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December 13, 2023, 09:04:58 AM
#29
$1,000 for one Bitcoin? LOL? What a joke. This dude is obviously trying to fraud and his scam bs should be taken down immediately.
if you are thinking about his scam threads being deleted, sad to say that will most likely not happen. looking at his trust profile, it looks like the user is a known scammer and has been tagged by users and there is also an active flag against him. let's just hope people will be smart enough to now deal with accounts that have a blaring red warning on their account.

I can't believe these type of threads aren't going to be taken down. I find that mind blowing. Hopefully no one falls for his stupid and obvious scheme.
well, the forum does not moderate scams and it is up to the forum community to warn other poeple/members to not make any kind of transaction with scammers, but sadly there are still people falling for scams in the forum despite how obvious the scam is and the account that they are dealing with being is of negative tags from forum members.

What a complete clown. Also, I've done some digging and it seems more than obvious that he is using fresh alternate accounts to oppose his anti trust flag.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=980573

If you click ANY of the accounts that oppose him they're all beginner accounts with no posts.
legendary
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December 13, 2023, 08:49:21 AM
#28
$1,000 for one Bitcoin? LOL? What a joke. This dude is obviously trying to fraud and his scam bs should be taken down immediately.
if you are thinking about his scam threads being deleted, sad to say that will most likely not happen. looking at his trust profile, it looks like the user is a known scammer and has been tagged by users and there is also an active flag against him. let's just hope people will be smart enough to now deal with accounts that have a blaring red warning on their account.

I can't believe these type of threads aren't going to be taken down. I find that mind blowing. Hopefully no one falls for his stupid and obvious scheme.
well, the forum does not moderate scams and it is up to the forum community to warn other poeple/members to not make any kind of transaction with scammers, but sadly there are still people falling for scams in the forum despite how obvious the scam is and the account that they are dealing with being is of negative tags from forum members.
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December 13, 2023, 08:33:34 AM
#27
Well, the sad thing is that this guy doesn't target us who are aware of what's the market price and value of Bitcoin. But he targets those greedy people that are new to the market and thinks that this is possible to happen that someone would just sell a lot of Bitcoin for a cheap price.
An obvious scam but whoever bites on this scam literally don't do their research diligently. So, I just hope that whoever searches on google with the keywords of cheap Bitcoin won't fall on that thread and registers an account here just to get scammed.
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December 12, 2023, 07:25:46 PM
#26
...I have found that some users have left negative tags on profile of that scammer but still he posted that update on 30th of November which lead me to think that do people still get scammed by such scammers? If yes then how could we better guide them to be aware of such scammers? I know that awareness and education will work but it's going to be a hard thing to educate everyone.

Everything that could have been done to warn other forum participants about fraud has been done. I think everyone can read the negative reviews about this participant and draw the appropriate conclusions. Well, anyone who is too lazy to conduct an appropriate study risks losing their money.
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December 11, 2023, 01:27:32 PM
#25
$1,000 for one Bitcoin? LOL? What a joke. This dude is obviously trying to fraud and his scam bs should be taken down immediately.
if you are thinking about his scam threads being deleted, sad to say that will most likely not happen. looking at his trust profile, it looks like the user is a known scammer and has been tagged by users and there is also an active flag against him. let's just hope people will be smart enough to now deal with accounts that have a blaring red warning on their account.

I can't believe these type of threads aren't going to be taken down. I find that mind blowing. Hopefully no one falls for his stupid and obvious scheme.
legendary
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December 10, 2023, 07:49:39 PM
#24
$1,000 for one Bitcoin? LOL? What a joke. This dude is obviously trying to fraud and his scam bs should be taken down immediately.
if you are thinking about his scam threads being deleted, sad to say that will most likely not happen. looking at his trust profile, it looks like the user is a known scammer and has been tagged by users and there is also an active flag against him. let's just hope people will be smart enough to now deal with accounts that have a blaring red warning on their account.
member
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December 10, 2023, 07:31:54 PM
#23
$1,000 for one Bitcoin? LOL? What a joke. This dude is obviously trying to fraud and his scam bs should be taken down immediately.
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December 10, 2023, 03:59:47 PM
#22
Newbies that don't know anything about bitcoin might fall for this especially when they are eager to invest and they don't have anyone to direct them. I don't know why the OP didn't join this forum to learn and grow his account so that he can join a signature campaign to earn something in return for his contributions, but to think that he can scam people with his cheap scam that is for dummies. This is the most foolish scam that i have come across this year.
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December 08, 2023, 04:10:26 AM
#21
This is the strangest and stupidest scam I have ever seen. Is it possible that there are people so gullible to fall into the trap of this scam? The price of Bitcoin is known to everyone, however, greed can be the reason for some fools to fall into the trap.

As other members pointed out, there is not much that can be done about these scammers other than a tag on his profile. This mark is enough for people who are a little busy with their minds. Although I had hoped that such scammers would be banned and the forum cleaned of all of them, but this is also useless because they always come back with new names.
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December 08, 2023, 01:31:33 AM
#20
Even people who aren't logged into the forum will see the big banner that reads "Warning: One or more bitcointalk.org users have reported that they strongly believe that the creator of this topic is a scammer.... etc." Not much you can do for people who read that and still choose to interact with the OP.
As much as I do think too that there's nothing we can do to those people that still chose to get scammed by this or rather take chance that this is the real deal, I still feel bad that they're that desperate about finding ways to get ahead in the crypto landscape, I guess when you let the money blind you, you let anyone that offers you a too good to be true of a deal get a chance to scam you and step all over you at the end.
The guy is a notorious, long-time scammer that has gone by several other names like humbertin, humberroll, etc. He appears to be a professional scammer although he certainly isn't the brightest.
Why would you say a professional scammer but then say he's not the brightest? Cheesy That's an irony if I've seen one, so technically this person is a professional dummy then? I just hope that this scammer finally find remorse and hopefully find the strength to make an honest living.
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December 07, 2023, 09:32:21 AM
#19
I can't stop laughing in Chinese here...lol, but let me assume that the "12000 BTC for just $8000 USD" was a typo error.

Because I can't imagine how brainless indeed the people who would fall for this could be if truly they did fall for it.

Don't be surprised that people will definitely fall for it, we should know that some are just there tht they can go low that stupid to bend rules and protocols all because they wanted to get in some offers, they don't even want to care or think about how being genuine such could be, all they were after is what they want to be achieved, this kind of people are the ones that easily got scammed through deceptive and flashy offers that are not real.
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December 07, 2023, 07:19:11 AM
#18
I can't stop laughing in Chinese here...lol, but let me assume that the "12000 BTC for just $8000 USD" was a typo error.

Because I can't imagine how brainless indeed the people who would fall for this could be if truly they did fall for it. That could be due to greed or lack of knowledge about Bitcoin. This is why it's often preached that you do not just venture into what you don't know, because if anyone knows the true price of Bitcoin, then such would know that 12,000 BTC should be running to about $523M at the moment. That's insane.

And for greed, people like the high-yield packages and have ruined lots of them. Still, don't be surprised that some people will fall for this trap, you never can tell how gullible some are.
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December 06, 2023, 11:25:46 AM
#17
Many people imagine that Bitcoin is a digital currency that can be mined on phones and computers, and a lot of false information, most of which comes from Twitter, makes them believe such fraud.
Hundreds of thousands believe that it can be mined on a phone all they care about, are the satoshis that they are going to accumulate, you just have to look on Playstore to see how many Bitcoin miners are stored on that application, Pi miners claimed they have hundreds of thousands of miners this is one proof of your statement.

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This scammer might send them an unconfirmed transaction, watch-only wallet, or other scam to eventually convince them to invest $100.
Scammers are very innovative, if you're investing in Bitcoin getting scammed is too high if you're ignorant, ignorant, or uneducated should have no place in Bitcoin investment, they are prey for scammers.
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December 06, 2023, 05:42:40 AM
#16
Many people imagine that Bitcoin is a digital currency that can be mined on phones and computers, and a lot of false information, most of which comes from Twitter, makes them believe such fraud.
This scammer might send them an unconfirmed transaction, watch-only wallet or other scam to eventually convince them to invest $100.
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December 06, 2023, 05:23:29 AM
#15
Whoever gets scammed by this scammer definitely deserves it, because what else can you say about someone who decides to buy 1 BTC for $1000 that is worth $30k+ on the market? Some advertise Bitcoin as magic money, but only the most naive can believe that it can produce so much magic Roll Eyes
Only newbies who aren't aware of such scammers or who aren't familiar with the Bitcointalk's trust system may get scammed by such scammers but the point isn't that I mean it would be better to create a rule where such people who are known as scammers or do something that shows their scam related intentions to be banned.

I know that it doesn't make sense to ban every scammer but such people who are directly doing something like this may get a temporary or permanent ban so they might stop doing something like this. I know that such scammers can create many accounts without worries but at least the known accounts can be banned.

I also agree with you that someone who's totally out of his/her mind would trust someone who's selling Bitcoin for $1000 per Bitcoin or $8000 for 12000 Bitcoin. Ah, 12000 Bitcoin for $8000 sounds like the craziest thing that anyone can offer and that's why I believe that this scammer should get a life instead of scamming. Cheesy
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December 02, 2023, 12:18:10 PM
#14
one scammer offered to buy my telegram account by sending USDT first i almost believed it but when i tried swapping the amount, it said the tether was not real.
In what blockchain it is? I think you can see it's legitimacy first based on it's coin logo/icon, and of course, with the contract address.

I once scammed before after i lent my btc to a fake coin too, that was when ICO was a hit back then. It was a huge lesson to take.
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December 02, 2023, 11:45:23 AM
#13
~snip~
I will support this scammer's flag now, and I hope everyone follows OP's approach in exposing scammers and warning the community.

Speaking of flags, is it logical to assume that all those who are in opposition to that flag are actually @humerh3 alts? However, if we know that scammers always make a big net to catch as many fish as possible, that is not something we should be surprised by.
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December 01, 2023, 03:19:15 PM
#12

i've seen many scammers almost succeed at some point so people should not be hasty in making transactions. but that scammer does not understand how the real market works because it is usually higher in value, buyers bid for the price to go up. however, its also said scammers are getting bold.

one scammer offered to buy my telegram account by sending USDT first i almost believed it but when i tried swapping the amount, it said the tether was not real.
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December 01, 2023, 03:01:05 PM
#11
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I have found that some users have left negative tags on profile of that scammer but still he posted that update on 30th of November which lead me to think that do people still get scammed by such scammers? If yes then how could we better guide them to be aware of such scammers? I know that awareness and education will work but it's going to be a hard thing to educate everyone.
I couldn't help but shake my head at the audacity of some people. It's baffling how scammers continue to operate even though their offers are very obvious. We don't know if there are still people falling victim to these tactics, but since it has already been tagged with negative labels, all we can do is support it. It's not our fault if there are still potential prey who may not be as well-informed about these schemes. At least, we've done our part and encouraged others to do the same.
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December 01, 2023, 02:44:23 PM
#10
Whoever gets scammed by this scammer definitely deserves it, because what else can you say about someone who decides to buy 1 BTC for $1000 that is worth $30k+ on the market? Some advertise Bitcoin as magic money, but only the most naive can believe that it can produce so much magic Roll Eyes
This person is irrational and perhaps influenced by the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp. Grin He is offering a promotional offer to sell 1200 bitcoins worth $46M for $8,000.

Anyone with an ounce of common sense would avoid such illogical offers from the outset. Selling Bitcoin at a steep discount or buying Bitcoin and paying a significant amount of interest is a scam attempt to lure greedy and inexperienced people. They might see this as a golden opportunity for a limited period. How can someone gain 0.02% of the Bitcoin value by selling it for $1000? Or someone buying Bitcoin at an increase of 12% to 20% higher than its market price!

I will support this scammer's flag now, and I hope everyone follows OP's approach in exposing scammers and warning the community.
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