Topic: BitCoin Scamming Business is Booming! - page 6. (Read 10790 times)
Scammers will always be there. When business booms, there willl be scammers. Scammers date back from before Christ and maybe up until Mars becomes the new earth.
As long as there are suckers, there will be scammers. Bitcoin makes life easier for scammers, but also for everyone else. You just have to be cautious about where you send your money.
Bitcoin has just made it easier for someone to scam people globally, within seconds.
You have micro transactions, with nearly no fees. {So you can scam millions of people, with small amounts} or you can go big and scam someone out of a big amount, and have it, within minutes. {No charge back / refersal of transaction / No consumer protection / And relative anonymity, if you use mixers}
Previously, you had to wait for wire transfers to go through, and you had massive fees and transactions could be stopped...... BTC changed all of that.
It's a great currency, and it has huge potential, to use these same features for doing good things, but unfortunately not all technology are being used for doing good.
We have seen this with with all other technologies {Facebook / Twitter / Internet} So BTC is not unique, it still the same people using it. {Human factor} Greed.
You have micro transactions, with nearly no fees. {So you can scam millions of people, with small amounts} or you can go big and scam someone out of a big amount, and have it, within minutes. {No charge back / refersal of transaction / No consumer protection / And relative anonymity, if you use mixers}
Previously, you had to wait for wire transfers to go through, and you had massive fees and transactions could be stopped...... BTC changed all of that.
It's a great currency, and it has huge potential, to use these same features for doing good things, but unfortunately not all technology are being used for doing good.
We have seen this with with all other technologies {Facebook / Twitter / Internet} So BTC is not unique, it still the same people using it. {Human factor} Greed.
if i were a scammer, i'd probably do it on silkroad - it's way easier to prey on druggies looking for their next score. maybe not everyone on SR is like that, but i'm pretty sure there are lots of them. they make the most irrational decisions after all.
lol... there are a lot of bad people out there. Don't risk your life for the sake of a few coins.
It is true that the Silk Road 2.0 is more vulnerable to scams, after admins removed the escrow system. Now they are using multi-sig wallets, which are more susceptible to cheating.
i was just playing an "if" scenario.. i don't even think it's all that risky to scam someone on SR, but i still wouldn't do it. remember that guy who got away with the heist at sheep marketplace? i think he was doxed, and he is still alive (i think).
if i were a scammer, i'd probably do it on silkroad - it's way easier to prey on druggies looking for their next score. maybe not everyone on SR is like that, but i'm pretty sure there are lots of them. they make the most irrational decisions after all.
lol... there are a lot of bad people out there. Don't risk your life for the sake of a few coins.
It is true that the Silk Road 2.0 is more vulnerable to scams, after admins removed the escrow system. Now they are using multi-sig wallets, which are more susceptible to cheating.
Bitcoin is currently accepted by many deep-web people like hackers and cyber-criminals. Its also used by scammers a lot due to fact that payments are fully anonymous and irreversible.
Payments are not fully anonymous. With a little know how you can find the ISP of transactions. There are ways to hide the source of a transaction, but the normal payments across the network are not anonymous. It is true that they are irreversible.
Bitcoin is currently accepted by many deep-web people like hackers and cyber-criminals. Its also used by scammers a lot due to fact that payments are fully anonymous and irreversible.
So just thinking out in my head here in light of the bitcoin7.com scam ( which your's truly called it a scam https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=17043.0;all ) where and how do these scams come about ?
I'm starting to see a pattern here between the polish exchange , mybitcoin and the other's who seem to have been "scammed" by some bad people . My theory:
Build a front-facing website that actually looks like a "business" , then cry-foul that russians came and took your business wallet along with all the BTC of your customers, sell the company to anyone who wants it then walk-away with all the coins.
Rinse & Repeat. I mean all these sites come up with the same Bullshit could their be collusion involved with all these? Should we put Phinnaeus Gage on the case?
Thoughts?
I'm starting to see a pattern here between the polish exchange , mybitcoin and the other's who seem to have been "scammed" by some bad people . My theory:
Build a front-facing website that actually looks like a "business" , then cry-foul that russians came and took your business wallet along with all the BTC of your customers, sell the company to anyone who wants it then walk-away with all the coins.
Rinse & Repeat. I mean all these sites come up with the same Bullshit could their be collusion involved with all these? Should we put Phinnaeus Gage on the case?
Thoughts?
That was the first person that came to mind when I read this post haha! It does sort of have a similar feel the same situations Phineus has ranted about time and time again. If you see a trend of scams then you may very well be on to something. I think people often times make bad decisions with who they trust with their coins and the cycle just repeats itself. None the less people need to have in the back of their minds the shady people they see in real life also have access to the internet.. And they get to be even more shady when they think nobody is looking, so be careful with whom you choose to work with and give control of your funds to(rule #1).
if i were a scammer, i'd probably do it on silkroad - it's way easier to prey on druggies looking for their next score. maybe not everyone on SR is like that, but i'm pretty sure there are lots of them. they make the most irrational decisions after all.
SR was a great playground to try some scamming I agree. A lot of people who have no clue.
and don't forget gamblers too.. they have issues similar to druggies. they can't control themselves. and the thing about it is, if you don't scam them, they'll lose their money either way.
but nah, i'm too honest to scam anyone. just a thought experiment.
if i were a scammer, i'd probably do it on silkroad - it's way easier to prey on druggies looking for their next score. maybe not everyone on SR is like that, but i'm pretty sure there are lots of them. they make the most irrational decisions after all.
SR was a great playground to try some scamming I agree. A lot of people who have no clue.
if i were a scammer, i'd probably do it on silkroad - it's way easier to prey on druggies looking for their next score. maybe not everyone on SR is like that, but i'm pretty sure there are lots of them. they make the most irrational decisions after all.
People feel scammed by this fiat system, some are too pissed and end up scamming other people 
Scams are everywhere that is the bottom line!
May be. But scammers can take advantage of Bitcoin. For example, it is much easier to scam people using Bitcoins and at the same time it is outright impossible to track the perpetrators. This will slow down the public adoption of Bitcoin. For example, a lot of people use Paypal, despite its insanely high charges. If they could be convinced that using Bitcoin is as safe as Paypal, then a lot of them will immediately shift to the crypto currency.
People feel scammed by this fiat system, some are too pissed and end up scamming other people
Scams are everywhere that is the bottom line!
People feel scammed by this fiat system, some are too pissed and end up scamming other people
you can report scams at http://BitScams.org
You can get scammed by listening to or clicking on any of the sites made or run by the jackass above me.
Dr. mISTEAL Moriscammy PhD
Can you get scammed just by clicking that link? How?
Scamming is everywhere there is money.
Scaming business is everywhere,bitcoin-stealing malware,endless alt shitcoin and scam ...
you can report scams at http://BitScams.org
You can get scammed by listening to or clicking on any of the sites made or run by the jackass above me.
Dr. mISTEAL Moriscammy PhD
haha ya I heard that guy is a borderline scammer also ....saw some thread somewhere...forget where....
you can report scams at http://BitScams.org
You can get scammed by listening to or clicking on any of the sites made or run by the jackass above me.
Dr. mISTEAL Moriscammy PhD
you can report scams at http://BitScams.org
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