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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

But to me, these are obviously scams. How can someone claim to be the one who will be funding another person's wallet or creating it for them just because they meet online? It is surprising to see that these kind people cannot be trusted. You can’t trust these people online, and anyone who makes these mistakes is acting as if he is not the owner of the wallet because they will share the private key and public key of that wallet. These people are scammers, so they can pack the money in the wallet at any time they wish to do that or change the password so the real owner cannot access the wallet after funding it.

Quote from: Victorik on January 23, 2024, 06:06:41 AM

I won't be surprised if someone fall for this scam.
Anyways, so people are so gullible and unwilling to learn and try their hands on anything, instead be looking for who will help them do everything.
There are some things I learnt on this space by simply doing research and asking those ahead of me questions. That's the only way to learn.

Normally, people must fall for this scam, and mostly they will be people who are new to crypto and don’t want to learn, so they think these will be an easier way for them to get what they want. They don’t mind going for more research after seeing information online, which is why they always fall victim to scams.

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Quote from: yazher on January 23, 2024, 05:29:50 AM

Lots of my friends on social media have already fallen to these kinds of scams and what is worse is, that they have asked for their account, and when they gave it to the scammers, they posted such as this one with their pictures along with their IDs and sometimes my poor friends was asked to record themselves while saying some words of encouragement for the investment scam. which they regretted after their account was stolen. It's all because of money and they quickly believe those sugar-coated words even though it was a scam and they forgot all of it due to what they have been offered and what the scammers sent to them, they were not aware that pictures and videos can be now easily edited by the help of AI.

Anyone can open an account on social media whenever they want and there are a lot of fake accounts out there. Social media is never a standard medium through which anything should be transacted So social media should not be trusted at all. Social media is a place of entertainment, only entertainment should be taken from it, using it for any transaction is naturally high risk. Many people get cheated through social media as a result of their carelessness

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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

People will easily commit fraud if we are unable to verify the truth and this all happens because the knowledge we have is very minimal. There are various social media which some people use to make money and they make videos or news based on their knowledge. Our job is to verify before accepting and implementing it because otherwise it would be a shame to have an idea but not use it.

Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

That's why I prefer reading posts on forums compared to other social media, it doesn't mean I don't like other social media, but in forums we can directly communicate with each other if something is wrong. Social media is increasingly widespread and it is difficult to control the truth if it cannot be verified and knowledge is the basis so that people are not easily deceived.

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Quote from: dockrun on January 19, 2024, 10:53:30 AM

not only on social media, but throughout the internet, don't trust anyone, especially when it comes to money, one step you will regret forever. too many scammers are stalking your innocence in this world. so for beginners be careful.

my advice
1. If someone promises you a big reward, leave it!!.
2. if people offer investments with very higher returns than usual. leave it!!.
3. If you are asked to hold large amounts of money on a website, be it Bitcoin, ETH or others. leave it!!.
4. if someone promotes shitcoin with the words the next shiba, doge, etc. etc. leave it!!!

Basically, leave anything that doesn't make sense.

really agree with this, anything that doesn't make sense will bring badness. Scammers will take advantage of your carelessness with the promise of big rewards, when the fish is successfully baited, gochaaaa, your money will be gone in an instant. in cryptocurrencies scammers take advantage of people's greed to gain profit.

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That's because beginners don't have basic knowledge about what they want to look for. They will tend to be tempted by attractive offers on sites or social media. They will try to catch up and look for more information about what they see. Unfortunately, they also don't find out if the offer is genuine or fake.

After they accepted the offer, they felt that the offer was fake. That makes them disappointed and they are still looking for other things. But if they don't want to find out more about what they got, they could be fooled again. And there is a possibility that they will lose more than before.

That is why if we read information, we have to look for other information to find out whether the information is genuine or fake. These scammers have deceived many people so we have to make sure that it is genuine. If we can prove it is genuine based on other information we get, we can join or use it. We must be responsible for ourselves so this precaution is very necessary.

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Quote from: tabas on January 14, 2024, 02:53:10 PM

It is crazy that scammers are going to make you feel regret that you don't trust them and you're the one that should trust them first instead of your trusting yourself. That's why it's true that you need to pay attention to these type of posts on social media and usually, these scammers are targeting the newbies because they don't know a lot of how to setup their wallets as if that it's the hardest thing to do at all. No it's not, but I hope that this thread gets to some newbies that probably might have seen that type of post.

You are absolutely right about that mate. these Scammers know human sychology very well. they create a scenario and make people believe that they are missing out a huge opportunity. so they jump in hoping to earn some money and then end up getting scammed. it is very unfortunate but very true.

Quote from: Odohu on January 14, 2024, 03:00:33 PM

Actually, I don't understand how he will be able to entice people to send money to him, and what he plan to do with the screenshot,

They use different methods for luring people to send them money. I don't know exactly but I think by the screenshot he will confirm if the person actually have the money, then he would ask him to send him some money to he could double them for him. or maybe ask them to send small part of his money for his fee.. unfortunately there are many people who fall for such tactics.

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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

What we see here in this post may appear joke this is how many have fallen into deep mess of loosing their account and fund, why seeking information and sorting way to succeed in the struggle of crypto and Bitcoiner due to lack of information, lack of verification before sending out their details. Over speeding to make it are most of the courses of fallen such victim. The poster here is really pointing out area beginners need be careful not to fall prey in pursuit of making it quick.i really commend it's a great lesson to learn and have it at the back that people if this kind who is looking for means to scam others are always there at all time mostly on the social media standing as their domain.

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I won't be surprised if someone fall for this scam.
Anyways, so people are so gullible and unwilling to learn and try their hands on anything, instead be looking for who will help them do everything.
There are some things I learnt on this space by simply doing research and asking those ahead of me questions. That's the only way to learn.

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Lots of my friends on social media have already fallen to these kinds of scams and what is worse is, that they have asked for their account, and when they gave it to the scammers, they posted such as this one with their pictures along with their IDs and sometimes my poor friends was asked to record themselves while saying some words of encouragement for the investment scam. which they regretted after their account was stolen. It's all because of money and they quickly believe those sugar-coated words even though it was a scam and they forgot all of it due to what they have been offered and what the scammers sent to them, they were not aware that pictures and videos can be now easily edited by the help of AI.

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Quote from: merekamo on January 23, 2024, 03:05:28 AM

Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

Beware, scammer can attack from anywhere, even popular apps like WhatsApp. They'll use tempting texts and links. Don't tap on links, particularly on your mobile. It risks revealing personal information like your mobile banking details or any you data. Always checking valid link or if you install app like android make sure use Android emulator.

I believe that one of the scammer most used messaging app is Telegram and the other one is whatsapp. There something into it that scammers like and ofcourse the number of people registered on these messaging apps. I personally see a lot of "contact me on whatsapp" type of post, most of this kind of post are just scams or will take advantage of you that's why I don't really like engaging in these type of people.

There are people who can be a victim to this scam, they aren't aware of this and mostly they don't even know how to run an android emulator. This is why there are still people who are falling to this obvious tricks by the scammers.

If something is too good to be true, then it's not true.

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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

Beware, scammer can attack from anywhere, even popular apps like WhatsApp. They'll use tempting texts and links. Don't tap on links, particularly on your mobile. It risks revealing personal information like your mobile banking details or any you data. Always checking valid link or if you install app like android make sure use Android emulator.

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Scammers will definitely make some dramas more interesting to the newbies. I believe those who commented below are not actually other persons but most likely part of the scamming team. With this, newbies would easily fall on this trap believing that the drama is real and would also want to be one of those people who aim for a quick income without even doing some thorough research and studies.

If there can be a place that looks highly deceiving these days, that's certainly the social media. We don't actually know these persons but it seems like they really are smart enough to get our attention and invest in them with very positive expectation afterwards.

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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Beginners who are desperate to make money will fall for an offer like this , and if you go through the comments sections their are so many people who are so interested in this. Like if you go through the write up of this dude who claims to be bitcoin expert he said those that are finding it difficult to create a wallet he will help in creating the wallet and funding it. This is how many people will make mistakes to accept offer like this just because they want to earn quick.

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

What causes some people to fall victim to scams on social media is as a result of desperation like people can't just chill and confirm how reliable the source they got information from are, all they do is that they want to be the first in whatever that's trending online. The earlier people stop following everything they see on social media the better for them because as days goes by that's how fraudsters and scammers look for more convincing ways to confuse their victims so it is important for everyone to be at alert and verify every information that's been posted on social media before getting involved. Just imagine creating wallet for people isn't it a violation of the person's privacy as they would hold their seed phrases thereby gaining access to their coins at their own will.

It is very sad that despite the level of sensitization that have been created to the public about online scams and frauds, alot of people still fall to this online scammers and fraudsters and until people stop being desperate of getting involved in whatever information they see on social media without proper verification then the rate of victims to this kind of scam would reduce.

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Believing in the power of social media is a personal choice and acknowledging everyones right to privacy is crucial in navigating the digital landscape . New users often encounter limitations and the initial stages can be challenging as reliable sources may be elusive . Beginners may make mistakes, but the eagerness to seek help is evident. Cultivating a habit of thorough and diligent reading becomes pivotal in overcoming obstacles and making informed investment decisions in the complex world of cryptocurrency .

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Scammers will really make it more attractive for newbies so they can easily take advantage on their innocence, so it’s not surprising to see a lot of newbies falling into this kind of trap seeing it really looks legit if you look it at the newbies point of view. The important thing here is after being scammed, they learned their lesson and won’t fall on the same trap again, but will educate theirselves more so they won’t be easily scam in the future.

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Quote from: dockrun on January 19, 2024, 10:53:30 AM

not only on social media, but throughout the internet, don't trust anyone, especially when it comes to money, one step you will regret forever. too many scammers are stalking your innocence in this world. so for beginners be careful.

my advice
1. If someone promises you a big reward, leave it!!.
2. if people offer investments with very higher returns than usual. leave it!!.
3. If you are asked to hold large amounts of money on a website, be it Bitcoin, ETH or others. leave it!!.
4. if someone promotes shitcoin with the words the next shiba, doge, etc. etc. leave it!!!

Basically, leave anything that doesn't make sense.

It is big reward many scammers normally use to catch their victims especially when they are greedy and not ready to take any necessary research about what they are about to invest their funds. Wise investors would not be tempted with bigger offers just to invest in a particular coin. It would be wise we study our decisions so that we don't become freak about cheap offers that could lead us to a bigger loses. Cryptocurrency is profitable but sometimes greed is always our problems.

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Remember, scammers first target you to motivate your mind. So the procedure they use is to hit your brain directly and convince you to trust him. Until you are deceived, you can't realise they are going to scam you. Although scammers can't convince most of us who are familiar with such stories, a few newbies always become victims. Someone somehow falls into their trap; most likely it's due to greedy behaviour and quick-rich methods. However, never follow social media for financial decisions. Just use social media for learning purposes.

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Quote from: Yorubek on January 18, 2024, 01:35:59 AM

Fake news is more common on social media these days. Some people share all kinds of weird information about their channel to get more subscribes, followers or views which has no basis. The persons who have the minimum knowledge of this subject will not be eager to attractive advertising or financial transactions without being sure.

The point is that every news we see and read also needs evidence to be able to consider it true, because remember there are many people who make fake news just for certain purposes. I don't know of any particular reason why people would deliberately create fake news for the sake of it, because it could deceive more people if there is no special filter on what they read. So it is very important not to immediately believe every new news whose truth is still very doubtful.

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not only on social media, but throughout the internet, don't trust anyone, especially when it comes to money, one step you will regret forever. too many scammers are stalking your innocence in this world. so for beginners be careful.

my advice
1. If someone promises you a big reward, leave it!!.
2. if people offer investments with very higher returns than usual. leave it!!.
3. If you are asked to hold large amounts of money on a website, be it Bitcoin, ETH or others. leave it!!.
4. if someone promotes shitcoin with the words the next shiba, doge, etc. etc. leave it!!!

Basically, leave anything that doesn't make sense.

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Quote from: Y3shot on January 14, 2024, 02:37:05 PM

Spending time to learn pays a lot and it prevent people from making painful mistakes. For those that have knowledge about wallet won't fall victim of allowing anyone to assist to create wallet. Spending time to learn is not a waste, it saves money from entering the wrong hands.

It is a NO-NO unless that person is your trusted friend or one of your family members. I don't know how the world changing as it is really hard now to trust strangers, most of them are scams especially when it talks about money.

Knowledge is hereby our advantage and tool to avoid falling into scam attempts or any evil plans. I'm not yet experiencing this thing because I was too careful in dealing with other people and I did research first, reviewed feedback, etc.

I consider social media to be a source of good information, it was before but now, this is a tool for scammers and hackers.

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