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Quote from: DVlog on October 22, 2023, 01:15:01 PM

i tried to look at the link he wanted me to click and found that it had a javascript written on it.

Can you tell us what was the outcome of that code ? I don't want you to share the code but only wanted to know what was the purpose of the scammer ? Was his purpose was to hack the coins, inject a malware or something else.

In most cases, people wouldn't be so techy to check the codes behind the link and may fall for the scammers trap. Scammers are getting innovative these days and its good that you share this new method that scammers may use and i was not aware of it before,

I think that scrept was supposed to give them my browser's cookies which might give them the information they needed to gain access to all the accounts I was using through that browser. Though i am not sure as i have never done it as those scammers want me to do but from my past experience and by observing so many server hack i think this would have happened.

If someone is working as a moderator, he has administrator access most of the time. This responsibility demands a mind that can do critical thinking and has basic knowledge about technology, and i think this is the third time i am facing such efforts by scammers.

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Quote from: DVlog on October 22, 2023, 01:15:01 PM

i tried to look at the link he wanted me to click and found that it had a javascript written on it.

Can you tell us what was the outcome of that code ? I don't want you to share the code but only wanted to know what was the purpose of the scammer ? Was his purpose was to hack the coins, inject a malware or something else.

In most cases, people wouldn't be so techy to check the codes behind the link and may fall for the scammers trap. Scammers are getting innovative these days and its good that you share this new method that scammers may use and i was not aware of it before,

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Never knew someone can be scammed through this way. Thank you for passing this vital information. Most times i see a lot of private messages on Telegram and they claim to be support and all that. And I noticed something there is a new way of cloning personal telegram account where two different user will have the same username. I have see it one certain time and i was wondering how was this possible because I only know that Telegram supports one account one username. These developers should put a good use of their skills to were will profit them the right way and stop scamming people of their hard earned money. This is why it is good to have technical knowledge about a lot of things .

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This is an eye-opener. Now your unique position made you aware of phishing links. I can only think of the regular bitcoin holder without knowledge Javascripts links that contains code to steal a persons log information if the person clicks on it. Once a very important reminder that every bitcoin holder should have the basic knowledge about cybersecurity. There is no regret in this at all.

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Quote from: bluebit25 on October 27, 2023, 09:14:22 AM

As a moderator and community manager, this will be difficult to avoid because scammers want to access and interfere a lot with the project you are managing. If they can't gain everyone's access, they will switch to copying project information and spreading malicious links that are not original content.
Nowadays, crypto-related community platforms attract a lot of people with bad intentions. An event that I remember about TG before was when just uploading photos in the group would have information hijacked, so be on high alert and always update changes as well as scam issues to warn everyone, thanks for sharing the OP.

There are certain measures that can be taken to prevent any sort of hacking attempt in Discord and Telegram. It depends on the moderator's knowledge and competent behavior to save the server from scammers. If anyone is working in such a sector then he should have knowledge about all the security parameters to secure his project server as this is what the project is paying them for.

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As a moderator and community manager, this will be difficult to avoid because scammers want to access and interfere a lot with the project you are managing. If they can't gain everyone's access, they will switch to copying project information and spreading malicious links that are not original content.
Nowadays, crypto-related community platforms attract a lot of people with bad intentions. An event that I remember about TG before was when just uploading photos in the group would have information hijacked, so be on high alert and always update changes as well as scam issues to warn everyone, thanks for sharing the OP.

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Do we expect scammers to keep using the same old routine? Same old phishing attempt but with a new twist to the story every time.
I thought it wasn’t right when they requested your permission to write an article. That was probably thrown in the premise that you would feel important enough to be asked permission from and get you in a way, committed. Giving the attempt another go with a new twist wanting an interview.
His tone betrayed how desperate he wanted this part of the con to succeed and you were observant enough to notice it.

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Quote from: DVlog on October 22, 2023, 01:15:01 PM

A lot of our community members work as community moderators and copywriters on various crypto projects. I am working on a few projects as well and i have faced a new kind of technique recently used by scammers and hackers that i think needs to be shared with our community members who work in similar professions.

Recently one of my project where I am working as a community moderator a guy dropped a message in my inbox asking for permission to write an article about the project and they wouldn't charge anything for it. It is a free community so anyone can write anything about any project so I told him to work on it we don't have any problems. So he asked me a few questions about the project and i gave him the answer. At the end he told me that he wanted me to sign a contract so that there wouldn't be any copyright issues. This sudden change of tone makes me more skeptical, and i tried to look at the link he wanted me to click and found that it had a javascript written on it. I don't want to share the link here as it has phishing elements on it. I had a similar incident before which i shared in the forum, so my mind told me not to click that link.

Working as a community moderator or any other profession requires the worker to be in touch with his community, respond to their inquiries, and verify what community members send can be risky. This is because not all community members are honest people. Some scammers try with all their ability to trap this worker who is striving to make a living. These scammers know that no matter what they send to him, he will not block them because it's part of his job.

Therefore, those in these professions should be careful and not open any link sent to them without scanning it carefully. The community moderator should receive the article's content written in text as a message or receive it published on LinkedIn or Medium.. etc., without including links from untrusted platforms. It is also better for community moderators not to use their primary devices to work in this profession. In addition, the security measures for worker accounts must also be increased, such as adding two-factor authentication and so on, as the field of cryptocurrencies is not free of scammers, so no one should put his trust in strangers, no matter how much evidence they have of them that proves the opposite of their malicious intentions.

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Goodnight, ohh Leo!!! 🦅

If there's actually one thing I guide against every single day of my life is getting exposed to scammy activities... I don't even wanna be a part of it anyways Tongue

like I said in one of my post, I can easily sight a scammy Project when I see one... managing a community like you said actually has alot of vices to thwart your effort, but I'm happy you were very smart to overvome such a planned format... Let's be careful out there as that's what has been occuring in several ways, with divers formats too.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

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Scammers/hackers have been too aggressive and really finding ways to get someone to fall into their tricks. Good thing that they are talking to someone who has the knowledge about their way of scamming but if this happens to normal people, I have no doubt that they become successful with their plan.

As the crypto community grows, scammers have been targeting us now believing that they have succeeded. Fortunately, as we continue battling these scammers, we are able to warn the community and avoid them.

After all, I was too skeptical when someone sent links to me even to my friends.

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Quote from: lalabotax on October 26, 2023, 03:50:03 PM

Quote from: DVlog on October 22, 2023, 01:15:01 PM

. A community moderator has most of the administrative access in the community server or channel, so he is the primary target of a hacker. Gaining access to a moderator account can give him control over the server which he can use to post phishing links. Similar incidents have happened with many projects recently. So guys beware of this as you can lose your job and your community altogether.

It looks like they are already organized. Whether they are one person or working as a team, what they do is quite organized and intended to scam people. In fact, the target is not ordinary people or newcomers but moderators or group admins who in fact are aware and know very well that the admins or moderators are not new players in the crypto business.

Because of this, wherever and whatever the conditions, we must be alert to various things that come our way. Having a sense of suspicion and not easily trusting anyone here turns out to be necessary so that we can be more careful and not easily fall for scammers. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience.

Scammers are always very organised that is why you see people falling for their tricks. There is never a crime scene that is not properly organised. All scam activities are well organised and coordinated from the little step they take till it turns out to be a big tit tat. However, admins are majorly their targets because admins and moderators have influence over their community and are listened to because they convey information from the project founders to the community so therefore if getting them is possible, they would so that they could lure the community through the hacked moderators and admin handle to scamming members on their platform.

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Quote from: DVlog on October 22, 2023, 01:15:01 PM

. A community moderator has most of the administrative access in the community server or channel, so he is the primary target of a hacker. Gaining access to a moderator account can give him control over the server which he can use to post phishing links. Similar incidents have happened with many projects recently. So guys beware of this as you can lose your job and your community altogether.

It looks like they are already organized. Whether they are one person or working as a team, what they do is quite organized and intended to scam people. In fact, the target is not ordinary people or newcomers but moderators or group admins who in fact are aware and know very well that the admins or moderators are not new players in the crypto business.

Because of this, wherever and whatever the conditions, we must be alert to various things that come our way. Having a sense of suspicion and not easily trusting anyone here turns out to be necessary so that we can be more careful and not easily fall for scammers. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience.

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Quote from: DVlog on October 24, 2023, 11:59:26 AM

Quote from: suzanne5223 on October 23, 2023, 03:25:14 PM

Thanks for sharing this information but there's one thing we have to keep in mind scammers and online theft always come up with new strategies once this scamming method is exposed they will come up with a new one.
One thing I will advise the experienced and newbie user to practice is never to trust anyone on the internet other than yourself because online theft also hacks people you know so well account and uses it to get to people who can entrust her with something valuable.

If you are working with a community it's not about trust every time. No matter if you trust a stranger from your community or not but you will have to provide support for their concern if you are a community moderator. Sometimes you need to see their screenshots, videos, and documents to get a better understanding of their problems. You can not deny helping them in a convenient way as this is what a community moderator does.

I understand what the community moderator of a project has to go through in order to help the community user but accepting documents from them is never an option based on what I know and if you do not have a choice about a document you need to be careful because some online theft is sending malicious document which will give them access to the victim computer.

Quote from: DVlog on October 24, 2023, 11:59:26 AM

However sometimes you need to engage with investors and marketing agencies as well where you might need to do cross communication through URLs from different sites. The thing is you should be aware of how to handle such situations and how you can approach them without being a victim of a scammer. It is not that easy for someone new even some old dude, to fall for such a trap. That's why we saw some big project servers being taken over by hackers and used to promote malware through fake promotion.

You have a point but you can't be too careful due to human error and I hope you're using good paid internet security.

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Thanks OP for sharing these experiences, because scammers are now like wolves in sheep's clothinga to deceive unsuspecting victims. I guess that it's best to see every acquittance on the internet as potential scammers, this thoughts will help to keep our brains on the alert and lookout for any signs of scam during interactions. Sometimes family and friends will ignorantly share links from unknown sources to their loved ones, that promises different enticing offers, when you clique on the link, you'll be asked different personal questions, eventually you'll be directed to a phishing link. So it's also very important to verify the authenticity of links sent by trustworthy people, before attempting to engage in it.

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Interests to scammers are on a different level and there particular interest in moderators and those that own channels have been on the rise due to how much influence they can get out of the legitimacy of the service and users reputation. They understand the need for these influences and reputation but, can’t go through the time it takes to build one.
This adds to the log of reasons why you mustn’t always take these owners of channels and blogs to there every word. You just might not know when the hack is in motion.
As scammers continues to become innovative, you be curious on offers even when it wouldn’t cost you nothing. Nobody gives something for nothing.

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This piece of information was actually really useful, tnxs OP, one way to avoid some of this persons sometimes is not giving them audience especially when they don't look genuine, or better still if you must give them audience always refer them to the white paper of the site.as an administrator it's important you be very careful who you respond to and do not click untrusted links, and if you must do out of curiosity, copy the link paste somewhere else, create a dummy account where which you can use to check out the link.that way you reduce your risk of your admin account been hacked

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Quote from: suzanne5223 on October 23, 2023, 03:25:14 PM

Thanks for sharing this information but there's one thing we have to keep in mind scammers and online theft always come up with new strategies once this scamming method is exposed they will come up with a new one.
One thing I will advise the experienced and newbie user to practice is never to trust anyone on the internet other than yourself because online theft also hacks people you know so well account and uses it to get to people who can entrust her with something valuable.

If you are working with a community it's not about trust every time. No matter if you trust a stranger from your community or not but you will have to provide support for their concern if you are a community moderator. Sometimes you need to see their screenshots, videos, and documents to get a better understanding of their problems. You can not deny helping them in a convenient way as this is what a community moderator does.

However sometimes you need to engage with investors and marketing agencies as well where you might need to do cross communication through URLs from different sites. The thing is you should be aware of how to handle such situations and how you can approach them without being a victim of a scammer. It is not that easy for someone new even some old dude, to fall for such a trap. That's why we saw some big project servers being taken over by hackers and used to promote malware through fake promotion.

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Thanks for sharing this information but there's one thing we have to keep in mind scammers and online theft always come up with new strategies once this scamming method is exposed they will come up with a new one.
One thing I will advise the experienced and newbie user to practice is never to trust anyone on the internet other than yourself because online theft also hacks people you know so well account and uses it to get to people who can entrust her with something valuable.

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Scammers are everywhere, we are seeing different ways of scamming every day. Some users say their wallet has been hacked or some say their PCs have been hacked etc. But when we listen to those both of them were hacked through different methods. So scamming nowadays is too viral and most scammers hack user's wallets. We should keep in mind, that we should always keep our strength strong whether we are using any Laptop, any phone, or any other source of electricity that is online connected.

We should only make its security strong, only then there will be more chances to make ourselves safe from these scammers and these ways of scamming. I don't think that through security a person will be 100% safe from scammers because I have seen 1000 scams on that websites and exchanges even though they had very strong security. But it is a precaution to save ourselves.

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This is interesting and I was wondering if you could still screenshot the link and upload it here for us to see it for ourselves. Scammers are always looking for means to.perpetrate their evil acts. Every day new tactics and newbies always fall victim of this scheme.

Since you are a moderator I believe this could be a discord community you are talking about as I know discord moderators always have that access to administrative informations and other important aspect of the project too that was why the scammer contacted you and I was also wondering why they could have the guts to tell you for an interview. What an audacious request from them.

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