In every type of business there are scam artists that try to figure out how to steal money from their victims. If the project seems to good to be true then it probably is. The most recent exit scam was one of the more popular, now defunct, platforms: Bitconnect. You can read more on how Bitconnect performed a $2.5bln exit scam here.
Found a new project that seems interesting? There are currently many youtubers that profit from these scams through referrals. Make sure you check this list before you invest:
- BCC Cash (note that this is different from Bitcoin Cash)
- BCHconnect
- Binary Coin
- BitAI
- Bitclub
- Bitconnect X
- Bitether
- Bitfinite
- Bitglare Coin
- Chrysos
- Coinrium
- Cointeum
- Coinspace
- Davor
- Eigencoin
- ETHconnect
- Etherbanking
- Exacoin
- Falcon Coin
- Farstcoin
- Ficoin
- Forzacoin
- Futurecoin
- Gold Reward Token
- Goldgate
- Hextracoin
- Home Block Coin
- HotCrypto
- Hydrocoin
- Ibiscoin
- Ideacoin
- Knox Coin
- Legendcoin
- Lendconnect
- Lendera
- Libra Coin
- Liteconnect
- LoopX
- Martcoin
- Moneroconnect
- Monetize Coin
- Monyx
- Neoconnect
- Numiv
- Onecoin
- Pagarex
- Regalcoin
- Secular Coin
- SFICoin
- Steneum
- Stepium (actually a pyramid scheme)
- TEX Coin
- Thorn Coin
- Ucoin Cash
- Unix Coin
- USI Tech
- Western Coin
- XRPconnect
Defunct ponzicoins:
- Ambis
- Bitcoinly
- Bitconnect
- Bitlake
- Bitpetite
- Chain.Group
- Coinreum
- Cryptodouble
- Metizer
- Microhash
- Thunderbit
- Vixice
- Vone
source: PM_Poutine
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