Have I been Scammed??

[Odusko]

100% scammed, you have lost your money and you should just move one and that telegram group is most untrusted and unsafe for you to be a member, and also almost all the members of such telegram groups are members of the same scamming group and for you to contact them is your gateway to kore confusion and that is why the member you make that inquiry from told you that everyone gets paid.
It's a network system that their works together and shares the loot based on percentage,  so I advise you to move on from such a platform and just buy and hold your Bitcoin in your wallet to avoid allowing third parties to hold your coins.

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[Timbo02]

I invested with someone(moderator) of a group on Telegram called Worklite Uni Options, her name is Lora. I did some research and did not find anything bad. I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people). It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits. There is also a website called Capital Base Traders where I can see my profit. Not knowing what a TVN is or where to get one, I didn’t have one, she said I could get one from a TVN programmer or vendor. So she kindly gave me one of her contacts which is a TVN programmer. It all just seems fishy to me. I haven’t contacted him yet, but figuring they will want money to get a TVN. Is this normal or does it appear to be a scam? Thanks for any help!

From the beginning of your write up till the end is just smelling scam and scam. This why when people post their scam experience I do not discourage them. No matter how repeated a scam has been, no matter how cheap it is that you think no one will fall for it. There's one person somewhere who is ready to fall by all means.

You joined a telegram group and all the members of that group was there before you, and you now asked them whether or not the group is a scam. You were just asking a scammer if he is a scammer or not.

If this isn't a made up story, I will just say 'sorry', you are scammed. Do not contact anyone for any number for such numbers do not exist.

Ok thanks! It is definitely not a made up story, I will post her remarks from telegram and her wallet id later when I get home.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people)

Although if you follow this step, it could help you figure out if it was a scam or not, what you must know is that, in groups like that, after a victim has been scammed and duped off a huge amount of money, the scammers will remove him or her from the group. I almost fell victim to this kind of stuff some years ago, but it was not a telegram but rather on WhatsApp. There were more than 100 people in that group, and to be sure that it was a trusted platform for investment, I decided to send a DM to the members, requesting to know if they had truly benefited from the system before, and those members said yes and even showed me evidence of payment received. 

I felt convinced and was almost on the verge of investing when someone joined the group, I guess through a referral link, and then he began to rain abuse on the moderator of that group, calling him a cheap scammer. Immediately, he was removed from the group, and his comments were deleted. That was how I got saved. 

So, what I am trying to say is that, even if there are a lot of members in such a group and they are giving good reviews about the platform, don't be fooled by them, it could still be them and their leagues of friends who have well planned how to scam people. 

[PX-Z]

Ok thanks! It is definitely not a made up story, I will post her remarks from telegram and her wallet id later when I get home.

Where did you find their info, website and telegram group? How much have you sent to the scammers? What is the rate percentage they offering for their investment scheme that encourage you to invest and trust them?

Having a little knowledge on how an obvious scam works is really scary, you could end up lossing your savings in just one click.

[Moreno233]

I invested with someone(moderator) of a group on Telegram called Worklite Uni Options, her name is Lora. I did some research and did not find anything bad. I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people). It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits. There is also a website called Capital Base Traders where I can see my profit. Not knowing what a TVN is or where to get one, I didn’t have one, she said I could get one from a TVN programmer or vendor. So she kindly gave me one of her contacts which is a TVN programmer. It all just seems fishy to me. I haven’t contacted him yet, but figuring they will want money to get a TVN. Is this normal or does it appear to be a scam? Thanks for any help!

I will go straight to the point: both the moderator and all active members of the group are working together to scam people and you have just become one of their victim. It is good you brought this to this forum so you will learn more and be better equipped to protect yourself in the future. As for this present deal, count your loss and move on. Don't contact anyone regarding this, leave the group, change your Telegram setting so that no one can add you into random groups and ensure you be mindful of the kind of groups you join.

Some of the important lessons you need to learn from this are:

• If it is too good to be true, then it isn't. In other words, never put your money into what look enticing, it is definitely a scam
• Learn to invest in Bitcoin and other notable altcoins and manage your portfolio yourself and not through anyone.
• Most of us here have fallen into different scams, you will neither be the first nor the last, so forgive yourself and don't quit investing in cryptocurrency because of it

[Olufav]

I quite sympathize with you because, that seam to be the case.
You invested money in company, when the time for you to get your profit was due, all of a sudden you were required of  verification code before you could access your profits.
Of which you were never told of this code from the beginning, rather you only got to know of when it was to make your harvest, this clearly explains that something is really wrong somewhere,  mind your there's no point crying over a spilled milk because the deed has been done already.

In regards to your question, "HAVE YOU BEEN SCAMMED?
OF COURSE YOU'VE BEEN SCAMMED

1. You claimed to have done some research, how detailed was it?
2. What form of research was it?
3. How legitimate was your findings?
4. Lastly you asked some members if they've been paid, how are you sure that these same people you asked are not the same group of people who set up the program?


Lets face the reality. You invested money, where was the money put into use ? Because for you to gain a profit after an investment, the money have been put into some usage.   for example when you save money in the bank, the money is lent out to individuals who repays them with interest, the interest is then shared and you get part of it as your  profit,

Take some companies for example, when you invest money, the money is used to purchase  manual and mechanical labourer that generates more money. So fort and so on.

In some online business, you spend your time and data to do some advert, there are people who gain more from i.e those who created the web, bcos the more viewers you get the more they gain and in return you are paid handsomely if am correct. stuffs like that, check it out, you'd see you are working for it. And it's results is realistic.

It's just too ridiculous for some to tell you to put in your money into some where and within a space of 21 days you'd get a profit, even banks doesn't even give profit within such a short period of time.

It has happened already, just let it slide. Forget the verification code because that may be another trick or
 Means of luring you to waste more money. SHAKIRA WILL ALWAYS SAY "NO BODY LEARNS WITHOUT GETTING IT WRONG". You made a mistake now and you should learn from it,
Next time when making investigation, try to find out IN WHICH WAYS WILL THE MONEY BE UTILIZE TO GENERATE ITS PROFIT. Its very important, if it can't be explained properly, then it's not worth it.

I might have the knowledge and skills to buy and  sell but may not have the resources such as money, hence may need the money from you, still the profit may not come that fast or be the big, as business can have some ups and down.
Everyone wants to sit at home with crossed leg and have their account booming with money without any work.  If that be the case, working is not worth it.


If those means of theirs were worth it (i.e if it weren't A SCAM) do you think they will have the time to let you in on it where they have their relatives and generations to come whom they they could gather all the money and store them up for them??.

I've said my little opinion. Thank you.

[Marvelman]

Ok thanks! It is definitely not a made up story, I will post her remarks from telegram and her wallet id later when I get home.

Yeah, for sure, post that stuff if you can.  Putting out her messages and wallet ID and whatnot would totally help other folks not get scammed too.  I know you gotta keep some stuff private, but anything you can show about how she pulled this off is good.  Details like that let people spot these scumbags in the future.! So yeah, share what you can so we can slam the door on these jerks.

[Kwarkam]

To you and anyone who stumbles across this text. If for any reason, after depositing for an 'investment' with an online company, you are told of any extra payments, which was not made known to you, prior to the deposit, dont let them scam you again. It's clear as day that it's a scam. Even as you said you did your background check and everything was good, it's just one of two things.. the scammers were really good, or you did a poor check.
Asking group members if they had received profits seems like a rational thing to do, you may just be texting one of the scammer's/scammers' many accounts.
For example, you are scammed. Who do you take legal actions against? There was no entity presented from the start.
Bottom line is you've been scammed.

[Asuspawer09]

I invested with someone(moderator) of a group on Telegram called Worklite Uni Options, her name is Lora. I did some research and did not find anything bad. I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people). It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits. There is also a website called Capital Base Traders where I can see my profit. Not knowing what a TVN is or where to get one, I didn’t have one, she said I could get one from a TVN programmer or vendor. So she kindly gave me one of her contacts which is a TVN programmer. It all just seems fishy to me. I haven’t contacted him yet, but figuring they will want money to get a TVN. Is this normal or does it appear to be a scam? Thanks for any help!

For sure you just got scammed and I doubt that you still going to get your money back since you already sent it to them, I mean there are tons of scammers, especially on the telegram platform that is doing this kind of thing, similar to this one that is someone asking for investment, It was a pretty basic way to scam people in telegram asking cryptocurrency investments. There are already tons of cases that is similar to this one so for sure your included in it already.

I mean that was pretty obvious that it was a scam, you can't just trust anyone on Telegram since you don't really know him, It's already a thing that Telegram has a lot of these scammers so it was obvious already from the start If you wanted to invest on cryptocurrency and Bitcoin what you need to do is invest on your own do your own research and never let anyone invest for you. Doing some kind of research or background check for sure is not going to work especially on Telegram, it is very easy to make an account on Telegram so searching about there made up names and companies is your not going to find anything about it so there will be no reviews something like that. You should have been extra careful because you don't really know these people, I mean just searching this Worklite Uni Options company thing on Google doesn't even appear any kind of website so that's already a red flag, you should never give or invest some money, you should only do it by yourself.

[Kwarkam]

Next time when making investigation, try to find out IN WHICH WAYS WILL THE MONEY BE UTILIZE TO GENERATE ITS PROFIT. Its very important, if it can't be explained properly, then it's not worth it..

It seems to me like you don't understand the extent to which scammers go. 2024. Do you think they're dumb? It's their job to outsmart or rather, manipulate people. Do you think they cannot answer a shallow question as that. These people run fake companies, so there has to be a foundation on which it is built, because the intention is to be deceitful.
If you seriously think this, then you are at risk too.
You could be scammed if you are told where the money is going.
The thing is, the money doesn't go there. That's why it's a scam.
The more you know

[Egii Nna]

It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits.

This is the fishiest part of the scam, which is why all those that you did research on told you that it worked and was not a scam. Two things might be involved: either those you review and research are together with the scammer, or they also didn’t discover yet that it is a scam. That is why they assured you about the scheme, because not only you but many other people have been victims of such scams, which I usually discourage them from stopping because I take it as greediness. What I mean by greed is that when you are brought to or referred to the group, they will ask you to invest a token. After you do that, they will still say that you should also refer other people so that you can get more bonuses. This is how they usually do it to get more clients that they will scam. And that is the point I see as the greedy point because, even though you need people to refer you, you still tell them the scheme is reliable and trustworthy. They have been working for several years, which you know is just a lie. You are doing it to get a bonus.
 
I have already studied this type of pounzi scheme for a long time because many of my friends have been victims, and they will try to refer me, but when I discover that it is a scam, I won’t involve myself in it. How the scammers usually do it is that they will create an app or a website, then upload their information to make all researchers look doomed, then they will create a telegram or WhatsApp group, and then the first client they have, the scammer will start paying them to benefit.
 
Because if you invest, you are not going to work; the only work they do is refer others, so when they keep paying their clients, their clients will feel like the scheme deserves to be a good one, not a scam. That is when the scammers will be getting more and more clients to invest. After the scammer gets the amount he wants, that is when he will start telling you that all the money you have in the scheme wallet can’t be removed unless you follow some procedures. That is when he will scatter everything and end up running because no one knows him.
 
So any mistake in life is a lesson, so mate, don’t feel bad, take this experience as a lesson, and take care next time not to trust in this nature again. 

[knowngunman]

I invested with someone(moderator) of a group on Telegram called Worklite Uni Options, her name is Lora. I did some research and did not find anything bad. I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people). It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits.

Telegram investment and you said you couldn't find anything bad? Is there anything worse than investing with someone on telegram? Absolutely none! Unless you are new to internet, everyone knows Telegram as a scam zone. From your narration, it's very obvious you have been scammed and an attempt to recover that funds might lead to more fund being lost. There's no investment in crypto other than HODL. It baffle me how people seek for cure when there's opportunity to prevent the incident. I assume you know this forum exists but you wait until you get scammed before coming to ask for help. You could have come here to ask before proceeding to invest if you truly did a throughly research.

It actually hurts when you fall victim to things like this and I hope it is not a huge amount. The good thing about this experience is that you can never repeat such mistake again unless you willingly want to. You lost some resources but experience is gain in return and also led you to where more knowledge about crypto is being discussed every day. There is virtually no platform that is completely scam free but such cases are rare here but don't send money to anyone for investment of any kind. However, you can seek advice for guidance on investment in case you want to venture into any kind.

[NotATether]

Unfortunately, you have been scammed. Reaching out to telegram users with randomly-named accounts like this is a common way to scam people. Especially if they start talking to you about investing your money on some site you've never heard of.

My suggestion is to not reply to those kind of people if they say Hello or anything like that. Just ignore them so that they leave you alone.

[Lida93]

I invested with someone(moderator) of a group on Telegram called Worklite Uni Options, her name is Lora. I did some research and did not find anything bad. I did contact a lot of the members for reviews or if they had been paid and no bad reviews, everyone got paid per plan, thought surely not everyone lieing (10 people). It was a 21 day payout. My 21 days is up and now all of a sudden she wants a TVN (trade verification number or code) to verify my profits for her server to send my profits.

In one way or another we have to pay for our ignorance and lack of right information. No offense  mate, you have just been scammed.
Those other persons you claim to have contact within the telegram group are either a multiple accounts of same person (scammer) or accounts of his colleagues in the scamming business. They have a kind of alliance where they act like neutral members in each owned telegram group and when you as a totally different catch (victim) makes the mistake of being added into the group through any link it's easy for you to fall hearing from the testimonials of others in the group you might be thinking are just common different persons in the platform, not knowing they are a clique. And secondly, it may not be a she, it could be a she claiming to be a female.

There is also a website called Capital Base Traders where I can see my profit. Not knowing what a TVN is or where to get one, I didn’t have one, she said I could get one from a TVN programmer or vendor. So she kindly gave me one of her contacts which is a TVN programmer. It all just seems fishy to me. I haven’t contacted him yet, but figuring they will want money to get a TVN. Is this normal or does it appear to be a scam? Thanks for any help!

There is no TVN anywhere, in fact, such program doesn't exist if you must know. Take it as a loss, and avoid making a second loss by not bothering yourself to contact whosoever she asked you to contact as a programmer. It could still be same person or one of her co-scammer which it's evident that you will be asked to pay another money for the TVN to be made available to you.

If you make a mistake to pay for the TVN to be given which I strongly believe it won't be giving to you but rather they will redirect you to another person for another requirements who will also request you pay money still. And the circle will keep going till you get tired and forgo but by then your losses would have been multiple.

How do I know this? I have seen and also had direct many experiences of similar nature. So I know what am saying, but Op if you doubt you could still give yours a shot.

[FatFork]

Next time when making investigation, try to find out IN WHICH WAYS WILL THE MONEY BE UTILIZE TO GENERATE ITS PROFIT. Its very important, if it can't be explained properly, then it's not worth it..

It seems to me like you don't understand the extent to which scammers go. 2024. Do you think they're dumb? It's their job to outsmart or rather, manipulate people. Do you think they cannot answer a shallow question as that. These people run fake companies, so there has to be a foundation on which it is built, because the intention is to be deceitful.
If you seriously think this, then you are at risk too.
You could be scammed if you are told where the money is going.
The thing is, the money doesn't go there. That's why it's a scam.
The more you know

The more you know, the less chance of being scammed! I hope that's what you wanted to say in your last sentence.

You are not wrong, scammers nowadays are definitely smarter and more sophisticated than ever before.  Their elaborate schemes can trick even savvy folks if we're not careful.  But we can beat them at their own game by asking tons of questions and really doing our homework before sending money or sharing personal information. 

So, Olufav is also right when he says that it is important to ask questions. We really do gotta stay sharp out there by verifying things, trusting our gut feelings, and not being afraid to poke holes in slick stories from strangers. If someone wants your money or data, make them work for it!

[Mrbluntzy]

This sounds like the kind of stories and complains I hear almost all the time both in real life and also on the social space. You need to know that there are several ideas used by those scammers and you also have to be very (very!!) Smart while on the internet space. You will come across several scams and they will look very real and legit, only if you act smart, then you will not become their victim.

Because of this kinds of stories and also from experience, I created these two topics.

Unless the prime suspect is caught, everyone is a suspect.
Social media is a breeding ground for scamers, be intelligent while you explore

[Kelward]

The hand writing is just clear on the wall mate, you have been scammed. First all this investment and get a reward after some few days are clear Ponzi schemes. What they do is to start up well and pay the first set of individuals and this individual spread the word around and when more people come into it they rug pull or set another barrier like they just do now that to get some people block.

The 10 people you messaged on Telegram will definitely be a group of the scammers replying to you so you can pay for that TVN shit. Simple advice run with the money remain and forget about the already lost ones. For future reference no one likes you much on social media to give you a money milking investment.

The handwriting was crystal clear on the wall when he was promised a big reward in a few days if he invests in their project, nobody gives free money on the internet, they've got family and friends, except it's a Ponzi. So clearly they'll pay the early investors so they can advertise and rate them legit, and as investors increases, they'll give unrealistic conditions before they'll claim their reward and eventually they'll vanish. Let the OP minimize his lose and not contact the crony contact that was given to him, unless another phase of scam will continue from there.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

Is this normal or does it appear to be a scam? Thanks for any help!

 SCAM! SCAM!! SCAMMED!!!

Abnormal  the condition is not what your started with before, in case like this one don't need prophet to tell it's a scam, I search on my telegram but have not seen such name. Not all transactions or work on telegram is genuine many scammers use telegram mostly some airdrop and presale if shiltcoin and altcoin.

[Peanutswar]

Possibly most of the scene is a scam, they direct you to a different platform, offering a good-to-be-true profit, you don't need anything and let them handle it. Make a return after one cycle of investment. They are just letting their investors know that they are not scams. If you see it like this, it is better to step away it's just a Ponzi scheme. Based on your story, it seems like that moderator will not bring back anything, feel sorry for your money this could be a charge to experience to you. This lesson on your side is better to make yourself knowledgeable about the possible scams, and attacks so you can protect yourself and even your money.

[Rustam Meraj]

Possibly most of the scene is a scam, they direct you to a different platform, offering a good-to-be-true profit, you don't need anything and let them handle it. Make a return after one cycle of investment. They are just letting their investors know that they are not scams. If you see it like this, it is better to step away it's just a Ponzi scheme. Based on your story, it seems like that moderator will not bring back anything, feel sorry for your money this could be a charge to experience to you. This lesson on your side is better to make yourself knowledgeable about the possible scams, and attacks so you can protect yourself and even your money.

It is good to be cautious when it comes to investment opportunities that seem too good to be true. And everyone knows ponzi schemes often rely on promising higher returns with no effort required from the investor only to disappear with the money once they collect the money according to their taste. By the way It is good to educate oneself about potential scams and protect them from fall victim to such schemes. And it is always be good to be safe other than sorry when it comes to investing money.