Topic: Beware of Twitter Scammers - page 11. (Read 19806 times)
Well, I have experienced such kind of scam on Facebook, A page called Stellar Lumens shared my two public posts/photos and they are claiming some giveaway, I even reported these pages to Facebook but Facebook didn't take any action. This is very disappointing to see that scammers are using these popular sites without any trouble, strict action must be taken to stop these scammers.
Not only are the scammers doing the fake accounts that say "send .02 BTC and get triple" but apparently now they are either buying verified accounts or hacking them and changing the names and pictures to cryptocurrency people. Now it can actually be hard to tell if someone is scamming.
An example:https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/967887920991559681
Really shitty that this is happening. Be careful everyone
Greedy people believe in what they can get many times just by sending money away. Do not stupidly think in such newsletters on twitter because they are impostors. No stupid person can give you anything only one send from you. An example:https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/967887920991559681
Really shitty that this is happening. Be careful everyone
Thats why some people are afraid to enter in cryto world, we cannot eliminate those scammers, but we can avoid them. Before you do something always think twice before you begin. Dont trust people that are offering something. Sometimes our commonsense is enough to avoid those scammer.
Always becareful because scammers are everywere there are just waiting for the right person and for the right timing.
Always becareful because scammers are everywere there are just waiting for the right person and for the right timing.
But in retrospect, people will learn from this and be smarter in the future. Some mistakes are necessary and some lessons are indeed expensive but at the cost of learning.
Really doesn't help too much.
But in retrospect, people will learn from this and be smarter in the future. Some mistakes are necessary and some lessons are indeed expensive but at the cost of learning.
this has to be stopped. more people will become victims especially now that scammers use verified account for their tricks. stuffs like this has to be filtered and regulated.
This is really insane, would be nice if these people would try and improve the community. Some of this stuff is "smart", so their brains could be used differently.
this has to be stopped. more people will become victims especially now that scammers use verified account for their tricks. stuffs like this has to be filtered and regulated.
hell with these scammers! these shits are just making crypto kook bad to regular people!
Very useful information. I think it's necessary to be very cautious, unfortunately there are also swindles on the Internet. Twitter should monitor and prune such actions.
why they (scammers) get verified badge? yes, sometimes i get message by pm twitter, to click links, i think this is scammer too
The scammers are hacking or buying accounts of users who are unrelated to cryptocurrency and have verified badges. They are then changing the names and pictures on the account to impersonate cryptocurrency people like the one in the picture.
There are a lot of scammers trying to take advantages on beginners in crypto. If anyone have friends that interested in crypto, teach them and let them know all about cryptocurrencies, don't let them get scammed. If a lot of peoples get scammed they won't believe in cryptocurrency.
Yikes. How the hell are the scammers getting the blue "verified" tick? Shouldn't be that easy right? Twitter needs to up their game as soon as possible.
They are hacking people outside of cryptocurrency with verified badges and then changing their name. On other platforms, if you change your name you have to get reverified ( which only seems right ) but I guess on twitter you don't have too.
While it's horrible what they're doing, people kinda have to be scammed in order to notice that people on the internet are not always good people. It's a lesson that you learn by paying, and we're all trying to teach the lesson for free to people. Though some will only learn by paying the price.
It gives us a horrible name in crypto to have this sort of thing happening though, hope these people get in some big trouble when the time comes for them.
Yes, there are a lot of scammers out on Twitter. When I first got real into crypto, I almost fell for a fake message that came from an account that copied the name and picture of a CEO of one of the coins and it said they'd send 3 ETH if I sent them a little bit. Now it sounds crazy that people would even think about this but it happens and almost got me. Twitter needs to fix this asap!
why they (scammers) get verified badge? yes, sometimes i get message by pm twitter, to click links, i think this is scammer too
Yeah i always see like that scam. Scammer do anything to get money even though people will mad on him. He dont care about you. Thats why we need more extra careful. And i think avoid investing in a yoken that didnt have enough information like white paper or etc that make as satisfy.
They are hacking people outside of cryptocurrency with verified badges and then changing their name. On other platforms, if you change your name you have to get reverified ( which only seems right ) but I guess on twitter you don't have too.
Report them to twitter so they're forced to make changes. These are getting ridiculous though. It's starting to seem to me like there are more scammers in crypto than any other industry. They must love that the transactions are irreversible.
As a side note, I would also consider McAfee's ICO investment advice to be somewhat scammish, but maybe that's just me.
Now it can actually be hard to tell if someone is scamming.
just because some account on Twitter or elsewhere says verified doesn't mean what they say is also gold. and it is not just about scamming, there is a lot of bullshit out there from actual people with verified accounts spreading FUD and misinformation. and i'd say the hardness of telling if they are scamming or not depends on the person reading this stuff. some people are simply gullible and would fall for anything even if it were a random twitter account created yesterday.
If this is true it should be reported to Twitter management, and the real account owner should also report this to authorities because they are using this for nefarious activities, and this will ruin their reputation.
Some people are just simply getting blinded by their greed, unfortunately. Everyone just wants to get rich, and they saw this opportunity as a sort of easy-way-out of poverty. The poor gets poorer, I guess. Look at the bright side though, they most probably learned their lesson.
That's how the smart scam the poors. Twitter must take action to eliminate this issue which has already plagued the entire Twitter for a very long time. Hope those get scammed learn a lesson and be smart next time.
People should really be smart enough to know not to fall for such scams. There was another case with someone posing as Ethereum founder, saying send 0.5 ETH and get 5 ETH in return. Seriously, how gullible can people be? If Vitalik wanted to give away ETH, wouldn't it be easier to just say "post your ETH address here and receive 5ETH"? Why would he have to take ETH from you first? People need to wise up!
Some people are just simply getting blinded by their greed, unfortunately. Everyone just wants to get rich, and they saw this opportunity as a sort of easy-way-out of poverty. The poor gets poorer, I guess. Look at the bright side though, they most probably learned their lesson.
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