#disclaimer i have never lost money because of these scammers before

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Welcome to DTT's gallery of useless text posts because I'm in the post-exam mood and bored!Today we shall discuss about:

"Obvious ways to NOT get scammed when opening commissions"

Now if you're a smart and capable human who's already so good at being an adult then you might not need these advices. But if you're kinda gullible and young and eat instant noodles for dinner sometimes like me, this post might be for you!

1. "You're up for commissions? DM me!"

See, these jerks probably follow the #commission tag on insta to find their easy target. You have the comm sheet right there clear as daylight and they STILL ask this thing in your post's comments. And they don't even want to DM you, YOU DM THEM! Absolutely horrible commission etiquette! I think it's best to ignore these comments even if you're not sure about their intentions.

2. Random acc with 2 posts and 200+ followers casually walks up to your DMs and says: "Will you draw my pet for 200$??"

Suuuper basic tactics for scammers to initiate their hustle. They're just soooo basic and soooo boring they can't come up with anything else for you to draw they HAVE to be like "I don't give a damn about what you usually do or what weird fandom hyperfixation pills you're on but here's an easy-to come-up-with art idea!". And a fricking fortune for pets portraits?? Come on.

Yes, check the account too if you smell something fishy. Even if it's profile is an innocent old looking lady who seems really rude at texting for some reasons, it's worth being cautious about.

3. "Aww man something's wrong with your PayPal link, can you send me your email name instead?"

Now of course I'm not saying everyone who wants a pet drawing is a scammer. If you're still unsure or see nothing suspicious about the client, feel free to continue the conversation!

But oh noooo, every damn time they seem to have some fricking issue with your PayPal link! They DEMAND to know your email! Or offer to send the payment in some really vague foreign way. Alrighty, no big deal yet, it's not like they want to know your Roblox password or GG search history right? Let's see what might happen next!

4. Nope, no payment sent, but oooo, new email! So fun, let's check!

BAM! An "official" mail from PayPal. Some weird issue occurred and *inserts bullcrap explanation* now you have to like, send them back 500$ out of nowhere! Wait, what?!

Calm down, don't do anything yet (even if the "client" is so rudely pressuring you cuz you 'own' them cash now) Go through everything as thorough like it's your life crisis and notice that this email has an embarrassing typo! Perhaps... this is not a PayPal mail? Well no crap! You know exactly who sent it you silly goose! Plus these losers do be using ugly ass fonts amirite? Smh.

5. They're so obviously not interested in your art

Some of these bastards are just so vague about what they want for their art, you know? Instead of going on and on about the details, like do they want it coloured or not, what the artstyle is, yada yada bla bla bla, all they're excited about is getting to the payment part! The fun part of the hustle, yayyyy!! Oh and they're oddly rude and distant in the way they talk sometimes. Unacceptable even for scammers! If you want my money at least be nice!

6. So what do you do with these guys?

Block, delete, report and run!! And if you're still mad at them for lying to you, don't forget to tell those mfs to get a life instead of trying to scam someone who already knows how to make terrible financial decisions!! (it's me, I'm someone)

Pls remember though, don't jump to conclusions early yet. Now you don't want to accidentally block an innocent respectful person, do you? Trust your instincts!

Aaaaand that's all I have! Thank you for reading this nonsense, you truly are a delight! Please be safe, be cautious and be a decent human being who don't try to scam people!

Love ♥️

[prorevenge]

Scam us for €250.000? We will ruin your life!

Disclaimer: I am fairly new to reddit in general so please keep that in mind when reading this. It may also seem like I am bragging in this story at times, but this is not the intent and it is all important information. Also, English is not my first language.

So this is a story that my mother and father recently told me about and I thought I should post it here. I was between the ages of 6 an 10 at the time so this is their version of the events. This story turned out to be longer than I planned so buckle up.

Scammer: SC

Two years later the house is finished, my family moves in and we start to socialize with the neighbours. A few parties were thrown because the street was now finished with the project of building all the houses and everybody wanted to meet their new neigbours. At one of these parties the topic of construction comes up. Most people didn't encounter big problems, but one neighbour complained about how he had to move his house because the plot he was given was smaller than the plot indicated in the contract he signed and how it had cost him a lot of money. Other neighbours then looked surprised and said they also received less land than indicated in the contract. It turned out SC had pulled the same trick with EVERYONE in the street, giving them exactly 20 square meters less. As there were 25 plots in the streets, this meant the amount he stole was €250.000. Everybody in the street was livid when they realized this. So the entire street decided to get back at him.

This is where the fun begins

Did I mention that this was a small town? Well, that meant almost everybody knew each other and that nothing exciting happened normally. A new street being finished was thus a daily topic for at least the next 2 months. So everybody in my street started talking about their new houses, and would occasionally drop the fact about how SC had practically stolen a lot of money from them and their neighbours. This of course was told over and over again until the entire village knew these allegations, and being a small town, juicy rumours like this last for what seems like forever. SC knew this, so he contacted pretty much everybody living in our street, begging us to stop talking about it, threatening us with legal action, etc. He never offered to give the money back though. Not that it would have mattered, everybody had already cut their losses and just wanted revenge at this point. So, SC was avoided on the street (he also lived in town), lost many clients and money, etc., although he still made enough money to live in the town.

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But the big blow had yet to come

The town council and mayor were quite satisfied with the fact that the plots of land were sold so quickly, and that the houses that were build looked so beautiful. They decided to make another plot of land available for another 3 streets with 70+ plots of land in total. Needless to say, every real estate agent from the surrounding area wanted to be the one to broker these plots. Initially, SC was the one who was appointed to do this. However, many people in the community reached out to the council and mayor, telling them to please reconsider their choice of appointing SC. The council and the mayor were sceptical at first, because they didn't know whether these rumours were true or not and they trusted SC, as the last project went so well. However, a few neighbours had friends who were members of the town council and they confirmed the rumours to be true. This eventually meant that SC was removed from the project. Being removed from such a big project was a huge red flag for everyone looking for a real estate agent, so eventually he stopped receiving new clients. 2 years after we had moved in he had moved out of town because of debts. His wife had also divorced him and he lost the custody battle of their daugther.

(source) story by (/u/Wout716)

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Decentralized Hedge Fund (DHF): An Honest Review from an Investor

I probably should have written this article a year ago but for good reason, I decided to wait just to be sure this subject will be worth writing about. These days, we are constantly bombarded by countless so-called opportunities to live the laptop lifestyle. Every Tom Dick and Harry is trying to sell you or refer you to the next big thing that will …‘’ Change your life’’. While it is definitely true that the internet age and social media have opened up possibilities never available to people before, they have also become channels for scammers, fraudsters, and just about anyone who will say anything to make a quick buck!

Nowhere else is this reality more evident than in the relatively new and quickly rising world of Cryptocurrency Investing. The very nature of these transactions characterized by their anonymity makes them quite attractive to cybercriminals and fraudsters. The promised returns of passive income continue to serve as an alluring bait for all classes of investors, experienced and newbies alike and so I foresee this ugly trend continuing. As prevalent as these schemes are, I have always been of the opinion that there are genuine, real, and profitable platforms out there. There must be! After all, fakes or counterfeits imply the existence of the ‘real or genuine. The ultimate challenge is finding and knowing what is ‘real or genuine’ and that could be like digging for diamonds. What's more, even if you do find them, only time can tell if they are indeed diamonds?

Even though I became aware of bitcoin about a decade ago, I never really thought much of it until quite recently and only got actively involved in cryptocurrency investing about 2 years ago. In that time, I must admit that I have fallen victim to many fraudulent schemes some of which, I should have known better than to have invested in. What is comforting though is that I learned a lot about how they operated and what red flags to look out for. Yes, I lost money, but not in a quantity I could not afford to lose. I consider it an investment in helping me figure out what works and what sucks!

About a year ago, I decided to invest in a platform amongst many others after watching a YouTube video. I didn’t think much of it then, it was one of my many ‘investment experiments’, Its name; Decentralized Hedge Fund. It had a serious ring to it but that was not why I joined, I joined because the referral program was unusually unattractive. You see, most cryptocurrency investment platforms (99.9% of them) are simply Ponzi Schemes or at best MLMs masquerading themselves as trading or investments platforms. They do not trade or make any actual investments even though some of them show trading charts on their websites. They simply pay existing investors with deposits made from new investors and so rely on a highly incentivized and attractive referral program to keep the funds following. Some of them pay you commissions ‘’5 levels deep’’. (Referrals of your referrals to the 5th generation)

It seemed rather interesting that DHF only paid $20 per referred person, something they refer to as an ‘activation fee’ and that was it. Asides from the $20 worth of crypto (Bitcoin/Etherium/USDT) a new investor had to deposit there was no minimum trading capital. The balance of your deposit goes into a trading pool where it is managed by artificial intelligence.

The AI trades several pairs of cryptocurrency daily and the live trades with their closing positions are available for anyone to see. Trading data goes all the way back to August 16th, 2019 and what is remarkable is they are have only posted profits month after month for over 2 years now. It has a cumulative profit from its inception of 265%. This equates to almost triple any amount invested in 2 years. Now, while this kind of return doesn’t sound as fantastic as those we’ve heard is possible and also seen in the crypto world, it is undeniably remarkable not only from a traditional investment perspective but also in high volatility /high-risk market where huge losses are and can be prevalent.

This is the first and only platform where I have actually been profitable and when I say profitable, I mean profit withdrawn into my exchange wallet, month after month. Profits usually range between 9%-12% every month. The deposited funds are held in USDT which is at par with the dollar value and so there is no risk from the volatility in the crypto market eroding your investment. It is more like a crypto wallet/savings account. Your funds are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365days a year to be withdrawn to your exchange wallet.

I have included the video above to better share my story and provide a step by step instructions on becoming a member. The summary is:

1. Sign up on the DHF and verify your account. (Additional security measures were recently adopted that may require you to have 2Factor Identification, an extra layer of security).

2. Get a wallet set up on an exchange like Coinbase (very newbie friendly) or Binance, there are a host of others as well. Do your research, these are the ones I use.

3. Purchase crypto to your wallet on the exchange in the amount you feel comfortable investing.

4. Send crypto to your DHF wallet: Only Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDT are accepted. Do not send any other currencies. The minimum amount is $20 worth of crypto for activation, the balance is credited to your account and included automatically in the trading pool.

5. Check back on the 1st of every month as that is when profits are credited to your DHF wallet less the 10% charged only on your profits as Management fees. If not withdrawn, profits become part of your trading pool and are compounded for the following month.

Pros:

Ø Decentralized exists on Ether Blockchain. (No human managers/owners, a smart contract Autonomously run by an AI)

Ø 24/7 hands-free automated trading

Ø No minimum deposit amount asides from the $20 one-time activation fee.

Ø Averages 9%-12% returns monthly at least since I joined 12 months ago.

Ø Profits compounded automatically if not withdrawn.

Ø Only a 1% withdrawal fee.

Ø Funds are available for withdrawal at all times.

Ø Funds are in a stable currency and so retains their value.

Ø Not an MLM or a Ponzi, no need to recruit anyone to earn a decent profit, unattractive referral program.

Ø Now in its 3rd year with 265% cumulative profits.

Ø Live trades showing profit and loss available all the way from August 16th, 2019.

Ø Never experienced a downtime for any reason in 12 months.

Cons:

Ø No customer support available.

Ø Profits are deposited only once a month.

Ø $40 minimum withdrawal.

Ø Inability to profit from an upswing in the market since coins are held in a stable currency.

In conclusion, the DHF isn’t a perfect platform but it has been life-changing for me, not necessarily in the monetary sense as I am a very conservative investor but in the sense that it has reaffirmed my belief that there are indeed genuine online opportunities out there.

Important Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor nor acting in any capacity as one. I am only sharing my story and journey so far with this platform. Please do your research and due diligence as investing in cryptocurrencies carries a high risk and you do so at your own risk... Only invest what you can afford to lose. Please know that I do get the $20 referral/activation fee if you do decide to invest using my link. DHF