earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sells online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to lose my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

earlier 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin I found it interesting because I have a friend  who have ideas and love to engage himself on anything about crypto so any time I any around him, he always talks about Bitcoin how he buy and sell online and also makes profit and I'm the kind of person that like anything that will fetch me money so I decided to give a try, he showed me some app to download where I can safe my coins and also told me what to avoid in other not to loss my coins, so I but some amount of Bitcoin from him. I continue making research, joining into crypto groups on  social media such as telegram, Facebook and Instagram, after a week or so a message just pop up on my Instagram asking me if I have BTC for sell, what is my rate and how do I receive payment and I really yes I have BTC for sell and I receive payment through PayPal, but I can't trade with you because I don't trust, he replied and said he don't trust me either that there is a group in telegram where trading is safer with the use of Escrow, he sent me the link and his name on telegram and also request for my name too, I join the telegram group and we located each other on the group so he started asking how many BTC do I have for sell and that he is going to buy at good rate while he was busy asking questions I was busy going through the members in the group if I will see anyone I know but has God may do it I say a friend in the members group but he was not online but I called him on phone, I told him the reason of me calling him and he said never you try to do any transaction on the group they are all scammers that immediately I send my BTC to the escrow wallet address and it was confirmed Successful I will be automatically block and cleared from the group that he was once a victim but he use another number to join in other to  safe person not to be a victim by chatting them privately and also finding prove on how to report the group.
That is how I escaped from being scammed.

so that they can "tothemoon"x my money.

@OP, I always steer clear of social media platforms when it comes to crypto.

Your story is true, I was a victim of this. What they do is to create a telegram group and all the scammers will be very active, showing false testimonies and prove of transactions.

Your story is true, I was a victim of this. What they do is to create a telegram group and all the scammers will be very active, showing false testimonies and prove of transactions. Even if you go pm, you will likely meet them there. The best thing is to avoid them totally.
They fake it to be so real that you will believe that they are real. Though I think that scam tactics is outdated. If you want to trade, trade with only people you know and trust, otherwise use reputable exchanges.

A great lesson was taught by your experience. There is no need to ever be in a hurry.