I’m just getting into cryptocurrencies and a lot of the aspects are pretty confusing to me. I know how to buy Bitcoins, Ethereum, and Litecoins on Coinbase. But I have no clue about how to invest in ICO’s, but I really wanted to because I read posts on Reddit about how people were making an absolutely savage amount of money from getting in early. So, I was reading an article and found some info about this one ICO called Bitair.
I did a little due diligence, read the whitepaper, looked at their presentation and searched up some videos on YouTube. The project seemed pretty legit to me, but I was still confused as to how I should go about investing.
I made a post on Facebook asking if someone could help me. This old classmate of mine messaged me offering to help. We got on Skype and he asked me if I had a wallet on MyEtherWallet, which I didn’t. Because I have only been using Coinbase up until now, I don’t trade, I don’t do anything like that. I would just buy Bitcoins whenever I had some disposable income and would sit on them.
We go on Skype, and I’m not really understanding all of the nitty gritty technical details. So, this guy tells me to download Teamviewer. He goes on my computer and we run through the whole process of transferring ETH from Coinbase to my wallet. We agree to Skype again once I receive the ETH.
We do, and he tells me that he has the Bitair address to which I need to send it to ready. He types it in and says that I’m all good now, and should go and check my balance on Bitair.
I went on a few hours later and my balance was 0.
I think he transferred my 1 ETH to his own wallet, I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what happened because the guy blocked me and I have no way of contacting him anymore.