Topic: Do not get scammed by this, specially newcomers. - page 3. (Read 974 times)

Scamming has been rampant online so we have to be more cautious not to fall for it in every way possible.  Even myself has been receiving random messages from strangers online, and the best action for them is to never mind them at all. Keep ignoring all their messages and links being shared to you, they will get tired in the end and vanish. Never open attachments or click on links if the sender is a total stranger, otherwise your private information might be tracked.

Know all the red flags online. Be aware that if they can't get you or make you fall in their trap, they will find other means just to scam you. So be smarter than those scammers and never stop educating yourself because being knowledgeable is a great weapon not to be scammed.

I think no one is going to take this whole thing seriously because basically,  the whole thing is a set up and a game and we all need to be wiser that that right now, and also having 1200 bitcoins in the hands of a scammers and wanting to get them out is almost an impossible thing, and anyone that promises to offer such services to recover the list Bitcoin is a hacker and at that you need to be careful and must not deal with them if it is online but if he is willing to get the Bitcoin out for your first and you pay him from the recovered bitcoins.

Don't trust too much because most likely it's just a nonsense, it will only restore your faith and hope but without real evidence, in my opinion there is no other way that can restore the amount of bitcoin you have lost unless you find your secret or private key. And if there are some people who provide other ways besides that then honestly for me personally I will not believe them.

This is really absurd, so maybe you are no longer strange with some advice that comes reminding you to keep your private key as well as possible, I think it is a strong enough reason because on the other hand it is almost impossible for them to recover something that has been lost in their accumulation, just think of it as a very valuable lesson.

The biggest mistake we often make is that we start asking everywhere whether it will be Quora or any other social media platform for help in such a situation but we even don't realize that the scammer was also present on the same platform, they keep an eye on such discussion platform to hunt a new person. When we ask a question a scammer comes and provides solutions but you can not use that solution and that's part of their tactics. After some discussion, you tend to take help and he asks for some personal info. He can't restore your lost Bitcoin but he can steal the remaining funds. We bringing this situation by our stupidity. We need to realize that no one can restore your lost BTC without yourself so instead of asking a stranger think of the phrase or key of your wallet.

op Thank you very much for your very important post. There are many of us who live in the fantasy world that if Bitcoin is ever lost it will  be recovered. In this regard, anyone who says that bitcoin is lost, I will return it is 100% cheating on you. So we have to be careful not to fall into the trap of their deception. People who are familiar with Bitcoin and know well about Bitcoin will never be fooled by this scam. Especially this scam is more likely to happen with newbies so newbies should be careful.

You made me laugh. Elon Musk seems to be keeping a lot of people like your friend awake. And the whole reason is that people are simply uneducated. Lack of information, stupid stay on social networks, where scammers multiply nowadays and publish all sorts of nonsense about quick profits, completely taking away the last grains of the brain from stupid people. It's very funny to see those unfortunate people who hoped to become millionaires with three simple clicks on a link.
In truth, as long as people believe that Bitcoin can be hacked or money can be returned, fraud will continue to develop.

I mean that is an obvious scam, how a person can recover stolen or wrong-sent Bitcoin that is not possible right? If people can recover without a private key they will be a lot richer just by recovering some address. and he lost 1200 Btc that is crazy amount and I dont think the question even real.

We are here talking about a huge sum estimated at 12,000 bitcoins, and not about an ordinary transfer that was sent by mistake to an address whose owner you know.  I can bet that anyone who receives this amount will return it to its owner, even if he knows him.
It is not the same when we talk about a successful scam, as the sender did not send Bitcoin by mistake and was expecting profits from what he was doing.  Personally, I do not remember that a similar case occurred on the forum, especially with amounts of this size.
Just verifying the receiving address is not enough in such cases, and it would have been better to ask about the nature of the whole matter before deciding to send.

Direct contact I mean is when you have been constantly been transacting the address one mistakenly send the bitcoin at this point he could write to the owner. Just like a topic I came across here in the forum someone mistakenly send btc to another user here and he post his mistakes the person who received the bitcoin retuned it back to the original owner. But believe me or not if it was now I don't think such person would come to refund back the BTC to sender, still while sending BTC we should be very mindful with the way we transfer them or like our security aspect we should be more stronger.

One of the basic ways to con people, you create a problem and then somehow there's people out there that wants to help you out. I am 60% sure that it's a scam because that's a possibility but the it will only go to a 100 if I can see that the person who has posted their problem show a proof that they've got a problem and that there's really an issue and that someone was able to solve the issue and so far I am not happy with what I am seeing, I am like that one American Dad meme where he's looking at the meter to see if it crossed the line.

I am really happy that there's more and more people becoming more vigilant and aware of different types of scams, this kind of thing happening results in these scams losing their influence over many people because now a lot of people are already asking questions and the scammers aren't prepared to answer any of them, they got too complacent about their method that they didn't expect them to ask questions so they haven't prepared any answers. I wouldn't say that I'm a good person but when a stranger asks me for help, I always try my best to help out knowing that there's a possibility that it's a prelude or their way into introducing me to a scheme but I know that when I do that, the possibility of scam is likely so don't try what I do because you might not realize it sometimes that you're already being scammed.

Same thought that comes to my mind when I see people seeking for help desperately after losing their coins, especially on social media from total strangers they know nothing about. This will only make you vulnerable and expose you to more danger and severe pain because at this point,  you are emotionally down and can do anything to get help. Note this, if you lose your coin(s), it is gone and cannot be reversed except in few cases where you are close to the supposed beneficiary.


They are in some sort of chain network, working hard to convince their latest prey that whatever help or business they are offering is genuine, if you are not smart enough to avoid them, they'll feast on your funds.

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In this current age where everyone is vigilant,  where news about scammers and their mode of operations have spread round like wild fire, no one is supposed to fall victim to these scammers. Avoid strangers by all means, especially those ones that offer unsolicited help and juicy offers.
 

I got the message of Quora 1200 BTC scam story in my email box, infact I took my time to read the some of the replies which most of them look similar, majority of those replies shared same stories of losing different amount of USDT and Bitcoin, one of them was even saying one of his friend who was an FBI agent helped him to recover his stolen fund and other similar stories, I truly agreed that this is a well perfected setup to lure people who had genuinely lost some coin into a trap either by promising to assist them in retrieving their coins whereas they have some ulterior motives to scam because from those replies some of them are requesting for Dms, this is a red flag except for unsuspecting victims who might fall for these scam.

When it comes to bitcoin and public and private keys, it is never good to give them, under any type, the circumstances can be many but you should not leave any type of things like that, first what they can put in any forum is and can be very false to see those who can scam, no one under any type of criteria can ask you for your private keys, much less lose 1200BTC, and then say that you will not recover them, I think that is very false, the fact that they tell it like that, It already seems false to me, it's something that doesn't fit into my brain, I see it as very weak from any context, it's something that doesn't fit into human logic, because it doesn't fit.

The fact that it will help to recover 1200 bitcoins is a bit doubtful, to be honest. Why? In the history of such issues until now, has there been news that, after being scammed for a large amount of money, someone was kind enough to help recover the lost amount of money?

Nothing like that has ever happened, and until now, it still hasn't. Then that 1200 btc, who can do that? Aren't they just millionaires, especially with the value that Bitcoin has today?

It undoubtedly has many members falling into a fraudulent circle. If someone has created such a group to recover lost bitcoins then it is definitely nothing but a scam. However, in the case of all the members who have contacted them through their own contact or ID, they should not give their identification or information. Many times fraudsters commit crimes by stealing their own documentsThere could be bigger problems. Therefore, never give identity or verification information to fraudsters. Especially the private key of the wallet or the security system should be completely avoided because no honest or real organization or circle will ever ask anyone to give any genuine document file.

This case of course makes the person feel hopeless so that when he is offered the answer to his problem he thinks it is help even though in reality it is not. I agree with you that these scammers try to exploit deeper to get their victims trapped in the hole of their game. Any offer would be useless because the Bitcoins he holds are pure and only he can control them. if you lose access, it means risk and don't involve other people to help you. Bottom line, don't trust anyone who tries to access your Bitcoins, even if the goal is for recovery, etc.

The thread would have best suited in beginners & Help because newcomers are more in that section. Then let come to the content. Op what you have said is very correct. This is how internet scammers do to scam people. Sometimes there many in the room so as one person call or drop and others also drop different information nd recommendation and those who don't know anything will call the contact thinking that the person they contact is a good person. And if you call one person in that place they will give the phone to one another making the thing more real.

This kind scam is not a new thing to me, I know their tactics so it will be hard for them to scam me. One thing is that if you are not greedy to be rich over night then it will be hard for them to scam.

But to attract people's attention, scammers will always find ways to highlight their themes and stories. And losing 1200BTC will really get people's attention, but the story will be even more compelling when there is an account claiming to be an expert and can help them get those bitcoins back. It can be seen that scammers' tricks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and newbies can easily fall into this trap. This is an interesting topic and a wake-up call for newbies.

This is the reason why people who know nothing about btc or cryptocurrency in general gets the idea that this is all but a scam but it’s just recklessness that gets people to this point

WhatsApp is also an app where scammers are abundant and especially in Quora

remember that bitcoin is decentralized there’s absolutely no reason for you to share any information about your wallet to anyone else let’s all be responsible holders of btc and be responsible in taking information from the internet as well

Don’t be surprised that the person who claims to have lost bitcoin is also part of the scammer’s team, it’s just a strategy to defraud people. They know a lot of people have lost their bitcoin, and when newbies see things like this, they will be very desperate to get their bitcoin back, but they don’t know that in the process of trying to recover your lost bitcoin, you will end up losing more money. Scammers might ask you to send some certain amount of money before they will be able to track the bitcoin, and immediately you send them the money, then they will be blocking you instantly. After making the first payment, some might still be giving excuses just to get more money from you before they finally decide to block you when they notice that you are no longer giving them anything. You will lose your bitcoin, and you will lose the money you sent for them to help you get back your bitcoin.
 
We all should have it in mind that bitcoin sent can’t be recovered if your transaction have been confirmed. If the bitcoin was sent to an exchange, the best thing you can do is report the wallet address on the exchange where the bitcoin was sent, but if it’s not sent to an exchange, I don’t think you can do anything about it. You shouldn’t allow scammers to scam you, don’t add to your loss.