Did Benebit Just Exit Scam?

in #benebit6 years ago

Investors in Benebit are now facing the fact that the company may have just pulled off on elaborate exit scam worth $2 Million USD.

Benebit is (was) a blockchain startup that aimed to create a customer loyalty network whereby businesses and brands would be able to offer cash backs and discounts to consumers.

After just completing their ICO, the Benebit website has gone down along with their social media accounts.

Investigations conducted by users of the anonymous forum 4chan have uncovered that Benebit's CEO John Laverty's Linkedin profile was recommended by multiple fake accounts controlled by the same person.

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Furthermore, even though Benebit boasted having a strong development team with connections to Goldman Sachs and Google, it appears the photo's for said development team were stolen from the staff page of a British boy's School.

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The actions of Benebit should be a reminder to investors to always undertake due diligence when investing in the crypto space. 

Do your own research, and always check the background of all the team members before making a decision to invest.

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These ICO scams give the overall space a bad rap... and it is pretty crappy to see that this happened. LOL at the CEO photo being straight up stolen though... if you are gonna ICO and run, they did it with a bit of style... but, BAD!

Part of me thinks these people are bad, the other part thinks, if they can get away with it then why not?

Yup... people that think that all they have to do is throw money into blockchain to get rich have another thing coming.

Yep. John Laverty is probably just a made up name.

lol your prolly rite!

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There are so many ICOs these days, little scams like this can fly under the radar. Pretty disgraceful but hardly surprising. Thanks for the info.

@originalworks always researches the dev team of every ICO

hahaha John Laverty rules! there this line fits perfectly : it's just a prank bro :P

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