Don't reply to private messages from unknown people! - page 2.

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Quote from: libert19 on October 10, 2020, 11:02:31 PM

Not just forum, I made a mistake of using email for airdrops and I literally receive this kind of mails daily, either from the ones who got cancer and want money or they got cancer and want to donate me their money. Reading these gives a good laugh nonetheless.

That's the reason i never give my personal email address anywhere on random sites or airdrops etc. I have created a separate email for that purpose.
The biggest thread is someone sending a malware or link which contain trogan's etc that could steal our data from our system. Although these are rare cases but we should remain vigilant.

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Quote from: notblox1 on October 09, 2020, 03:48:24 PM

Rule number one I learned is to never reply to messages from unknown people in forum.
I would also think twice before giving anyone my real email address or telegram account.
Some people can abuse this or ask you for some help and pretend they tell you they will pay you for this help.

This is one example spam message I received today from scammers:

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Dear friend,

Please forgive me for stressing you with my predicaments as I know that this letter may come to you as a big surprise. Actually, I came across your E-mail from my personal search afterward I decided to email you directly believing that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before or after my death.

Meanwhile, I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 63 years, from USA, childless and I am suffering from Adenocarcinoma Cancer of the lung for the past 8 years and from all indication my condition is really deteriorating as my doctors have confirmed and courageously advised me that I may not live beyond two months from now for the reason that my tumor has reached a critical stage which has defiled all forms of medical treatment.

Since my days are numbered, I've decided willingly to fulfill my long-time vow to donate you the sum ($8.5 000.000.00) million dollars I inherited from my late husband Mr. Edward Herbart, foreign bank account over years.

If you will be honest, kind and willing to assist in transfer of this money to his or her account and use the funds for charity work of God while you use 50% for yourself. I want you to know there are no risks involved, it is 100% hitch free & safe. If you would be interested to assist in getting this fund into your account for a charity project to fulfill my promise before I die please let me know immediately. I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality as I wait for your reply.

Kindly get back to me at my discreet Email ( [email protected] ) for further discussion.

Best Regards
Mrs. Elizabeth Edward
[email protected]

Obvious scam bullshit, so please report anyone sending you anything similar.

I never got any such message on bitcointalk but sometimes i do get such messages for charity and help on my Gmail account. I usually block them or delete them because i know these are just scammers who want to get money from us. Sometimes they also send message like their 100 thousands dollars are stuck in a bank and they need my few dollars to transfer them to my account Cheesy

libert19

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Not just forum, I made a mistake of using email for airdrops and I literally receive this kind of mails daily, either from the ones who got cancer and want money or they got cancer and want to donate me their money. Reading these gives a good laugh nonetheless.

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Quote from: BITCOIN4X on October 10, 2020, 07:40:07 AM

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Meanwhile, I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 63 years, from USA,

Interestingly, the 63-year-old grandmother can still think about crypto and admit to having cancer. [...]

Although that's a rare case but I am not really surprised with it since I know there are some people older than that still thinking and talking about cryptos, one of example is JC (already 78th y.o).

Also, I don't think that this fraudulent scenario is related to crypto, a high possibility they just want to dig into your personal nor bank account information.

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Since my days are numbered, I've decided willingly to fulfill my long-time vow to donate you the sum ($8.5 000.000.00) million dollars I inherited from my late husband Mr. Edward Herbart, foreign bank account over years.

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Quote from: mindrust on October 10, 2020, 01:48:53 PM

I don't agree. If somebody has a problem, he can create a thread to ask for help publicly. Why PM? Is it classified information? Don't think so.

I am yet to get a meaningful PM from a newbie. It is either a shill, or somebody asking for merits or a scammer.

They can have a problem with something you said in a closed thread. They may have something to say about your behavior. They may want to ask you about an auction, a job offer you've posted, a campaign you were in.

You'd like everyone to start threads about every single matter?

A PM is not some kind of invasion of privacy.

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Quote from: pixie85 on October 10, 2020, 01:06:43 PM

Quote from: tukagero on October 10, 2020, 07:38:09 AM

Read the private message if its suspicious then delete dont ever bother to reply to it. Because once you replied on thier email you might be thier next victim.

OP is going too far with this. With such attitude we might as well stay home all our lives and never talk to strangers because they might hurt or scam us.

Read the PMs you're getting and if someone is asking for help or wants to offer you a deal think about it and decide what you want to do. Don't just ignore every single message because although many will be scam attempts some will be normal offers or questions.

We are here to interact with others not to teach them ignorance.

I don't agree. If somebody has a problem, he can create a thread to ask for help publicly. Why PM? Is it classified information? Don't think so.

I am yet to get a meaningful PM from a newbie. It is either a shill, or somebody asking for merits or a scammer.

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Quote from: tukagero on October 10, 2020, 07:38:09 AM

Read the private message if its suspicious then delete dont ever bother to reply to it. Because once you replied on thier email you might be thier next victim.

OP is going too far with this. With such attitude we might as well stay home all our lives and never talk to strangers because they might hurt or scam us.

Read the PMs you're getting and if someone is asking for help or wants to offer you a deal think about it and decide what you want to do. Don't just ignore every single message because although many will be scam attempts some will be normal offers or questions.

We are here to interact with others not to teach them ignorance.

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Have you received it via the forum? If so then simply report to moderators for unsolicited PM. If you received it via mail then just ignore it. I have been receiving such as mail sometimes, but never bothered to reply to them. Because I am 100% sure they are a scammer. They are trying to scam or steal something from me. I am not sure if a few greedy people have been falling into their trap, but most likely there are a few. This is a very old scam scheme, but it would be new for newbies. It's good that you shared it with the community, so it would be a lesson for newbies. Just we need to control our greed.

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Quote from: Febo on October 10, 2020, 12:17:49 PM

If i reply on the forum to someone they fro sure dont get my email. What is a danger to reply to a private message of a scammer?

- Someone can send you phishing link, you click and he steals your password and login data.
- Someone can send you link with malicious software.
- Someone can ask for fake help and send you their email address and you reply.
and many more

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Quote from: Febo on October 10, 2020, 12:17:49 PM

Can you tell more? If i reply on the forum to someone they fro sure dont get my email. What is a danger to reply to a private message of a scammer?

There is actually no danger per se to reply a private message of a scammer, I've see situations people reply and play around with the scammers before blocking them, but not starting a conversation is the better choice, some users who are not too familiar with how scammers operate can get allured as the conversation gets deeper, that's why as a rule of thumb, it's better not to reply such scam messages, then block the user from sending you PM's going forward, delete the message and report such user.

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Just close your mailbox to the newbies.

Every time I got a PM from a newbie it was either a scam message or something that anyone could find its answer in 10 secs by googling.

There is nothing good can come from a newbie's PM.

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Quote from: notblox1 on October 09, 2020, 03:48:24 PM

Rule number one I learned is to never reply to messages from unknown people in forum.

Can you tell more? If i reply on the forum to someone they fro sure dont get my email. What is a danger to reply to a private message of a scammer?

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Well, in fact, you can always reply, at least taking into account that the message is quite for sure a scam and you won't give to some stranger your personal data, credentials, wallet keys, etc.

I thought the thread was going to aware us because of some suspicious link leading to a virus or something like that; happy fact that the scammer are not so sophisticated yet.

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The content of the message has probably been adapted, but It seems like it was around at least as far back as 2017: see https://de-de.facebook.com/TheGreatSpamProject/posts/317129168729792/

Here’s a very similar recent one, with different names, nationality, and money amounts: https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/4/9/348, although there are plenty more versions around: https://fraudfighters.online/viewtopic.php?t=7467

I wonder if it’s just one person, or a bunch of disassociated people committing a classic case of plagiarism: copy/spin/paste …

As people have mentioned on this thread, PMs like that are best reported to the mods as "unsolicited PM”" and having the "Allow newbies to send you PMs" unchecked will go a long way…

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That's obviously a scam, anything that is asking money or giving you money that you don't know, consider that as scammer.
As for me, if I receive that kind of message, I just ignore it but I appreciate your effort for sharing that here as not everyone are aware of such scam.

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Read the private message if its suspicious then delete dont ever bother to reply to it. Because once you replied on thier email you might be thier next victim.

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Meanwhile, I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 63 years, from USA,

Interestingly, the 63-year-old grandmother can still think about crypto and admit to having cancer. If I were you, then I would never believe and this is grandma in real life. Exactly what you mean, I also never want to give anything related to email and other account like telegram and will also ignore them. She is the same age as my grandmother, and it make me want to laugh because all this time I rarely find a grandmother who is good at crypto and controls her smart phone.

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I have a better solution. If you have the time to waste, you can bait them into thinking that you are obliging their every requests. If this was in email format, you can use an AI called RE:Scam that replies to this emails, essentially wasting their time. This is the rule of thumb on the Internet, never talk to strangers until you see their and confirm their faces because you will have no chances when you want to appeal about scam.

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Quote from: Mahdirakib on October 10, 2020, 05:55:58 AM

People also using this forum personal message option for scam attempt! It's worried. I have received these type scam and phishing message on my mail and once at a casino site through pm. There is no problem to replying them in this forum. But don't provide them your personal and important information. Although I won't suggest to reply them, just report and ignore it.

Just don't click any website without checking it. I once become a victim of email hacking so I tried to be extra careful in everything that I click especially in crypto related website. So it's better to be careful than to be a victim. There are warning here in forum if newbie message us something we don't know. Research in Google what they say about the site since there might be some one who already become a victim and spread word about his experiences.

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People also using this forum personal message option for scam attempt! It's worried. I have received these type scam and phishing message on my mail and once at a casino site through pm. There is no problem to replying them in this forum. But don't provide them your personal and important information. Although I won't suggest to reply them, just report and ignore it.

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