Crypo Schemes:
WARNINGHere is a list of crypto ponzi schemes and people who are/were promoting them on YouTube (self.CryptoCurrency)
submitted 3 days ago * by PM_PoutineAltcoinerx2
I originally posted this here, and it was suggested that I make a separate text post for it.
This started as a list of ponzi schemes only, but I've also found some pyramid schemes, (and quite a few that I think are both), so I've added them here as well. The ponzi and pyramid schemes currently around (that I'm aware of) are:
BCC Cash (note that this is different from Bitcoin Cash)
BCHconnect
Billion Bit Club
Binary Coin
Bit Sequence
BitAI
Bitchamps
Bitclub/clubcoin
Bitcoin Ascension (pyramid scheme)
Bitconnect X
Bitether
Bitfinite
Bitfintech
Bitglare Coin
Btchash
Btc-Rush
Btcwait
Chrysos
Coinrium
Cointeum
Coinspace
Dascoin
Davor
Ecomcash
Eigencoin
ETHconnect
Etherbanking
Exacoin
Falcon Coin
Farstcoin
Ficoin
Firstcoin
Forzacoin
Futurecoin
FUU Coin
Gold Reward Token
Goldgate
Hedgeconnect
Hextracoin
Home Block Coin
HotCrypto
Hydrocoin
Ibiscoin
iCenter
Ideacoin
iFan
Iotaconnect
Knox Coin
Legendcoin
Lendconnect
Lendera
Libra Coin
Liteconnect
Loancoin
LoopX
Martcoin
Moneroconnect
Monetize Coin
Monyx
Neoconnect
Numiv
Oalend Coin
Onecoin
Pagarex
Purpose/DUBI
Regalcoin
Rothscoin
Secular Coin
SFICoin
Steneum
Stepium (pyramid scheme)
Swisscoin (pyramid scheme)
Tenocoin
TEX Coin
Thorn Coin
Ucoin Cash
Unix Coin
USI Tech
WCI
Western Coin
XRPconnect
Defunct ponzi schemes:
Ambis
Bitcoinly
Bitconnect
Bithaul
Bitlake
Bitpetite
Bitsupreme
Btcbox.cc
Chain.Group
Coinreum
Control Finance
Cryptodouble
Ethtrade
Laser Online
Mavro
Mecoin
Metizer
Microhash
Paycoin
Plexcoin
Thunderbit
Vixice
Vone
Note that the above coins/services are only ones that I think are very likely to be ponzi/pyramid schemes (it's difficult to be 100% sure). There are many other scams out there, but I haven't included them here because many of them are controversial, so deciding with great certainty if some are scams would be much more difficult, and because making this post is already a lot of work.
I had a list of people here who were promoting some of the above scams on Youtube, but I've decided to remove it at least temporarily as some users suggested. For now, I'll work on adding to the above lists, then in the next few days I'll probably (at least partially) restore what I've removed along with additions that people posted in this thread. If you really want to see the list of youtubers I had here, send me a PM. And for those who have sent me a PM that I haven't responded to yet, be patient, I'm taking a break now and I still have messages that I haven't had time to read yet.
I'd also like to make a special shout out to coinmarketcap.com for advertising Bitconnect and possibly other coins listed above, and I'd like to thank the following Redditors for contributing to these lists:
/u/808hunna, /u/AceDoja, /u/AllForTheGains, /u/Antranik, /u/arse_nal666, /u/BamboozleVictim, /u/Batman_MD, /u/bluebachcrypto, /u/Calmersky, /u/DemarcoFC, /u/DestroyerOfShitcoins, /u/dvxvdsbsf, /u/EClarkee, /u/Furples, /u/gtfobitches, /u/GuessParryGod, /u/Huuuui, /u/iambinksy, /u/infinityplus0ne, /u/jckwho, /u/Kl4n, /u/KnifeOfPi2, /u/lailide, /u/laminatorius, /u/LordGriffiths, /u/Miqote_Menstruation, /u/mscohe01, /u/normal_rc, /u/nudeinmylivingroom, /u/omegaape, /u/presstab, /u/ptikok, /u/RatToken, /u/Randall_Maller, /u/ripbum, /u/ScroogeMcDuckyPants, /u/Seriously2much, /u/shilch, /u/Sitchu, /u/skotua, /u/slinky_wizard, /u/sToRmRaDe, /u/TheMinero, /u/TheSuspiria, /u/theyork2000, /u/Timbuk220, /u/Too_Trill_To_Fail, /u/tuankiet65, /u/white_knight3, /u/zamli
More contributions are also welcome! Also, thanks a lot for the tips & gold!
P.S. Somebody actually got a Bitconnect tattoo!
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