Private keys and mnemonic phrases should be handled carefully.
And if in any time you need to put your private key to claim the forked coin, be sure to empty the coins on address associated with the private key and transfer them somewhere safe.
You can never be all sure by what you are doing and a small mistake can cost you a lot.
Topic: ETC team warns against potential hard fork scam - page 2. (Read 221 times)
mostly very greedy people and fall into such traps. I knew from the very beginning that ETCV was originally some kind of scam but I couldn’t immediately understand how they would cheat people and then it turned out that they just wanted to scam everyone by taking private keys. how stupid a person should be to send someone his private key from a wallet with money. it's very strange
What can we expect on people these days? they never change their perception when it comes to money that's why the end up feeling remorse because they don't analyze that their greediness will give them nothing. It's just making their situation worst, they don't realize that scammers will always look for opportunity to deceive them. It's the reason why we should be cautious and attentive because we don't know people's true intention, you can't just trust and believe anyone with your money because there is a huge possibility that they will used it to deceive you knowing that it can be beneficial to them. Particularly these days that scammers are getting wiser to the point that you can't determine which is legit or not, it's the reason why researching is recommended. People should learn from this kind of incident so they will not end up blaming anyone or anything because of their own stupidity. 
thank you for the info, fork has indeed become an important part of a coin that will reach new developments and to make prices go higher. but it is indeed vulnerable to scams, because forks can be a tool for scammers to get their personal benefits. so we must follow the official info from the team, and follow the development of the fork.
ETCV mentioned by OP actually did Bounty here on Bitcointalk, wonders shall never end. We just have to be careful with all these hard forks here and there, especially when it entails importing private keys or mnemonic phrase or keystore to the hardfork wallet. Well, I think such scams will affect only gullible people who are new to technical aspect of crypto and also the greedy as mentioned. It's wise to check official news before trying to take advantage of any hard fork. By the way, some hard forks are just to improve existing features and not create an entirely new coin.
mostly very greedy people and fall into such traps. I knew from the very beginning that ETCV was originally some kind of scam but I couldn’t immediately understand how they would cheat people and then it turned out that they just wanted to scam everyone by taking private keys. how stupid a person should be to send someone his private key from a wallet with money. it's very strange
This is what i don't like from the existence of the hardfork coin. I remember the bitcoin forks have made so many people have lost their mind to join in anything that will give them a new hardfork coin.
It looks like that not so many people are getting lured to that scam coin caused by people have become even smart.
The problem is how to make a major awareness to make all of the people will change their minds about the hardfork as the hardfork is not generating a new coin again right now.
It looks like that not so many people are getting lured to that scam coin caused by people have become even smart.
The problem is how to make a major awareness to make all of the people will change their minds about the hardfork as the hardfork is not generating a new coin again right now.
I just saw a tweet by Cointelegraph whereby Ethereum Classic team warns the public about an upcoming potential hard fork scam on Ethereum classic (the real hard fork has already been achieved on January 12th). Here is the link 🔗 https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1216692633638064129?s=19
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
I have already seen scam attempts in previous ethereum hard forks.
Particularly in Istambul and constantinople.
When there are possibilities, scammers come, and the weakest and inexperienced are punctually hit.
We can defend ourselves just improving our know-how and studying more and more and more
Just to make sure that we avoided this kind of scam, we must make sure that the announcement is from the project developer themselves. Any fork that is not from the developer simply tells us that it is not that project and there is a huge possibility that it is there to hack our addresses since we need to access our old address with ETC on it to claim the token of that forked. And lots of holders fell into that.
I just saw a tweet by Cointelegraph whereby Ethereum Classic team warns the public about an upcoming potential hard fork scam on Ethereum classic (the real hard fork has already been achieved on January 12th). Here is the link 🔗 https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1216692633638064129?s=19
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
Thanks for this info, someone mentioned another ETC hard fork on telegram when I know it has already been done, I was just confused today. I was even hoping to take advantage of the FA and buy some ETC. I wonder when these scammers will rest, don't they get tired of several scam techniques?
for fraud we really need to think more logically, if to get a coin from hardfork must provide a private key then I think that's a big fraud, and so far the ETC team has provided wise information. with this maybe people who read it will be better able to secure themselves from fraud that will be made.
You should change the title to Potential scam because of ETC hardfork. ETC did do the hardfork and it's not entirely a scam, the article is talking about the potential scam that will happen or might happen because of this hardfork. Be wise in choosing a word because it will mislead people if you do not use it appropriately.
Thanks, in essence I'm just trying to say people should be vigilant and not fall prey if they come across such hard fork scams. I understand the real Agharta hard fork was already successful on ETC blockchain on January 12th. Actually when I created the topic, I intended to write EAgharta ETC hard fork is scam but I omitted EAgharta. Well thanks again, I've edited the topic.
You should change the title to Potential scam because of ETC hardfork. ETC did do the hardfork and it's not entirely a scam, the article is talking about the potential scam that will happen or might happen because of this hardfork. Be wise in choosing a word because it will mislead people if you do not use it appropriately.
I just saw a tweet by Cointelegraph whereby Ethereum Classic team warns the public about an upcoming potential hard fork scam on Ethereum classic (the real hard fork has already been achieved on January 12th). Here is the link 🔗 https://twitter.com/Cointelegraph/status/1216692633638064129?s=19
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
Last year I saw similar hard fork scams like ETCV (Ethereum Classic Vision) asking people to put their private key on a scam wallet in order to claim their hard fork tokens while holding ETH. Now scammers take advantage of hard forks and come up with similar scams.
Guys let's be wise, common sense is not common. Also greedy people are more prone to such scam plots.
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