We are witnessing a rise in the prices of coins in cryptocurrency and this is a good news going by the long run of the bearish market. This would come as a fresh breath but let's not get carried away the market is still a volatile one
In the wake of the good showing of prices in the market scammers has also dusted themselves up and like zombies are looking for who to feed off, there have been some recent scam, hacking cases which solidifies the claim that scammers are back(that if the ever left).
Also initial coin offerings project would start to resurface again and there has been numerous scam initial coin offering projects in memory in general there would be major scam invasion. So the need to be secured has arisen(should always be there in the first place).
I have noticed also newbies(properbly alts or account farmers) has started coming as well. The landscape of the forum would become more active either positively or negatively but I urge every newbie should adhere to rules and regulations
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/unofficial-list-of-official-bitcointalkorg-rules-guidelines-faq-703657 Most of the scamming activities would happen outside the forum like peer to peer, social media, email etc
Here is a post on how to spot an altered screenshot
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.50824088 Here is my own post on protecting your email
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.49562515Also on social media platforms be careful of the people you deal with or the groups you are in. Always be quick to report spam and leave or you can set your privacy from everybody(public) to your contact(mutuals) so you don't get added to groups by any one
It's important we all prevent scammer and fraudster from looting us or extorting our possessions