\u201cOn March 27 I decided to subscribe to the VIP channel, knowing I was taking a risk. I paid 0.3 ETH<\/a> (about $520 at the time). I realized later that it was pure guessing. The information isn\u2019t worth a penny,\u201d Steambox said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Elizabeth also invited participation in the UNI token airdrop to \u201cincrease profits.\u201d According to her, VIP clients were allegedly allocated between 100 and 500 free coins depending on the amount contributed.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the conversation. Data: user Steambox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI transferred 0.6 BTC<\/a> (about $33,000 at the time) and then the extortion began. They brazenly started demanding a fee for the service to transfer the coins. That\u2019s when I realised I had been duped,\u201d the user added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Screenshot of the conversation. Data: user Steambox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Steambox explained that he was not warned about such rules and tried to negotiate a refund with the administrator. Elizabeth, however, advised \u201cnot to dictate your terms\u201d and threatened to ban him from the group for \u201cviolation of the user agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n Screenshot of the conversation. Data: user Steambox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the public Telegram channel, Elizabeth defends the high price of their services by saying that \u201cinsider information cannot be cheap\u201d.<\/p>\n On March 22, the channel\u2019s administration closed the main chat allegedly to prevent spam. Communication was moved to a paid VIP-chat for subscribers.<\/p>\n ForkLog sought comment from Elizabeth. She read the message and blocked the correspondent. At the time of writing, the Telegram channel had 20,370 subscribers and their number was falling. The attackers have numerous copies of the channel.<\/p>\n On CryptoBlacklist, several of their bitcoin addresses<\/a> are marked as \u201ctrading scams.\u201d One of the latest entries is dated March 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n In July 2020, trader Joe007 had already warned that he has no affiliation with Telegram channels selling signals in his name.<\/p>\n I said it many times: not selling any subscriptions, not running any signal groups, not giving any investment advice, paid or otherwise. Especially not chatting with noobs in any support channel. If you are an idiot paying some scammer that pretends to be me, that\u2019s 100% on you. https:\/\/t.co\/8n79b1obD9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Joe007 signals\u00b7alerts\u00b7funds are scams, all of them (@J0E007) July 1, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\\\"Telegram-\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0430\u043b](\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image_2021-03-29_15-32-46.png\\\")
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