I Know this is scam but I don't know how they go about it.

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Quote from: Cryptoababe on August 26, 2022, 07:10:27 PM

This mostly happens when one allow message request on twitter. I've received several messages like this but even when I tried to reply and see how they go about it,Twitter will have suspended the account.
Did anyone here knows how this scammer steal coins from people with this kind of trick?
Incase anyone here wanna fall into thier trap.
Although staying away from them is the best way but some people are just too greedy to stay away Grin

I'm not sure but it was to see how desperate these scammers are now and they use social media and even in text scamming messages. Scamming is everywhere, that was the sad fact...Even though we spread awareness to the public, this couldn't be enough to stop scammers, many people still will fall into their hands because of some promising word. And I see one reason for this - many people are really in need of money.

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Quote from: Rockstarguy on September 02, 2022, 04:31:42 AM

When one have the mindset that their is no free money from a stranger on social then it will be difficult to fall for scammers. Now scammers offer to render financial help to people, and many people always fall for it because they want to get free money.

Reason why so many people in crypto fall for similar scams is because noobies think of crypto and bitcoin as a magic money where anything is possible. They all heard of stories about people making millions with small investment so they think its easy with crypto.

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Quote from: Bholutefe on August 31, 2022, 11:16:50 AM

The ability to deal with greediness is very essential as well, because too much of greed leads to being scammed.

When one have the mindset that their is no free money from a stranger on social then it will be difficult to fall for scammers. Now scammers offer to render financial help to people, and many people always fall for it because they want to get free money.
Greediness is a serious challenge that most young people face in cryptocurrency and social media. Scammers are very aware that greed is instrument to capture people attraction when money is being offered to them. I would advise people to study on how to avoid Scammers and their tricks, not to learn from their experience first.

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You could send like 2 tron to make a 'transfer' - dunno what they gonna do with 10 cents Tongue

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Quote from: Bholutefe on August 31, 2022, 11:16:50 AM

The ability to deal with greediness is very essential as well, because too much of greed leads to being scammed.

You are correct, greedy people find it hard to spot new or old scam trend and tricks, for such people any opportunity looks like another way to make money for themselves, even when the scam is very glaring, to them it is not, because they think they have found a way to make money, having no knowledge about crypto makes people to lose their coins, but i think it is lack of knowledge in addition to greed that causes more loss because some scams are glaring even without knowledge, but it is greed that still makes people think that a scam could be a true way to make money.

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Quote from: Cryptoababe on August 26, 2022, 07:10:27 PM

This mostly happens when one allow message request on twitter. I've received several messages like this but even when I tried to reply and see how they go about it,Twitter will have suspended the account.
Did anyone here knows how this scammer steal coins from people with this kind of trick?
Incase anyone here wanna fall into thier trap.
Although staying away from them is the best way but some people are just too greedy to stay away Grin

This is how they send thier messages

Obviously if you are less knowledgeable and have no updates on the new trends of scamming, you’ll definitely fall on their trap. However, if you are responsible on keeping your account safe, you will know that sharing the seed phrase is a red flag. And entertaining some unidentified message requests is not advisable as those can be one of the strategies of scammers nowadays.

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Quote from: Darker45 on August 26, 2022, 09:16:14 PM

Not everybody is well-informed about the dos and don'ts in the crypto space. Although it is very basic not to ever share private keys or seed phrase, for example, some are still giving it to random strangers online. Although it is advised to stay away from links provided by free giveaways, some are still clicking on them.

So this is just one of those newbie mistakes in crypto. The sad part is that some are like willing victims. They know that there is risk, they notice some red flags, they're aware of the scam potential, and so on, and yet, perhaps out of greed or whatever, they still proceed with it.

As long as there is greed that is hard to control, people will fall more as victims not because they have no idea that it’s a scam, but most likely their greed makes them create wrong and selfish decisions. So it’s always an intentional mistake, and not just a coincidence. This is not just for newbies out there but for all those who wish to believe in quick profits without money and efforts required.

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Quote from: Oceat on August 31, 2022, 03:37:47 PM

I've seen several of these type of scam back in the days and if you have no idea what they were doing then you might fall for their traps. Scammers will always try something to let their victims/prospect to spend money or send it to someone by luring different type of tricks to their victim.

Best way is always not to entertain them if you don't know who they are and always put it your head that there are no free money in this world. Just think about it as hard as you can since in reality money won't come easy, unless of course if you are doing something illegal. Grin

I haven't got this experience but mine came as a WhatsApp message giving me link to click to redeem the money, I already new that it was a scam. I do not expect anyone to fall for the cheap scam. There no how a total strange person will give you phrase or private keys for you to redeem coin for him. When did you tell the scammer that you are a technical guru who solves wallet related problems for strangers?

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I've seen several of these type of scam back in the days and if you have no idea what they were doing then you might fall for their traps. Scammers will always try something to let their victims/prospect to spend money or send it to someone by luring different type of tricks to their victim.

Best way is always not to entertain them if you don't know who they are and always put it your head that there are no free money in this world. Just think about it as hard as you can since in reality money won't come easy, unless of course if you are doing something illegal. Grin

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Quote from: Bholutefe on August 31, 2022, 11:16:50 AM

The best response is to ignore and look away from their dubious messages. The more you pay attention to their messages, the closer you realise that you are already being attracted to their scamming offers, it is also very good to be vigilant while reading or opening any strange messages. The ability to deal with greediness is very essential as well, because too much of greed leads to being scammed.

Greed will provide an opportunity for the fraudster to continue to convince the victim to do what the fraudster wants. Ignoring it is indeed a good way and block every user who sends any spam messages. Telegram is the place that gets the most scam messages and sometimes adds us to scam groups that are camouflaged as groups we've joined before.

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The best response is to ignore and look away from their dubious messages. The more you pay attention to their messages, the closer you realise that you are already being attracted to their scamming offers, it is also very good to be vigilant while reading or opening any strange messages. The ability to deal with greediness is very essential as well, because too much of greed leads to being scammed.

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Quote from: acroman08 on August 29, 2022, 10:55:57 AM

anyway, it's good that you know that these are scams. since, believe it or not, there are people who fell for this scam despite it being too obvious.

It is greed that will make someone fall that easy. Such strategy is now outdated because it has really been exposed much. You see it on twitter, telegram and others. Some are sent to mail and if you respond then you get attracted. The best is not to respond so that the temptation is avoided. If you are not expecting such message from client or business partner then there is no need responding.

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Quote from: Marvell1 on August 28, 2022, 10:24:11 PM

I mean, if it is possible that Tether will freeze that portion of USDT, once that USDT is frozen, the scammer will suffer significant damage and they will give up their nefarious behavior, is not freezing the victim's Trx tokens deposited into the wallet. Assuming in the wallet that the scammer provided OP actually has 3800$, this is a very large amount and the TRX fee sent will be very small compared to the amount in it, freezing USDT will cause great damage to the attacker scam compared to what he got in return.

Not sure how much money those scammers make from this and if freezing their coins will be enough to stop them, but what am sure about is that tether is already being widely criticized by the crypto community for its centralized nature and for freezing USDTs stolen from exchanges in the past, so the tether team are unlikely to get involved into this too considering that the amounts being stolen are too small.
btw, it appears the scammers use tron multisig wallets to prevent the victim from moving the coins. Any one interested can read more about how this scam works here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/warning-trust-wallet-tron-multi-signature-scam-5411503

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It's a pure scam trick and I saw this before in this forum when someone posted. And many new users fall in this trap and lose their funds . So never trust like this kind of scams.

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Quote from: Cryptoababe on August 27, 2022, 04:30:32 AM

Wow. So the anything sent to the wallet will be automatically transferred to another wallet. That's wonderful.
I know it's obvious scam but at times, I wonder why they feel free to give out private keys.
Now, I know what's really gonna happen.

these people are organized and they are not really risking anything by giving you their private keys. they are tricking gullible people into thinking that they'd make money from helping the scammer.

anyway, it's good that you know that these are scams. since, believe it or not, there are people who fell for this scam despite it being too obvious.

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You don't have to know how this scam works, when you receive such messages on your Twitter or telegram account just click on the BLOCK button and move on, if you open a brand new crypto wallet now you will be warned to never share your recovery seed with anyone, it's a big prove that these scammers know what they are doing, don't fall for their trap.

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I think everyone even if they are not active in social media they can still receive such interesting messages. Because even in text messages, I receive a lot of it plus links that are clickables that probably contain malware. But, they fail to please me nor I could become their victim. We already know that this is an obvious scam trick, no way we have to believe it - it certainly is ignored and deleted messages.

But I believe some and those innocent people are likely to fall into this kind of scheme.

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Almost every day is spent on telegram. I do get this sort of message; they come with various types of advice that they are providing you financial advice, they will question you if you are a trader and if you own any coins or tokens. The best thing you can do is always set your message privacy settings to only contact so that only people who have your contact can message you. You should also set your privacy so that nobody can add you to a group chat or channel without your permission, or simply use Discord communities instead of Telegram.

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Quote from: Stalker22 on August 28, 2022, 06:10:22 AM

Quote from: Marvell1 on August 28, 2022, 05:37:05 AM

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So my question here is: is there any way we can report these scams to the tether team? they will block these scam accounts and the scammers will no longer be able to perform their scams.

How will Tether block these accounts? As you said yourself, the USDT is probably already frozen at that address, so no one can move it. However, scammers are still able to move other tokens that land there. Tron is a decentralized network, so no one can freeze TRX.

I mean, if it is possible that Tether will freeze that portion of USDT, once that USDT is frozen, the scammer will suffer significant damage and they will give up their nefarious behavior, is not freezing the victim's Trx tokens deposited into the wallet. Assuming in the wallet that the scammer provided OP actually has 3800$, this is a very large amount and the TRX fee sent will be very small compared to the amount in it, freezing USDT will cause great damage to the attacker scam compared to what he got in return.

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Quote from: Marvell1 on August 28, 2022, 05:37:05 AM

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So my question here is: is there any way we can report these scams to the tether team? they will block these scam accounts and the scammers will no longer be able to perform their scams.

How will Tether block these accounts? As you said yourself, the USDT is probably already frozen at that address, so no one can move it. However, scammers are still able to move other tokens that land there. Tron is a decentralized network, so no one can freeze TRX.

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