How I almost got scammed out of $4000

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Mano2516

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I often get paid in crypto for my marketing services! yesterday the guy messaged me, he introduced himself as marketer of a well-known product that I'm familiar with. he said he wanted to buy a market research research from me for $3,000.

I made a plan, sent it to him, he approved it. We discussed payment — USDT.

He makes the transfer and writes: "oh sorry, accounting accidentally sent 6999 (like 7k) instead of 3k — can you return 4k?" i say, sure, no problem. he sends a wallet address.

Typically I receive payments to my trust wallet, but this payment I received on my coca card. I had no more than $110 on me, so at the last minute I realized that it's not 6999, it's 6.999 — meaning just 7 dollars.

I tell him this is a scam and he quickly deleted our chat. Seems so simple, but I almost sent him 4k back. A lot of people here use and revieve money in crypto, so keep attention!
 
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That's like a level one on the crazy crypto scams. When I was younger and more new, I have been:
1. Honeypotted
2. Scam token swapped
3. Phishing linked
etc. etc.

The reality is that the industry is 95% scammers of varying sophistication. Though nothing has cost me as much as paper handing BTC/BNB/SOL. Meanwhile ethereum is where it has been forever. lol
 
DangerJones said:
That's like a level one on the crazy crypto scams. When I was younger and more new, I have been:
1. Honeypotted
2. Scam token swapped
3. Phishing linked
etc. etc.

The reality is that the industry is 95% scammers of varying sophistication. Though nothing has cost me as much as paper handing BTC/BNB/SOL. Meanwhile ethereum is where it has been forever. lol
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LOL, funny, buy I loose more money on mem coins that on scammers!
 
Mano2516 said:
LOL, funny, buy I loose more money on mem coins that on scammers!
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No exaggeration, when I was buying into the hype and letting the greed take the wheel, I had a run when I was up $200,000 across portfolio, a matter of a two month downturn I lost approx 2/3rds of that. Meanwhile most scammers have taken from me directly was maybe $4-5,000 USD before I wised up.

You know the saying, no crying in the casino.
 
thanks for sharing this man. BHW is a great place but unfortunately scammers are everywhere $4000 is a huge amount and I'm glad you spotted the red flags in time It’s a good reminder for everyone to always use Escrow for big deals.
 
DangerJones said:
No exaggeration, when I was buying into the hype and letting the greed take the wheel, I had a run when I was up $200,000 across portfolio, a matter of a two month downturn I lost approx 2/3rds of that. Meanwhile most scammers have taken from me directly was maybe $4-5,000 USD before I wised up.

You know the saying, no crying in the casino.
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In NOV 2025 I but 70% profit on all my investments in crypto! But, I thought that time that it is ONLY start of the bullrun, but ib fact it was THE END! So not I had 30% from all that I invested
 
Mano2516 said:
In NOV 2025 I but 70% profit on all my investments in crypto! But, I thought that time that it is ONLY start of the bullrun, but ib fact it was THE END! So not I had 30% from all that I invested
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Hey at least we walked away with something. Imagine having to tell your grandkids you were robbed by:
1. A Squirrel coin bc the police killed it
2. A president coin
3. country themed coins
4. whatever the emerging meme coin was based on the current highest tracking meme (I still hate the ice bowl morning routine guy)
5. Some made up "trust me bro its gud tek, best dev" token based on nonsensical whitepapers that sounded cool.

But either way, it was fun and made for some good stories. :D
 
He should’ve at least checked how much USDT you had in your wallet before donating that $6.999 to you lol.

AZ Ranking1 said:
BHW is a great place but unfortunately scammers are everywhere $4000 is a huge amount and I'm glad you spotted the red flags in time It’s a good reminder for everyone to always use Escrow for big deals.
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That didn't happen on BHW.
 
RoboTech said:
He should’ve at least checked how much USDT you had in your wallet before donating that $6.999 to you lol.



That didn't happen on BHW.
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Nope, not on BHW

DangerJones said:
Hey at least we walked away with something. Imagine having to tell your grandkids you were robbed by:
1. A Squirrel coin bc the police killed it
2. A president coin
3. country themed coins
4. whatever the emerging meme coin was based on the current highest tracking meme (I still hate the ice bowl morning routine guy)
5. Some made up "trust me bro its gud tek, best dev" token based on nonsensical whitepapers that sounded cool.

But either way, it was fun and made for some good stories. :D
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I was robbed by a green frog!! But the most I robbed by Trump, because I am tired of winning)) Mr. President, please stop it)
 
Mano2516 said:
In NOV 2025 I but 70% profit on all my investments in crypto! But, I thought that time that it is ONLY start of the bullrun, but ib fact it was THE END! So not I had 30% from all that I invested
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I think Crypto Will Rise again :) hoping So
 
ajithroshan123 said:
I think Crypto Will Rise again :) hoping So
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I hope! My mistake was not only the thing, that I hav e not sold when I have 70% profit! I also do not seel later, when some coins "moon" till last year, and I could sell big part of my fortolio in 0, so no losses no some coins. I did not seel anything) And if I sold some tokens – I bought another crypto!! So all money stay in crypto)))) Profits go in next losses
 
did you end up sending the 4k back to his wallet address or what happened next
 
the trick that almost got you is one of the oldest USDT decimal scams running rn, the flip from 6,999 USDT to 6.999 USDT plus a fake transfer screenshot. ngl this one snags experienced people because the amount lands in your wallet and your brain pattern matches confirmed payment before checking decimals.

few flags I look for before agreeing to any return transfer:
- decimal placement on the actual USDT received not the screenshot, especially when the amount is close to a clean round number like 7k versus 7
- payment from a wallet with zero history versus one with prior outflows
- urgency in the message, every overpayment scam I have seen leans hard on time pressure
- asking for return to a wallet different from the sender wallet, a real accounting fix lands back to origin

basic rule that has saved me twice: any payment over 500 USD I wait 3 confirmations and check the chain explorer balance before agreeing to any return or correction. for marketing services the scammers also love to add a fake invoice screenshot showing a higher amount paid, always ignore the screenshot and trust the chain. glad you caught this one before the 4k went out
 
Ditirixi said:
the trick that almost got you is one of the oldest USDT decimal scams running rn, the flip from 6,999 USDT to 6.999 USDT plus a fake transfer screenshot. ngl this one snags experienced people because the amount lands in your wallet and your brain pattern matches confirmed payment before checking decimals.

few flags I look for before agreeing to any return transfer:
- decimal placement on the actual USDT received not the screenshot, especially when the amount is close to a clean round number like 7k versus 7
- payment from a wallet with zero history versus one with prior outflows
- urgency in the message, every overpayment scam I have seen leans hard on time pressure
- asking for return to a wallet different from the sender wallet, a real accounting fix lands back to origin

basic rule that has saved me twice: any payment over 500 USD I wait 3 confirmations and check the chain explorer balance before agreeing to any return or correction. for marketing services the scammers also love to add a fake invoice screenshot showing a higher amount paid, always ignore the screenshot and trust the chain. glad you caught this one before the 4k went out
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Thank you! Have yopu heared about drainer? Some people want to exchange crypto into cash or something else and fake exchanges send them "app" where they can see if thay had dirty crypto. AML test. And they agreed and than scammed! Also I saw advertising of trust wallet card. Interesting thing, trust wallet doesn had a card!
 
Sorry to hear that, man. Thanks for sharing, people need to be reminded that if it looks too good to be true, it almost always is
 
Mano2516 said:
I often get paid in crypto for my marketing services! yesterday the guy messaged me, he introduced himself as marketer of a well-known product that I'm familiar with. he said he wanted to buy a market research research from me for $3,000.

I made a plan, sent it to him, he approved it. We discussed payment — USDT.

He makes the transfer and writes: "oh sorry, accounting accidentally sent 6999 (like 7k) instead of 3k — can you return 4k?" i say, sure, no problem. he sends a wallet address.

Typically I receive payments to my trust wallet, but this payment I received on my coca card. I had no more than $110 on me, so at the last minute I realized that it's not 6999, it's 6.999 — meaning just 7 dollars.

I tell him this is a scam and he quickly deleted our chat. Seems so simple, but I almost sent him 4k back. A lot of people here use and revieve money in crypto, so keep attention!
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Yeah crypto fraud is very good and it was luck from your part to notice. Anyways well done! You haven't lost any money. Some crypto scammers in my country managed to get almost 4 million I think from older people who don't know how to use cryptocurrencies.
 
Mano2516 said:
He makes the transfer and writes: "oh sorry, accounting accidentally sent 6999 (like 7k) instead of 3k — can you return 4k?" i say, sure, no problem. he sends a wallet address.
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Typically these kind of scams really seems to be workout with scammers because in general we never go deeper into what is happening in the present situation and I am really glad to hear that you have saved yourself and shared with the whole community to be more careful
 
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