Beowolf Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) I posted a story here about a year and a half ago, witch did not go down well with the condecending part of the members. (No, that would never happen to me. I`m too smart, Etc.). However, I lost my 80,000 dollar, and there was nothing else to do than live with it. Here in Thailand you can mention Crypto to a policeman, and you get those big brown, cow eyes staring back at you. Now, after all this time, I have managed to save enough to get my daughter and me back to our home country. Tonight, I got a weird phone call. The woman said she worked at Blockchain.com and her name was Jennifer Smith. She said her company was in posession of the block chain where also my money was, plus the bonus from the increased value of Bitcoin, together 150.000 US. I said I need a day to check her out, because she is most likely a scammer. So I`m asking the members if you ever have come across this name. It`s probably a fake name, but you never know. Or if someone from Blockchain.com have approached you. It`s a long shot, but I need to try every avenue, before I hang up on somebody that actually is telling the truth. Thanks! Edited June 2, 2021 by Beowolf 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Logosone Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 Is this a work of fiction? Will there be a movie? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Maha Sarakham Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 Jennifer Smith from Blockchain.com.... sounds legit. 2 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaiko Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 definitely scam. Someone from Blockchain will never call. Also a lot of scammers on FB . They use messenger. One said he worked at blockchain and he wanted to help and asked me if I still had the words needed for a password recovery.. Then I new something was wrong. if you have a problem you have to submit a request on their website and someone will help you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covidiot Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 (edited) I was on another thread trolling the crypto boys and I wasn't too popular. Criminals in crypto? Who'da thunk, what with all the fake exorbitant rates being dangled around. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. Edited June 2, 2021 by covidiot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Beowolf said: I posted a story here about a year and a half ago, witch did not go down well with the condecending part of the members. (No, that would never happen to me. I`m too smart, Etc.). However, I lost my 80,000 dollar, and there was nothing else to do than live with it. Whatever you think you invested in, it wasn't crypto. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heng Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Would be curious to read the original story. What's the thread title? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Poet said: Whatever you think you invested in, it wasn't crypto. I wonder if it was a Ponzi like OneCoin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Poet Posted June 2, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2021 57 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: I wonder if it was a Ponzi like OneCoin According to Wikipedia, "OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme promoted as a cryptocurrency by Bulgaria-based offshore companies". Unlike a real crypto, you could not take possession of your own coins. Your "coins" existed only on their website, and that was the only place you could exchange them. The amount you could convert back cash was restricted. I doubt that anyone capable of posting in a forum could be stupid enough to fall for that. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Cipher Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Poet said: I doubt that anyone capable of posting in a forum could be stupid enough to fall for that. I dunno man, have you ever been on ThaiVis...wait. 1 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fdsa Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Poet said: I doubt that anyone capable of posting in a forum could be stupid enough to fall for that. one guy wants to throw 25'000 USD to some shady "investments" website that accept only cryptocurrencies and online money, no card or wire transfer: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1219025-bixo-fintech-which-investment-package-should-i-chose/ sometimes I wonder how do people get that much money if they are that stupid. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covidiot Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, fdsa said: shady "investments" website that accept only cryptocurrencies so crypto is legit, but a site where you need to pay in crypto is automatically shady? never mind. i don't want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fdsa Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, covidiot said: so crypto is legit, but a site where you need to pay in crypto is automatically shady? never mind. i don't want to know. you crypto-adversaries are great in picking phrases out of context. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post covidiot Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 Just now, fdsa said: you crypto-adversaries are great in picking phrases out of context. crypto adversary is too weak a word for me. i'm a crypto denier! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, covidiot said: i'm a crypto denier! you crypto-deniers are great in picking phrases out of context. 50 minutes ago, fdsa said: accept only cryptocurrencies and online money, no card or wire transfer this is what a legit website that accepts cryptocurrencies looks like: this is what a scam website looks like: (note the auto-translated text from Russian/Indian language to English) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
covidiot Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 haha, if they only take rubles or crypto, run away! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ventenio Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 Likely 100% LEGIT......Here's my story... Worked as a programmer in 2005........got about 5000 coins from a friend to buy some dinner. had it in a flash drive, small little thing. biked around the city, and this flash drive fell into a river and it was eaten (I saw it!!) by a small fish. I luckily had a tracker on me, and immediately used my dart gun to place the tracker on the fish (no harm). Then my tracker was stolen as the fish was near Japan....eaten by a bigger fish, likely......tracker stolen because I learned I had 50,000 coins instead. Now I get a call from Billie Bob Smith Tony, who says they caught a fish and found my flash drive with my name and number on it.... They want 109,083,839 dollars, which luckily I have. I wired them the money this morning.......can't wait to get my 50,000 coins!!!!! 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Poet said: According to Wikipedia, "OneCoin is a Ponzi scheme promoted as a cryptocurrency by Bulgaria-based offshore companies". Unlike a real crypto, you could not take possession of your own coins. Your "coins" existed only on their website, and that was the only place you could exchange them. The amount you could convert back cash was restricted. I doubt that anyone capable of posting in a forum could be stupid enough to fall for that. They took billions of dollars, all round the world people were suckered in by greed. This is an excellent podcast about it. Definitely listen to it if you haven't already Edited June 3, 2021 by scubascuba3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ukrules Posted June 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2021 4 hours ago, covidiot said: crypto adversary is too weak a word for me. i'm a crypto denier! I think your forum nickname sums it up quite nicely. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabhand Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Talking about scams and the like........ https://www.valforex.com/bixo-fintech-review-another-crypto-investment-scam/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1FinickyOne Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 We should all have our own currency: I am going to call mine... 'I can't believe it's not money' 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 9:00 PM, Beowolf said: Tonight, I got a weird phone call. The woman said she worked at Blockchain.com and her name was Jennifer Smith. Did she have a Nigerian accent? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 How many Crypto's created last week....there are just too many now. regards Worgeoprdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mvdf Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 4:00 PM, Beowolf said: The woman said she worked at Blockchain.com and her name was Jennifer Smith When you are contacted by a stranger for any reason, it's a scam... ALWAYS. Never believe what they say. My strategy is to simply hold the coins forever until I wake up one day and the market says it's worth enough to convert to cash. I bought my coins 10 years ago and kept them since then. ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 If you did not give them your private keys they have no way to access it. I'm not sure how you lost your 80K. Did you sell your tokens at loss? If you never sold them they are still yours. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, rwill said: I'm not sure how you lost your 80K. Did you sell your tokens at loss? If you never sold them they are still yours. Assuming that he ever had them in the first place - - as in - 'wire us your money and we will send you all the pertinent information to access your crypto account ' but a week later, the money is gone and so is the 'worlds largest crypto dealer' who probably guarantees the best rates and services and millions of satisfied customers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted June 8, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2021 Every time one of these threads appears, I think of tulips and the South Sea. A collection of electrons somewhere in cyberspace, administered by invisible facilitators? What could possibly go wrong? I have never heard of anyone who owned gold going bust. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Troll ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 3 hours ago, mvdf said: When you are contacted by a stranger for any reason, it's a scam... ALWAYS. Never believe what they say. My strategy is to simply hold the coins forever until I wake up one day and the market says it's worth enough to convert to cash. I bought my coins 10 years ago and kept them since then. ???? I hope you have several backups in the different geographic locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvdf Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, fdsa said: I hope you have several backups in the different geographic locations. Yes, backed up on 2 Trezor devices. The first Trezor in a safe deposit box with HSBC. The second Trezor and the handwritten 12 words in another safe deposit box with another bank. Hints for the 12 words are stored in my 1Password app. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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