Topic: How a sophisticated scammer steals your bitcoin - watch (Read 229 times)

I don't disagree. I know you are just spreading awareness. I just wanted to say that there might be people on the forum who generally look good, but they have evil mindsets and can use these methods to scam others. It’s not like I am trying to disappoint you or asking you not to write such posts; I appreciate that you tried to help the community. I just wanted to point out the possibility.

Regarding the leaked data, I guess it is too easy to collect such data from black market forums. Hackers sell important data on the Internet, which other hackers buy and use to scam people. I don’t want to mention any websites for security reasons.

the video vaguely touched on another layer of possible scammery..
when they discussed the whole "cashing out" where they would employee other people to do the cashing out to avoid the scammer from KYC hindrances.. this is called 'muling' (mule-ing, like drug mules) where they use other people to do the cashing out and send the scammer a amount of fiat minus a fee.. this is also a scam risk as scammers then con people into laundering for them.. where the scammer can also scam the mules(ask for fiat upfront but never give the coin)

if you get contacted with a opportunity to buy bitcoin at discount or do currency swap/mixing privately, be careful, you might end up being a mule where the so called discount or commission for the task can cost you

I watched the whole video and it really pissed me off hearing the scammer talk in that way, very unremorseful, even though he said he does feel bad to the people who are kind and trust him over the phone, i don't believe that bullshit; you don't try to steal from people and you are worried about how they treat you over the phone.

I hope less and less people will fall for this, the scam trick is very obvious, just hang up the phone when you receive calls like this, and your funds shouldn't even be on Coinbase to begin with.

That's right don't know how can they be so focused on doing something like that illegal here I am if do something wrong not like scamming others but little bad deeds like lying or laziness and other stuff I can't focus on my work until I do that right. And don't know why these dudes don't feel guilt. Even they try to scam old peoples, last time there was a news on this same section that some old woman lost a good amount of money in a fake video calling scam in which the scammers used AI To mimic the face of France president if I am not wrong and asked the old lady to send him some money and she sent it.

These are really cold-hearted and they should be caught and punished but one thing is unique for me and that is, I did not think they would be making that much profit in the first place and in the second place in one week. I mean, are they able to scam that much? I am shocked by the way.

This is definitely interesting, but it could also defraud people. It's definitely improving with the accent and stuff. It's crazy that they earn five digits, and they are really targeting people who have money. They are not the usual scammers and have these tools to scam people.

The takeaway is not to register with Unchained Capital.

I have not seen this video before but it reminds me of some other theft cases that I read on paper and it all caused me to be very aware and conscious of anything am doing that can conflict my privacy. These scammers uses all of the same old strategy and victims are those that are not yet informed.

Thanks for the video and everyone needs to be careful on the open net and always remember that, no one will be held responsible for their losses because at this point and the way things are going, it seems these guys are not even ready to stop but rather to increase their earnings and portfolios.
I don’t know how best to say this but I think safety should be a very often topic of discussion so as to keep everyone steadily reminded of how important their safety and that of their assets really do matters and only thrm can be responsible for anything that happens to it.

Because I belong to a secret organization that wants to take over Bitcoin? Duh?

It's more important to spread the word for awareness, than for the possibility that someone replicates the same method. Also, these scammers hold vast amount of leaked data, otherwise it wouldn't be possible to target groups of people so accurately.

watch all them tv shows and news reports where old grandma's get hit multiple times and end up losing it all, simply because each time doesnt feel like a huge loss(nigerian love traps, insurance scams, inheritance scams)

heck there are people here that get scammed and then they get called by 'recovery experts' that promise to find and return lost funds, for an upfront fee.. and they fall for it

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edit to respond to below:
blackhatcoiner doesnt belong to a secret organisation(but he wishes he did), he instead takes scammy advice from a (now silent)mentor to try to persuade the bitcoin community to drop bitcoin and instead use a risky flawed buggy subnetwork that has many ways for people to lose funds, whilst he pretends he is a influencer of bitcoin dev connection by kissing their ass like they are gods, just to fake his own rep...... so its then funny how this month he is trying to act like some fund safety advocate

i dont trust that this month is a lightbulb moment of him changing his ways and becoming ethical.. its just to fake some idea that people should trust him now that his friends have abandoned him and he needs to find new ones

scams like the video mentions are not new, hense the point of topic seems more of a blackhat reputation/trust creator rather that a new news topic

I think there's a panic attack whenever the victims read that something's wrong with their Coinbase wallet or any wallet/exchange that these scammers(hackers) tell them. That's why they become like kids following the instructions and whatever they are told to do.

That's what he said but in general, it's all about people with money regardless of whether it's $50k or not because they'll never know who are those with actual $50k and not. And even sadly, even with those holders that have a lot of Bitcoins or holdings, many of them are ignorant of security flaws that can come to their emails and they still click those unsolicited emails because of their emotions triggering after reading that something's wrong with their crypto wallets and exchanges accounts.

That also surprised me, a small Youtuber with less than 300 views, many of which probably derived from this topic, which currently has over 120 views. I've been a subscriber of Pleasant Green since the start of his channel, and I'm also a fan of Jim Browning; both are great and have tackled a large number of scammers and fake call centers.

This scam attempt is nothing sophisticated; he's simply an impersonator who tricks you into giving them access to your account and personal details after clicking his phishing link and submitting them yourself, without a clue in the world. That's how most scams operate. No one is going to get your money if you don't let them trick you; there's no way it can suddenly disappear. Now that would be sophisticated.

Those that engage in this low value theft will eventually get dissatisfied and want to move to the "big leauges" like the one in the video where they target $50k and above. Because the more successful they get with every under $5k, the more their confidence grows and so their appetitie for more. And as for federal crime - they will be willing to risk it all.

Anyone who falls for the same scam twice is not very smart. The first one should have made them very conscious, suspicious and higly critical of any email, text, or phone calls that doesn't look normal.

This seems to be a relatively small Youtube channel. Are you promoting it or something?
There are way bigger Youtubers out there, that are exposing scammers and actively scambaiting to waste the time of many scammers.
Just take a look at Coffeezilla, Pleasant Green, Kitboga and Jim Browning. They are the best in this niche. There's no point for me to watch this Youtube video. I'm aware of most crypto scam methods. I would never believe someone calling me and pretending to be customer support of a crypto exchange. I know that crypto exchange customer support teams just don't have the time to call random users by the phone.

While the scammers are working hard to steal from notable investors, it is paramount that we as investors and potential investors work way harder to keep upgrading our knowledge on the best practices to stay safer, because in the end, it doesn't matter the kind of hardware or hot wallet that one uses,  what will matter is the attention one pays to details of transaction and every other issue that surrounds the security of these wallets and processes.

This is why it is also important to read up on more subjects in this forum that borders around this topic of scams and hacks so as to stay trendy and be more aware of the ways to protect oneself from these hiccups.

there are scam tricks where they specifically look for people to scam for under $5k because small amounts means that victims are less likely to try to get funds back or report it, as the cost of chasing them and if caught, the court case ends up costing more to just process than the chance of recompense.. so low value theft is like a get out of jail free card(avoid federal crime)

also as said they look for easily fooled victims using unsophisticated scams, where they create their own 'suckers list' which they sell the list to other scammers, so if you have been scammed once already, you are on a suckers list and will get targeted more often by more scam groups

I couldn't even watch the whole video.

It is scary. I am imaging all the websites that I have signed up on such as Unchained which was mentioned. I don't even have $50k but it still bothers me deep down knowing that even though these scammer looks for top earners, there are also scammers who are looking for low-income earners. Those who are looking for those who have $500 - $2k. And low.

It is funny how as we are working hard to earn money the right way, there are those (scammers) working hard to steal that money from us.

I understand that you are trying to spread awareness. But there is a possibility people will learn how to scam from these things. There are a lot of bad people in the world, and they look too good in real life. I have been watching some YouTube videos from Scammerspayback, kitboga, and a couple of more YouTubers who actually troll with the scammers.

Most of these scam call centers are located in India. I have watched hundreds of episodes so far. I see some people learned these tricks from YouTube, and now they are doing it on their own. But most of them work for scam call center companies. Their payment is based on commission. So, they focus on scamming people.

I don't personally agree to that part where he says their target is restricted to people with an account that's more than $50k, even though that might be their primary target, you get a lot of phishing popups on your device even when you have an account on a minor exchange that doesn't have up to a thousand dollar.

truth is that any one can be attacked but the most vulnerable people should be newbies that don't take there security seriously and not those that already know that being careless with there security posses a threat to them. if you have $50k worth of a crypto that you are holding, you should be familiar with phishing and whatever attack hackers might want to come out with. we know you cant be too careful but once you have done your own part by putting the simple security systems in place, whatever basic or sophisticated hacking strategy that might be used against you have a slim chance of getting to you.

It is pretty wild how ruthless these scammers are, showing no remorse for anything they do or even the slightest second thoughts on how what they are doing is greatly affecting the victim and yet they prey on them like they are a pig for slaughter. One day though everyone gets what's coming to them, I feel sorry for them really because come judgement day they are so F#$ked. 

Whatever the type and form of crime, all of them are truly heinous and dishonorable, especially if their targets are people who are really not rich. i think they don't care who their targets are, and this is truly immorals. So, from this video we need to learn a lot to avoid scams, data theft, or other types of crime, namely by carefully maintaining the confidentiality of our personal data, especially keeping our bitcoin, and if possible, storing it offline, and use another secondary wallet for main or daily activity. So, if something wrong happened, our main vault of bitcoin is really safe.