Topic: Looks like a phishing attack! Should we avoid them? - page 2. (Read 312 times)
This is definitely a phishing attempt, you should report this message so that he can't send such messages to other members. The SuperPad user has been offline for a long time, which means that his purpose for coming here may have been fulfilled. Because his actions seem like that. He might come back again with some new phishing idea to try to scam forum users.
I received this message a while ago, but came to know about it recently, I am not a crypto expert, but I do have some idea that this is some sort of phishing attack. But honestly, at first, I thought it was not, because the member has a copper account means he must have paid some amount to register the account. I came to know about copper membership from here ( https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.52972617 ). I thought he had paid some amount so he must be generic because he has spent money so why would he try to attack others using the same account? While can get banned after doing it?
I have learned a lot about this forum, and also learned a lot about crypto from it too. But I think we should all avoid these types of messages. But I thought I should have shared it here for confirmation purposes and to warn others about these types of scams. I hope I am not posting something that is already been discussed. TY
I have learned a lot about this forum, and also learned a lot about crypto from it too. But I think we should all avoid these types of messages. But I thought I should have shared it here for confirmation purposes and to warn others about these types of scams. I hope I am not posting something that is already been discussed. TY
There's a link sent thru pm so I guess that person have evil plan to you and its good that you ignore him since no people will give you easy money thru pm so think so many times about link sent to you. Much better if you ignore all of it especially those unfamiliar links and entertain only the links where you know you engage with or sent to you by legitimate people. To many scams happened by clicking those dangerous link so don't let yourself included on their victim list.
Thanks for reporting this, and yes, it's an obvious scam. Nowadays, 0.005 is a significant amount of money already. When converted to USD at the current price, it's $132.9. So, it's too good to be true for a site to be giving away such a large amount just for signing up with them. If there's a link, don't automatically click on it, as sometimes it will redirect to a different URL, probably a phishing site. This is just some basic information to protect our crypto assets, and it's imperative that we all know this.
You have to spend capital to convince potential victims, buying Copper Member status is one of the strategies used by Scammers to get a larger amount of money than they spent when buying the Copper Member position. Ignore all messages from Newbies for your convenience while active in the forum and is very effective in preventing you from getting caught in the traps set by Scammers. In this message, the scammer asks you to visit the site provided, fortunately you quickly realize that the message is a kind of phishing attack.
This exchange is looking 100% scam and contains full of malware. I am doing some research and then will update this post.
Yeah, mozilla also gave me a warning when I tried to acces that website.I doubt if he is banned, because he is not active from long time, but still, it worth to report him.
According to bpip he is not banned yet so yeah, its definitely worth it to report him. https://bpip.org/Profile?id=3459991 
100% scam, don't click on the link, or you might lose control of the wallet, which you will attach or link with the link the scammer has sent you. If earning money would be that easy then why would people work hard, why would he be sending you the link, why would he not claim that for himself? Actually, he is trying to lure you into clicking that link so that a second thought of skepticism will not come to your mind and you will abruptly click on the link and attach your wallet and end up losing your wallet access.
You did the right thing in avoiding this link, and I hope after seeing this topic someone will report that person, even you can report him. I doubt if he is banned, because he is not active from long time, but still, it worth to report him.
You gave a good advice to avoid such links, because if someone is telling you that you can make free money by just attaching your wallet with the link then believe me this is nothing but a scam. Recently, when Vitalik's twitter account were hack then, scammers posted a tweet in which they asked the fan following to link their wallets to this link in order to get some NFTs. And at the end, they all lost their access to their funds once they connected their wallets. You can learn more about it here:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/11/691k-stolen-as-hackers-take-over-vitalik-buterins-x-account/
You did the right thing in avoiding this link, and I hope after seeing this topic someone will report that person, even you can report him. I doubt if he is banned, because he is not active from long time, but still, it worth to report him.
You gave a good advice to avoid such links, because if someone is telling you that you can make free money by just attaching your wallet with the link then believe me this is nothing but a scam. Recently, when Vitalik's twitter account were hack then, scammers posted a tweet in which they asked the fan following to link their wallets to this link in order to get some NFTs. And at the end, they all lost their access to their funds once they connected their wallets. You can learn more about it here:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/09/11/691k-stolen-as-hackers-take-over-vitalik-buterins-x-account/
This exchange is looking 100% scam and contains full of malware. I am doing some research and then will update this post.
Being a copper member is not sign of trust. buying copper membship is so cheap, kindly do as Rikafip suggested ASAP.
If you haven't reported him already, do it now as sending unsolicited PMs is against forum rules, especially since he included some scammy/phishy website like in your case.
Regarding him using Copper Member, he probably got that so he can lift some newbie restrictions like inability to share images.
Regarding him using Copper Member, he probably got that so he can lift some newbie restrictions like inability to share images.
I received this message a while ago, but came to know about it recently, I am not a crypto expert, but I do have some idea that this is some sort of phishing attack. But honestly, at first, I thought it was not, because the member has a copper account means he must have paid some amount to register the account. I came to know about copper membership from here ( https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.52972617 ). I thought he had paid some amount so he must be generic because he has spent money so why would he try to attack others using the same account? While can get banned after doing it?
I have learned a lot about this forum, and also learned a lot about crypto from it too. But I think we should all avoid these types of messages. But I thought I should have shared it here for confirmation purposes and to warn others about these types of scams. I hope I am not posting something that is already been discussed. TY
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