled webulltradingbot.com reviews but nothing comes up.
I contacted him and told him about this. He said it is a legitimate site and has been trading on it for years.
Am I being scammed by a prominent YouTuber?

Did the conversation with this Eddie Moon guy take place on Discord? Can you post some screenshots of it? You can blur out your username if you want but its possible someone on the Patreon Discord was pretending to be him.

The site (webulltradingbots.com) is totally fake. Everything about it is fake, from the products offered to the office address to the testimonials... This made me laugh:



Not only is the dude's name "Sarah" but its a stock photo.

You might be right about Eddie Moon, anything is possible, but something tells me you got scammed by an impostor.

Hahaha dude.

[rby]

They could be using a hacked youtube account which is not that uncommon, see: How Hackers Hijacked Thousands of High-Profile YouTube Accounts

Most importantly, I thought you've learned in your previous experience OP? How come you did not do your due diligence this time? how regretful...

Thank you for taking the time to read my post and respond.
I've learned that there are fake crypto websites and if you deposit money into them you will never get your money back.
I'm assuming the website she uses is one of them.

Thanks for noting this @Potato.
It is high time we began to investigate what exactly the OP is doing. How can he raise similar topics within a short period of time. I am beginning to doubt non of his/her stories are real.
Op, I request that you present an evidence that you sent $10k to the said webulltradingbot website .
Also drop the YouTube channel of the prominent YouTuber.

Even if someone is teaching you trading or giving you signals, you can also use same signals and teachings and trade in reputable exchanges like Binance.

[LTU_btc]

Thanks for noting this @Potato.
It is high time we began to investigate what exactly the OP is doing. How can he raise similar topics within a short period of time. I am beginning to doubt non of his/her stories are real.
Op, I request that you present an evidence that you sent $10k to the said webulltradingbot website .
Also drop the YouTube channel of the prominent YouTuber.

Even if someone is teaching you trading or giving you signals, you can also use same signals and teachings and trade in reputable exchanges like Binance.

He mentioned it above, channel name is Eddie Moon, here is link to it
https://youtube.com/@eddiemooon
But yeah, good catch above. This story really can be fake, but I'm wondering what's the point for OP to post it. I would understand if he would try to advertise that fake site, but he didn't even managed to give correct link to it.

[Nwada001]

I'm a beginner crypto trader.
I've watched a lot of YouTube videos and one Youtuber made a lot of sense to me. I contacted him and he said I need to start out using a trading bot.
I need to go to webulltradingbot.com and deposit money into the account and the bot will do the trading for me.
He claimed I can make 5% a week on my investment.
I deposited $20,000 and sure enough, I'm making $1,000 a week.

I've then watched all the Crypto scams out there.
I figure I've been scammed.
However, today I asked to withdraw $10,000 and it's been approved.
It will take 2 to 3 days to get to my bank.

Can a Crypto trading bot make this kind of money?
If I'm being scammed I don't see it.
I believe, "If it's too good to be true, then it is."

Another user just got scammed, if the OP's story is true.
What amazes me most often about all this scam is how they don't, from the beginning, locate this forum and ask a question about how legit a site is before they can make their investment with them. But once they get scammed or suspect any scamming activity, that's when they will realize there is a Bitcointalk Forum where they can ask questions.
Medicine after death...

[albon]

He mentioned it above, channel name is Eddie Moon, here is link to it
https://youtube.com/@eddiemooon
But yeah, good catch above. This story really can be fake, but I'm wondering what's the point for OP to post it. I would understand if he would try to advertise that fake site, but he didn't even managed to give correct link to it.

He said he joined Eddie Moon's Patreon, and from the pinned post in the Eddie Moon official Patreon and recent posts, I can say that maybe OP joined a fake Patreon account with the same name as Edie's youtuber because the real YouTuber had not previously touched on highlighting this fake trading bot platform before, frankly, I do not believe the OP, and he did not put proof of his deposits or chat logs.



And what caught my eye is that the OP has a previous topic titled: "Met Beautiful Young Asian Woman On Dating Site To Teach Me Trading" and in this topic, he tells another story that I think is from his imagination and indirectly promotes the BitContractPro platform, which has no reviews or ratings and is definitely a scam.

We can tell from the following quote that the OP intends to promote these fake trading platforms here and not to solicit recommendations or advice.

On her platform, she can Buy and hold on to it and Sell it in 60 seconds. You can't do that with Coinbase.
So she wants me to transfer all of my Coinbase money into the platform she uses, which is:
BitContractPro

She has $100,000 in her account. She averages $10,000 a month.
She will teach me how to trade on that platform.

[khaled0111]

 ^^
This is really interesting!
What I have noticed is that most users who post in the scam accusation board are newbies but they have been in this field for too long.
They get fooled on other channels (telegram, discord, name it. .) then the come here to complain!
No one of them came here to ask for suggestions or help before investing. They only come to complain after it's too late and no one can help.
Sorry OP but you should have known better. You could have asked here..

[Potato Chips]

Thanks for noting this @Potato.
It is high time we began to investigate what exactly the OP is doing. How can he raise similar topics within a short period of time. I am beginning to doubt non of his/her stories are real.
Op, I request that you present an evidence that you sent $10k to the said webulltradingbot website .

Despite the utter strangeness, I honestly decided to give OP the benefit of the doubt because people seem to hit a new low when it comes to how gullible they can be.

But today, I saw an interesting post on beginners and help. What are the chances that both OPs who made the same accusation got the same wrong/typo'd domain name? 🤔

 

...I need to go to webulltradingbot.com and deposit money into the account and the bot will do the trading for me.

... webulltradingbot.com.  That's the trading bot. I deposit money into the account and the trading bot automatically does the trades for me.

Note: webulltradingbot dot com isn't registered

Their post history also shows similarities in posting patterns so yeah I'm very much doubting the authenticity of this story as well.

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Their post history also shows similarities in posting patterns so yeah I'm very much doubting the authenticity of this story as well.

I also noticed the similar posting patterns, which suggests that he is the same person. In the other thread, he was pretty confident that his withdrawal had been approved and had to wait for only 2-3 for the money to arrive into his bank account.

However, today I asked to withdraw $10,000 and it's been approved.
It will take 2 to 3 days to get to my bank.

Because I was able to withdraw $10,000 back to my bank. If they were scammers, would they let me do that?

Now he has waited for over 10 days but the so-called approved withdrawal has not materialized into any money getting sent to his bank account

After 10 days of submitting the withdrawal request, I get the message that they are having difficulties with their department. However, the withdrawal will be complete in 10 more days.
The 10 days have passed and no withdrawal.

And I guess he still thinks he has not been scammed

Is this normal?
Now I'm going to have to create a new bank account at a different bank.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Do you know that it is possible to buy subscribers for the YT channel, so that number is not necessarily in a positive relationship with the quality of the material placed there?

Yep, that was my first thought.  You can also buy entire channels from Youtubers with tons of real subscribers, because I've seen a couple examples of that.  I think it happened with Business Casual, who's now trying to sue Youtube.  Anyway, don't believe online reviews, like/dislike numbers, subscriber counts, Twitter followers, or any of that.  People have been selling stat-boosting services right here on bitcointalk for years.

And that guy may well be a prominent Youtuber, but I've never heard of him.

It is high time we began to investigate what exactly the OP is doing. How can he raise similar topics within a short period of time. I am beginning to doubt non of his/her stories are real.

Is it worth investigating?  There are many strange birds in this forest of ours, and some of them just like to tell outrageous lies for reasons unknown to anyone but themselves.  I think the best thing to do is ignore him until he shuts up.  If he got scammed, let that be an education for him.  He wouldn't be the first or last person to fall for something a retarded child would recognize as a scam.  Some people can't be helped.