Topic: Email scam demanding bitcoin - fooling the weak. - page 2. (Read 1094 times)

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Scammers are everywhere, looking for ways to gain access to people's private information. They are using different tactics to steal people's information, and this is one of the reasons we need to be careful with how we save our private information on the internet, download apps, or even click on the links they send us. If we don't want to fall into scammers' traps, we need to avoid saving private information online. Always try to download apps from reputable sources and fully avoid clicking links from unknown sources. This will really help prevent some of the ways scammers try to steal information


Honestly, people need to be extra careful because scammers are coming up with new tactics all the time to scam people. Some of the tactics they use may be very cheap, to the point that one might not even suspect them. So, it's better if someone sees anything unfamiliar or doesn't understand it, they should fully avoid it. It's not even funny that sometimes, someone will receive an email that looks like it comes from your exchange's customer care, and once they click on the links, it gives scammers more chances to scam them.

Speaking of KYC, the disadvantage of that action can be very detrimental to the privacy of any individual. You could trust a platform, like some of the casinos we are using and some of the centralized exchange, while some workers (staffs) in those platforms are thieves who will steal your (customers) KYC information for their personal use or sell it out to real scammers. You never can tell what's happening anytime you give out your information.

Lets say that before Bitcoin was created or simply with crypto then going back into the days where internet isnt really just that too that on trend. Somewhere on early 2000's then hacking and scamming is already that rampant on which when it comes on protecting out private things online will really be something that should really be that in default,considering that there would really be those potential leaks that could really be
used against you on which it might be ending up with those kind of potential asking of money or other correlated to it. This is why minding about security should really be that in default. If we do really try out to make out some comparison into those years and up to this moment then we could really be able to say that getting information could really be that fast specially now that social media is really that on the trend on which it will really be that too easy on making fake information using up others image or whatever information they've got. We do know that because of these platforms then it will really be that much more easy for them.
Spreading out information or seeing some hints that you might be that getting involved with crypto could also potentially be that be seen. More and more malwares and other infecting viruses to PC's and phones could
really be that also giving out thatp potential risks. This is why we should really be that careful and be sensible into our actions specially on dealing up online. Be wary and wise on how to protect yourself.

I personally don't do that where even though I wasn't in bitcoin I was previously quite protective of my privacy because I don't really like to be disturbed or intervened by others so maintaining privacy so that it runs properly is important. It's just that maybe because before it was not too problematic like when in bitcoin, privacy was only kept naturally different from now where when connected email or several other things such as PCs or gadgets that we have are more guarded so as not to be compromised.

But that does not mean that before privacy was also not maintained, it was just that the guard was not as tight as it is now, especially since there are some things that are very important for now that must be more secured so that unwanted things do not happen such as being missed in email or computer hacking which ultimately harms yourself.

That’s why we have to be careful with the places we submit our identity, some sites do require KYC before you can make use of them. We are not supposed to submit our identity online anyhow because some websites are controlled by scammers, and they will steal people’s identity, and some websites are not owned by scammers, but some do get hacked by scammers, and people’s identities will be stolen. So I will say don’t submit your identity when it’s not really necessary, if you have any means to avoid submitting your identity, then just do it.

As long as you are in the crypto space, you have to be careful, because scammers are everywhere, coming up with new strategies just to defraud people, so we just have to be so smart, because we do say some scam strategies are so cheap and common, but people are still falling for them.

That's the work of greed in people. Making some people to easily believe in sweet fancy stories of investment or get rich quick offers. Other things that makes people become victims is lack of awareness (no concrete knowledge), having too much trust  in everything they see and being very careless with their personal information which cause the information to enter the hands of thieves and scammers.

As the saying goes, "if it's good to be true, it's probably is, meaning if it that almost perfect offer to us, something might be wrong and so we shouldn't trust it right away. But the problem is there could be some crypto enthusiast, specially new one, who really think that it's very easy to make money here (and they could have been reading it to some influencer or something). But they are going to be in a rude awakening, once they fall victim and it's going to be a hard lesson for them. And who knows, maybe it's great that we have been a victim to learn everything. I was a victim myself way back, in a bitcoin doubler scheme. And after that, I really learn that it's not going to be a easy path here and there are a lot of scammers around here.

Scammers usually use money to attract people. This is common weakness of greedy individuals, that's why even if we see those attempt made is repetitive there are still people fall its because greedy heads still exist.

They take advantage on the ignorance of people that's why they succeed. This show that lacking of proper finance management is lacking that's why lots of people still got fooled on to good to be true promised of good returns if they entertain those crazy offers. If people will just have this mindset where they immediately ignore or deny those unknown things to them especially if there's a promised of getting passive income or any thing huge that they can't imagine for sure this scamming will lessen until it dissolve. But its like this is impossible to happen so the only thing we could able to do is to warn those innocent people towards scam like this.

Well every criminals thrive on the Internet, and before crypto or Bitcoin scam being one of the acts that this scammers are using, we have this The Nigerian Prince is Alive and Well: Cybercriminals Use Generative AI and New Themes to Run Their Scams. And now it involved as well with technology with using generative AI, so still very dangerous although it's very old trick.

So it could be the same with email demanding Bitcoin and using a lot of psychology to trick their victims. So it really make sense for us crypto users to be ahead of this trick or at least know and educate ourselves. Maybe we can go and read websites about cyber criminals and the method that they are using.

Exactly, scammers look for someone who has what they need, so you just need to be cautious with all of this online and sending of messages and links you receive in your smartphone, because some are the ones that if you just press it, they will have access to your phone and you will lose all of your funds, so it is critical to be able to identify scammers. Any object or platform that says you have to pay bitcoin before you can withdraw monies from their platforms should be avoided because they are all crooks. Scammers use many methods to defraud individuals, so anything you are doing you should be sure about and try to ask questions before you engage with that, because no one is trusted Scammers have full every way and they have many statistics that they are using to deceive people and if you are not wise you will fall victim.

Do you know what makes us to be victims of scammers, is when we are interested to make money we are not supposed to make quickly, it's when you will be victims of scam, if you want avoid scam don't go into something that you will make more than what you have as profit, and secondly ignore some messages sent from people you have no business with, I don't know how someone you don't know will come and meet with you through email messages and you will respond positively, don't allow people to convince you online through virtual money, a money you have not see or investment you don't know about.

So simple and yet, I am sure it is quite effective, specially when used against people from the United States, where there are localities in which crime is high and families cannot take any chances but to go along with criminals, so they wilont get hurt...
At first, I thought this thread/discussion was going to be about the typical scam of the alledged super hack who gets information on what we masturbate to and threaten us to release the information to our contacts.  But this is rather more complex and requires more than simply spamming the same message over and over to thousands of people, hoping to catch someone, this needs some level of automation or someone doing very long hours of labor in front of the computer for the threat to look authentic enough, so people fall for it.

Anyways, Thanks for letting us know about this modus operandi of scam attempt. Even though it sound foolish, as someone living in a developing country where crime is a problem, there is always a tiny possibily for someone like me to fall for this (if the message was written in my native language, that is).

Yes, scammers are after stealing people's money and private informations. So, everyone is almost a target to scammers as long as the person has what the scammer wants. That's why scammers attack different individuals, both known and unknown and anyone that fall into their trap becomes the victim and like you said, if thousands of people are attacked and 10% are victim, it will be enough profit to the scammer.

The problem are the leaks of personal data executed by thieves who work inside companies which own your personal informations. There is a candidate running for mayor of the biggest city from my country who was part of a scheme like that during his early professional career. He worked for a bank, and at some point he was selling personal data from customers to a criminal group.

Nowadays he is a millionaire idolized by a considerable portion of the local population, surpassing 20% of the potential votes for the upcoming election, as inquiries predict. It's normal here for scammers and thieves to have their fan clubs, though.

Regards such schemes, I conclude it must be really profitable, because as you can see, the man got millionaire in a decade or so. For those who put money above everything, I think it's not a hard decision for them to get involved in this activity, considering the potential internet has nowadays to reach a massive group of potential victims simultaneously and anonymously.

These kind of scams work when targeting as many people as possible, as even if only 1% of the people that received this email were fooled, if tens of thousands received the same email then the profits generated by the scammer can still be quite significant, and the fact that it has a picture of your home makes the whole situation way more real for the potential victims and this could make this particular scam way more effective than what it could otherwise be.

People who can scam someone will end up scamming them if they find the chance. The idea of feeling guilty means that if you have that then you wouldn't scam anyone to begin with and if you do not have anything like that then you are going to end up with something that is taking a while and we shouldn't really reach out to do anything at all. I think the best thing to do right now would be just focusing on what we can do with something we have, and if scammers are doing this good then it means we need to teach people more about scams as well.

I mean this one obviously only can fool the people who are too noobs in the crypto world or even online so it would be very important to figure out a way to make sure we are telling everyone to do fine and just have like some scam type of stuff webpage where we explain how scams work and just make it go viral so that everyone would be able to read and protect themselves and whenever they get anything like this they can check the page and see the scam.

Generally, scammers doesn't have only one target, their target is everyone in the crypto space. For example, when a Fisherman cast his net into the sea, any fish that is caught in the net becomes the victim. That's how scammers are, they are looking for victims every where, no matter the profit they get (whether small or big) they are not complaining but will keep looking for more victim.

The first time my employer use Google image capturing to  get photo of my current location I was mavelled and if not that he already told me about it, I will have believed that someone that is physically present took that picture, and that is what will happen to most victims in this scam case, and just as mentioned already this type of scam will not last long before it get exposed just as it has become because the information that will be email are easily verified and image to discover as not real Image unless may a very few victim will actually fall for this scam at first.

Just like blackmailing someone about his or her nudes, the easiest way to get them off your back is by letting know that they can release the video or pictures and f they really are in possession of it, most of those blackmailers have no evidence and just tricks to scam their victims.

The benefits of the internet are numerous as are the risks especially in the crypto world which is very prone to scams or such. Therefore it is very important for us before entering the crypto world to learn about the risks involved so that scams like the one mentioned by the OP can be avoided. Because the worst of the crypto mania as far as I know is the emergence of an industry consisting of various types of spam bots that are the most terrible through connection negligence and the most terrible is through phisphing emails even every day fraudsters send various things to our emails, some are phisphing or hackers.

To avoid all that, the point is we should not accept incoming emails and often read crypto information to avoid criminal gangs, either from fraudsters or whatever when we make transactions.

The internet is shady place and it is accessible for everybody and it's our ultimate responsibility to ensure we're grabbing positive information that will bring growth to our daily lives and activities anticipated. Perhaps there are more scamming projects nowadays and most of us fall for them so cheaply. It's annoying to watch how phisphing mails would easily convince crypto trader or investor, to send bitcoins, it's totally out of line if you ask me.