Methods that fraudsters use to scam people - page 8.

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Quote from: Ucy on February 04, 2020, 09:24:18 AM

In regards to number three, I guess they do that within the stocket? A store for example could disguise an infected device as socket... or strangers could even buy fake sockets and attach them in real sockets in public places.
Well, it's interesting how vulnerable people internet devices can be. This is why it's a bad idea to have important stuff stored in them.

Lol since I entered crypto space I've never charge my phone outside my home because I know what's at stake here, I never even give out my phone to any body, I treat my phone like a flesh on my body, always private stuff, its a must because you don't know what others have in plan for you

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Fraudsters are clever in a way that they can easily discover a chance to trick you like pretending that they are an official from banks just to assemble your private data that they will use against you. It's the reason why we should be mindful before trusting and thinking anything or anybody since we don't know peoples genuine intention. We need to understand that tricksters are utilizing this way to deal with misuses of our are assets and resources, so we need to ensure each choices that we are making. KYC isn't safe especially nowadays that individuals are happy to delude their fellowmen for cash, though it's an opportunity that won't do any great, so it's better to be cautious than end up losing your funds and regretting.

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@OP, maybe you could include in your list one of the most used and most effective tactic employed by fraudsters to deceive people - Phishing attacks like phishing emails, including fake SMS you've mentioned, etc...

Here is a related article for further reference: https://blog.syscloud.com/types-of-phishing/

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In regards to number three, I guess they do that within the stocket? A store for example could disguise an infected device as socket... or strangers could even buy fake sockets and attach them in real sockets in public places.
Well, it's interesting how vulnerable people internet devices can be. This is why it's a bad idea to have important stuff stored in them.

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Quote from: shinratensei_ on February 04, 2020, 08:06:08 AM

Yes, it doesn't but just remember if that account must be correlated with a phone number, email or other important data related to our money. When the scammed has access to it and scammer will be easy to get our money. I remember the case that happened with electrum when the scammer was also creating fake or phishing electrum wallet and steal the user's money.
The scammer also uses the vulnerability from the wallet or software too.

The scammer is also contacting everyone through the various massaging app too. In crypto that scammer tries to clone the identity from the team from ICO to scam the investors.

Thanks to Google playstore for erasing few fake wallets off android play store, sometime ago I knew few who lost coins because they downloaded fake myetherwallet from palystore, the most popular ways of stealing crypto till date is still phishing I think

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Yes, it doesn't but just remember if that account must be correlated with a phone number, email or other important data related to our money. When the scammed has access to it and scammer will be easy to get our money. I remember the case that happened with electrum when the scammer was also creating fake or phishing electrum wallet and steal the user's money.
The scammer also uses the vulnerability from the wallet or software too.

The scammer is also contacting everyone through the various massaging app too. In crypto that scammer tries to clone the identity from the team from ICO to scam the investors.

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Here are few methods that online scammers use to scam people till date due to lack of not knowing

1. KYC Fraud

Behold, Any body can just contact you claiming they are bank executives or customer service officer from your bank and asked you to share details to complete KYC, they will actually first tell you that your account isn't safe anymore, this have proven to works on innocent people most times.

2. Fake SMS

This days online shopping can be very dangerous if you don't go through right channels, secondly you can get fake SMS about any online shopping cash back and you will be asked to share your credentials, ATM card details etc

3. Public Charging Spots

Abstain from charging your phones from any public charging spots, scammers can use some kind of chips that installs malware or spyware's on your phone while charging, this chips copies your sensitive data and inject the malware, automatically they have access to your phone, you can lose private keys this way, even every single passwords on your phone. instead you are better off with power banks.

Most people knows about coins this days and believe me it doesn't have to be online alone before losing your private key or recovery seed, you can easily lose them offline as well

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