Topic: Methods that fraudsters use to scam people - page 3. (Read 966 times)

The most well known is the phishing links. They give counterfeit comparable links to what we used to visit. Like MEW, blockchain.com wallet and different administrations that we for the most part use to store our cryptos. These hackers can likewise be tended to as scammers since that is everything they do.

They counterfeit websites where individuals for the most part signing in for their cryptos and on the off chance that you are not tenacious and a greater amount of a perceptive, you may login to the ones that they make.

I've experienced number 1 and 2 but I am also fortunate because I don't believe easily, I am also grateful to you for telling me how to number 3 scammers because I haven't heard that before

Seems that you have had bad experience with ICO projects. I had few losses also in terms of ICO investments, but fortunately it's not big amount as compared to others so I learned my lesson in investing these ICO projects. I just console myself knowing that there are other people who lost a lot than me and that will be my learning experience. But I think, people are now smarter than before. Very few ICO projects are getting their target funds because not many investors are spending their money on this anymore. They also learned their lessons.

Yes, some of what you say is true that fraudsters will never stop fooling each victim in any way. and maybe like a GMAIL message, I mean like receiving a spam message through GMAIL and what is common is a telegram BOT that offers high rewards but is bullshit.

Scammers have many ways to try to deceive us and it is impossible to know every single trick they use, however if we take a few measures we can remain safe for the most part, one of the most important things to do is to not open unsolicited email or to visit suspicious websites, scammers go to the trouble of creating an exact replica of an exchange just to fool people and get their passwords and once they do that they can take all the funds from your account, so if possible you should only visit exchanges and similar websites by using a bookmark, that way you reduce the chances of falling in that kind of scam to zero by bookmarking the right website.

The biggest one and the best one I have ever seen is definitely ICO that doesn't lead to anywhere, literally nowhere, like from DAY 1 they tell people that it was a scam and they will not do anything about it and they will not continue with it. Of course they don't blatantly just say that they are scammers, they act as if they will continue with development and all but you know it, you see it, like you realize that nobody works on anything at all.

These guys literally spend thousands of dollars, maybe 100k+ of their own money to build an amazing white paper, an amazing road map, a great team, awesome blockchain with huge potential, like if they were to give it to me, and the money, I would make that coin into something. However what do they do? Just steal the money and never look back. Very interesting and very weird.

Yes, they use fake emails too for faking the receiver that they are likely the exchange or a service that the receiver has subscribed.
Check the domain if it's real or not and if you are not familiar with it, don't click the links they have attached.

The method used so far that I know is a lot of the methods of the sweepers to commit fraud because their target is new traders who don't have much experience in any way that they will be affected can get a lot of profits in a very fast time by using KYC and others, you should know that from the identity you give them thieves can use it to commit crimes without your knowledge.

Thank you for mention of those methods which typical use by fraudsters. I would like to add one more methods that still valid and popular use by fraudsters are phishing link with fake email.

This is an educating and eye opening post and I hope many people will come across it and learn from it. With this internet age comes with many levels of scams, fraudulent activities, fraudsters name them who are constantly looking for ways to steal from people not minding the time and risk it will take. Just like you stated that it doesn't have to be online only but also offline, let me point out that we should be careful of our browsers especially the ones we login with on exchanges; that is, we should be careful of who we leave our phones with, if possible lock the browsers.

How can it become dangerous? I have used it for a long time but my phone is still safe and my information is not stolen, for me it is not so important. It is still under our control

I just found out that charging batteries in public places is also dangerous. Indeed cell phones have now become one of the places to store data and we must be careful and know that charging in public places is dangerous, will increase our vigilance

yes . simple ways like chatting can lead to scaming so how much more the complex things like charging ?  i know its too odd but there is a big chance that is possible because there are also smart people or smart scammers  . take example on atm's where stealing can happen too  .

 i never charge my phone on public because i was shy and besides i also have a power bank  . power banks are now cheap and reliable so no need for us to risk our gadgets and sensitive data's   . stay safe peope and always read tips bout scammers latest methods     .

I just found out about the public charger spot. honest is too complicated especially for ignorance whether the target has a lot of numbers. what I can often find is through private chats where they send "gift" or "ask for help" texts, then the action starts there. I'm confused about the simple way there are still many people who are victims of fraud, even though this case we often encounter.

I could add more process as my experience in cryptocurrency life. Stuck their money in exchange you have to send some Bitcoin to open their stuck token. Scammer will share money what they earned in mining process. Daily high  reward depends on your investment. Be a holder of top new coin investors as like easy to scam people.

The methods you listed here are not the only methods used by scammers to scam people and investors. They keep on coming up with new methods to defraud people. But one thing that is common among these methods is that they leverage on one thing, which is greed. Greedy people are easy to scam because they keep on looking for easy ways to increase their money and get rich quick.

This is why we people must be careful on the things we share online. We always need to seek up on what information we just need to share and those that are needed to keep in private. Upon installing apps specially for online shopping better check the things you allow for that app to access because we really don't know if an intruder is just making use of it to have an easy access to our private informations. KYC (Know Your Customer) is really a good thing to let the merchants or the team behind a certain project know that the user is really a true existing person but it is dangerous to share legal documents such as I.D, license and any other type of documents to prove your true identity because other people might make use of your identity into any other stuff without you knowing about it. With regards to fake SMS, to be able not to get fooled with it, contact the main office of the mentioned bank or online shops to know if the SMS you have received is true or just a fraud. But most likely, those are fraud because a true bank and online shop will not ask you private information over a SMS. On the other hand with regards to the public charging, then it will be best to bring your own power bank and assure that it is always full charge to avoid charging in public places to better keep yourself safe and secure that you will not be victimized by such schemes. Being knowledgeable about this manners will really help us out to keep safe and secure not just our money but also our identities and information that must be kept in private manner.

if like that it will be increasingly difficult to get rid of scam because there are many people who will be affected by the hype or investment that makes many people get stuck in the project scam, they make many people to be attracted because they can get a lot of profits for traders who are still lay and don't have much experience.

One just need to be careful. Alot of thinsg happening now that's way beyond human quick understanding. The kyc fraud is what I so much hate and am sure those project that ask for it are using it to make money. Also on telegram there are not of scammers trying to offer trading experience for strange profit that lives any greedy fellow to them. It's just about being cautious.

there are indeed many ways used by scamer to deceive us all, including as you have mentioned above. but for your opinion on number 3 maybe I do not agree. Why is that ?? because not everyone knows and has the ability to copy other people's data only through a cell phone charger.