Topic: Do not get scammed by this, specially newcomers. - page 5. (Read 989 times)

Even if you are in direct contact with the person who owns that address, it is difficult to prove ownership of it. Scammers usually use fake identities and fake accounts to make it easier for them to easily escape with the money later. Since most countries in the world do not regulate the crypto transactions sector, filing lawsuits will have no significant benefit, especially since it is not easy to prove the facts.
Although I constantly read about successful scam attempts, I am amazed at the victims who lose huge amounts of 12,000 Bitcoins. The value of these assets may exceed the budgets of some countries, and despite that, I can only say that their owners are very reckless and lack the basics of dealing on the Internet.

Yes learning in the hard way is what has been at play when it comes to issues like this, and most especially newbies are the worst hit by this class of scammers since it is a planned game, why should anyone believe that you can get money off the scammer and what happens if the scammer has already converted that money and withdrawn it through his back using p2p, this is a big mess and can't be recovered.


So when I see such threads from newbies seeking to recover their stolen bitcoin, I used to laugh out loud since I already know that that is an unrealistic move and would not end well.

i'm furious with the story that's in the OP, every day we are always faced with fraudsters on the internet, they will never know anything before they get a fat victim.  always verify new things that we encounter, if there are difficulties, don't trust anyone 100%, especially if they ask for a private key or password.  Fraudsters will always disguise themselves as good people, so you yourself must maintain the security of your personal wallet, don't let your carelessness cause you to lose all the bitcoin you have.

Not a new scam but certainly something that works, after all they wouldn't reuse the same formula over and over again just as with the Nigerian Prince email if this didn't work to some people. They target unwitting people, (well not necessarily target but send this by bulk and hope that in the pool of people they sent this to one of which is stupid enough to believe their lies) and from there the scam would roll on its own. While I'm preyu confident that a lot of us here aren't that easily fooled by emails and messages, I still believe that some of us may fall for scams like these, especially those that fell victim to other scams and hackings and are desperate to get their money back. I suggest you quit at it so as to not cause further damage to yourself and to the people around you, and just work towards earning back your keep. It's easier said than done I know, but there's not much else that you can do at this point really.

This isn't a new scam or hacking method, actually. They target frustrated newbies to scam their funds. Very smart scammers will convince newbies and force them to believe them. We shouldn't trust random people on the internet anyway when it's related to fund management. We have seen many people on the forum scam second-timers this way. However, we should learn more about Bitcoin to prevent these types of scams. So we can realise why we shouldn't trust this type of fund recovery service. Usually, scammers post about their fake hacking story or losing story. Then they comment themselves about recovery services. That's how other individuals interact with them.

Many posts on Quora are simply fake, and I'm not talking about bitcoin only. I didn't even open the link you posted but it's clear that there is behind the same person, I mean let's be serious, who runs a legit business only using an app like Telegram? Unfortunately I am sure that there are many people that somehow will fall for this type of scam.

When surfing on the internet then this main rule would really save up your ass.

"TRUST NO ONE"

No matter what problem you are facing but when it comes to recovery of funds or whatsoever and if you do have that basic idea on how Bitcoin or crypto works then there's no such thing about recovery.
Its true that these things are really that misleading or really that could cause up more losses yet newbies arent really that knowledgeable but if you do just make use of your own common
sense then you would really be able to realize that somethings fishy.

For us who are old and veterans on this market then it would really be the best thing to be done is to make yourself that making such report of those accounts or whatevers possible that we could really be able to do
just to remove out that kind of posting which is really that definitely fake or simply cant be possible. If you get into a situation where you do lost your PK
or phrases then consider out for those coins to be lost forever and there's no way that you could be able to recover it out.

Just make yourself to be that sensible on the things that do works around and never ever make yourself that believe on what those people been claiming online. There would really be
no assurance on doing so and might lose up even more in the process.

people will learn their lessons once they got screwed by this fraudulent technique. as people are driven by greed, thinking that they will get something out of it, they are willing to be compromised as they share their private details. anyway, most people who will take the bait will regret it later on once they got rekkt by this step.
if they truly have that amount, they will dig and dig from tutorials and other resources how to recover such amount. consulting in cryberspace would just be a mistake as we are full of scammers, fraudsters and the likes.

It's funny or dissappointing seeing alot of people who still sees the Internet as a secure place for getting financial assistance especially relating to cryptocurrency comprising their privacy most times just to find support like this Demystifying living a private life and your bitcoin.
I won't be surprised if they ask him for his private key but more likely the victim is a lier, if you go through the link provided by OP, I believe no body would have such amount of bitcoin and keep it in a place where scammers can easily get it or if by peradventure they fall victim they won't have fallen from such scam or make such post.

More likely the starter of that thread offers the service of recovering lost Bitcoin and probably the thread is design to get the attention of people who lost their BTC on some scam or hack then the thread starter with his other account will give offers which possibly interesting to the vicitms and that way they can scam money from people who subscribe for their services.

It is a known fact that cryptocurrency specifically Bitcoin transaction is non-reversible.  Most scam incident are unable to recover the funds lost even if the scammer is caught. So if there are people offering that they can recover lost funds due to hack or scam, they are more likely scammers themselves unless they are the authority delegated for this cases.

Common scam measure done by people who wish to scam people out of what was left of their money. They basically bank on the desperation and utter despair that these scammed people feel in order to make money out of them. Saw a lot of these shit from bitcoin revoveries to even spells and curses that would bring your estranged lover/spouse back to you (LOL). Of course, you would best believe these shit to not be true especially since most of them have nothing to prove for themselves other than their grammatically incorrect messages and scammy formats.

Desperation at its finest. Consulting any random people around to get help.

These people who lost big amounts of BTCs through scams can't think properly because of what happened to them. Their common sense is totally shut down as they are more focused now on anyone or anything that can help them recover their lost crypto.

The fact that they lost that insane amount prior to the scam, means they are really eager to get rich in a quick scheme. I just can't wonder how these people owning lots of BTCs can easily fall to be a prey. They are supposed to be knowledgeable about any scam attempt.

Unfortunately, when you are in the state of losing your bitcoin, you have nothing in your mind but to retrieve all what you have lost even if it means trusting those random people that you met online. That's the start of falling yourself in their trap. They will pretend by offering help and the moment you share to them your private keys, boom they're gone out of nowhere. When it happens, that's a sign that scamming is real.

Keep reminded that whatever should be dealt in private, should never ask solutions in public. There's no way who can help you but only yourself. You may start asking advices from the people in the forum as they are more reliable  but never disclose your seed phrases because its your own property, others should never know about it.

I don't think that this is a new tactic, we have seen it already even here in the community and many of us have been warned. We even have our own board about it. The thing is that there are a lot of newbies or even those who have already experience in the market who still fall for kind of trap. I know we can't blame them, but you have to think, can someone really help you here as we are all psuedo-anonymous.

As for Quora though, I have stay away from this sites many years ago, I would rather research my own and not ask anyone, maybe with other subjects. But Bitcoin or all about crypto specially on the recovery of wallet and what not? Nah.

Not only for the newcomers but also for those that have literally lost their funds. They will be desperate and will definitely try to contact them as if they are for real helpers.

Everyone has to understand that if they've lost their bitcoins then it's lost forever and no hacker is generous to return that to them.

But for some instance like those huge hacks that has happened and exploits, some hackers were able to return the funds but that's a different case as the majority of them will not have a second thought to just take away all of your funds.

To add to your point once some stranger online brings up a business idea which will bring out promise that looks almost unrealistic or too juicy, stay way from it because nobody online loves you so much to randomly want to make you reach. If you look at the most scam victims over 75% of them were gotten through their greediness. The blinds them from making any substantial research about the business.


The information will be their personal details or the private key for that wallet to see maybe they can drain the ones remaining there. If it is about tracking the wallet or say the address I would say it is possible to monitor the transaction but once it gets into mixers then it becomes more difficult. The only thing is scammer makes a mistake and moves it to centralized exchange it is then government agencies can actual request for the details on the exchange account that receives the funds this shows that no individual can just sit around and pull this out.


This might be good to leave a comment but it is almost useless because the scammers will use their other accounts there, to go there and announce that they have done same thing and could even be sending fake receipts there.

Scammers are always trying every way to get people scammed, and this is really why they always come up with different tactics. This tactic is not new to the crypto industry, but still, a person can fall victim if they do not know more about how these scammers are playing around on these sites. Let's just imagine how these scammers may be trying to play with people, claiming they lost 1200 btc, and trying to claim they know someone who is an expert in recovering stolen or lost bitcoin. We have to really be careful don't believe anything on the internet easily unless you do ur own through research especially when it comes to money stuff. Op, thank you, I believe this will saver a reminder.

Never trust other people to access your own wallet but only yourself. Even if they claim to be professionals, there is no guarantee that those people can be trusted once you share your problem and your private keys. The least they can do is to gain your trust when you are frustrated or depressed, and if you bite their offer, that's the biggest mistake that you should not have done in your life.

By allowing other people to have an access of your private keys, then the risk to lose completely your coins is now very high. There's no way they will help you for free. Scammers will do everything just to succeed on their own mission, and not actually to help us regain what we have lost.

The thought of recovering a lost Bitcoin is also the beginning of your journey into another possible frustration and more scams in the waiting, i can imagine a victim of scam to the tone of 1200 Bitcoin will ever trust anyone that makes promises of possible recovery of those lost bitcoins, to extent of making a fee service that promises to help recover the lost Bitcoin.
So any attempt to hire a so-called specialist who may claim to have means to realize possible stolen coins that is not possible at any point and the ops need to move on.

That's sucks, Bro. These scams are increasing day by day. Scammers abuse someone in one way or another. It is very sad when I hear the same. I always keep saying that when you ask someone about something or a problem, don't give your personal information to that person because ou don't even know about it. There is an authentic or malicious person who is ready to stab you, and the second is that these scammers are sitting in every place where you will not have any illusion that this scam will happen in this place too, but they are for their own purpose. They appear—that is, they come to serve you back.

So the purpose of saying this is to act very smartly and carefully in such matters because these people make you their victim in the same place where you have a weak point of view of your privacy, i.e., you follow this step without faith and research. Do what the scammer has done to deceive.

So be careful, guys. Before changing your stance, think carefully about whether it is going to do me good or a trick.