Interesting type of scam - how does this work?

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Quote from: ? on Today at 01:06:17 PM

I’d love to know what this scammer’s actual goal is and what the potential outcome could be. Is it safe to register there? What could his potential goal be? What is the outcome of his scheme?

The scheme is actually very simple. These are fake (non-existent) crypto exchanges. There is no $20,000, there is no problem with his country's laws, its all a lie.

Here is how it works: You register on their fake website, "puwiriu.com" (By the way, there are probably dozens or hundreds of clone sites with the exact same content just on different domain names.). Then, they will pressure you to "deposit" some real crypto to "verify your account" or pay some bogus "withdrawal fee." Once you send them your money, its gone. Poof. Disappeared into the scammer's pockets.

Sometimes, they will even try to scam you for more money later on. Its easier to fool someone whos already been fooled once. But eventually, they will just disappear and move on to a new victim.

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Quote from: ? on Today at 01:35:32 PM

I have got similar message on Telegram 10k$ like is stuck on exchange the site looked very normal but when he said u will need to create account there and im going to transfer the crypto to your account try tip all u would need to do to withdraw it send all of your documents
I guess theres diffrent types of scam some of them steal documents informations and prob they will try to use those picture of ID /passport to some big exchanges and somehow restart your pw and email?

Yes, that's right, through your personal documents and the private data you registered with to create your account, he can potentially recover your account on the papular exchanges and can also use your personal documents to create accounts on other CEX platforms or sell these documents on the dark web and the like, and commit many other fraudulent operations through them, the matter is very dangerous, especially since your money is at high risk of being completely stolen if you trust his temptations. The Telegram application contains many scammers who follow this approach, and numerous lesser-known exchange platforms have been created solely to lure people in and scam them. It's good that the OP was skeptical of this scammer and didn't fall for their persuasion.

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It’s just as Nwado said above - what they try to exploit is the greediness of those they are in contact with - if you’re greedy you’ll most likely fall for their scam that is after coming across a huge balance in the account so you might be tempted to actually make the deposit that you’ll be asked to make (thinking that once you’re finally able to withdraw it you’d have made more than x10 the money you deposited as their so called fee charges).

Since you already know it’s a scam then stay away from it before they’ll start convincing you and start trying to make you see reasons why you should believe them.

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I have got similar message on Telegram 10k$ like is stuck on exchange the site looked very normal but when he said u will need to create account there and im going to transfer the crypto to your account try tip all u would need to do to withdraw it send all of your documents
I guess theres diffrent types of scam some of them steal documents informations and prob they will try to use those picture of ID /passport to some big exchanges and somehow restart your pw and email?

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In this kind of scam, what the scammer does is make you sign up on that broker site; once you have done that, they will either use your ID auto-generated by the site to fund your account with that audio BTC, or they will give you a code that you can manually input and the balance will show.

After the balance has shown and you are convinced that it's real, that's where the scammer comes in. Now they will ask you to pay a certain amount to cover up the withdrawal fee, which the scammer will convince you to pay so that immediately you withdraw the money you will deduct the fee and your percentage before sending it over. That fee is where they want to steal from you; there is no free money anywhere. Anything that appears to be too good is a scam. The only advice is for you to flee.

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Quote from: ? on Today at 01:06:17 PM

I’d love to know what this scammer’s actual goal is and what the potential outcome could be. Is it safe to register there? What could his potential goal be? What is the outcome of his scheme?

His endgame is, steal your Bitcoin, enrich himself, make you sad and miserable. You already said it yourself that the site is unknown, the ToS doesn't open up, everything looking fishy and suspicious tells you that it isn't safe. It can't be safe.

The outcome of the scheme is to again steal your Bitcoin. Move on to the next person who will fall for their scam, steal theirs as well. They'll continue like that until they eventually get caught.

Your goal should be to expose them just as you have done. Tell your friends who are into crypto about this scam and tell them how to stay safe.

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Hello,

some time ago a guy messaged me saying he has crypto he can’t withdraw from some website. About $20,000 and he offered me 10% if I help him get it out. I’m not stupid, so I know this is some kind of scam but I’m curious about the scammer’s endgame. Out of curiosity, I’ve been playing along, asking him random questions like why he needs help, etc. He’s telling me that because crypto is illegal (ofc haha) in his country, he can’t do anything with it and that he needs to send it to someone where it’s legal...

The money is supposedly on puwiriu.com a site I’ve never heard of before. When I searched for it, I couldn’t find anything. I’m hesitant to register there but I’m curious to see how this will develop with this guy. Even on the signup page, the terms of service link caught my attention - it doesn’t open at all! Grin

I’d love to know what this scammer’s actual goal is and what the potential outcome could be. Is it safe to register there? What could his potential goal be? What is the outcome of his scheme?

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