remember when ads related to bitcoin or crypto was banned by Google and Facebook?
now they promote the actual scams. they surely need to hire more ads and social media evaluators.
I saw ETH giveaways ads on youtube regularly. sigh.
Topic: Biggest Bitcoin giveaway scams and how can you avoid them - page 2. (Read 446 times)
If you are in the crypto space for quite some time already, you probably seen different kinds of scams.
This is just one of the very common but effective way scammers are using to lure some newbie investors.
I've seen many ads in Youtube regarding BTC, XRP and ETH giveaways (like doubler thingy). The recent twitter hack just to scam newbies are very obvious too. Its just that investors are ignorant and they get fall easily to these kind of scams. Well like I always said, investors will not learn if they will not experience it so... let them experience it first in order for them to adjust
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This is just one of the very common but effective way scammers are using to lure some newbie investors.
I've seen many ads in Youtube regarding BTC, XRP and ETH giveaways (like doubler thingy). The recent twitter hack just to scam newbies are very obvious too. Its just that investors are ignorant and they get fall easily to these kind of scams. Well like I always said, investors will not learn if they will not experience it so... let them experience it first in order for them to adjust
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This is not new I see a lot of free giveaway with the platform youtube and the only tag you will use is
Live and Giveaway then add the coin you want to search like
"bitcoin giveaway live"
"Ethereum giveaway live"
Also, there are a lot of reports right there on our beginners and help and scams accusations.
How to identify if this is a scam.
Most of them are having a
Deposit to join this event
Secured
Can double or triple your money
It's better if we keep reporting on this kind of platform to make more awareness. It's not too hard today if to find out because it's too much suspicious all of the statement they are giving on the banner.
Live and Giveaway then add the coin you want to search like
"bitcoin giveaway live"
"Ethereum giveaway live"
Also, there are a lot of reports right there on our beginners and help and scams accusations.
How to identify if this is a scam.
Most of them are having a
Deposit to join this event
Secured
Can double or triple your money
It's better if we keep reporting on this kind of platform to make more awareness. It's not too hard today if to find out because it's too much suspicious all of the statement they are giving on the banner.
The day that twitter hacks happened, I knew it was a scam. If anyone wants to do a giveaway, they will never tell you to send bitcoin, not to talk of highly influential people. Imagine Barack Obama telling you to send money before he can help you. This is really very dumb because even before now, many of those influential people that posted the giveaway have not openly mentioned their support for the bitcoin in the past
Always be aware of these schemes that can make you lose your money.
FAKE GIVEAWAYS are really suspicious and very obvious so expect that it will only fool and disappoint you. There are a lot of newbies who fall for that schemes that's why it is important for that to become the topic in this forum. Don't send money if you think that the thing that you are accessing feels sketchy or doubtful.
Value your asset above all and don't let it become wasted or suddenly disappear with just one wrong mistakes.
FAKE GIVEAWAYS are really suspicious and very obvious so expect that it will only fool and disappoint you. There are a lot of newbies who fall for that schemes that's why it is important for that to become the topic in this forum. Don't send money if you think that the thing that you are accessing feels sketchy or doubtful.
Value your asset above all and don't let it become wasted or suddenly disappear with just one wrong mistakes.
What to do if you come across a Bitcoin scam?
If you come across a Bitcoin scam, you should report it to Bitcoinabuse and Scam Alert first so the sites can be taken down.
Afterwards, you should report the video and channel to Youtube as fraudulent activity or report the tweet and questionable account to Twitter.
It is vital to report the site to Bitcoinabuse and Scam Alert first because if you report the video or tweet to their respective companies,
they will be taken down but the website will still be live.
What I'm familiar with is reporting the domain directly to where it was registered like namecheap for the site to be taken down. I may have heard about scamalert before but this is my first time hearing about Bitcoinabuse so I had to search for it. I think it's a very important part of the post and the link should have been provided too. If you come across a Bitcoin scam, you should report it to Bitcoinabuse and Scam Alert first so the sites can be taken down.
Afterwards, you should report the video and channel to Youtube as fraudulent activity or report the tweet and questionable account to Twitter.
It is vital to report the site to Bitcoinabuse and Scam Alert first because if you report the video or tweet to their respective companies,
they will be taken down but the website will still be live.
- Bitcoinabuse https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/
- ScamAlert https://www.scamalert.sg/
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Can you recover a scammed Bitcoin?
Unfortunately, crypto transactions are irreversible as per the blockchain. Once you send funds to a scammer’s address,
there is nothing you can do to get it back. That’s why it’s important to educate yourself about these crypto scams since once you’re pulled into them, there is no insurance and you will not be able to get your money back.
Confirmed bitcoin transactions are irreversible, that is correct. I would to add that if anyone happen to send btc to these scammers, don't attempt to recover them by hiring bitcoin recovery fraud services. It's guaranteed that you will only lose your money again. Please read this topic I've written before https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.54885257 Unfortunately, crypto transactions are irreversible as per the blockchain. Once you send funds to a scammer’s address,
there is nothing you can do to get it back. That’s why it’s important to educate yourself about these crypto scams since once you’re pulled into them, there is no insurance and you will not be able to get your money back.
All these scams are only showing how incompetent these companies are in stopping hacks and scams especially Youtube and twitter. I have been seeing a lot of these scams still active and every day a new one pops up. Either they cannot control their own system or these are all insider jobs.
dont blame the platform yet because i believe they do also care . i know youtube is strict and its also asociated with google so they dont want to allow such things that will make thier company look bad but to twitter , they can be less strict but they already released a statement regarding on the hackings happened . we can assume that they were now tightening thier system .
It is always better to avoid such Giveaways or Airdrops on these platforms.
for now yes thats recomended until both platforms are totally cleaned out and upgraded on their latest security . theyl soon announce if its already safe for us to participate on such form of crypto giveaways 
All these scams are only showing how incompetent these companies are in stopping hacks and scams especially Youtube and twitter. I have been seeing a lot of these scams still active and every day a new one pops up. Either they cannot control their own system or these are all insider jobs.
It is always better to avoid such Giveaways or Airdrops on these platforms.
It is always better to avoid such Giveaways or Airdrops on these platforms.
This is old news.Why do we have to discuss this again.
Those Youtube scams are so stupid I can't imagine what kind of people are actually sending their Bitcoins to such obviously fake "giveaways".
If somebody is "giving away" lots of Bitcoin,but wants you to send him a small amount of BTC before that,that's an obvious scam.
Youtube and Twitter are sued for this scam,but I think that it's not their fault.Such big companies can't solve the problem of having thousands of hacked accounts in a few days.
Those Youtube scams are so stupid I can't imagine what kind of people are actually sending their Bitcoins to such obviously fake "giveaways".
If somebody is "giving away" lots of Bitcoin,but wants you to send him a small amount of BTC before that,that's an obvious scam.
Youtube and Twitter are sued for this scam,but I think that it's not their fault.Such big companies can't solve the problem of having thousands of hacked accounts in a few days.
And most of those hackers are using popular accounts so those users will believe that such personality is sincere enough for returns and rewards.
Just always remember that there is no easy high returns, huge rewards. And never ever believe that giving out crypto will have gauranteed you that they will give it back with high interests. Theres no such thing like that.
Unless you gamble with 50/50 chance with your btc.
Whenever i see some posts like this, i always click the report button so they will be some alert to the social media teams that someone is trying to scam people.
Just always remember that there is no easy high returns, huge rewards. And never ever believe that giving out crypto will have gauranteed you that they will give it back with high interests. Theres no such thing like that.
Unless you gamble with 50/50 chance with your btc.
Whenever i see some posts like this, i always click the report button so they will be some alert to the social media teams that someone is trying to scam people.
If the giveaway is good to be true, you need to be careful because, as we know, if the giveaway is real, we don't have to send any money, but it is okay if we only send an email. But the scammers will use many ways to trick their target people, and sometimes if we are not smart enough to think if that is real or not, we can get scam too.
But unfortunately, when people see or read about the giveaway, they will do anything because they think that the giveaway is real, even if they need to send their documents. That will need our concern if we don't want to get scam, and if we read about the giveaway, we need to search for the other news to know more about that.
But unfortunately, when people see or read about the giveaway, they will do anything because they think that the giveaway is real, even if they need to send their documents. That will need our concern if we don't want to get scam, and if we read about the giveaway, we need to search for the other news to know more about that.
Scams come in so many faces. Even in Twitter scams are not just in the form of fake giveaways, double-your-money schemes, or investment opportunities with unbelievably high ROI promises. Asking for charitable donations is also being done by scammers.
As a matter of fact, just yesterday, the verified Twitter account of India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, was hacked by a certain 'John Wick' and posted a tweet asking people to "donate generously to PM National Relief Fund for Covid-19." The hacker proceeded to state the preferred currency, "Kindly Donate Bitcoin…"[1]
So everybody should be watchful not just with regard to investment opportunities but also with those which appeals to our sympathy.
[1] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/twitter-account-pm-narendra-modi-hacked-6580967/
As a matter of fact, just yesterday, the verified Twitter account of India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, was hacked by a certain 'John Wick' and posted a tweet asking people to "donate generously to PM National Relief Fund for Covid-19." The hacker proceeded to state the preferred currency, "Kindly Donate Bitcoin…"[1]
So everybody should be watchful not just with regard to investment opportunities but also with those which appeals to our sympathy.
[1] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/twitter-account-pm-narendra-modi-hacked-6580967/
Avoid anything that says they would return you 200% (or more) of whatever you invested, those are flags for scams. Even if famous people did so, better not do so, especially with how recently such issue has happened. Tbh, anything, or any giveaway, that asks you to pay or give money isn't really a give away already, more like it's a promo or something. The word "giveaway" is used to make it seem like you're actually winning, but let's be real here, you're losing a lot in this case. It's almost like gambling at that point, and really, I think gambling is more trustworthy since a win guarantees a return back, while giveaways still have that chance of you getting scammed.
Simple solution to everyone's plight regarding giveaways is actually the harsh reality, there's no easy way to earn money. Just work hard and smart, you'd see returns after a few years.
Simple solution to everyone's plight regarding giveaways is actually the harsh reality, there's no easy way to earn money. Just work hard and smart, you'd see returns after a few years.
Twitter been into many hacking and the target is those popular personalities,we must know when to determine if it was scam, no giveaways will ask payment first and know that these personalities will not just do giveaway in twitter alone they will use their own website or platform to announce it, not just in twitter.
Today the internet has become so insecure: Twitter, Google, You tube. We have witnessed these scams, as we know the pattern of these scammers it is very difficult to fall into the trap.
Sad is for those who do not know how these cyber criminals act and they are scammed by large amounts of money valued in Bitcoin and Ether, the most used cryptos.
Sad is for those who do not know how these cyber criminals act and they are scammed by large amounts of money valued in Bitcoin and Ether, the most used cryptos.
Even though many of us in forum have knowledge on how to treat the scam giveaways like this, I know that there are still many people who will be baited by this scam. Those people who are greed in money which always want to double their investment in a day will fall for this giveaways scam. Who will easily caught up by giveaways which will you send bitcoin to them? This is the reason why I did not browse any giveaways in social media app because most of them are scammers. They are just spamming the social media with their fake giveaways.
Twitter giveaway scam was popular even before. And the number one targeted people are the followers of Vitalik and CZ.
They were making fake accounts similar to these personalities and will do the same trick of asking to send any amount and they'll send with the promise of higher amount later.
They were making fake accounts similar to these personalities and will do the same trick of asking to send any amount and they'll send with the promise of higher amount later.
Common line here that should be always remembered:
"If something seems too good to be true then it’s probably a scam"
its pretty basic but there are still lots of people who do still fall into these giveaway scams.If they have just use their own common sense
they can really point it out.
"If something seems too good to be true then it’s probably a scam"
its pretty basic but there are still lots of people who do still fall into these giveaway scams.If they have just use their own common sense
they can really point it out.
Just a simple step don't send out money or Bitcoin if it is a giveaway then why would you need to send first before receiving it?
That is the only thing that you should never forget on crypto or in every currency.
Just ask yourself why would you even need to pay in order to receive a free giveaways?
Sometimes there are services where you really need to make such a Deposit to withdraw money. This is a normal practice especially for a casino or a betting aggregator. This is the usual protection against bots and robots that conduct automatic mass registrations, thereby receiving some bonuses from the platforms. That is the only thing that you should never forget on crypto or in every currency.
Just ask yourself why would you even need to pay in order to receive a free giveaways?
No giveaway will ask for payment or any returns in any forms and people should always bare that on their mind since many scammers are using now a high profile identities to create an appealing attention to the people who's seeking an opportunity.
People should remember always that to good to be true is so risky and always end up scam.
There is no giveaway like that and it obviously doesn't make sense to me, especially taking action on Youtube live and also several profiles of well-known people as a result of their hacking, most of which are the giveaway medium and it's flat with the name Binance oh my God what are they is it stupid that every day keep changing the domain to a new one? and I'm sure people already know that it's a perpetual scamer. People should remember always that to good to be true is so risky and always end up scam.
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