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Quote from: Kakmakr on July 18, 2020, 02:40:55 AM

I have been a victim of several scams in the past and I can tell you that you should burn your fingers several times, before you start questioning "easy" money. A lot of these scams are very sophisticated and cunning and even the most intelligent person can fall for these scams.

The long cons are the most difficult to spot, because they draw you in with regular "rewards" or payouts and just when you feel comfortable and when they gained your trust, they do a 360 and they are gone with your money. Angry

There are a lot of desperate people out there, so let's not judge them... right.

I think you meant 180 because if not then they will come back at you (figuratively). These cons you are saying sure are elaborate but they need to have a charismatic personality for their cons to work against these smart people, sadly the scam that I posted is about the dumbest and oldest trick in the book.

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I have been a victim of several scams in the past and I can tell you that you should burn your fingers several times, before you start questioning "easy" money. A lot of these scams are very sophisticated and cunning and even the most intelligent person can fall for these scams.

The long cons are the most difficult to spot, because they draw you in with regular "rewards" or payouts and just when you feel comfortable and when they gained your trust, they do a 360 and they are gone with your money. Angry

There are a lot of desperate people out there, so let's not judge them... right.

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Quote from: Asuspawer09 on July 17, 2020, 03:34:19 PM

Quote from: Gotumoot on July 16, 2020, 04:50:15 AM

Oldest and most obvious scam but still being use and people are still falling for it.
I just don't get it why people still fall for such obvious trick just think about it how could they possibly make it happen when it is all about business.
I don't know if they are getting clever or people are being fooled by their own greed they are turning blindly on the fact that it is impossible to really happen.
Joining such investment are only tolerating this kind of schemes this is why they are still around till this day.

There is probably a small percentage of beginners or newbies that are going to fall to these scams.

If we think about it, it is really obvious that we all been there and it is really convincing especially when we are talking about a big amount of profit on websites, most of the newbies are still going to fall to it every time.

We cannot really give our experience to all of the new users or people who are just getting started in cryptocurrency.

For the record, this is a new type of scam although they used the doubler format. They are using a verified account of a famous company/people. The chance that there account will be compromise is very low because there account security is stronger than the normal twitter account.

Imagine this, A well known philanthropist will offer this kind of giveaway while using there own verified account. There will be some people will surely try it because they know that the person who post it was trusted person. You can't determine whether the account was compromised easily.

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Quote from: pixie85 on July 17, 2020, 04:40:06 PM

Don't laugh at them OP, you never know when the tables will turn and you'll be the one who loses money.

I agree that doublers are among the dumbest scams right after the nigerian prince but there's a lot of older people out there who are new to cryptocurrencies and don't spend all day in the Internet like some of us here. Let's hope the first time they're scammed they'll lose very little and treat it like a valuable lesson because they will get scammed at some point and lose money.

I am not a hypocrite, if I ever get myself become a victim of any of these scams then I will gladly accept getting my ass handed to me, I know that the words I used were harsh but in this day and age, we tolerate naivete because we are not the one affected, we see this daily but let it slide because we see it as not our problem, if my words hurt these naive fools that have fallen for these scams then so be it but I also hope that itt will resonate a lesson. Again, I do not excuse myself as someone righteous, I have tolerated it too but not anymore.

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If this should have happened for the first time ever or after many years or so then one could you know just think once if this is true or not. But this is nothing new in crypto currency and people are now much self-aware due to social media than ever before. But still if people falling in such double scheme needs to be thought. Because it is painful seeing people losing their money this way.

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Quote from: Shasha80 on July 17, 2020, 06:32:09 AM

In my opinion all can be victims of scams, usually people who do not think first before acting and people who want to make money
in an instant. What is surprisingly typical is that there are many around us, so scammers will do everything they can to target people
like that. So don't be easily attracted to offers that are to be good to be true, we must be able to think smart and realistic.

Not everyone actually can be a victim of scam, if you know how to think for yourself and you are knowledgable about scams then the chances are likely low that you will get scammed, always remember to not take everything at face value in the Internet unless you really know who you are talking to in real life that is, we should not forget that these scammers are desperate too.

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Quote from: dentolas on July 17, 2020, 05:31:41 PM

In part I do agree with you... people that fall for this kind of cheap trick are too blinded by greed to even think about what they are doing... this is a children trick... but I also do not see how you can conclude that these are all well-established greedy people, maybe there are also innocents in the mist and this is why we should not laugh at others disgrace

Soklmetimes it coild also be a desperate move for them to fall for this trap. This because most of us want to try our luck and that even compromising the safety of our money when it comes to investment. There are many who would like to try their luck just in case earning fast and then pulling out usually the plan. However, it seems tha really greed work and instead of some pulling out after earning, some had doubled instead for a faster earning to which then if not lucjy enough investment comprmise and organizers rum away with money. So scammers too were fast in running away with the money. LOL

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I really think it was ridiculous and laughing them because they are a victim of a scam.
I know they are tempted by these fake promises (double your money) and not even learn a lesson but we should have to laugh at them? It should be a sort of sympathy about their losses because we are not perfect, we all can commit mistakes and that is how they got.

They are really innocent about this and that they need advice for them to know that they are wrong and meant not to happen again. That is what greediness results, it should have to change otherwise, they live that way forever.

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In part I do agree with you... people that fall for this kind of cheap trick are too blinded by greed to even think about what they are doing... this is a children trick... but I also do not see how you can conclude that these are all well-established greedy people, maybe there are also innocents in the mist and this is why we should not laugh at others disgrace

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Quote from: davis196 on July 17, 2020, 12:39:00 AM

I've always wondered what is the type of people,who fall into such stupid scams.
I have come to the conclusion that 90% of them aren't dumb.They are just desperate.I guy that is financially desperate isn't dumb,he just isn't thinking rationally.He wants money NOW and FAST.It doesn't matter how he might "get" the money.
There is a certain percentage of dumb and uneducated people,who are falling for those scams out of ignorance,which is sad,but laughing and ridiculing a person,that lost his/her savings is just cruel.

It's not surprising that so many people fall for such scams. They are not dumb, you are right, but they are very naive and completely unaware of possible threaths in cyberspace. Lack of awareness and knowledge, that is my opinion. Unfortunately, it's still very easy for scamers to pull money out of people, they don't need to try very hard. Digital literacy is still very low and as long as we don't change that we will have such scam victims.

Technology illiteracy will surely matter even if we are already on the high-tech era, there are still people who arent aware on how scam works online even it is already an obvious one but they do still
proceed without any caution or thinking up first but if we do really think up that clearly and using up our common sense then you will surely have the glimpse on how the hell these people do give out
2x return of your money in an instant? with that kind of question in mind will surely give out the idea that you might be dealing up with a fraud.No matter on how known those personalities are and on the
current twitter hack, yes its really an effective one which had been used by hackers since they do know that there are really people who do really support nor easily believe when popular people do claim of.

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Don't laugh at them OP, you never know when the tables will turn and you'll be the one who loses money.

I agree that doublers are among the dumbest scams right after the nigerian prince but there's a lot of older people out there who are new to cryptocurrencies and don't spend all day in the Internet like some of us here. Let's hope the first time they're scammed they'll lose very little and treat it like a valuable lesson because they will get scammed at some point and lose money.

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Let be kind to ourselves dude, this is not funny comedy because we are talking about money and not just fiction. Ridicule the victims shouldn't be encourage, the whole thing about this hack was from the tweeter social media, they should be held responsible for any lose during the raid by the scammers.

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Quote from: Gotumoot on July 16, 2020, 04:50:15 AM

Oldest and most obvious scam but still being use and people are still falling for it.
I just don't get it why people still fall for such obvious trick just think about it how could they possibly make it happen when it is all about business.
I don't know if they are getting clever or people are being fooled by their own greed they are turning blindly on the fact that it is impossible to really happen.
Joining such investment are only tolerating this kind of schemes this is why they are still around till this day.

There is probably a small percentage of beginners or newbies that are going to fall to these scams.

If we think about it, it is really obvious that we all been there and it is really convincing especially when we are talking about a big amount of profit on websites, most of the newbies are still going to fall to it every time.

We cannot really give our experience to all of the new users or people who are just getting started in cryptocurrency.

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Quote from: davis196 on July 17, 2020, 12:39:00 AM

I've always wondered what is the type of people,who fall into such stupid scams.
I have come to the conclusion that 90% of them aren't dumb.They are just desperate.I guy that is financially desperate isn't dumb,he just isn't thinking rationally.He wants money NOW and FAST.It doesn't matter how he might "get" the money.
There is a certain percentage of dumb and uneducated people,who are falling for those scams out of ignorance,which is sad,but laughing and ridiculing a person,that lost his/her savings is just cruel.

It's not surprising that so many people fall for such scams. They are not dumb, you are right, but they are very naive and completely unaware of possible threaths in cyberspace. Lack of awareness and knowledge, that is my opinion. Unfortunately, it's still very easy for scamers to pull money out of people, they don't need to try very hard. Digital literacy is still very low and as long as we don't change that we will have such scam victims.

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Quote from: ethereumhunter on July 17, 2020, 09:31:57 AM

When there is a sentence of "send 1000$, and I will double it", people must stay away from that because that is not true and that will get your money without giving it back to you. But as always, many people will feel greed to see the amount, and it seems, the word "I will double it" attract them to send the money to the scammers. That is an old scam that still works today, and many people still have the interest to try it, whether it's in the online world or the offline world. Please don't send anything. Otherwise, you will get a scam from them.

They don't directly said that "I will double it" neither they use to specify the amount. They ask people to send any amount and they will return them double of that as a giveaway to their fan. They used to specify time limit as well so that the people who is going to fall in their trap does have less time to verify that the offer is legit or not. An example

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If scammer are sending message by hacking the famous twitter handle then some people will definitely going to fall in the trap. I am amazed while checking the hacked twitter handle lists https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/twitter-accounts-of-apple-musk-gates-others-hit-in-major-hack/articleshow/76990380.cms

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Quote from: Latviand on July 17, 2020, 09:26:48 AM

Isn't it they are the one who should be responsible with their own mistake?

We can help them, YES, but it is not that we should always remind them about those scammers. They should know how to determine the legit post and a scam post.

I definitely don't disagree.

Quote from: Latviand on July 17, 2020, 09:26:48 AM

The OP don't totally laugh at them, maybe he just want to address those victims to become more mindful about the social media platforms that they are using, specially Twitter.

Maybe you probably missed the point that OP literally said that scam victims:

"should be ridiculed and laughed at"
"should not receive sympathy because they are pathetic and gullible"

Tell you what. The main point here is yes, they're totally naive to fall for such obvious scams. But calling them names and laughing at them will help no one.

Quote from: Latviand on July 17, 2020, 09:26:48 AM

This isn't a problem, as long as you know how to comprehend a topic even if it is in a long paragraph form without spaces, still it is full of ideas.

Never said that it was nonsense. It's just bad writing.

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When there is a sentence of "send 1000$, and I will double it", people must stay away from that because that is not true and that will get your money without giving it back to you. But as always, many people will feel greed to see the amount, and it seems, the word "I will double it" attract them to send the money to the scammers. That is an old scam that still works today, and many people still have the interest to try it, whether it's in the online world or the offline world. Please don't send anything. Otherwise, you will get a scam from them.

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Quote from: mk4 on July 16, 2020, 05:25:11 AM

While I think it's really ridiculous how people could fall for such obvious scams, come on dude. They already got scammed. That itself should be enough damage to them to teach them a lesson. Laughing at them and ridiculing them? That's totally totally unnecessary. Why not try to educate them instead?

Isn't it they are the one who should be responsible with their own mistake?

We can help them, YES, but it is not that we should always remind them about those scammers. They should know how to determine the legit post and a scam post. The OP don't totally laugh at them, maybe he just want to address those victims to become more mindful about the social media platforms that they are using, specially Twitter. People should not rely on other people to prevent being a victim of scams, they should learn it from themselves just by reading news and other platforms to become aware about those crimes in the internet.

Quote from: mk4 on July 16, 2020, 05:25:11 AM

P.S. Work a bit on your writing. That's a huge block of text.

This isn't a problem, as long as you know how to comprehend a topic even if it is in a long paragraph form without spaces, still it is full of ideas.

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This is an old way of scammers to scam other people, that is so obvious because there are already many people who are doing this, this kind of scam is so obvious but there are still many people who fall for this kind of scam, I don't know the reason why but for sure old people or those people who live in the crypto world for so long will not fall with this kind of scam so basically only beginners will fall with this kind of scam because beginners don't have that much knowledge and they will believe so easily for this kind of offers. It would be easy money for them so they will take that kind of opportunity without knowing that it is a scam and fake.

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Quote from: Shasha80 on July 17, 2020, 06:32:09 AM

In my opinion all can be victims of scams, usually people who do not think first before acting and people who want to make money
in an instant.

People who also looking for chances those who are very desperate, the first thing to come in mind
since the account is legit account is compassions.

Quote from: Shasha80 on July 17, 2020, 06:32:09 AM

What is surprisingly typical is that there are many around us, so scammers will do everything they can to target people
like that.

Scammers find it's way to triggered known personalities accounts, thought the style of asking
is very old but still people are lazy to dig in.

Quote from: Shasha80 on July 17, 2020, 06:32:09 AM

So don't be easily attracted to offers that are to be good to be true, we must be able to think smart and realistic.

It's better not to participate than being sorry after.

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