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Scams & frauds

How to tell if its a scam ?

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It's a scam if -
  • It’s not Bitcoin BTC
  • someone rings you up
  • someone tries to sell you
  • It’s called "crypto"
  • It’s backed by a bank
  • It’s backed by government
  • It’s backed by a company
  • there is a premine
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Bitcoin BTC is the original.  All other coins are Scams or copies- WHY ?

   Some coins require a "premine" and to be issued by an entity. "Ill make 100,000,000 of my new coin, but first put 10,000,000 in my pocket then sell the rest and ill be a millionaire". (pre-mine scam).

Copies

Van Gogh. Which one do you want ?
​(the original one)

   Bitcoin is the original. There was a spell of copies with allegedly better tech. If better tech is created it can always be assimilated into BTC. It will take you a year or so to truly get to know the truth of this. Most others are scams especially - Bitconnect, Squidgame, XRP, Bitcoin Cash / Bitcoin SV / Bitcoin ABC. 
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Latest crypto scam section

Why do I need to prove I have money ?

The hook, a free coin when you scan your retina. Sound reasonable, right ?
Wrong.
Linked to an Ethereum wallet, which means you have to have Ethereum (the mother of all scams).
The website site looks wonderful until you try to push a button or link then nothing works. All shirt an no trousers.
You’ll give them this data for free they’ll attach it to all the other data their app steals from you, they’ll sell your data to the government & whoever, they’ll pump the price, some will empty their life savings into it (because people always fomo), then they’ll dump it leaving you holding 2 bags World coin - worthless fully Doxxed & Ethereum (the mother of all scams)

World Coin

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Artwork commissioned to FUD Bitcoin sponsored by Scammers
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   This is the latest scam doing the rounds on Twitter. You'll receive a message looking like this "Hi I'm a student - I don't know how to sell ---- coin". 
   If you look , there'll be a small amount, not enough gas to send. So you're supposed to add to the wallet so theirs enough to send. As soon as you do it will all disappear in a puff of smoke.

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Obvious Scam coin rouges gallery

Bitconnect

   Bitconnect (nothing to do with Bitcoin) was the classic SCAM / Ponzi scheme. A very large quantity of Bitconnect coins were pre-mined. The Hype was hyped - The price was pumped. Seeing the price rocketing, people bought in which made the price increase even more, up until the rug was pulled.
   The pre-mined coins where sold very quickly leaving investors or “bag holders” holding a "bag" of worthless coins.
​    This is what governments do to your savings, only much more slowly. Its called -
  • QE - Quantitate Easing
  • Increasing M1 money supply
  • Borrowing
  • Stimulus
  • Inflation

   Basically call it ANTHING other than money printing just to make your eyes glaze over with boredom.
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Squid game coin

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   Squid game - Let’s look at the rug pull (or rope pull :O ) - Lovely !
 Riding the viral popularity of the TV show to pull the suckers in. Good luck finding somewhere to sell.
   Recognise the pattern called Pump & Dump. For some reason we are hard wired to want to buy things when they are going up FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). Scammers & traders take advantage of this over & over again. You buy high, they sold to you, you are left holding the bag.
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Ethereum

Ethereum is more of a programable money experiment, a different animal completely. While I do not believe it has set out to be a deliberate scam. It does have draw backs I.E. A large pre-mine, a none fixed supply (which means bad actors could print some for them selfs).
Compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum is extremely complicated so is going to have much bigger scaling problems than Bitcoin ever did.
Ethereums is generally required to buy alt coins, but all alt coins are scams so Ethereums has no reason to exist.
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Bitcoin is not a company

   Bitcoin has no marketing budget, so unless it makes the news you are unlikely to hear about it, unlike scammers who do have a marketing budget usually paid to celebrities to hype there coin. I like bitcoin buy my shitcoin.
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Proof Of Work

What does it mean ?
  • Not easy to get
  • Mine it with electricity
  • Purchase it
  • Earn it
  • Dig it out the ground

Otherwise we could just use
  • Leaves 🍃🌱🍃🍂
  • Rocks 🪨🪨
  • Tulips🌷🌷
  • Or sand 🏖🏝🏖

Proof of work ensures a slow release of coins over time allows everyone to participate.
Why is it essential ?
Lets suppose for a minuet - No POW, whats to stop a premine ? Just like a spread sheet they can simply edit the number in their wallet. Hey presto they’re rich 🤑 !


All money is a SCAM !

Bitcoin is the only one that does not benefit a government, organization or individual.
There's nearly 5000 crypto currencies, at least 99% are Deliberate SCAMS the other 0.999% will go no where. Leaving in my opinion only 3 truly free currencies-
  • BITCOIN BTC
  • Gold
  • Silver

Copies and fakes

   Many people have copied Bitcoin, its easy theres even an actual website that will do it for you !
But do you want the original Mona Lisa or the copy ? Will everyone leave Facebook to go to a new social media website ? NO cos no one is on it. The value IS the NETWORK not the software.

Who does Bitcoin benefit ?

   Those who buy earliest and deepest will benefit most from the expected massive price rise. Ultimately mankind will benefit from having incorruptible money. Companies & Pensions will benefit from yield on their BTC.
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