With the rise in bitcoin's value, sewage rats have come out of their hiding trying to get a bite. But this particular rat doesn’t just want your breadcrumbs or your money. Oh no. He wants to get you into trouble with the law, and he wants you to be his scapegoat. He is the worst kind of rat from the deepest and darkest hole.
For those of you who browse the
Services section, you might have noticed a new type of scam that is making its rounds. I don’t want to help the scammer by placing links to his threads, and I would like to ask all other members who comment in my thread not to do it either.
The thread in question is in direct conflict with Rule #17:
17. Trading of goods that are illegal in the seller's or buyer's country is forbidden.
Unofficial rulesHow does the scam work?The scammer promises his victims a quick get rich scheme. He doesn’t ask you for any money, and you don’t need to do any work. The only thing you need to do is give him access to your
blockchain.com account. He will top if up with some bitcoin and send you a big chunk of it.
I know what you are thinking. How is this a scam? I get free bitcoin for doing nothing! When you see an offer like that, ask yourself the following questions:
1. If it is that easy, why doesn’t he do it himself?
2. Why does he need my account?
3. Why doesn’t he make his family, friends, and everyone he knows rich?
4. What makes me so special that he needs my help and my account?
To detect fraud, you don’t need specialised training, you only need a little bit of common sense. Be honest! Are you special? Do you possess a unique skill that only you have, and that this person can use to HELP YOU make a lot of money?
If you are honest to yourself, your answer is negative, and you feel this smells a bit like a scam, you are on the right path.
Thanks to another forum user who talked with this scammer, we now know what he was planning. What the scammer doesn’t mention in his topic is that he is using
stolen credit cards to purchase bitcoin with your account! How does that sound for a quick little earner?
That is why he wants YOUR ACCOUNT. That’s what makes you special. You are the perfect person to get trapped and become an accomplice in credit card fraud. If your account is connected to your real name, and you performed KYC, you just committed credit card fraud in the eyes of the law.Keep both eyes open and don’t believe everything you read!
I have encountered this situation before when I was a newbie. I had a Blockchain.com wallet back then, it’s my very first wallet (unfortunately I am stupid enough to lose my access), but good thing that wallet is empty. I remember that someone reached out to me asking for details of my Blockchain wallet claiming that he’s gonna deposit something and activate a bot that would “mine” some Bitcoins on it. Good thing that I have used my common sense by not just believing him instantly, because why would he need my wallet where he can just create his own? Common sense it is!