Today I had to delete my Telegram handle from my profile page here since some scammers seem to target bitcointalk users that have their TG handle out in the open.
Some clown contacted me with a story if I am buying and selling btc. I played along and wrote I would consider it but only in person and for cash ( that's how I only deal anyway ).
He came with some story he is Turkish but living and working in Italy and working for some oil rig bullshxx and so on.
He is "getting paid" in crypto and wants to sell it. I already knew it's bs but kept playing along and asked him to prove he actually has funds ( show an address that holds btc ). After asking 3 times he finally sent me a screenshot of a wallet with 0.0013btc.
He asked if I can buy 5 btc though, hahaha.
The wallet in the screenshot was named "mr.suevie" , which is actually also the name of a user in this forum.
I googled suevie and found its a common name in Africa. Still, coincidence? Anyway, unfortunately after 30sec he unsent the picture.
He also wrote stuff like: "Any business I'm doing with you I will send you first before you send me anything." No risk for me, yeah right.
I sent him a grabify link and he was stupid enough to click it twice, first with his real IP, and second time with a blocker.
And guess where he came from:
As I am sure people are aware to not trust the randoms, it's just annoying that you can't even have your telegram name here without getting contacted by these clowns.
I wonder how the scam would work. If it's just a money mule scam, or some fake notification the money was received and I could send the funds in return.
Don't waste your time with these people. Just block them immediately.
PS: His "telegram name" is Orlando Mark. Can't see the handle though.