Topic: Save Yourself From, "Wallet Scammers". (Read 403 times)
I hope that those who got victimized by this method is not that many, if you are a real Cryptocurrency holders it's impossible for you to fall on this one, it's part of our education that private key should only be for us and you can never give this to anyone, you only can if you discard that wallet, why is this still being used are they still getting a lot of victims.
Aside from this scam where the user is being fooled on sending their wallet's private address there are also scam projects where they have this airdrop you can participate and you will only receive the coins after you pay something for "verification/confirmation", a lot of newbies here in the forum got fooled with this method and they actually have sent money just to have this "free" airdrop. Indeed a lot of people in the industry are victims to this kinds of money traps where they only believe the payout but not knowing first if it is true or not. They always look at what they will receive but not the risk behind it, and some of them don't even learn from their mistakes and be victimized by another project using the same old tricks.
Seems people have wisen up a little concerning the sending of their wallet's private address. But other form of scam such as the sending of payment for "verification" is still paramount, especially with these shady contests been done or telegram in the guise of one project or the other. People seem to fall alot for it.
They are mostly blindsided by the reward and they think that "little payment" is nothing compared to the payout they will receive. They never thought that if they are thousands of people being fooled by that then there are hundreds of thousands lost in the process. If the get rich in an easy way type of mindset doesn't go away then we cannot expect these kinds of scams to go away either because we are the ones feeding them with money and we are just telling them that its a lucrative business to do so.
Posts like this are really helpful for us newbies who don't know the standard hacking tactics. Although I would have definitely questioned someone asking for my private key, it is helpful to see these posts to have a refresher on what not to do. Many people fall victim to the simplest forms of scamming.
Aside from this scam where the user is being fooled on sending their wallet's private address there are also scam projects where they have this airdrop you can participate and you will only receive the coins after you pay something for "verification/confirmation", a lot of newbies here in the forum got fooled with this method and they actually have sent money just to have this "free" airdrop. Indeed a lot of people in the industry are victims to this kinds of money traps where they only believe the payout but not knowing first if it is true or not. They always look at what they will receive but not the risk behind it, and some of them don't even learn from their mistakes and be victimized by another project using the same old tricks.
Seems people have wisen up a little concerning the sending of their wallet's private address. But other form of scam such as the sending of payment for "verification" is still paramount, especially with these shady contests been done or telegram in the guise of one project or the other. People seem to fall alot for it.
This actually usually happens in some airdrop and targeted newbies that isn't familiar on it.
Beginners or their so called newbies must take note of this kind of scamming techniques because scammers know who's vulnerable and who's not and they know that the newbies are the ones who's so gullible and naive of the whole crypto space system and are easy to fool with mind toying words. The scheme is very suspicious as soon as the email asked for the private keys of the user, they should know that they should just ignore it once suspicions arise. They even ask my private key if I would share my private key then they would have the full power to control my Wallet.
This is ridiculous yet funny, they're now being straight forward in their motives and really thinks that there's a lot of stupid people.Quote
So be careful from the attackers.
I really don't join airdrops especially it's worthless nowadays.
Aside from this scam where the user is being fooled on sending their wallet's private address there are also scam projects where they have this airdrop you can participate and you will only receive the coins after you pay something for "verification/confirmation", a lot of newbies here in the forum got fooled with this method and they actually have sent money just to have this "free" airdrop. Indeed a lot of people in the industry are victims to this kinds of money traps where they only believe the payout but not knowing first if it is true or not. They always look at what they will receive but not the risk behind it, and some of them don't even learn from their mistakes and be victimized by another project using the same old tricks.
Before providing your wallet address anywhere just make sure that you are giving it on the right platform. So it is always advisable that before joining any bounty or airdrop 1st try to learn the project and get some knowledge. Also, try to verify the email before clicking it.
Thank you for the necroposting I haven't seen this topic before. The "your private key or your recovery phrase" is priceless. I would send them a bip38 private key 
There are a lot of them and you won’t get away from this, scammers will appear every day, alas.
It is valuable to always keep in mind that all kind of bounties, projects (hardforked ones, for instance), that ask for private keys, seeds from bounty application forms or from their websites, are surely scam projects.
Private keys and / or seeds are utmost important things of crypto wallets, and owners should never give those things away for any reason relates to claiming coins (from hardforked projects) or receiving free coins/ tokens from bounties.
The only reason to share private keys or seeds is preventive plans when they pass away, then their wives, children can get their cryptos.
Private keys and / or seeds are utmost important things of crypto wallets, and owners should never give those things away for any reason relates to claiming coins (from hardforked projects) or receiving free coins/ tokens from bounties.
The only reason to share private keys or seeds is preventive plans when they pass away, then their wives, children can get their cryptos.
You should never send money to random addresses received on email. They always turn out to be scam. People do these things because they know the folks can be easily fooled by luring them into some giveaways or bounties.
any email with worlds free, airdrop, your first bitcoin and etc goes directly to trash box without even opening and reading
i know that no on will ever give me anything for free. but there are people who can try to steal something from me
so no opening shady email - no pain in my brain. safe and sound.
i know that no on will ever give me anything for free. but there are people who can try to steal something from me
so no opening shady email - no pain in my brain. safe and sound.
Perhaps the most delusional and not far-sighted scam on which, as far as I know, quite a few people have come across.
Such a scam confirms once again that no one except you is responsible for the safety of your private keys, and no one can take them from you without your help, with the rare exception of targeted hacks.
Such a scam confirms once again that no one except you is responsible for the safety of your private keys, and no one can take them from you without your help, with the rare exception of targeted hacks.
When it comes to FREE money, people will do anything to get their hands on it, even if you have to provide your Private key to get it. A while ago I saw someone offering their services to extract free fork coins from Private keys on behalf of people who do not know how to do it.
Yes, it might look innocent and people might think that even after they shifted the coins to other addresses that it would be safe, but it opens up a whole new can of worms when you do that. Let's say you used that address and it links you to that address, then if they get access to the private key to that address and they use it, they could commit some scam and all of that would be tied to you.
Yes, it might look innocent and people might think that even after they shifted the coins to other addresses that it would be safe, but it opens up a whole new can of worms when you do that. Let's say you used that address and it links you to that address, then if they get access to the private key to that address and they use it, they could commit some scam and all of that would be tied to you.
Before providing your wallet address anywhere just make sure that you are giving it on the right platform. So it is always advisable that before joining any bounty or airdrop 1st try to learn the project and get some knowledge. Also, try to verify the email before clicking it.
This sort of attempt kinda old now, however here I understand that this trick is as yet working. What you explained in your post that is the most secure guidance you can provide for beginners who wanna join crypto exchange or associated crypto industry already.
Just a small information:
Even if the email address in the sender field would be exactly the same as stated on a legit site, you could not be sure that it is really coming from them.
Emails can be spoofed. Anyone can send mails which appear to be sent from "[email protected]", "[email protected]", etc..
That's not always possible, but in most cases this can be achieved.
The sender field of an email does never guarantee you that it is really coming from this person / company.
The only way to verify it, is to use some form of authentication (e.g. PGP signed message with known public key of sender/receiver).
Even if the email address in the sender field would be exactly the same as stated on a legit site, you could not be sure that it is really coming from them.
Emails can be spoofed. Anyone can send mails which appear to be sent from "[email protected]", "[email protected]", etc..
That's not always possible, but in most cases this can be achieved.
The sender field of an email does never guarantee you that it is really coming from this person / company.
The only way to verify it, is to use some form of authentication (e.g. PGP signed message with known public key of sender/receiver).
One new wave of wallet scams to consider is that which is taking place here in the Ann section, where by Ann threads are being cloned, changing the links to the original legit wallets on Github for another set that point to a fake wallet (see Please disable Fake ANNs download links , theymos !).
Administrators are on it, and so are DT members tagging those accounts (some recently created, but others have a certain rank and have been hacked, sometimes silently without the account owner being aware of a temporary account takeover). Even so, it is really down to each individual to triple check what he downloads, and try to verity it’s authenticity before doing so.
Administrators are on it, and so are DT members tagging those accounts (some recently created, but others have a certain rank and have been hacked, sometimes silently without the account owner being aware of a temporary account takeover). Even so, it is really down to each individual to triple check what he downloads, and try to verity it’s authenticity before doing so.
When someone’s asking for private keys there is nothing to think off,that is an obvious scam since what do they need about the keys?lol only fool can be fall from this trap
That’s why I am preventing myself to even join airdrops(not just because they are all scams)but because for me this is a waste of time and don’t wanna be a victim myself
And a simple tip,stop getting serious about emails that has sent to you email account specially from this forum unless you’re expecting them,because majority of those are shits and nothing to do good for your crypto activities
That’s why I am preventing myself to even join airdrops(not just because they are all scams)but because for me this is a waste of time and don’t wanna be a victim myself
And a simple tip,stop getting serious about emails that has sent to you email account specially from this forum unless you’re expecting them,because majority of those are shits and nothing to do good for your crypto activities
A phishing site does really well in scamming a users stealing the wallet information with its private key and stealing also what is inside of the wallet. There are many cases on this that happen sad to say many users had fall for.it. This is why I find this thread very helpful. This will aware new users of possible scamming scheme.
There are more Phishing sites than this so I encourage every users to post it here if there are spotted phishing sites..
There are more Phishing sites than this so I encourage every users to post it here if there are spotted phishing sites..
If you are not too greedy scammers are the most foolish people on the internet can you imaging them asking you for you private keys or recovery phrase in the email which is very clear that they are out to lot you into letting them access into your wallet to steal your tokens we all need to be careful.
The campaign profile link you shared looks like a phishing site, I click but it won't load.
Regarding email you received, you know what is scam or not, so disregard the scam emails because we have plenty of that in crypto space.
You might have use your email somewhere else, if you are participating an ICO, use a disposable email or email that you don't use for your personal consumption.
Regarding email you received, you know what is scam or not, so disregard the scam emails because we have plenty of that in crypto space.
You might have use your email somewhere else, if you are participating an ICO, use a disposable email or email that you don't use for your personal consumption.
If someone gave his/her private key, then the hacker will get all of his/her coins.
Hence, you need to differentiate ETH address and Private key.
That was pretty obvious they wanted to fool weak people especially in newbies, that's why I really hate of being airdrop hunter aside from multi-task they gather your personal data before you've been qualified and asking private key is totally shady activity.Hence, you need to differentiate ETH address and Private key.
Airdrop hunter is prone from hacking and scammed incidents, OP if I were you join an only legit project or those well-known project that manage by a reputable manager.
18 Days ago, I Got an email and the email address was not real. I have some proof and look at those pictures link down below. Clearly, you will find out that they are scammers. There email Address is not the same and They even ask my private key if I would share my private key then they would have the full power to control my Wallet. So be careful from the attackers.
Some campaigns will also ask about your "Private address" or "ETH KEY"
this term is used to confuse newbies between ETH address and Private Key.
If someone gave his/her private key, then the hacker will get all of his/her coins.
Hence, you need to differentiate ETH address and Private key.
This is one of the things that happens when you subscribe to any type of airdrops and also those bounties that do not hide your email on the spreadsheet. As a rule of thumb, ignore emails that offer airdrops or other incentives.
Did you give them your email address? On this forum email addresses are hidden so they had to get it somewhere else.
Some bounty requires a user to register with their email address and they showed it publicly on the spreadsheet. I got a lot of crappy emails after one of the emails that I used in the past days got published on a bounty spreadsheet. Pretty sure they're scraping user data from there.
Other than that scammer can get the list from buying or simply scanning through various databases. It might takes time but if they're serious it can work.
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OP performs a lot of social reporting, and likely subscribes to airdrops often. When you do these things, you provide your email willingly, thinking you are getting something for free. Sometimes it’s like that, but others are fake airdrops, that collect people’s personal data such as the email to perform scams such as the one displayed the OP. Novice people may easily fall for it, since they may not be aware of the importance of not providing your private keys (although they are called private for a reason).Concerning Emails on the forum, by default the profile provided email is hidden, but some people untick the “Hide email address from public”. I make it around 55K accounts that are currently showing their email, and they are not all just old accounts: around 19K were created in 2018 (I don’t have 2019 data).
This is probably one of the most obvious scams in the cryptocurrency space, ever. They're pretty much asking you to hand over your funds. Unfortunately, since scammers are still doing this, it looks like this scam is still working.
Did you give them your email address? On this forum email addresses are hidden so they had to get it somewhere else.
My guess is that it's from an airdrop site.
Did you give them your email address? On this forum email addresses are hidden so they had to get it somewhere else.
This actually usually happens in some airdrop and targeted newbies that isn't familiar on it.
They even ask my private key if I would share my private key then they would have the full power to control my Wallet.
This is ridiculous yet funny, they're now being straight forward in their motives and really thinks that there's a lot of stupid people.Quote
So be careful from the attackers.
I really don't join airdrops especially it's worthless nowadays.
18 Days ago, I Got an email and the email address was not real. I have some proof and look at those pictures link down below. Clearly, you will find out that they are scammers. There email Address is not the same and They even ask my private key if I would share my private key then they would have the full power to control my Wallet. So be careful from the attackers.
Campaign profile link: https://bitcointalk.o
Campaign profile link: https://bitcointalk.o
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