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Hello everybody,
In this topic I would like to give an Overview of the most common SCAMS we are exposed daily.
I'll try to add more SCAMs over time, to give all Newcomers a nice Overview!
Table of contents
Websites
As probably everyone has noticed, the cloning of well- known crypto- sites is a very popular scam nowadays.
These cloned sites wanna get the users to enter their data and steal it.
Usually the presence of a green 'https' tells you if a site is legit or not.
Some of the Scam- Sites however found a way to display the green 'https' and 'secure' in the URL of the site.
If you take a closer look at the URL, you can see little dots under the letters 'n'.
That you do not have to manually check the URL every time you visit a crypto- related site,
I'd like to introduce an nice Extension for the Chrome Browser I am using for a while now.
Cryptonite by MetaCert Link
(also available for Firefox: Link)
As soon as you are on a verified Crypto page, the black shield on the toolbar changes its color from black to green!
If the sign does not turn green during the visit, one should assume (according to the description) that the visited site is not safe or rather not verified.
I have the extension in action for some time now and can really recommend it.
You don't need to manually re- check the URLs.
Recently, when I was browsing through some bounty threads and looking at the websites of some candidates, the extension already hit
the alarm.
Really nice
You cannot be safe enough when visiting crypto sites.
Airdrops
There are multiple ways to run a fake airdrop and scam people.
One very well known scheme of an fake airdrop looks like this:
You will be asked for your private key
They just ask for your private key.
In the Note they guarantee that "They will never use, store or collect your personal data (such as the private key)"
NEVER share your private key with anyone else!!!
Another scheme is the
"Send X amount of ETH to receive Y amount of airdrop shitcoin" scheme
Here is how it looks like:
Airdrop Rules:
- NEVER (seriously) NEVER ENTER YOUR PRIVATE KEY ANYWHERE!!
- Never send ETH to participate in an Airdrop
- SCAM Airdrops are often posted from brand new accounts on Twitter, so always check the Tweet- history and the Account registration date!
- You should also check their official channels before you take part in a 'suspicious' Airdrop, because they should have promoted the Airdrop somewhere.
Twitter
Everyone with a crypto-related Twitter Account has aleady seen them for months.
I am talking about the huge crypto scam botnet, who spread the word about fake airdrops/giveaways.
They reply to tweets posted by the legitimate account.
This is how it looks like:
I can only repeat, please just install Cryptonite MetaCert (Link above) which also has a Twitter support and look for the green shield.
If it's not green, assume the twitter account is a fake until you prove otherwise.
Pyramid Schemes
Pyramid Scheme - A Definition
Proof of Trevon James (PoTJ)
Proof of Trevon James, or PoTJ is an ERC-20 token named after Trevon James, a "crypto youtube and twitter influencer".
This scammer has also been involved in BitConnect which he openly advertised on his channels.
YouTube Channel:
Concept:
“When someone buys or sells Proof of Trevon James Tewken, 20% of the buy and 25% of the sell price is split by the total number of coins and given as locked-in-rewards (priced in Ether)”.
Example:
[source: https://themerkle.com/what-is-proof-of-trevon-james-potj-tewken/]
Beware shit like this. People like Trevon are people that the crypto community doesn't need.
Telegram
Nowadays everyone is a member of several crypto- related telegram groups, so it was only a matter of time before people were threatened by malicious attacks there as well.
A current threat, which I see a lot at the moment, concerns the .SCR files that are distributed almost everywhere.
These files look like this (name may vary, of course)
VERY IMPORTANT:
Please guys NEVER, seriously NEVER EVER open such a file, not even if it looks like it was posted by an admin of the group!!
I can't stress this enough.
SCR files are executable script files. Executing a SCR file will only lead to a list of commands being run by the system.
Stay Safe Online
In this topic I would like to give an Overview of the most common SCAMS we are exposed daily.
I'll try to add more SCAMs over time, to give all Newcomers a nice Overview!
Table of contents
Websites
As probably everyone has noticed, the cloning of well- known crypto- sites is a very popular scam nowadays.
These cloned sites wanna get the users to enter their data and steal it.
Usually the presence of a green 'https' tells you if a site is legit or not.
Some of the Scam- Sites however found a way to display the green 'https' and 'secure' in the URL of the site.
If you take a closer look at the URL, you can see little dots under the letters 'n'.
That you do not have to manually check the URL every time you visit a crypto- related site,
I'd like to introduce an nice Extension for the Chrome Browser I am using for a while now.
Cryptonite by MetaCert Link
(also available for Firefox: Link)
Sorry guys, completely forgot to update this topic.
As everybody probably noticed, the Cryptonite extension was changed from 'free' to 'chargeable' (8$ / month, as far as I know).
So if you don't want to spend $96 a year on an extension (which I can understand) I would recommend you to bookmark all your relevant pages for now.
Besides, I can recommend you to install MetaMask that gives very good phishing alerts.
I will revise the initial post in this thread when I have a little more time.
As always: Stay Safe Online!
As everybody probably noticed, the Cryptonite extension was changed from 'free' to 'chargeable' (8$ / month, as far as I know).
So if you don't want to spend $96 a year on an extension (which I can understand) I would recommend you to bookmark all your relevant pages for now.
Besides, I can recommend you to install MetaMask that gives very good phishing alerts.
I will revise the initial post in this thread when I have a little more time.
As always: Stay Safe Online!
As soon as you are on a verified Crypto page, the black shield on the toolbar changes its color from black to green!
If the sign does not turn green during the visit, one should assume (according to the description) that the visited site is not safe or rather not verified.
I have the extension in action for some time now and can really recommend it.
You don't need to manually re- check the URLs.
Recently, when I was browsing through some bounty threads and looking at the websites of some candidates, the extension already hit
the alarm.
Really nice
You cannot be safe enough when visiting crypto sites.
Airdrops
There are multiple ways to run a fake airdrop and scam people.
One very well known scheme of an fake airdrop looks like this:
You will be asked for your private key
They just ask for your private key.
In the Note they guarantee that "They will never use, store or collect your personal data (such as the private key)"
NEVER share your private key with anyone else!!!
Another scheme is the
"Send X amount of ETH to receive Y amount of airdrop shitcoin" scheme
Here is how it looks like:
Airdrop Rules:
- NEVER (seriously) NEVER ENTER YOUR PRIVATE KEY ANYWHERE!!
- Never send ETH to participate in an Airdrop
- SCAM Airdrops are often posted from brand new accounts on Twitter, so always check the Tweet- history and the Account registration date!
- You should also check their official channels before you take part in a 'suspicious' Airdrop, because they should have promoted the Airdrop somewhere.
Everyone with a crypto-related Twitter Account has aleady seen them for months.
I am talking about the huge crypto scam botnet, who spread the word about fake airdrops/giveaways.
They reply to tweets posted by the legitimate account.
This is how it looks like:
I can only repeat, please just install Cryptonite MetaCert (Link above) which also has a Twitter support and look for the green shield.
If it's not green, assume the twitter account is a fake until you prove otherwise.
Pyramid Schemes
Pyramid Scheme - A Definition
Proof of Trevon James (PoTJ)
Proof of Trevon James, or PoTJ is an ERC-20 token named after Trevon James, a "crypto youtube and twitter influencer".
This scammer has also been involved in BitConnect which he openly advertised on his channels.
YouTube Channel:
Concept:
“When someone buys or sells Proof of Trevon James Tewken, 20% of the buy and 25% of the sell price is split by the total number of coins and given as locked-in-rewards (priced in Ether)”.
Example:
Quote
If you were to buy into the contract with 1Eth and immediately sell it, you would get around 0.55Eth back. The reason for that is you lose 20% on the buy in, and 25% on the sell, ending up with around 55% of your initial ethereum. In other words, in order to break even the token price has to go up roughly 40% before you decide to sell it.
[source: https://themerkle.com/what-is-proof-of-trevon-james-potj-tewken/]
Beware shit like this. People like Trevon are people that the crypto community doesn't need.
Telegram
Nowadays everyone is a member of several crypto- related telegram groups, so it was only a matter of time before people were threatened by malicious attacks there as well.
A current threat, which I see a lot at the moment, concerns the .SCR files that are distributed almost everywhere.
These files look like this (name may vary, of course)
VERY IMPORTANT:
Please guys NEVER, seriously NEVER EVER open such a file, not even if it looks like it was posted by an admin of the group!!
I can't stress this enough.
SCR files are executable script files. Executing a SCR file will only lead to a list of commands being run by the system.
Stay Safe Online
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