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November 29, 2024, 03:45:50 PM
#41
Black Friday is a good opportunity to buy items at a discounted price and people take advantage of this opportunity. But I wouldn't wait until Black Friday before I buy an important item like a hardware wallet. Just because I want to save little money, one might incidentally grant criminals access to your hard-earned money. There is a saying in my tribe that cheap things usually have hidden defects. Some of the discounts offered by some trading platforms are too good to be true that is why we need to be careful. However, thank you OP for reminding us that we need to be vigilant.
If the discount is too good to be true, then it must be from a fake seller, but if it's from the direct shopping centre, either their link to their official website or you see a discount of such, then I don't think there is any harm in trying to get such an offer when you have the opportunity.

Black Fridays are times when shopping centres use discounts to sell off old stuff that they still have in stock or probably use the means to attract more customers to their store.
 
Those who fall victim to the too-good-to be true offers are those who are already in search of means to purchase a particular product in less value compared to what they are being sold in the open market. They are the type of victim that the scammers are in search of.
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November 29, 2024, 01:48:49 PM
#40

I confused what is happening today every time I go to a different shop it has a sale and I just remember it is a Black Friday sale, it seems hackers see another opportunity to deceive and they now even entries with online shopping websites, well people recently now after release the e-commerce many shops now adopted this kind of selling because its more convenient they don't need rents at all for the stores, just open an account, show their product and process through online payment. Now seems hackers use this opportunity not only to steal peoples credentials but could also fully utilized their devices so still stay vigilant with those sales coming right now. Even you don't have crypto still people have banks and other infos now. Dont trust even your search engines first result.


Have been hearing black Friday but I have never experienced it before and most times it's usually scam so we need to to be very careful because even on sites I don't think those guys are giving a discount i don't know for other countries but my own country the discount is a scam not only hacker the scammers like opportunity like this because their was one time experience i got about winning something during blackfriday and I almost clicked the link and we have failed to listen to aviod random links so that we don't get hacked.

That of physical stores is even understandable than that of  online shopping websites because a lot of people fall victim for this, because they find it very hard to differentiate between the two that's the fake and the real website. It is better to make verification before venturing into anything because that is the most important, but a lot of people don't even care to very or not.

Thing now is start people are learning everyday so scammers will only continue to open people's eyes so there scheme will not work twice on people because people are getting more enlightened.
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November 29, 2024, 12:56:24 PM
#39
The best advice to those who cannot differentiate between fake and original websites is for them to simply use physical stores. Sometimes there are only slight differences between these products in physical stores and those discounted products marketed online. The online space this period is not safe as scammers have already flooded the online space disguised as vendors. Instead of losing your coins or fiat to scammers, simply walk into a physical store and get what you want. And if your order is not too urgent, wait till the festive buzz is over and you will get quality products way cheaper than the discounted products marketed online.
Buying online during this period is indeed a significant risk due to scammers using various strategies to steal people's money. To be on the safe side, I believe it's best to avoid online shopping and focus on purchasing physical products instead. It's well known that scammers take advantage of this period to target unsuspecting individuals.
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November 29, 2024, 11:28:30 AM
#38
That offers will not coming in the Black Friday but daily so we should identify the offers and not tempting to click the link. We may difficult to make sure if that is from the real site but we can check on the header of the email. Usually, the scammers will use different @xxx.com as the email id so you must double check before you do something.

If that offers comes from the trust site, they will use something like [email protected] rather than [email protected]. You can see that in the header of the email so you can delete it immediately.
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November 29, 2024, 11:14:04 AM
#37
Here in Europe (at least in my country). Black Friday in itself is one big scam. Instead of proper discounts starting today, they started like a week ago with big signs "up to 70% discount", while in reality everything that you actually need is discounted by 10% max, if any discount at all.

I know that's exactly not topic of this thread, but I am just venting a little bit as some furniture pieces I plan to buy aren't on discount at all so I will have to pay the full price.  Tongue
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November 29, 2024, 09:47:36 AM
#36
I just want to give heads up to everyone specially his coming Black Friday, as there are a lot of crypto criminals and cyber actors that are going to prey for shoppers.

It's a good thing that you are making people aware of the probability of getting scammed before getting scammed.
Scammers are probably waiting for their prey this Black Friday and would have cloned many such shopping sites.
The simplest thing to do would be to triple check the website adddress before buying anything on any site.
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November 29, 2024, 09:16:15 AM
#35
I confused what is happening today every time I go to a different shop it has a sale and I just remember it is a Black Friday sale, it seems hackers see another opportunity to deceive and they now even entries with online shopping websites, well people recently now after release the e-commerce many shops now adopted this kind of selling because its more convenient they don't need rents at all for the stores, just open an account, show their product and process through online payment. Now seems hackers use this opportunity not only to steal peoples credentials but could also fully utilized their devices so still stay vigilant with those sales coming right now. Even you don't have crypto still people have banks and other infos now. Dont trust even your search engines first result.
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November 29, 2024, 06:57:44 AM
#34
In general I think that whole Black Friday thing is turning into big scam. And it's not even about scammers trying to steal your money. It's more about that it's getting difficult to find really good deals.
Sellers manipulate with 40%-50% discounts. They increase price just before Black Friday and then they add that huge fake discount. You have to follow price changes before buying something if you don't want to get ripped off.
And yeah, don't even talk about scams which is described in OP. During Black Friday it's way easier to find some victims.
The best solution is ignoring all sort of discount or bonus, well all this are common trick marketers use especially festive season when all discount will be implemented either for more purchase. If considering all this as stress I will prefer avoiding any purchase that has to do with black Friday, honestly they no longer care if the discount is suitable they just attach the name "black Friday" concerning scammers I believe my main focus should be the price given meanwhile cheapest price always sound as scam making it difficult for anyone to believe, victims always share their story how they got scammed people can actually learn from previous mistakes.
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November 29, 2024, 05:52:03 AM
#33
b. bargain price of some well known crypto hardware wallets
This is actually the worst thing one can do.  Purchase a well known Hardware Wallet for cheaper from a Scammer.  You are giving them your Bitcoin Address, your physical address and all your personal information too.  That could lead to a very disastrous ending.  It happened before, it can obviously happen in the future.

You know what they say about things that seem too good to be true.  I do not know how things are in other countries.  In mine, Black Friday is in itself mostly a Scam any way because most 'discounts' are fake.
You're absolutely right, when scams get into gadgets , Bitcoin or other financial devices, the concerns are always heightened. It boils down to every gadget. Phones, IPADS and even laptops. When you're scammed in the pursuit of these devices and you find out obviously. I recommend you don't even use the one the scammer sent to you since it's possible it have been compromised and using it exposes all digital, financial, work-related accounts and data transferred through that phone. People in top company positions that are victims of these can get their companies defrauded since the scammer would likely have the financial accounts login details used on those compromised devices.
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November 28, 2024, 02:26:07 PM
#32

Scammers are very smart and they can do anything to make sure they scam people, no matter how it is some people will still fall for the scammer trap and those who will fall for the trap are those who are very greedy, some people will not mind whether the person he is talking with is a scammer or not all that he wants is to have a good discount, I know everyone wants a good thing but some good things are not real.

Some people will see a notification in their email and they will click it and follow the instructions maybe they will have a chance to get something good, scammers will never get us if we are content with what we have, you look at the 100% of those who got scammed 80% of them are greedy people, to not let us fall in the scammers trap we need to be smart.

Scammers always come up with different tactics to scam people. However, those who easily fall for them are often eager to make quick money, especially in the cryptocurrency industry. These individuals are usually ready to take any kind of risk once they hear about an opportunity to earn more money.

Additionally, people who fall into the hands of scammers again are often those who fail to stay informed about the new tactics scammers are using at that time. It is much easier to avoid scammers when you have updated informations.

For those who receive suspicious emails and start clicking on links or replying to messages especially when it's about opportunities to make money please note, no easy money anywhere that someone have to email and give you the opportunity, let be wise. In fact, avoid using the same email address you use for registering on exchanges or platforms where your money is involved for other registrations. This is often how scammers get your emails addresses.
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November 26, 2024, 05:13:38 PM
#31
Scammers are very smart and they can do anything to make sure they scam people, no matter how it is some people will still fall for the scammer trap and those who will fall for the trap are those who are very greedy, some people will not mind whether the person he is talking with is a scammer or not all that he wants is to have a good discount, I know everyone wants a good thing but some good things are not real.

Some people will see a notification in their email and they will click it and follow the instructions maybe they will have a chance to get something good, scammers will never get us if we are content with what we have, you look at the 100% of those who got scammed 80% of them are greedy people, to not let us fall in the scammers trap we need to be smart.

Not only those who are greedy will fall to the scammer's victims,  who don’t know anything about what they are about to do but choose to do it because they heard someone talking about how much they earn from the specific thing, but greedy people already have the knowledge about the thing, so all they want is how to make more money from how it is supposed to be done successfully, but since there is knowledge, their own will be limited, and they won’t get scammed like those who don’t know anything about it.
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November 26, 2024, 03:53:48 PM
#30
If you want to buy a hardware wallet, you should do so only from the manufacturers, if you are sure you are in the correct site and they are offering a discount, then that's fine, but you should not allow a "too good to be true" discount allure you to a scam site. Generally i don't even believe most of the black Friday offers i see in the part of the world where i live, many times the discounts are not real and you are still buying the product for the stipulated price.
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November 26, 2024, 03:40:24 PM
#29
That's actually true, this coming black Friday scam is likely to happen everywhere and if people are not smart enough they might be caught up with this scammers claiming to be doing promo or black Friday. Infact they come in different forms. The easiest way to detect this kind of scammers is when you see the offer looking so good to be true like a product of $1k selling for $400. discount of %60 or %70. This scammers know people love cheap things so they reduce the price to an attractive amount that will spice up people to come and buy from them and they will insist on payment before delivery which if you eventually send them them the money, the story changes.

Some will install some malware and viruses in some device and sell cheap and people will buy it, thinking the phone is private not knowing the phone is been compromised and is vounarable to hack because all the necessary information may be taken.
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November 26, 2024, 03:18:42 PM
#28
Black Friday is supposed to be for discount and because of current economic meltdown slot of those discount are being lowered in their percentage, let say a product that used to be 20% off discount last three year is now having a less than 5% off discount and this is somewhat what is available on black Friday offer's this year.


So if you see some where that an online shop is offering anything close to 50% or above discount, you should already know that that is a possibility of being scam sites, and targeted at cryptocurrency users is a way to properly concealed their scam proceeds easily with high privacy.
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November 26, 2024, 01:42:45 PM
#27
It's during any well-known event, that one shouldn't be more careful than ever when they are having any deal with anyone or groups that involve money because that is the exact time that scammers showcase their level of intelligence to dupe people who will fall for their tricks. After all, they already know that there will rush of demand, that's the time for people to fall prey to any good offer that is enticing to them without doing much research on it.

I take it as it's during that popular event period that one is to more careful. If it is possible, avoid any popular event period, to be on the safe side because scammers are smarter these days than we think when it's about money.
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November 25, 2024, 04:21:13 PM
#26
Thanks @OP for this important reminder, black Fridays every year is a day of discounts and many people will be eager to check out for sites that are offering discounts so that they can take advantage of it. It is also a season for scammers to cash in on people's ignorance and steal from them, so it is better to be in the know and take every precautionary measures to avoid being scammed. Also as we're entering into the festive season, scammers will also find means to steal from unsuspecting individuals. Any offers that seems to good to be true should be given second thoughts, business owners are not Santa Claus, they can't give discounts that will fold their businesses. Beware of scam projects that will promise unrealistic returns on a short term and never click on sites that you know nothing about, these are a few precautionary steps not to be scammed in this season and always.
But why not just to the physical shop of vendors and partake in the black Friday deals, because to the best of my knowledge, it is not only online vendors that usually do black Friday sales. Even the scammers are getting wiser now, they are fully aware that people have began to realise that deals with higher discounts are likely to be scam, so they will also lower their rate to what everyone is doing. For me it's best to avoid anything online purchase this black Friday and go to the physical shops of dealers that are doing black Friday sales and get whatever you want during the black Friday sales. Even scammers now are giving moderate discount, as every legit vendors out there.
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November 25, 2024, 01:02:11 PM
#25
This thread just reminded me about a couple of faked black Friday giveaways I've come across about twice now. Literally these people give very fancy order prices for items, shoppers see them unimaginably cheap and rush into making payment most of the time. Another annoying thing I noticed is that they sometimes compel these shoppers to share a couple of their fake links just to be able to scam a bigger audience.

Not only because we are in a black Friday season, these kind of scams also tend to flood the internet when there are important things including the current bull run we are experiencing, besides they will end up profiting more from scamming people this bull run.
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November 25, 2024, 12:54:46 PM
#24
The best advice to those who cannot differentiate between fake and original websites is for them to simply use physical stores. Sometimes there are only slight differences between these products in physical stores and those discounted products marketed online. The online space this period is not safe as scammers have already flooded the online space disguised as vendors. Instead of losing your coins or fiat to scammers, simply walk into a physical store and get what you want. And if your order is not too urgent, wait till the festive buzz is over and you will get quality products way cheaper than the discounted products marketed online.
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November 25, 2024, 12:41:03 PM
#23
In all social media and even physical businesses, everyone seems to be in a hurry due to the season we are in and as usual many things are bound to happen. I have seen many schemes also being created to undo others because everyone is in a hurry to make money this holiday season. This is the time that the basic rules of checking for scam should never be ignored. I usually protect myself with the following points:
  • Nothing is free on the internet
  • The popular quote "if it is too good to be true, then it probably isn't'
With these, one should be able to control how much he is aroused by any scheme being proposed by anyone, be it scammers or genuine people.
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November 25, 2024, 12:11:57 PM
#22
Greed is what would make a prospective buyer of any item without questioning his or herself about the offer of 80% discount on a product or service in the name of Black Friday. No matter how massive the discount is said to be, no genuine businessman will be willing to sale off his products and services at an amount that's cut off his profit not to mention down to the capital.

There are important items that people shouldn't have to wait to make purchases until it's black Friday for them to enjoy discount. Goods and items usually sold out on black Friday's are in few cases believed to be near expiration date or no more invoked and the companies just want to do away with them to bring in new ones. You ain't a dumping ground, Lol.
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