Topic: Fake website - page 2. (Read 601 times)

That is true, people are more gullible than they like to think. We cannot control what goes on in the dms, this is always the case whenever a newbie asks a question on an open platform. Scammers see this as an open invitation, this is why it is important for beginners to cultivate a habit of skepticism and being suspicious of dms they receive from strangers on the internet.

What do you mean by fake website? Bitcoin investment doesn't have anything to do with a generic website. If you want to buy Bitcoin or make investment in Bitcoin, all you have to do is to make use of any decentralized available exchange or centralized ones and the only way to avoid been phised is to go to coingecko >> click on exchanges tab and you will see list on all the available exchange, click on any of them and buy your Bitcoin, then withdraw your Bitcoin to an external wallet; it's as simple as that.

People that you see get scams from website are ignorant of Bitcoin investment, you don't invest in Bitcoin from any website and you don't fall for the scams where they promised to give you a percentage in return from investment, they are scams especially when you see 10% return and above on Bitcoin investment, I repeat they are scams.

Yes that is right investing in Bitcoin is good for many people but some lost money because they used fake websites. It is scary that scammers keep making fake websites to make fool people and institutions should speed up work to catch them

To avoid fake websites we should keep in mind these points.

1...Check website address. Scammers mostly make addresses that are just similar to real website but they make little difference.

2...Make sure website is secure. Real websites usually have (https) at start of address and lock icon in address bar.

3...Research website. Look for reviews and information about people who run it.Be careful if there is little information or bad reviews about the website.

4...Be wary of promises that sound too good to be true. Scammers mostly promise very high returns or guarantee success.

5...Keep your computer and antivirus software up to date to protect against online threats.

It is good for people to learn how to spot fake websites and avoid scams. And as I mentioned above authorities and online platforms should work together to stop fake websites and keep people safe online. So this can reduce the ratio of scamming.

You've given the two best recommendations as far as I'm concerned, when choosing a website to buy or invest in Bitcoin, or any other assets, it is 'don't trust, verify first. Even when your loved ones whom you trust introduces you to any websites that you can invest or make quick money on a short time, don't take their words for it because you trust them, because they might have sent it to you as received, it doesn't mean that they've cautiously verified it. When dealing in Bitcoin, it's best to get information from renowned crypto platforms like coingecko and cointelegraph, it helps to focus on these  known sources to avoid scams.

You're assuming everyone is smart enough to know steps to take to prevent themselves from getting scammed. That's not the reality, I have seen people fall for less obvious scams, some even take advice they get in their dms where no one else can chime in.

My initial advice holds true, don't trust, verify.

Some beginners and new investors may make a mistake in choosing the legitimate platform on which they will deposit their funds for investment or purchase Bitcoin. These fake or phishing sites may have been found through search engines, promoted as advertisements, sent to them by strangers, or discovered through their email.

It is very easy to identify and detect these fake domains and scam sites that mimic the official domains of famous platforms by conducting necessary research, checking reviews and ratings, and using browser extensions like Scam Sniffer as an excellent solution for anti-scam and identifying scam websites. Also, whoever has bookmarked the official domain links of these platforms and activated notifications for their official social media accounts is certainly on the safe side, as they will be obliged to deal only with these legitimate links only and avoid others. It is also advised to avoid new and unrated platforms and instead deal with reliable, established, and top platforms in this field.

Even if a scammer (assuming the account has not been tagged) is the first to reply to the thread, it would be of no consequence because surely the OP should be smart enough to get a response from multiple users before deciding on what to do. As long as the thread remains open, other members would give their own opinions and openly tackle the scammer. Even though scam is not moderated, the community members have zero tolerance for scam and would never let it happen.

 

Detecting fake platform is simple, no matter the graphics designs, always ensure to contact your colleagues that's more advanced and you also have access to bitcointalk to throw your questions. Scams are everywhere in the market, we shouldn't give up but pressed on tight budgets that will be executed on our ends. This space is broad, the more reason we should be careful because if we relent, definitely we'll lose huge capital which is meant for another projects. I'm very careful and personally watch my steps because to grow in the space, one needs to abide by principles.

omg another unreadable useless thread.
ok i'll entertain you.
just go to their official twitter, use the link posted there and bookmark it. only use that bookmark and no other link.
that way you won't get phished (unless their site gets hacked of course )

Do not trust anyone.
This is a forum crawling with scammers just like the rest of the Internet. There are a lot of willing, honest members but there's no guarantee that they'll be the first to comment to an inquiry and enough time could have passed for someone to log into the wrong website and they steal their log in details and breach their accounts.

Always validate information yourself as much as you can.

Back when I was still active on telegram, I saw a lot of scam groups and fake websites. I made it a point to expose these scam websites. These are some points you should pay attention to be able to spot a scam site;
• Look for grammar errors - scammers usually make typos in their website information.
• Unrealistic returns of investment - if it’s too good to be true, it’s a scam.
• Website about information - scammers cannot help but be ingenuous. Their about profile is usually copied from another website. Also check their team, if you can google the pictures of their supposed team you will find these people are not in the crypto business irl.
• How long the site claim to be in existence vs how long the sites has been in existence according to scamadviser.com
• Search the url on https://www.bitcoinabuse.com

Platform or site, both means the same thing, it’s just how a person decide present it.

Then, its true to say that, everything start from how the person use in the discovery of this site in question. Now, you just see a website from somewhere, website you had no knowledge of before and base on, the promises see on it, that you don’t get to lose money, it’s risk free and their return on investment wound be regular and in an unbelievable amount with few testimonials to prove, you chose to proceed with an investment because, you feel it’s just what you were looking for and even go ahead preach it to other of your friends to join in too.

No, that shouldn’t be the case. Truths be told, many websites today are clones of the original. Always be very inquisitive before you invest through any platform and this follow that, you ask questions. One of the places you can verify platforms or websites is to ask on this forum. Here, a lot of people get to take up the research on the website for you, especially when you ask on the reputation board.
Another way to check for negative testimonials about them and what’s there trust score on pilot study. This will give you knowledge on how many pilot users yo have undergone the process in them, when the site was created, the duration of their registration certificate or license and other details that could give you the right or wrong impression about the site, coupled with what response you get from the forum to guide you on what’s the possible verdict.

Once you fear or the feedback you get from your findings and response from the forum no nice, you commot body.

Some people won't do this, because they seem to trust the sender too much and they may not even be conscientious. Especially if they are indeed beginners. But I want to add actually if this person has been in the forum, he can take advantage of this discussion forum to provide validation of that website. Although it takes a little time, but I feel confident this forum will give an honest answer.

You are correct sir, although sometimes we can still control our greed index and, within ourselves whenever we are doing something wrong there is this thing that first speak to you quickly saying "this is wrong" and for someone who can listen to it quickly can likely stop doing wrong things, if only that person has conscience then it could be controlled, or alternatively when desperado is removed then greed is easily to be eliminated. I can picture in myself there, let say few day ago a friend of mine, I mean a fellow gender sent me a site to sign up and I could likely received 86k worth my local currency and when I clicked on the site I read some things and it seems not to be true for me so I had to copy the site name to track on who.is/whois and I found out that site is fake.

Sorry my bad

Trustpilot is worst way to check of fake websites, anyone can create an account there and can make a review. Best thing to do is check google with an ad blocker browser (to avoid scams in google ads), check reddit, bitcointalk, and other community related forums.
Remember, a too good to be true offer is always suspicious and should be avoid of.

In order to recognize your own greed level index, a lot of analysis is required, and it isn't easy to analyze yourself.
The one who can do that can certainly control his greed.

You are correct and to add to what you said, ⁴. They should reduce their greed level, ⁵. Always avoid such website that promise huge profits in returns.

And again, you know its very important to ask questions because of the newbies or let me say beginners don't really care about asking questions to know things they don't know, most importantly here is an open place where people can easily brought some things they seems not to understand how it functions to people that knows how it works and they could explain more better. Sometimes, these newbies hide it from people and wanting to be smart in everything maybe, since the profits they would gain from that site is too huge they wouldn't want to waste any further time hence might lead them to easily get scammed by those site.

It could be very dangerous to rely solely on CoinMarketCap. Sure, it's the most popular platform in that line of business, but its popularity also makes it a prime target of hackers. They wouldn't have to deface the site. All they would have to do is replace some genuine links with their own fake phishing sites. If you only rely on CoinMarketCap to direct you to other websites, you might find yourself in problems if something like that happened.

They got scammed because they wanted to make quick money, and for everyone that comes into this space as a beginner with the hope to make money fast is vulnerable to mistakes, they have greed in them and that will be the reason they will make every mistake possible.

Beginners don't always have the time to do research, it is only those that don't have money decide to do some research first before they eventually have some money.

A point of correction, beginners shouldn't be investing in any platform, this is crypto world, beginners should hunt for Bitcoin first, because it is less complex than investing in any other things.

It is very easy to do something wrong in the crypto world, beginners must always take their time to do research first before giving up their money.

But whatever platform you invest in, be sure to be cautious before investing, and use the major website CoinMarketCap to find out if you are a phishing site. This will allow you to verify that any website is genuine, and essentially you will not be dealing with investing in any platform other than Bitcoin. Invest in Bitcoin to be sure your investment will be successful, Altcoin investors invest at their own risk and there is a high possibility of losses.