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Title: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on May 25, 2018, 02:36:39 PM Hello everybody,
In this topic I would like to give an Overview of the most common SCAMS we are exposed daily. I'll try to add more SCAMs over time, to give all Newcomers a nice Overview! Table of contents
Websites As probably everyone has noticed, the cloning of well- known crypto- sites is a very popular scam nowadays. These cloned sites wanna get the users to enter their data and steal it. Usually the presence of a green 'https' tells you if a site is legit or not. https://i.imgur.com/CcsqVhE.jpg Some of the Scam- Sites however found a way to display the green 'https' and 'secure' in the URL of the site. https://i.imgur.com/26f8iOB.png If you take a closer look at the URL, you can see little dots under the letters 'n'. That you do not have to manually check the URL every time you visit a crypto- related site, I'd like to introduce an nice Extension for the Chrome Browser I am using for a while now. Cryptonite by MetaCert Link (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptonite-by-metacert/keghdcpemohlojlglbiegihkljkgnige) (also available for Firefox: Link (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cryptonite-by-metacert/)) https://i.imgur.com/pSyflZ5.jpg Sorry guys, completely forgot to update this topic. As everybody probably noticed, the Cryptonite extension was changed from 'free' to 'chargeable' (8$ / month, as far as I know). So if you don't want to spend $96 a year on an extension (which I can understand) I would recommend you to bookmark all your relevant pages for now. Besides, I can recommend you to install MetaMask (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn) that gives very good phishing alerts. I will revise the initial post in this thread when I have a little more time. As always: Stay Safe Online! As soon as you are on a verified Crypto page, the black shield on the toolbar changes its color from black to green! If the sign does not turn green during the visit, one should assume (according to the description) that the visited site is not safe or rather not verified. I have the extension in action for some time now and can really recommend it. You don't need to manually re- check the URLs. Recently, when I was browsing through some bounty threads and looking at the websites of some candidates, the extension already hit the alarm. https://i.imgur.com/i5S4TJj.jpg Really nice ;D You cannot be safe enough when visiting crypto sites. Airdrops There are multiple ways to run a fake airdrop and scam people. One very well known scheme of an fake airdrop looks like this: You will be asked for your private key https://i.imgur.com/TAHKrc9.jpg They just ask for your private key. ;D In the Note they guarantee that "They will never use, store or collect your personal data (such as the private key)" ;) NEVER share your private key with anyone else!!! Another scheme is the "Send X amount of ETH to receive Y amount of airdrop shitcoin" scheme Here is how it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/ocRjpKy.jpg Airdrop Rules: - NEVER (seriously) NEVER ENTER YOUR PRIVATE KEY ANYWHERE!! - Never send ETH to participate in an Airdrop - SCAM Airdrops are often posted from brand new accounts on Twitter, so always check the Tweet- history and the Account registration date! - You should also check their official channels before you take part in a 'suspicious' Airdrop, because they should have promoted the Airdrop somewhere. Everyone with a crypto-related Twitter Account has aleady seen them for months. I am talking about the huge crypto scam botnet, who spread the word about fake airdrops/giveaways. They reply to tweets posted by the legitimate account. This is how it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/wCaiNFv.jpg I can only repeat, please just install Cryptonite MetaCert (Link above) which also has a Twitter support and look for the green shield. If it's not green, assume the twitter account is a fake until you prove otherwise. Pyramid Schemes Pyramid Scheme - A Definition https://i.imgur.com/FzL79Hj.jpg Proof of Trevon James (PoTJ) https://i.imgur.com/tmVDC2b.jpg Proof of Trevon James, or PoTJ is an ERC-20 token named after Trevon James, a "crypto youtube and twitter influencer". This scammer has also been involved in BitConnect which he openly advertised on his channels. YouTube Channel: https://i.imgur.com/yFB8Zc2.jpg Concept: “When someone buys or sells Proof of Trevon James Tewken, 20% of the buy and 25% of the sell price is split by the total number of coins and given as locked-in-rewards (priced in Ether)”. Example: Quote If you were to buy into the contract with 1Eth and immediately sell it, you would get around 0.55Eth back. The reason for that is you lose 20% on the buy in, and 25% on the sell, ending up with around 55% of your initial ethereum. In other words, in order to break even the token price has to go up roughly 40% before you decide to sell it. [source: https://themerkle.com/what-is-proof-of-trevon-james-potj-tewken/] Beware shit like this. People like Trevon are people that the crypto community doesn't need. https://i.imgur.com/t582wRg.jpg Telegram Nowadays everyone is a member of several crypto- related telegram groups, so it was only a matter of time before people were threatened by malicious attacks there as well. A current threat, which I see a lot at the moment, concerns the .SCR files that are distributed almost everywhere. These files look like this (name may vary, of course) https://i.imgur.com/4aQ59si.jpg VERY IMPORTANT: Please guys NEVER, seriously NEVER EVER open such a file, not even if it looks like it was posted by an admin of the group!! I can't stress this enough. SCR files are executable script files. Executing a SCR file will only lead to a list of commands being run by the system. Stay Safe Online Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: aundroid on May 25, 2018, 02:37:00 PM reserved
Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: cryptokath19 on May 25, 2018, 02:46:19 PM Hello everybody, As probably everyone has noticed, the cloning of well- known crypto- sites is a very popular scam nowadays. These cloned sites wanna get the users to enter their data and steal it. Usually the presence of a green 'https' tells you if a site is legit or not. https://i.imgur.com/CcsqVhE.jpg Some of the Scam- Sites however found a way to display the green 'https' and 'secure' in the URL of the site. https://i.imgur.com/26f8iOB.png If you take a closer look at the URL, you can see little dots under the letters 'n'. That you do not have to manually check the URL every time you visit a crypto- related site, I'd like to introduce an nice Extension for the Chrome Browser I am using for a while now. Cryptonite by MetaCert Link (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptonite-by-metacert/keghdcpemohlojlglbiegihkljkgnige) (also available for Firefox: Link (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cryptonite-by-metacert/)) https://i.imgur.com/pSyflZ5.jpg As soon as you are on a verified Crypto page, the black shield on the toolbar changes its color from black to green! If the sign does not turn green during the visit, one should assume (according to the description) that the visited site is not safe or rather not verified. I have the extension in action for some time now and can really recommend it. You don't need to manually re- check the URLs. Recently, when I was browsing through some bounty threads and looking at the websites of some candidates, the extension already hit the alarm. https://i.imgur.com/i5S4TJj.jpg Really nice ;D You cannot be safe enough when visiting crypto sites. Have fun with it and Stay Safe Online Good day. Thank you for the advice and guides which is can helps us to be careful of what we are clicking links especially those phising sites. I will share this to my friends especially to those who are new here in online. I appreciate your being helpful to others. Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: carlisle1 on May 25, 2018, 03:21:52 PM I have bookmarked this thread to spread for some section if theres an issue regarding phishing site
This all must be credit to you OP,because what you did here is a total helpful topic that all of us must be aware of. You deserve a respect for helping the community be more secure and safe with all this hackers and scammers that only looking for victims that whos not aware of their doings.again thank you so much Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: abake on May 25, 2018, 03:25:00 PM What a great and educative topic which would really assist so many noobs like me and other ones around here. Thanks alot
Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: abake on May 25, 2018, 03:26:52 PM I have bookmarked this thread to spread for some section if theres an issue regarding phishing site I think I need to do the same by bookmarking this thread as it is of beneficial to the whole community not for only someone use and even thinking of spreading it on other platformThis all must be credit to you OP,because what you did here is a total helpful topic that all of us must be aware of. You deserve a respect for helping the community be more secure and safe with all this hackers and scammers that only looking for victims that whos not aware of their doings.again thank you so much Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: impulse709 on May 25, 2018, 03:37:55 PM Yours ways to prevent phishing scam sites is good, i would like to add my way to prevent this. I do bookmark all important sites, set hard and difference passwords for all sites ( i use google chrome to save password), enable 2FA.
Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: Probinus on May 25, 2018, 03:46:32 PM Another action for this is to bookmark the legitimate site. Specially here in bitcointalk, tons of duplicate sites are trying to phish your account. I have a way of knowing if i am trying to be phished. See i always check the always logged in, so when you were asked to relogin, you'd be thinking "oh why do i need to login again?" Then you'd check the site, see if it's really bitcointalk.org.
Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: anjohyx on May 25, 2018, 03:56:16 PM Thank for sharing your experience, it's just a first step to prevent scam, I prefer to bookmarked all the website, use some browser protect to visit important website, such as kaspersky internet security, double check ssl is valid and green, daily scan your computer have infected virus or not
Title: Re: Phishing SCAM Sites - HowTo prevent yourself Post by: ironman2014 on May 25, 2018, 04:18:24 PM I would suggest you to download and use some stuff like Metamask browser extension, it prevents those things!
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on May 25, 2018, 06:56:57 PM Added an Airdrop Section!
More to come. If you have any suggestions, let me know In the meantime: Stay Safe Online Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Denreal on May 25, 2018, 07:14:17 PM This is a very good update. I have seen and heard of many who got scammed through phishing sites. Something similar to this has happened to a friend, who unknowingly provided his information on a phishing site and got scammed in the process. I think the crypto space now requires a lot of vigilance and care.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: AlisaWhishie on May 25, 2018, 07:25:53 PM I have not a suggestion, but a question that you or maybe someone else can answer here.
Is it secure to type in my password or private key when I am connected to VPN? I always thought that VPN is made to make my online life safer, but I've heard recently that instead of it they can just steal my private keys, especially if I use VPN that is free. So how to make sure that my VPN is reliable and not malicious? Maybe I have to look up for something about this in the privacy policy? Or it's better just to disconnect from VPN while entering my passwords and private keys? Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: buytheeffinD on May 25, 2018, 07:48:35 PM Thanks OP, you are the Batman that we don't deserve. I always checked for https but I never knew hackers could have those little symbols under letters, mind freaking blown right now! Brownie points coming your way :P
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: kostya-smrnv on May 25, 2018, 07:51:26 PM Cool guide. But I think it's always appropriate to have one great "Brains". Well, I also want to add, "Know your enemy." Examine all the schemes of fraudsters, and what they are doing. Then you don't have to read "how to protect yourself" every time. All schemes are similar to each other.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Damn3d on May 25, 2018, 09:26:59 PM Try to enter only tested networks, allways take a look on the URL in the adress line, trust nobody, use different passwords
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: donadoni212 on May 25, 2018, 09:35:39 PM I really like thread like this, with very dangerous website PHISHING make the information you give very useful. be careful in choosing a website and more thoroughly will make your assets safe, does it work on a smartphone?
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cryptonite-by-metacert/keghdcpemohlojlglbiegihkljkgnige Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on May 27, 2018, 02:24:45 PM Thanks OP, you are the Batman that we don't deserve. I always checked for https but I never knew hackers could have those little symbols under letters, mind freaking blown right now! Brownie points coming your way :P thanks ;DThen you don't have to read "how to protect yourself" every time. All schemes are similar to each other. I agree with you, the schemes are often very similar.But if you are new to the scene, you may not know all this stuff and this is where this Thread should help ;) I have not a suggestion, but a question that you or maybe someone else can answer here. Is it secure to type in my password or private key when I am connected to VPN? I always thought that VPN is made to make my online life safer, but I've heard recently that instead of it they can just steal my private keys, especially if I use VPN that is free. So how to make sure that my VPN is reliable and not malicious? Maybe I have to look up for something about this in the privacy policy? Or it's better just to disconnect from VPN while entering my passwords and private keys? In a public network like in a coffee shop etc. it is of course better if you use a VPN. But I prefer a hardware wallet like a ledger nano. You can also download MEW and run it locally. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: lynx_ on May 27, 2018, 05:55:01 PM Good article . I see that the merit system is working and the participants are bringing something good to the forum! I put your extension! Let's see what happens!
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: kodtycoon on May 27, 2018, 11:05:41 PM Thank you for sharing your knowledge to avoid investing in a scam project. and yes there are many ways people to earn money on the internet by scam and also make phishing etc. Hopefully with us know how to check with what has been given in OP, hopefully there is no longer a victim of crime in the world of internet or online.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Dart18 on May 27, 2018, 11:10:08 PM Merited this.
Will be a lot of help for those who are starting here to avoid being scammed or phising sites. You do not when they will attack. Even MEW was faked and somehow they made victims out of it. Prevention should always be the first to be thought. Not just clicking on anything out of excitement. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: samcrypto on May 27, 2018, 11:19:27 PM This is great and very helpful. We must not forget to double check the link we are going to click and make sure that you don't fill up the form asking for your private keys. A lot of scammers, and a lot of ways for you to be scammed so you should very careful.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: elwiswoodie on May 27, 2018, 11:47:19 PM hohohoh, thank you very much, my friend
but we will not try it directly on our main computer, we'll try on our second computer, to make sure it's really safe Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: rodel caling on May 27, 2018, 11:54:45 PM The scammer around the crypto currency are always there, to protect our self to avoid illegal activities of the bad people(scammer's) in the crypto world every time investing in any project need to make sure learn the background of the dev's and the reputation of the company to avoid loses of investment.
Thank you for the guideline you can share. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Youngflydude256 on May 27, 2018, 11:54:48 PM Nice heads up bro, it is everybody's responsibility to make the cryptoworld void of scammers and hackers, triple checking url is essential because these scammers are on the prowl, we always think it won't happen to us until it does. Also I have done airdrops that asked for my private keys, I just ignore and pass.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on May 29, 2018, 07:58:14 AM Added a 'Table of Contents' where you can easily navigate through the topics.
Next will be a section about Twitter Scams. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on June 02, 2018, 08:51:00 AM Added a section about Pyramid Schemes!
Beware shit like this! And always remember: Trevon James is always wrong ;) Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: richman3451 on June 02, 2018, 08:53:54 AM I only use trusted sites as if I meet something new for a long time I look at forums I always need to be careful Risk is always
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: marmeladko on June 02, 2018, 08:57:28 AM I recommend to use sites like coinmarketcap to check exchange url address. I always check https connection, links in official twitter and only then add site to bookmarks.
Users must be careful and check everything twice to be sure that their money in safety. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Oniko on June 02, 2018, 09:01:44 AM I also use metamask. To avoid phishing sites.
Even if the site is SSL, but it will be a fake resource, I'll see it. Security is very important for resources that collect investments Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Pecunia non olet on June 02, 2018, 09:07:23 AM Many of these phising sites will be blocked by Google right?
Until now it was possible to advertise on Google such a fraudulent site - fail by Google.. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: whatthesith on June 02, 2018, 09:10:51 AM But many of these phising sites will be blocked by Google right? Until now it was possible to advertise on Google such a fraudulent site - fail by Google.. But still you can receive email or message with the link to a phising site. And I do not understand that people are still clicking on these links in emails. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on June 02, 2018, 05:27:54 PM Merited this. Will be a lot of help for those who are starting here to avoid being scammed or phising sites. thanks! I also use metamask. To avoid phishing sites. I also used metamask, but give the extension from my first post a try - way better 8) But still you can receive email or message with the link to a phising site. And I do not understand that people are still clicking on these links in emails. That's the point where the extension gives alarm. Maybe I will also add a section about phishing mails Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: AristoteI on June 02, 2018, 05:47:13 PM Dude you really write very necessary and understandable things. I like what you say. This should help a very large number of people not fall into the trap. Respect!
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on June 04, 2018, 12:41:58 PM Dude you really write very necessary and understandable things. I like what you say. This should help a very large number of people not fall into the trap. Respect! thanks. just want to keep newbies away from getting scammed. Way too much scam around in the crypro scene these days. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on September 20, 2018, 12:47:10 PM After quite some time I have updated the thread again and added a Twitter Section!
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: victory.lil on September 20, 2018, 12:55:03 PM Thank you for your knowledge, because they are really time-tested and this is a very valuable experience that you decided to share, thank you so much, I think this guide should be highlighted and hung in the must have section.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Trofo on September 20, 2018, 01:19:56 PM Great OP. I would like to add few more well known phishing sites:
1. A bunch of sites impersonating MyEtherWallet. Never login to your MEW from the link you received from someone. Always use your bookmarks. That is advice you should remember for all exchange/wallet sites. 2. There is also at least two phishing versions of bitcointalk Here are the links to threads with more info about this: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4559589.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3765354.0 In short these sites copy all the posts from bitcointalk and look very legit. You can often get a link to one of them when googling some bounty. They will ask you for login information and steal your user name and password. With the addition of merit, senior accounts are more in demand than ever, so be careful. You can additionally secure your bitcointalk account via signing BTC message on following thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.9520 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.9520) But be prepared to wait for a long time in case you need your account recovered (half a year) and if you don't have a signed message from BTC address you control nobody will even listen to you. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Jateng on September 20, 2018, 01:56:02 PM Hello everybody, In this topic I would like to give an Overview of the most common SCAMS we are exposed daily. I'll try to add more SCAMs over time, to give all Newcomers a nice Overview! Table of contents
Thank you for this thread. I hope there will be less people who will now open their eyes so they will avoid being scam and wasting time. I knew phishing websites but not the next contents down there so it will be also helpful to me. Since December last year, I already avoid airdrops so maybe thats the reason why I got less scammed in airdrops. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Zarinagotyu1 on November 01, 2018, 05:23:37 PM heh, I am not believe and not in bright future, I am sure that crypto is going to live many years , but bright or dark years I don't know, but hope that crypto won't stop being good option for having profit)
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: spike420211 on November 01, 2018, 05:42:21 PM Good article . I see that the merit system is working and the participants are bringing something good to the forum! I put your extension! Let's see what happens! I think those who complain about the new system are just lazy and do not understand how much good it brings. To take at least this guide, even if its writing is dictated by the thirst for Merit, it does not diminish its usefulness. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Considered on November 03, 2018, 06:48:31 PM Very good, way too many people are falling for scams which are easily avoidable if they just know what they are looking for and what they should looking at, with something like this then a lot of people can avoid the scams. I think phishing sites are the most notorious since most people do not bother to look at a site they are on before logging in
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on November 08, 2018, 10:25:25 PM Added a section about telegram and the annoying .scr files you can find everywhere at the moment!
Please don't fall for this shit!! Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Mila52 on March 02, 2019, 07:24:20 PM Thanks for the thread. I'm always careful, but now there are a lot of scam groups and chats in the Telegram. Perhaps personal data is collected here when users exchange pm information.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: shirackjs on March 03, 2019, 08:41:08 AM Thank you for the informative post, you deserve some merits for your hard work. Scams are hurting the crypto industry and there is people being scammed everyday. Hope everyone stay safe and be careful.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: daporivera on April 25, 2019, 07:57:55 PM Such a great and informative post. We have to be on the look out for ourselves and ensure we protect ourselves from scammers. They are a lot of phishing sites out there. I use metamask, can't let this scammers take away all I worked for, although they once had their way, but it not gonna happen again.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Esterklu on April 25, 2019, 08:08:56 PM I would advise all beginners and not only bookmark this thread, it can save you nerves and money. I would also like to add that we need to be very careful when downloading new wallets, check these files for viruses.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: MOProgress on April 25, 2019, 08:13:02 PM Personally I have made up my mind that before trying any coin I have make sure it is fully in order and the project has a good reputation
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: De_nis on April 25, 2019, 08:24:44 PM thanks for interesting information, need to know this rules, exspecially for new comers, I have one the major rule - dont participate in projects from email letters
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: adzino on April 25, 2019, 09:27:03 PM Looks like a very well written post. I guess this is going to help a lot of people who are either newbies or less tech savvies.
Everyone just needs to imprint this in mind:if something is too good to be true, then it probably is. Also don't forget, you can't get something for nothing. If someone is offering you something at no cost or at a cost that is too good, then something is fishy and you must avoid it at any cost. Just use your common sense to save yourself from scams. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Adriano2010 on April 25, 2019, 10:41:41 PM A very good post to inform people OP, and always check when enter to a site and never open any mail with attachment they know they shouldn't receive and also if possible they can buy a hardware wallet to protect better their coins.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: tabas on April 25, 2019, 10:54:53 PM Personally I have made up my mind that before trying any coin I have make sure it is fully in order and the project has a good reputation And also the exchange that you will trade, look at URL before checking in or depositing your money. It won't consume that much time and it will save you a lot of money if you practice checking URL to avoid scam and phishing exchanges.Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: yobo2020 on April 25, 2019, 11:03:41 PM So amazing! The numbers of scam this days is increase that when you detect in one way they will also develop another strategy, but with what have seen from topic I think have learn more .
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Sundaey on April 25, 2019, 11:47:47 PM Love this, this has been one of the best post i have ever seen on this thread. Thanks for the information very useful and straightforward. You are right about the every single point, pinching of sites are becoming more ramp these days we just need to be more careful not to fall victim.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: wuvdoll on April 26, 2019, 05:37:51 PM Thanks OP for the idea and your efforts to care this community :).
The best way to protect yourself from scam project is to do a thorough research about the project in question before thinking of investing your money or time into the platform, one of the way you can make a good research to know whether it's a scam or not is to check the ANN thread of the coin to see the opinion of others who are part of the project, just check out what others are saying about the project, is the review good or bad. Edit: It would be too good, if the open-post is getting updated time to time to spread awareness on latest vulnerable attacks and hacker's new tricks. But, unfortunately open-post's last update was done on early November of 2018 but OP is active here. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: dabenko on April 26, 2019, 09:53:27 PM You have got a useful article there, which will be useful for newbies and those who have bee in the crypto space for quite some time now.
One of the most important thing we should learn to guide jealously is the private key to the wallet housing our assets. A lot of noobs in the crypto space have made this mistake before they could realize or learn to keep their wallets safe. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: zulfi125 on April 26, 2019, 11:32:17 PM This is a good step to know about scams ,as you know their are various scams running specially through airdrops and bounties and ICO's are huge scams running.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Grenee on May 02, 2019, 10:41:07 AM Nice topic. Scam is everywhere both Airdrop and Bounty and not even that, even some exchange are scam you will send your coin and you will eventually lost the whole stuff. The only way to protect yourself from crypto scam is by making investigations, you can't just invest in a project.you need to check how solid the project is. I pity some people whoz buying ico. For me ico is a scam. Be watchful
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: ATSgrowth on May 02, 2019, 10:49:22 AM Hackers, scams are very popular in cryptocurrency industry because there is no any intermediary who is securing and insuring your funds. >:(
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: lobat999 on May 02, 2019, 12:54:05 PM These are helpful tips for the whole crypto community to be more secure. I like the featured add-on Crytonite shield though unfortunately its only has only a trial period for 30 days. I hoped this thread will be continuously updated for latest tactics in scam protection.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: makerst on May 02, 2019, 05:31:46 PM Options to protect yourself are already very much described, but you must understand that there are no guarantees that really could protect you. This simply will not happen because it is a cryptocurrency market.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Capt00 on May 02, 2019, 05:46:44 PM These are helpful tips for the whole crypto community to be more secure. I like the featured add-on Crytonite shield though unfortunately its only has only a trial period for 30 days. I hoped this thread will be continuously updated for latest tactics in scam protection. I tried that, the Crytonite shield but I already used the 30 days trials. As of now, I used AVG for free I think it makes me help to filter those links that contents scam. So, far I didn't infect on malware virus which is very risky for us to make a scam. Yes, I agree that this thread is very helpful and I read it all because I want to know thou how to secure my wallet.Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: daporivera on May 09, 2019, 07:13:48 PM The best way to stay safe from being scammed in crypto is to do a proper and in-depth research on the project you want to invest in. At least, you might find some unrealistic things about the project. Proper research can make you 40% sage from being scammed.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: raden1922 on May 09, 2019, 07:48:39 PM Very interesting information and very useful appeals. Of course so that we are more careful before entering the site, meaning more control so we don't go wrong. Thank you for enlightening and insight from you. I hope many people read and really evaluate every action in entering the world of the internet, so that it is not wrong and fatal.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: whyrqa on May 09, 2019, 08:48:33 PM I know some people who losses huge money by sign up fishing site as myetherwallet fishing website. I would prefer everybody to download apps from apps store and Google play store. Before open account check more and more time and you know scam apps also has in apps store.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Brainnin on May 09, 2019, 09:09:38 PM People keeps loosing huge money in cryptocurrency due to different types of scammers finding their way into crypto space daily and coming up with different tactics of scamming crypto enthusiasts especially newbie.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: princerepon on May 12, 2019, 09:54:39 AM -snip- Thank you for share such good post. scam projects everywhere. many good bounty hunters leave bounty because of scam projects. it's really bad that after 3 months done work you probable got nothing. always check projects before you join guys. happy hunting... ;) Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: cryp24x on May 12, 2019, 11:14:02 PM This is really nice article. I will really look back on this post before joining a bounty. Some points were really empasized on this posts and I found it really interesting on how we can protect ourselves on from scammers. Though it doesn't touched everything, atleast we have an idea to determined what are the possible scams.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: laskybok on May 12, 2019, 11:30:38 PM I could remember that just late last year and early this year, there were so many projects who were indirectly asking for private keys, by claiming they water to create the hard fork of a particular coin and for people to do that by login to a scam site.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: Moiyah on May 15, 2019, 02:56:42 AM I couldn't think that phishing sites could be like that. We should be aware that even if they are copying the same url, there are still differences. Also, I remembered I've been scammed by one ICO who did not payed us their coins. I wasn't see that comin' and my efforts go to waste. Now I am not joining just some ICO projects.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: aundroid on May 18, 2019, 08:18:30 AM Sorry guys, completely forgot to update this topic.
As everybody probably noticed, the Cryptonite extension was changed from 'free' to 'chargeable' (8$ / month, as far as I know). So if you don't want to spend $96 a year on an extension (which I can understand) I would recommend you to bookmark all your relevant pages for now. Besides, I can recommend you to install MetaMask (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/metamask/nkbihfbeogaeaoehlefnkodbefgpgknn) that gives very good phishing alerts. I will revise the initial post in this thread when I have a little more time. As always: Stay Safe Online! Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: tranduong123 on May 18, 2019, 08:32:41 AM For me, I always study carefully the projects I want to join. And scammers often take advantage of people's greed, so remind yourself, nothing is free, and don't be too greedy
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: abake on May 18, 2019, 08:51:59 AM This post is very insightful. This goes a long way to help new and old crypto enthusiasts to be careful and spot scams, including the high level scams. Like the illustration given for kucoin and Binance scam sites, almost exactly as the real ones. Thanks a lot once more, I learnt from this post. Safety is very important in crypto space.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: efxtrader on May 18, 2019, 09:34:03 AM Agree with the author. Its very useful thread and i think we should always careful on website security. If we always check on website security or phising email, i am believe we can avoid from hacking and our account in exchanger more secure. Hackers always find a new way and i think we should keep safety when browsing
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: michellee on May 18, 2019, 01:41:43 PM Agree with the author. Its very useful thread and i think we should always careful on website security. If we always check on website security or phising email, i am believe we can avoid from hacking and our account in exchanger more secure. Hackers always find a new way and i think we should keep safety when browsing Make sure we always be careful when we connect to the internet because we don't know where the hacker is. The hacker will try anything to get the information from us, and if it's related to the exchange, make sure you never share anything with other people. Just keep it for yourself and don't tell anyone if you want to be saved. We need to activate many types of protection from the exchange so we can minimize the chance for the hacker to break our account. Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: installer on May 18, 2019, 01:47:32 PM I think that the most popular way of getting scammed is telegram. People are just sending their private keys to unknown users or sending ETH to contribute to a public sale via PM on telegram. This is just silly guys, be careful.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: farlack on May 18, 2019, 01:53:01 PM From my point of view if you are in crypto for half a year at least, then you can easily protect yourself from scams. You have enough experience and can select good projects to participate
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: cuo on May 18, 2019, 02:10:58 PM very interesting, I would like to share this good information to my group.
We can see so many scammer in verified project today, it will makes investor confuse and dont want to invest again, so, in early 2019 we can see so many ICO project failed! Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: anatolij.shishkin on May 18, 2019, 02:53:22 PM Yes, there are not enough protection instructions. Scammers are constantly coming up with something. To steal our money. Do not rush to invest in projects check the team and idea.
Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: KingDome on May 18, 2019, 02:57:43 PM Yes, there are not enough protection instructions. Scammers are constantly coming up with something. To steal our money. Do not rush to invest in projects check the team and idea. Even though you are researching the whole idea and the concept, it wouldn't guarantee you to get scammed by the developer whether the developer is scamming you due to the hack on their platform or etc.Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: 10BTCaDay on May 18, 2019, 03:14:53 PM Yes, there are not enough protection instructions. Scammers are constantly coming up with something. To steal our money. Do not rush to invest in projects check the team and idea. Even though you are researching the whole idea and the concept, it wouldn't guarantee you to get scammed by the developer whether the developer is scamming you due to the hack on their platform or etc.Title: Re: Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself Post by: distr@yopmail.com on May 18, 2019, 03:18:39 PM Only IEO now gives some minimum guarantee that the project will be implemented or at least will be traded on some exchange. it is only the IEO in the big exchange that guarantees the development of the project. after all the project will not develop if the developer does not update the best. The IEO is still at risk for me, does not provide any guarantees unless it has only been registered in exchange, that's all. |
