Sites that sell “mining, passive income and instant payouts” love the same three promises: no hardware, daily growth, money on your wallet in one click. The cabinet looks busy — charts, hashrate meters, a rising balance — and early small withdrawals sometimes go through. That is the bait, not the business model.
Real mining revenue moves with coin price, network difficulty and electricity. A fixed high daily percentage with “instant” cash-outs is not how a farm works; it is how a recruitment pool keeps looking solvent. When you try a larger withdrawal, the script flips: verification, tax, AML fee, SSL deposit, “upgrade the contract”. The balance in the cabinet was never yours to move.
Treat any offer that needs a PAYEER (or similar) login only to “start earning” as a balance game until you have a real on-chain payout you control. Check for a named legal entity, public pool or hosting evidence, and a transaction ID you can open in a block explorer. If support’s answer to a stuck withdrawal is another payment from you, stop.
If this pattern matches something you’ve been offered, start at Get help. If someone is already pitching “recovery” of mining profits, read Fake recovery before you pay another fee.
This article is for general information only. It is not legal or financial advice. Details change. If you have lost money, contact your bank or card issuer and use the routes on the help pages.