Topic: Funny: "Nigerian" Scams Shifting To Bitcoin? (Read 915 times)
Hmm even people around me where realting with ransomeware virus because of bitcoin payment . Now If some victims falls in this trap again they will relate bitcoin with this traps. Again its a free publicity for bitcoin in negative side.
Please do not be racist, there is no where in that message that confirms the location of the sender.
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
Why is this racism? Are we getting mad?
It's well known where they come from.this kind of scams and saying that it is not racism at all.
Good to see, it means that Bitcoin is growing up, lol. Actually, years back I saw eBay being used to scam on BTC. They may be doing it now. I remember a few eBay sellers carefully wording listings to imply that the buyer was getting BTC at a deep rate, but it was simply another coin, basically worthless I think, so the outside scammers have been in the same vein for a while now.
That, and the phishing is pretty standard for addresses and keys, so it is the average scamming that I have seen up to this point.
That, and the phishing is pretty standard for addresses and keys, so it is the average scamming that I have seen up to this point.
Nigerians are already well known for their internet scams.Now,i think that they have found bitcoin to be the safe haven completely free from the hands of government.
Bitcoin related businesses have become an ever growing sector.I would say that nigerians have come a little bit late to this field.
They have found that still there are lots of newbies who don't exactly know what bitcoin is and how it works.So,they have now targeted these bitcoin holders.
Already,we hear bitcoins being stolen by fake wallets.Now,definitely nigerians would become a huge problems to the bitcoin community as a whole.
Bitcoin related businesses have become an ever growing sector.I would say that nigerians have come a little bit late to this field.
They have found that still there are lots of newbies who don't exactly know what bitcoin is and how it works.So,they have now targeted these bitcoin holders.
Already,we hear bitcoins being stolen by fake wallets.Now,definitely nigerians would become a huge problems to the bitcoin community as a whole.
sometimes some of these scams are pretty funny. some scammers are way too lazy to even come up with an elaborate scheme to rob people. they want everything to be easiest and cheapest possible. i pity those who fall for these types of scams because they are the biggest idiots in the whole world. i mean if you want to be robbed at least be robbed by someone who is smart not some lazy ass idiot with not enough IQ to come up with a better plan. 
Please do not be racist, there is no where in that message that confirms the location of the sender.
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
Of course its not racism. The term nigerian scam, doesn't mean it's from nigeria, it's the codex the scam has been named.
Don't feel sorry for yourself, we are all humans regardless of color, playing the racist card is pathetic
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Attention: You Handsome Receiver!
BlockChain Have send the sum 150 bitcoin to your bitcoin wallet Ending 82LtfkyJvk, We tried to called your office number but no response. Kindly Check the payment slip attached details and verify that the 150 bitcoin we transfer was made to the right bitcoin wallet details you provided to us. You are advise to View Attachment for your Payment slip
your soonest reply will be appreciated
Thanks Regards,
Block Chain Payment Department
Source: from my email account!
BlockChain Have send the sum 150 bitcoin to your bitcoin wallet Ending 82LtfkyJvk, We tried to called your office number but no response. Kindly Check the payment slip attached details and verify that the 150 bitcoin we transfer was made to the right bitcoin wallet details you provided to us. You are advise to View Attachment for your Payment slip
your soonest reply will be appreciated
Thanks Regards,
Block Chain Payment Department
Source: from my email account!
Oh this is rich! Made me laugh as well! How desperate are these "Nigerian Hackers". I too got an email about this prompting me to send the Bitcoins SUPPOSEDLY sent me. I didn't even have their coins to start with so jokes on them.
I had a similar experience and they're telling me to send their share of the stakes because they told me I was this campaign manager for an ICO. I don't even own not one token of whatever campaign they told me I'm a part of. I'm not even qualified to be a campaign manager anyway.
The attachment might be a malware or virus that will steal your private key and hack your desktop wallet, for the btc enthusiast like us it is funny to see some scammers trying to fool us to open and run the attachments that is pretty obvious but for the newbies and starters to the crypto they are the most victims of it no wonder why i saw a lot of thread about getting their coin lost because someone withdraw it from another wallet.
That is the exact reason why the email was sent to him. The email mentioned him eagerly to open the attachment and that is what the scammer wanted him to do. The attachment could have had any program injected in it that would have stolen the user's money form his PC. Programs such as the one which replaces the copied BTC address with another one are in circulation these days. So the attachment could have had one of these too. The wise ones will always ignore such emails while the beginners often fall for such scam. 
The attachment might be a malware or virus that will steal your private key and hack your desktop wallet, for the btc enthusiast like us it is funny to see some scammers trying to fool us to open and run the attachments that is pretty obvious but for the newbies and starters to the crypto they are the most victims of it no wonder why i saw a lot of thread about getting their coin lost because someone withdraw it from another wallet.
Sooner or later they had to come after bitcoins. They might be later but its fun to see them. Ignore those emails and better never open them and delete from the inbox.
Please do not be racist, there is no where in that message that confirms the location of the sender.
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.
Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post
Lmao it's being called a Nigerian scam simply because of those email chains claiming to be from some Nigerian Prince. I doubt anybody even believes that it's from an actual Nigerian person. It's pretty much ingrained in popular culture, even being referenced in shows like The Office US. I'm sure there was no racism intended. You can lighten up now.
That being said, wow. Do people even believe this scammers? I mean, I understand people getting victimized by email chains. Not everyone with an email is accustomed to the internet, and even fewer are truly tech savvy. Some might fall for a scam here and there. Bitcoin users are different though. Most of them are basically always on the internet, and I would be willing to bet that the majority are tech savvy. Still though, you have to give these email scammers credit. They're diversifying lmfao.
Nigerian scam is so famous because it is cheated for a country. I received a similar email a few days ago. There are also fraud links. Including the current AIRDROP, there are many liars require others to directly transfer ETH to join. Such a scam should be more and more after, because there are more people concerned about Bitcoin. This is a good thing for Bitcoin and a bad thing.
There are lots of spam email in the internet regarding bitcoin like in social media some people spamming you to click some website and the message will pop-up that you won a big amount of bitcoin. Past few months i receive an email saying that i won the lottery and the price is bitcoin.
if for just receive email spam, i have experience with this and i directly delete the email and block if in future there is any other email like this. scamming people will find a new ways to trick people and trying to get their money so we need to be careful when we want to click any links in our email. i have seen too many email in the internet and the last time i receive email is about i need to send my personal identity to receive funds from someone from other country but fortunately i know that this is just the email that trying to scam me so i delete the email.
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Attention: You Handsome Receiver!
BlockChain Have send the sum 150 bitcoin to your bitcoin wallet Ending 82LtfkyJvk, We tried to called your office number but no response. Kindly Check the payment slip attached details and verify that the 150 bitcoin we transfer was made to the right bitcoin wallet details you provided to us. You are advise to View Attachment for your Payment slip
your soonest reply will be appreciated
Thanks Regards,
Block Chain Payment Department
Source: from my email account!
BlockChain Have send the sum 150 bitcoin to your bitcoin wallet Ending 82LtfkyJvk, We tried to called your office number but no response. Kindly Check the payment slip attached details and verify that the 150 bitcoin we transfer was made to the right bitcoin wallet details you provided to us. You are advise to View Attachment for your Payment slip
your soonest reply will be appreciated
Thanks Regards,
Block Chain Payment Department
Source: from my email account!
I almost fell from my chair while reading this spam email on my Gmail account. It was not long time ago that "Nigerian type" of email scams circulated all over the internet enticing unsuspecting victims about their winnings of this and that...but you have to pay something in order to get what you have won.
Now, with Bitcoin getting popular, these scammers can be back in the business and this time around they would be using of course Bitcoin as the background of the story and of course as the mode of payment in case anybody can still be willing to be the sacrifice in the altar of learning what can be scam and not a scam.
Hmmm...I better be attending to a Halloween sale below.
Note: I want to clarify that I did not say that emails like this originated from Nigeria...take a look I said "Nigerian type" meaning it has some resemblance with those supposedly emails from Nigeria many years ago...and this info is all over the internet...it is not me who called these emails as "Nigerian"...please know that before you make such a report.
lol, actually im also recieving this kind of emails lately and there were some said that they are dying and they need to transfer their wealth to some trusted person but the conditions is you need to donate some to charities and churches. although this bitcoin scam is not new and they actually think that they can scam people by doing these kind of gimmick. by the way @op, nice advertising you got there
There are lots of spam email in the internet regarding bitcoin like in social media some people spamming you to click some website and the message will pop-up that you won a big amount of bitcoin. Past few months i receive an email saying that i won the lottery and the price is bitcoin.
So many group of scammers are doing stupid things in the shed of bitcoin. They are just actually luring uneducated people to join in their stupid acts while staining the reputation of bitcoin. As the time they got busted, these people try to think that bitcoin is a scam too. Shame on them.
Oh lol, classic scheme, it's just adjusted to bitcoin world . I'm still surprised how they still can find idiots who believe in their stories. C'mon, it's 2017 outside the window...
I often get similar email letters, but it's old type - they are asking to pay eur or usd to get miloions, never got from Blockchain Payment Department. Sometimes when I'm in good mood, I like to play with these scammers and troll them .
. I'm still surprised how they still can find idiots who believe in their stories. C'mon, it's 2017 outside the window...I often get similar email letters, but it's old type - they are asking to pay eur or usd to get miloions, never got from Blockchain Payment Department
. Sometimes when I'm in good mood, I like to play with these scammers and troll them .
what the fxxx is Nigerian??
The nigerian prince is back! LOL
"You handsome receiver"
Thank you nigerian prince, of course I'll download your attachments
Seriously, who could fall for this?
"You handsome receiver"
Thank you nigerian prince, of course I'll download your attachments
Seriously, who could fall for this?
Please do not be racist...
Calling this scam nigerian has nothing to do with the racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam It gained it's name by most of the early attempt which came from Nigeria.
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