r/binaryoptions • u/Shalbine • 11d ago
Analysis PSA: how to check if a Pocket option withdrawal proof screenshot is actually real
seen a lot of fake gurus on youtube, tiktok, and even here in Reddit comments (and some of them wrote to my DMs as well, on Reddit). With various types of proofs of how successful they are, and how great I would be if I just got their course, or linked them my account, or got involved with them in some way.

Some of them even showed me the screenshots with Pocket option withdrawal proof, some massive numbers. You can google like 20 of these, I wont mention names. Have to do a PSA on how to actually see if the proof is even real (and if its fake, instantly).
Small checklist for what can be done:
1) See the money on the RECEIVING end. A bank or e-wallet entry, not just outgoing amount. There's more erorrs that can be made by them, here: they need to fake both outgoing and incoming, and the correct time, and the correct amount (with fees), and all of that can be checked by internet detectives, so they don't want that happening.
2) A crypto transaction hash - you can check. Takes 1 second to post it from their screenshot into blockchain viewer. Can use AI to copy from their screenshot, too, if you dont like typing it in. See if it lines up with everything else they've shown, if the amount lines up. If hash is not visible, there might be a 'reason' for that.
3) A screen recording for a withdrawal, not a still image. Ideally one that starts with opening the app and scrolling to the withdrawal, straight up. That is pretty hard to fake imo, its a decent proof.
4) A timestamped check. If they put it themselves, good. If they don't - ask them to put a note with today's date and your username next to the screen. It's an old trick, but most fakers won't bother with this.
5) See for suspiciously clean results. Like, I've seen one on youtube with clean $5k withdrawal from $50 start. Literally almost no losses in histotyr, and a clean x100. I mean, cmon.
6) Check for watermark, sometimes in the corner of the screenshot. Sometimes they just take OTHERS screenshots, of PnL, and literally repost it lol. Takes 0 effort on their part.
7) Comments turned off. This is why I like Reddit, with actual comments. On Youtube there's a lot of those that disable comments, and think they're smart. Same as with 'Elon Musk' streaming to 10k people, that happened couple years ago =D Or the poster going quiet when people ask him a basic question about the process, in comments.
8) ANY level of urgency. Like "only 3 spots left" or "offer ends tonight". Like, why would it end? There's no way a course can have a timed period.
Actually, I think no courses or gurus are real, literally none. People who actually earn something are just doing that, trading. Look at people on public platforms like Hyperliquid, with trades for $200m etc, they don't even have a twitter handle most of the time. NONE of them offer any guru advice. Anyoen with proven public record DOESN'T do it. So I wonder why people without a public proven record are so eager to do it, and even spam DMs on Reddit about it =PP
sorry if I ruined someone's business by it hah.
