Topic: How can I identify a scammer using Bitcoin or crypto to scammer people (Read 570 times)

There have been much awareness about possible phishing Links been posted all around both social media and even other places, as a member of this forum, i believe if you have been studying well on the forum going through helpful threads you should have caught a glimpse of this awareness and not fall a victim.

Me I go advise you say when you see link dem wey dey fly around, if possible no click any of them nd if you must, make sure say you get a second phone wey you no put plenty info inside dey use am dey do all d link Waka so when u click d link, dem no go get access to anything reasonable from that phone in case them hack am, I feel say na one legit way b dat or you go just avoid dem totally.

It's really crazy when someone says they clicked on a link and that's how their account disappeared or they got logged out of their email or something like that. Even when I send my friends and family some  airdrop link, they always ask me, 'Are you sure which one is this one again? Hope it will not wipe my Telegram.' They still confirm for me. Talk more of a random number, no proper intros, it's just message that says click on this link to get your  $200 bonus from bla bla bla. And you just click or invest $20 today to get $100 next week. Why not give me the $80 profit, then keep the $20.

Or you just see email from random email contact that is not even from your location, and you just click. Everything looks so fishy when you see these email from scammers, they literally spell themself out because it looks obvious and unusual. The offers are always ridiculous. Nobody making legit money will come to your DM, begging you to invest so you will earn money or asking you to click a link so you start earning. They don't have that time.

You are the one that go after genuine investment. You are the one that look for people to mentor you. So it's really crazy for people to get scammed like this. once you see such a message, just block the person, don't even inquire more because probability if being scam is high.

Be like this your autocorrect Dey really do you bad thing o, e just Dey turn everything to “scammer” for you. I first read am for your subject and I said, well, make I just pass but then again, e don reflect for your OP. That na to say, you for try read am small after you post am and maybe e for flash for your eye say the scammer as e Dey used for there, e no Dey coherent with your write up.

I like say, you no Dey try to stop these scammers because, scamming go always Dey. You fit Dey help expose watin you know o but, scammers Dey always find new means so, e Dey best as you talk say, na to identify them. To identify them na to identify their means of operation. If na those links o, avoid am, if na offer way too good to be true, avoid am. If na offer way them family people never get and na only you them wan give, avoid am. Me so people Dey take enter wahala.

That's true, scammers will always promise good amount of money that you will be so carried away and fall into their trap. Another thing to know about this scammmers is that they come after you, they always make request first and they try to convince for you to just do things the way they want. The best thing to do to always avoid scammers is to always make research about things that you don't have much knowledge.

It really annoys me when I hear that someone falls a victim of scam by just clicking on a random link sent to you via WhatsApp or Facebook, I mean, how can you be clicking on any link you see just because a stranger you don't know says so, even if the scammer uses the account of a close family member of mine asking me to click I will first of all verify before I do anything, I have trust issues when it comes to links. You should know it's a scam when it sounds too good to be true mate, just like when these low budget scammers ask you to invest 20k and get 100k in the next 48hrs and people still falls victim to these people, na greed they worry some people Sha if not how people go believe 20k to 100k. I have trust issues when it comes to links or any online stuff unless say na me create am or na my close friends and family send am.

From time this as always been the problem crypto users have been faced with, there will always be threats from fraudsters and hackers that’s why we are being taught to play our part and safeguard ourselves against these threats. They are threat to not just less knowledgeable people but everyone in the crypto space but the difference is just that knowledgeable people are aware of this threat and are fully prepared by safeguarding themselves while ignorant people are well exposed and that’s why they are easy targets. It is now a general knowledge that we should avoid clicking links sent to us by random people and never believe any unrealistic promises of earning free money or easy money.

Scam is easy to identify and if you have found a way to secure your private information to some extent it will be difficult to fall victim, also when a person messages you about certain investments to make money and is trying to convince you to invest then that should ring a bell of suspicion. Once you avoid clicking links sent by random people, never believing an investment idea that earn you quick money and never sharing your personal information with anyone then you should be secured enough. Also you need to be vigilant at all times.

Scammers are everywhere and it is rare to identify them. Your neighbor, family and even loved one can scam you on one-on-one before you realizes and they could also play anonymous in the sense that you would not even know that someone closed to you is responsible of you victimization.

In other to stay away from scammers, you must not trust anyone in both online and offline too easily, always make your research and verify from different sources before keying you to where you feel some phishing intentions.

Be aware that scammers would disguise their selves to an extend of believing them more than a trusted one that is we need to consult at all times of being amidst learning new things about cryptocurrencies.

Na we just dey ignore all the warnings because of our greed to make money, scammers  dem dey loose guide and expose themselves but we go comot eye like say we no see am with hopes say if e go pay atleast the minimum one time cashout, we go dey alright.

Make we reduce our expectations and we no go dey get hungry eye, we never get the experience but we wan dey celebrate victory. Just few months in and we wan knack millions in profits. Na all this things dey make us become victims. You dey do something and you smell something fishy but you no go raise alarm instead you wan keep quiet.

After we come get scammed, we no dey speak out but hold am for our mind and others too fall victims. Having this habits no good. Make we be our brothers keeper even though our own dun spoil . Report scams when you encounter them so you can save others and lastly, make we no dey ignorant of learning new things to stay update because na who no get updates na person wey dey fall mugu be that.

I agree with you, the fastest way to identify scammers is the promise of what they also don't have, no one can promise like a scammer because they can promise you that you will get times ten of what you invest with them, they are very smart when speaking with you just to make sure you fall into their trap, to identify scammers is not hard even from their chat you will know, scammers are the one who will message you or text you, they will send you a link about some investment and also explain to you to make you believe and have interest for it.

Those who fall into the scammers trap are those who are very greedy, those who always want to be part of anything that a person can earn profit, to earn a profit is not a bad thing but we should know the kind of investment or project we will involve and earn a profit, clicking on every website have put some people in a problem and we should not let what has happened before to another person to repeat itself, we need to be wise when we are online.

One of the funny thing is that even if someone decided to conduct a research about a particular project to know if they are real or not, if you are not careful sometimes it cannot even prevent the person from being scammed because there are scammers who normally disguised themselves to be an existing projects conducting a normal airdrop or selling there coin on more affordable price and when you click on the links to no if they are real it takes you directly to the project main site and if you are not careful you would be convinced that they are real and start participating, however someone has told me there experience about similar situation on how scammers develop a fake contract address and offering to deploy an existing coin to people after participation, so it was when she conducted her research she discovered that there contract address was different from the project they claim to be.

It's pains when you learn about a scam after being a victim. Scam can come in different ways and sometimes it may look difficult to identify if one isn't patient enough to look into it. These days scammers are more wiser and they come out with different tricks everyday in other to scam innocent people. Scamming doesn't come alone by hacking your wallet, it is also extended into creating fake projects. Alot of token are made on daily basis. Not all this projects worth buying. Even most of them turn out to be scam. Identify a scam project here needs alot of research. Imagine buying a project which is honeypot(coded wrong by DEV so that it can't be sold). All money made through this project goes to the pocket of the DEV alone.

Aside the prayer you can be able to avoid been scammed you just have to be extra careful, because a lot of people re not always careful they don't even ask question all they want is result and in the process of focusing on the result they miss important information that will help them not to get scammed, so to some extent their are still ways to be very careful of, and some you wont even see their faces, sometimes you will even see numerous calls from telegram, all claiming that they have a good investment to offer this are things you will take note of when you take note of to be able to detect some scams. and the issue is they are always developing a lot of strategies on how to extort money from their clients. and a lot of people are still falling victims of this scammers and they will now give a different meaning to bitcoin just because of their own insecurity. and scam is not only done in the bitcoin world, we just have to be very very mindful how our daily life and not to lose guard that is the most important.

After asking questions in the forum and getting so many comments there are some people that may decide to add to what the people have already suggested just to help the person understand better a lot of them may not be scammers but scammers can also use the strategy to get access to the person and for someone who is a newbie in the cryptocurrency
Investment will definitely share his problems to a total stranger if he's not aware of scam with that scammers may build good relationships with him then scam him as time goes on.

A lot of people have also been scammed through random messages they received from Whatsapp, this scamming of a thing goes a long way because this people are professionals in the scamming business and if you are not very smart to identify them they will may have scammed you before you realized who they really are. Being on steady vigilant and paying no attention to unknown online helpers will help us to minimize losses as a result of scam and scammers.

As a crypto beginner you be, you no need take advise from anyone wey dey social media because there nah were scammers them plenty. As a beginner, if you take any advice from somebody for social media nai be say one day them to scam you, even if no be the ones wey dey give you dey advise nai scam you another person go scam you because you go think am say others dey like the adviser.
Scammers nah set of pipo wey go just come into your DM uninvited and start to dey tell you about something wey involve investment and me and you know say no free money anywhere. Their intentions just dey to scam you, which means if you give them any listen ears you done already fall for their scam/trap. So the best thing to do when you witness something fishy nah to just block them ASAP or report the account before blocking if necessary.
And make you also use different Patterns lock guide your wallet and seed phrase,, then make you also dey careful with the send button for your wallet because there nah the easiest way to give away your coins by your self.

To begin with, how did the scammer know that you have an issue. If you ask a question on the forum, don't leave your DM open to anyone. Anyone trying to help has to do it openly on the thread to avoid getting tricked to click on malicious links and lose your coins. Getting contacted by a random users claiming to help you become rich should be a red flag and you should immediately block anyone trying to help you without you asking for their help. Dem say if you no protect yourself, nobody go fit help you protect am. You first have to be interested in helping yourself before you get that help so make we dey always dey cautious and vigilant and we no go be victim.


2FA doesn't guarantee your safety when you have them linked to Google cloud and most people are making that mistake. Anything Google self no dey a 100% safe because of their frequent problem with breaching customer privacy. There are better alternatives wey you fit use for 2FA but better make use of non constodial wallets that you need your seed phrase to access anytime wey you wan log in. Make we dey avoid centralized wallets as they're of no good but just a disaster waiting to happen.

You are right, Many scammers used bitcoin to deceive people by telling them that if they click the link and try to refer people to it, they will receive free bitcoin which is a scam, because nothing comes for free you must work hard and achieve your goals. By referring people to the link, they will gain access to people's phones and scam them. Scammers use a variety of tactics to defraud people, and if you lack information and intelligence, you will undoubtedly fall victim to them. To avoid all of this fraud, simply secure your entire wallet with a powerful key that no one will be able to access if they attempt.

By enabling 2FA on your wallet, I am confident that scammers won't gain access to it, except for the Gmail you used to open it. This is why it is best to hide your activities online by not telling them, as some will attempt to hack what you are doing and steal your money. We should quit waiting for free money instead, we should work hard and earn money. By working hard, you will become very knowledgeable, and any scammer who comes to deceive you about anything free will be uninterested since you acquire what you want without begging or waiting for free funds.

Most scammers don't come with huge profit projects anymore, they've learned their lessons now and approach with what is called low hanging fruits. They use interesting projects that looks so real that you'll hardly suspect anything fishy.

Most of them are very patient and take their time to develop a sense of need for their product in you before luring you to the dungeon.

The thing is this. Verify every action involving websites and social media. You can use scamvoid.com or other reputable scam websites detectors to validate a site's authenticity(use move than one for better results and comparison). Also you can check for any company on a recruitment process with you on linkedIn and observe their history of activities, page engagement and the plan they're using(premium plan more preferable) to help with your conviction.

We have to be wiser and move informed because scammers are upgrading themselves everyday

Scammer come with huge profit promising you are not realistic. What affect most victim is our greediness, What is too good to be real can't be real. Imagine when one is expecting money from what you never do or expecting to make thousands of dollars with just few dollars.

One of the things you need to understand about cryptocurrency especially bitcoin is that nothing is 100% free, if you are given a link to register for you to earn free Bitcoin you need to avoid opening the link that was sent to you then block such person because the easiest way scammers get their victims is through offering them links where they claim they can give you free coins once you register.

Scammers will always appear like helpers helping you to get things that will be useful to you so once you come across a stranger online or offline who is interested in helping you with an issue relating to either your wallet or someone claiming to be an expert in a particular investment platform you are already discussing with a scammer so always be smarter than them and avoid free things if you don't want to be scammed.

D first thing wey Dey na to discover the strategy wey dem Dey use scam, as you don sabi d strategy, d next thing wey you suppose do na to avoid it now, if anybody send you any link, no just click am, if you see any random link online, make sure say you Dey avoid am, because things like dis fit out u for problem.

If you be person wey Dey run all dis airdrops now, if dem ask you to connect wallet, and you wan run am, make sure say na new wallet u go connect, no go connect wallet wey money Dey inside ooo, make sure say you get new wallet if you wan particular in any airdrop, to avoid story that touches the heart at d end, because plenty airdrop wey Dey na just to scam, and d problem be say person no go sabi d one wey be scam, and one wey be legit.

I go tell you again say, anybody wey you meet on social media, take them like say na scammer dem be, even if you wan learn something from them, never trust anyone, because some people go make sure say dem earn your trust first, before them go come attack you.