I keep getting calls telling me there are are few bitcoins blocked in my name. - page 2.

dothebeats

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Consider changing your number at this point and let people know that you have since moved on to a different number. You are basically being targeted again since they know that you have been involved with crypto before and that they thought you could easily be scammed since you've already fallen into a trap before.

Quote from: Anddy1 on January 19, 2022, 02:32:13 PM

All you need to access your Bitcoins is the private key.
How do you get this key?

You get this key immediately after creating a wallet. If you haven't created the wallet yourself, you will not have this key unless[/u] the one who created it gave you the private key, or by any chance, you just cracked it through brute-forcing or other such methods which is deemed impossible at the moment.

Anddy1

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a. how did they get your number to scam you specifically?

Some idiot gave my number and name on some website and the calls never stopped.

b. to send you a screenshot, was this by cellphone using same number or did they email you?
Emailed to me.

I guess I am in the suckers list. :

All you need to access your Bitcoins is the private key.
How do you get this key?

DooMAD

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In my experience, people are seldom in a hurry to get hold of you when they owe you money.

Even if it was a legitimate company or service you have used on a previous occasion and you recall depositing bitcoins with them, in all likelihood, they're still not going to contact you to say "hey, we've still got your BTC". It's generally up to you to keep track of which platforms you need to withdraw your money from.

And if you've never heard of the people who are calling you, it's very unlikely they've got any of your money.

franky1

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first thing to think about:
a. how did they get your number to scam you specifically?
b. to send you a screenshot, was this by cellphone using same number or did they email you?

these are important because if you only gave your number to 1 bitcoin service (which might have sold its customer data on) you can try finding the scammer via the service that gave away your details

usually bitcoin scammer only waste time calling people they know had/have some pre-existing experience/knowledge of bitcoin. (why waste years calling every number in the phonebook)

also if the other fraud scammed you.. you may have been put on whats known as a 'suckers list', which is basically a list which organised scammers have of people that fell for that scam, and they trade contact details with each other. thus your name may be in the hands of hundreds of scammers knowing your an existing victim and ripe to attempt to victimise again.
(again why waste time on the less naive)

you see this happen alot in older women. they get scammed once, then hounded by hundreds of scammers later

your best bet is to change your number and if they now have your email (if they sent screenshot via email) change that too

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Quote from: Anddy1 on January 19, 2022, 01:00:16 PM

How, where, and is it possible to check if I really have any bitcoins blocked in my name? (If yes, then how)

The answer is simple: Bitcoins aren't stored "in any name". All you need to access your Bitcoins is the private key. There's no names, no paperwork and no intermediary involved.

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give them 5% so that they can transfer me the bitcoins

The modern version of the Nigerian scam. As a rule of thumb: if you need to pay before you get paid, you're getting scammed.

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A few years ago, I was defrauded by some company and they fooled me into investing money with their fake company.

Chances are your number is on a high-value list of targets that have been scammed before. You could consider changing phone numbers to get rid of it.

Anddy1

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Hi Guys

A few years ago, I was defrauded by some company and they fooled me into investing money with their fake company.

I reported that to the police and to the trading organizations at that time.
Of course, I did not get any money back and the police told me that cannot do anything.

Now, I keep getting calls from people (fraudsters I am sure) telling me that I have a few bitcoins blocked in my name. One of them even sent me a screenshot (I am sure that is fake as well).
They want me to give them 5% so that they can transfer me the bitcoins (I learned the hard way how fraud works), and I am not sending any money to get any money.

My question is...

How, where, and is it possible to check if I really have any bitcoins blocked in my name? (If yes, then how)

Thanks
Andy

*** To any Fraudsters reading this, I am not going to give you any money so please don't try to fool me again. (Fool me once - shame on you, fool me twice - shame on me).

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