Topic: Coronavirus scam email - do not donate bitcoin - page 3. (Read 491 times)

this is not extraordinary...
every disaster happens, there will be fake donations like this, if you are really a generous person, it would be nice if you donated to an official foundation that already has a good name and reputation, love the bitcoins you have and don't just donate carelessly.

So sad but it seems it's the great time for scamers.
In situations like this many come to idea how to get the benefits for themselves using the hard situation where people feel scared and unsecured.
Don't fall for such attempts and be very careful. Cyber criminals don't care about crisis and corona virus, they just want your money.

Well spotted ! It seems like there’s plenty of scammers about - websites, coins etc . Sad times 

There are always people trying to benefit from any bad happenings. I saw some post some weeks ago about someone creating Corona coin and it's trading. Just this week, I have seen website asking people for donations for fighting Corona. Same thing on Facebook. Scammers will always look for methods, we should always spread awareness of their new methods.

Thanks for sharing the information. With the pandemic happening right now, people are wanting to help other people while these people are taking advantage of those who want to help. I will also share this with some of my friends since they contacted me wanting to help other people using crypto currency, they might fall victim to these scams.

Bitcoin donation on e-mail, who'll fall with that? Even it is not crisis or there is no pandemic, emails circulating that look for bitcoin donation is scam. Coronavirus has been the very word of every people in here because of the casualties it has caused and so the scammers too. Scammers will really find a way to scam gullible people, It sucks they have to do it in times of crisis where people are needy of everything especially money.

Exagge. Human race of just a group of people who loves an easy money? lol.

Scammers find ways to earn money every time. However, this is not surprising.

That's right, they took advantage of the pandemic so that they seize the opportunity to sell in a higher value of price. But here in my country, as the government heard the news about that, those people who hoard necessary items are punishable by law and can suffer years of imprisonment. The mindset that they have is to let their fellow citizen die from the virus as well as they get more money from the people. Luckily, in my country, people aren't dumb to buy to them but they post it on social media to address how people are abusing the power of the virus to earn money. It is reasonable if they hoard items or goods just to help other people but the thing they do is in the opposite side of it. Instead of helping, they harm other people most especially who are in a lower class and it is good that the government took some actions about that problem.

Yeah, this isn't exclusive to Bitcoin, and is happening every day with fiat currencies. Not just for the corona pandemic, but also other viruses which have existed before; Think Ebola, and SARS. Most people are somewhat decent, and just tend to wander off the path a little, before finding their path again. No one is perfect, but I don't think that excuses those that are exploiting a pandemic or any other virus for that matter. There are some crimes, and "scummy" behaviour that you can forgive, and give another chance. But, when you are exploiting something as important as health, and robbing people of money when they could need it the most because of the record amount of people out of jobs, this is probably inexcusable.

This is definitely bad news for Bitcoin, but not exclusively. Its bad news for all currencies, and humanity that people will stoop this low in crisis.

There are lots of this type of scam going around atm. Unfortunately some people have no morals at all & will prey on disasters to get money. It really makes you realise that some of the human race is disgusting.  

I have seen some accusation related to corona virus donation, you can here

1. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/covid-19-donation-cryptolocalatm-self-moderated-5234209

2. https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/covid-19-who-website-5234084

That is really bad, I don't think why they (scammer) justifies any means to gain self-satisfaction above the suffering of others.

Yeah be carefull everyone, check the platform first before you have any intention and also you ask to this forum for more detail.

It's much better that way and the assurance that your help will be reach people who are in need is very possible. People who are still aiming to scam others are continuing to do this things.
Be wise in times like this, be aware and forget about those emails much better to be more safe than sorry if you fed those scammers.

This has little to do with bitcoin tough... These are just scammers that have found their scamming niche.

In the newspaper i read, there are articles of fiat-scammers using the corona crisis on a daily basis...  Yesterday there was a story of a 95 year old widow that was scammed by somebody that promised to go to the shop for her and buy the groceries she needed to survive... The bastard just ran with the money, leaving the old woman completely helpless and isolated, without food...

A couple days before, there was a story of people going door-to-door collecting money to help corona-victims using one of those big organisations (don't remember if it was doctors without boundarys, or the red cross,...). Offcourse they were not affiliated, and just plain scammers using human misery to enrich themselfs.

Just as bad are all the news reports of doctors and nurses having their cars broken into by people searching for facemasks and hand sanitizers. Imagine risking your life on a daily basis by treating people that are infected, going to your car after a full shift and then having to deal with the fact your windshield is smashed because you had an indication of being a doctor or a nurse posted on your windshield...

It's human nature, most of us are honest people, some are bad seeds... It doesn't matter if they try to scam by asking btc using a spam mailing list, or if they go around trying to steal money face-to-face. Bad situations seem to fuel those people, it seems that the willingness of good people to do good things leads to bad people having an extra incentive trying to steal from the good people.

Opportunity in the suffering of the people, that's what can be done by thieves and fraudsters, people in the world are experiencing calamity, it is the irresponsible elements who take the opportunity.

OP you did the right thing telling people here.

virus C is currently under serious consideration by the government, all funds and drugs are fully handled by the local government, so don't believe in the name of the donation with Bitcoin, the government never ordered it and did it.

Always be mindful of your accounts as it is very vulnerable to the hackers, and if you don't want to be fooled then learn more about the security of your accounts. Also don't click anything that is suspicious in internet maybe it can direct you to another website where it can gather all your data and information. Many hackers are taking advantage of the virus to gain money because they know people are soft and kind these days to help the poor. As you take care of your health, also take care of your money and crypto to prevent losses and viruses in your computer. Seek more information if the emails are legit and tallied to the original email of some organization that asks for a donation. They are also taking advantage of the name of the organization so that the people will believe on them easily.

people are all trying to benefit from the trouble of others. shame on them. I've got some messages a couple days back

Every time there is an event or an opportunity like this, scammers will not think twice to scam those new investors or those innocent people.

Nothing new and I will not fall with this childish way of scamming people. I can distinguish which is a legit and a scam with regards to donation. Feel sad for those people who really gave Bitcoin to these scammers but they are just experiencing the consequences for their ignorance and lack of knowledge.

Despite the problem of the pandemic disease that the globe is facing, we should be all be careful in order not to fall for cheap scam like this. Center for disease control twitter page is verified and if this donation call is coming from their parastatal, then I'm very sure CDC will announce also on their twitter page. I don't even think CDC will announce for funding because there are not an independent organization. So everyone need to be careful.

Its just sad that some people are still taking advantage the unfortunate situation the world currently face and instead of doing a good deed they are busy trying to scam naive people.

So dont believe the email asking you to donate for covid-19 patients and dont ever click the link. If you want to help, do it by cooperating to your local leaders and give your donation personally.

This ruined my day.

People need help and these sh*ts are taking advantage of the pandemic that is happening? Are these people still human? It is so annoying that instead of helping those people in need, they still got the idea of scamming or fooling other people out of their money. Thanks for informing though.