[Sad News]: Nigerian shot dead after resisting robbers access to crypto phone - page 2.

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Quote from: btc78 on March 05, 2020, 10:08:47 AM

damn this is really alarming because the crime involving crypto is increasing ,and having that 400$ is the root for killing ones life?
expecting $10,000 will surely disappointing them,this is why we need not to tell anyone about how much our wallet has,so this crime wont come in our part.

but piece of advice,if time comes this happens to you guys,please Give what they need and never resist because life is much important than anything else.

it could happen to anyone of us if we are not careful, even if we hold a little amount, we can't brag our holding as people are watching, remember that what we are holding now could be worth thousands of dollars or even millions in the future. Hopefully this would serve as a lesson for people who can't keep their holding private, remember it could cause lives.

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damn this is really alarming because the crime involving crypto is increasing ,and having that 400$ is the root for killing ones life?
expecting $10,000 will surely disappointing them,this is why we need not to tell anyone about how much our wallet has,so this crime wont come in our part.

but piece of advice,if time comes this happens to you guys,please Give what they need and never resist because life is much important than anything else.

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What we need to do to secure our asset and our life is not to talk about cryptocurrency and don't tell to any one your earnings especially in your friends that you don't really know well. Because sometimes this is the reason why they will find ways to still our hard-earned money. Much better to not tell the income we get in crypto currency so that we will be safe and not risk our life.

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It's a sad one for the family of the victim. The state the crypto man was killed is known for many violence, due to marginalization by the Nigerian government as they are the one of the major oil producing state in the country, this violence is not justifiable. It's important we carefully choose our friends and never to tell any of them what we have in our wallet as we don't know who will be jealous of our asset. They wanted to steal his bitcoin as they think they won't be tracked by the government, but they failed in the operation.

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If life is not there, then what is the need for money? As the police station was nearby, he could've just gone there and asked for help. Though in situations like these, one hardly knows what to do next, and he did what he thought would be best for the time being. RIP

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This is a really sad news Sad

. This is why it’s very wrong to go around making people know that you’re into cryptocurrency, because whether you have it or not, they will assume that you have a lot of cryptocurrencies stashed in your cryptocurrency wallet and might attempt to rob you if it’s possible.

You don’t even know those that are beside you. You shouldn’t go around telling everyone about cryptocurrency, there are already lots of articles and adverts that teaches everything about cryptocurrency, it’s up to learn about it. Just like me, I don’t tell people that I’m into cryptocurrency, but I do join crypto discussions, but I don’t tell them that I have, I just tell them what they need to know about cryptocurrency and nothing else. Whether I’m into cryptocurrency or not is none of their business, I keep it to myself.

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Quote from: TravelMug on March 03, 2020, 12:52:35 AM

Nigerian Man Shot Dead by robbers to access his mobile phone with crypto

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“Investigations so far have also revealed that the bosom friend of the victim arrested had hinted one of the suspects of the discovery of $10, 000 in the victim’s Bitcoin wallet and then contacted the other suspects for the robbery operation. “From the confessional statements of the suspects, their intentions for carrying out the operation was to dispossess Iroro of the $10, 000 in his Bitcoin wallet but were disappointed to find out that what was left when they struck was $400.

I don't want to bring this news, but I guess everyone in crypto should understand the dangers whether online and offline. And another sad thing is that the man doesn't have $10k, but rather $400.

Also, we need not to tell anyone of our bitcoin stash, otherwise others might be tempted to robbed us as what happen here.

This is one of the reasons people seek anonymity. Crooks may find out if you are stashing a large sum by investigating you socially or online. The sad thing is KYC is all over the place, and that information is prone to be stolen by third parties.

This is one of the problems with owning a hardware wallet, they attract attention. Its like in my country, where owning an iPhone is nearly a death sentence...

However a piece of paper with handwritten words, or a book where the seed words are carefully hidden in plain sight, and of course a lifestyle that doesn't attract attention, could let you survive in certain places.

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Quote from: TravelMug on March 03, 2020, 12:52:35 AM

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The truth is sad that for money they do not mind destroying friendship and any ties that may have been generated, I think it is delicate to be saying that you have Bitcoin or Crypto, they are things that can never be aired, you should almost have anonymity, for security personal and even family many times.

In wallets from phones it is good to have it, but not with so much money, I think that you have to store large amounts in a wallet from the PC or Trezor, this way you avoid many problems.

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This is the main reason why I don't want to share my involvement in crypto to anybody around me even with my family.

In our country, incidences like that isn't happening right now but as more and more people will learn it the more chances that robbers and scammers will emerge and that can be a big risk to our life. Securing wallet? Not sharing Private keys? These are useless if you are boasting your Bitcoin to other people like you are a rich kid in the street. Just don't share your involvement in crypto at all in order for you to be safe. I know that sharing information about Bitcoin is good but there is a risk in your life if you are doing it.

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Quote from: ethereumhunter on March 04, 2020, 04:57:33 AM

That is sad news.

It is a lesson for us to be more careful to secure our wallet. We don't need to carry the wallet on the mobile phone with us, especially if we are not at home because that can attract bad people to try to steal the funds. As long as we don't tell other people about what is inside our mobile phone, and we don't tell them that we have crypto, we can feel safe.

Right now, the robbers or thief or whatever the name are smart, they know and read what is going on in real life and internet because they can search for anything they want. So we need to be wise in anything and still trying to protect what we have.

It's sad because the thief should understand that only he can unlock all the cryptocurrency assets, whereas now he as the owner of the wallet died because he was shot, it will be a treasure that can never be opened by anyone.

the thief should be able to think long enough to at least give time and be a little more forceful so as to make him despair and give access to his wallet.

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That is sad news.

It is a lesson for us to be more careful to secure our wallet. We don't need to carry the wallet on the mobile phone with us, especially if we are not at home because that can attract bad people to try to steal the funds. As long as we don't tell other people about what is inside our mobile phone, and we don't tell them that we have crypto, we can feel safe.

Right now, the robbers or thief or whatever the name are smart, they know and read what is going on in real life and internet because they can search for anything they want. So we need to be wise in anything and still trying to protect what we have.

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Quote from: Kakmakr on March 03, 2020, 01:45:51 AM

It is strange that this is getting media attention, because people are getting robbed every day and it is not getting special attention. Roll Eyes

I guess the fact that they thought that this guy is having $10 000 worth of Crypto currencies on his phone, makes this news worthy. Tongue

A lot of us are walking around with mobile phones, linked to Banking Apps that gives robbers access to all our money in our Bank accounts. So it is not just Bitcoiners that are vulnerable, because the money in your Bank accounts are just the same.

These criminals will cut off your finger to get your password and there are not a lot you can do about that. To prevent large losses, rather keep a high percentage of your coins in cold storage and do not talk about it.

You're a legendary member. So surely you know the difference between robbing someone from their banking app and bitcoin are not "just the same"

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This is one of the reasons I stopped attending gathering that'll disclose my involvement in the cryptocurrency industry. Individuals who're involved in cryptocurrency are presume to be wealthy or living a comfortable life and at risked of getting harassed like the man who was shot dead was. May his soul RIP.

We're battling so many issues in my country, while others (enthusiast in other countries) can boldly present themselves as cryptocurrency enthusiast, you'll have to apply caution if you're a Nigeria as it'll definitely draw attention both from the law enforcement agencies and criminals (kidnappers and arm robbers).

We just have to be careful and avoid issues like this by playing it safe, keep a low key as well as keep your private safe. My condolences to the family of the deceased.

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The world is getting darker and darker with so many bad people in our communities. One thing that I can say is that we should never show off our assets and our properties. There is always someone bad there watching every step of ours to know whether it will be worth taking our properties or assets from us. Whatever happens, please give to armed robbers whatever you have on you because once you have life you have the strength and brain to make money.

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Quote from: TravelMug on March 03, 2020, 12:52:35 AM

Nigerian Man Shot Dead by robbers to access his mobile phone with crypto

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“Investigations so far have also revealed that the bosom friend of the victim arrested had hinted one of the suspects of the discovery of $10, 000 in the victim’s Bitcoin wallet and then contacted the other suspects for the robbery operation. “From the confessional statements of the suspects, their intentions for carrying out the operation was to dispossess Iroro of the $10, 000 in his Bitcoin wallet but were disappointed to find out that what was left when they struck was $400.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/02/4-arrested-over-killing-of-delta-pdp-member/

I don't want to bring this news, but I guess everyone in crypto should understand the dangers whether online and offline. And another sad thing is that the man doesn't have $10k, but rather $400.

Also, we need not to tell anyone of our bitcoin stash, otherwise others might be tempted to robbed us as what happen here.

This kind of news is really sad to hear but this will be a big lesson for everyone not to tell how much worth of Crypto Currencies they posses because some people might get jealous and do bad things to you even if it is your own friend or anyone you know. Everyone should be vigilant these days because of those ill-minded people that not just lurk around the internet but also in the real world. The good thing in here, the robbers got arrested and will be brought to justice for what they do.

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Unfortunately, there are still people like him who even lies and boost there balance even if it wasn't the real amount of money on the crypto wallets. And that put him into danger. So, it wasn't $10,000 but $400.

This can be a lesson learned for everyone here. Do not ever reveal your crypto wallet balances even with your closest friend. This is something private and we can't even tell what's on their mind.

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Quote from: In the silence on March 03, 2020, 04:42:10 PM

General rule, dont tell them your stash. You dou dont know who to trust, this can be the example for networkers that flex their balances on social media.
They are exposing their privacy and eventually loss their own security.

Right, moving forward every crypto person should be quiet, there might be instance that you talk to someone in public and the term 'BTC' come up, but that's it, don't tell you have this x amount in the mobile phone in the wallet you carrying right now. Otherwise, this person will rob you in gun-point, specially if you resides in a country wherein there is a high crime rate such as robbery.

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Quote from: Slow death on March 03, 2020, 12:48:45 PM

Of course, in the middle of the act, there was a revelation that Mr. Iroro Wisdom Ovie's cell phone had $10,000, but I don't believe the group's initial intention was $10,000.

Are you claiming that it was not a robbery and it was politically motivated and if that is the case it is a different story altogether but the reports coming out are different and i wont be believing everything what the news says as i have first hand experience about what a newspaper says and the reality of things but here in this case the news that is coming out says that one his friend knew about his BTCitcoins stored in his phone and while they entered his house to rob him he was able to identify the buglers and hence they shot him.

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Quote from: Wind_FURY on March 03, 2020, 01:58:14 AM

Jumping on someone to get him to give you the seeds/private keys/passwords is the most stupid thing someone could do. If they were hackers, it must have been their last resort to accomplish the task. Roll Eyes

The most ridiculous thing to happen to any cryptocurrency Holder, although this was unfortunate for the victim to be killed just because of $400. He should have let it go and give it out to save his life, life is more precious than the $10,000 if it was there in the victim wallet. We shouldn't trust anyone beside ourself. Knowing fully well that these miscreants will not get jail when caught, would have signal the victim in releasing the fund. May his soul rest in peace Brother.

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General rule, dont tell them your stash. You dou dont know who to trust, this can be the example for networkers that flex their balances on social media.
They are exposing their privacy and eventually loss their own security.

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