Crypto Impersonators In Social Media

[MykeAdams]

Spotting scammers, imposters, or impersonators in the crypto/bitcoin space is actually quite simple.
They usually come with mouth watering offers. Their main tactic is to show off flashy lifestyles or side attractions to lure you in.

But the truth is, anyone who has genuinely been through the blood, sweat, and grind of crypto knows it’s not that easy. Here on this forum,  people will tell you there’s no shortcut. You have to work your way up in this space.

If they really knew how to flip money that easily, they’d be doing it 24/7, not trying to sell it to you unless you are the product, their way of making money.

Exactly. Real bitcoiners know there are no short cuts it’s certainly a grind, I really appreciate you recognizing this truth.
Imagine If someone is showing you a short cut on how to earn in bitcoin than showing you the real value, certainly that is a red flag. A crypto expert is fully aware that Im crypto real growth takers time and effort.This community needs more voices like this

[albon]

Account impersonators are widespread on social media platforms, especially on X, YouTube, and TikTok. They may resort to buying verification marks and followers on X, and they try to make the username of the account more similar to the original ones.

Some might think that these impersonators’ schemes don’t succeed, but unfortunately, I’ve seen many victims who fell prey to scams run by these fake accounts. Some connected their wallets through phishing links shared by these accounts, while others registered on fake CEX platforms impersonating legitimate ones.

These fake accounts heavily impersonate official accounts of popular projects and influencers who have large audiences, making victims easily believe they are dealing with an official account and trust what it’s promoting. Therefore, caution is required when dealing with Social media and communication applications.

[Orpichukwu]

This scam is as old as internet itself. When there's something happening, you bet you can get DM's from many many scammers impersonating real people.
And usually their story is very convincing, until you pay for promotion and get a shit on a stick. Careful who you trust, that's all i'm gonna say

And impersonation goes beyond just on the internet; it also happens in real life, carried out by those who specialise in doing it. I don't know how they perfect it, but I have read stories of someone pretending to be another person (identity theft) and was able to convince their victim into believing they were actually the person they pretended to be to finish their mission, and before the person realised they were far gone, it's just getting more and more popular now on the internet.

[Ojima-ojo]

What is the conclusion from the OP's post? Those who do not want to be deceived will verify the information across multiple resources. Trusting social networks is equivalent to admitting that you are a fool. All famous people have their websites, and if they publish something on the networks, then this information must have a real source. The Internet has become a virtual garbage dump, making it very difficult to find authentic information. Therefore, using social networks is preferable only for entertainment purposes, with an extreme degree of mistrust and skepticism.

All what you said in part is true but not all social medias are garbages there are many official pages and top individuals who makes use of the social media platforms responsibly it’s all about learning how to see the difference.

My conclusion is very simple all you need to do is follow up valuable sources and cross check and verify informations. Social media is full of various individuals from many regions who have different personalities that can still be useful it only depends on how you use them though.

Majority of crypto projects that emanate from social media are fake. There might be a few reputable projects that give out information through social media platforms, but we have to be careful. Regardless of the reputation of the so-called top individuals on social media, don't trust them with your personal information, such as passwords,  seed phrases, or other sensitive data. Don't click on any link they share without verification because it could be harmful.  Don't believe or invest in any project they recommend without doing your research. Forums like Bitcointalk remain the best platforms to interact and get credible information.

Yeah who goes to social media to looking for cryptocurrency projects this days when we all know that that place is filled with scammers and chillers that will not put in any tangible thing into their work and their scamming tactics can be easily detected at once in most cases.


I don't do socal media this days, I got pissed off with the tons of scamming attempt through DM, if you want to spot a scammer easily on social media, you easily know scam via them on you first.

[avp2306]

This scam is as old as internet itself. When there's something happening, you bet you can get DM's from many many scammers impersonating real people.
And usually their story is very convincing, until you pay for promotion and get a shit on a stick. Careful who you trust, that's all i'm gonna say

And impersonation goes beyond just on the internet; it also happens in real life, carried out by those who specialise in doing it. I don't know how they perfect it, but I have read stories of someone pretending to be another person (identity theft) and was able to convince their victim into believing they were actually the person they pretended to be to finish their mission, and before the person realised they were far gone, it's just getting more and more popular now on the internet.

People are to naive to believe easily on what they see and the problem with this people is they don't verify that's why they fall from those impersonators.

If they let their self fooled and get manipulated there's good chance that they are easy target for those people who usually do that impersonation and scamming schemes.

With those things you have said it indicates that there are lot of stories to search on internet and people could learn with it. Its just people are so lazy to research and enrich their selves with knowledge that's why they fall on scams offered by those impersonators.

[LogitechMouse]

Re: Crypto Impersonators In Social Media

The world of Social Media is full of fakes, deepfakes, scammy websites, phishing links, and predators lurking.

These predators are lurking, seeking for those newbie investors out there that they can attract easily with their proposal that always ends up as a scam. I've seen enough already for me to say that "enough is enough", and instead of investing into some new projects or random projects out there, I would just focus on those established coins out there. Lower reward, but the risk is lower therefore, stress level is lower as well.

"Don't trust anybody." That's what I will be going to say especially when it comes to the internet. In the internet world or the social media world, everybody's a stranger, and anytime, they can scam you. Always, always be vigilant. Look for the red flags on a project, and another one is that, if they use the term "guaranteed", stay away from it already because there's no such thing as guaranteed in investing.

[fredericktaylor]

Few week ago, i read on how a crypto expert tutor on TikTok who guides and explains how the crypto world works layed a complaint on all social media platforms identifying how individuals are imitating her on TikTok to deceive and lure innocent newbies who are not knowledgeable about crypto into Investing and earning in sites wish are not legit.

This draws my attention towards what we call impersonating, we all know what this word means. Pretending to be (another person) for entertainment or fraud is a very serious offense globally. However when impersonators describes someone else identity and credentials, it sounds so true to believe that person due to evidence, many impersonators impersonate to receive personal information of individuals for fraudulent activity.

Malvertising is another motive or way behind instagram impersonating schemes, this actually involves using fake accounts to advertise illegal or malicious websites and fake jobs posting, these are common reasons for instagram impersonating. The eastern world and other developing nations are major victims when it comes to this aspect due to inadequate knowledge concerning crypto trade and how it works, many have lost a lot in the hands of impersonators and have lost interest on crypto and other legit trading sites etc.

How to know these catfish’s if they are true or not is very easy, kindly do a research concerning that individual who is been impersonated to see how many accounts are and do have many followers and are been tagged in photos or you can simply use a google reverse image search engine to check if their image is real or not. Lastly, carefully check personal details in the profile information too.

In the current context, various people are being cheated through social media. I will not blame social media completely. The reason is that some advertisements are being promoted on social media where if you invest, you will get double or triple the profit of the confirm within 15 days or 1 month. Fraudsters create fake websites to gain the trust of the customers and give all the wrong information about the project there.

The main point is that I am new to this line, I know about the project but what I know is not enough to invest, I invested out of greed, so we cannot blame social media completely. Before investing, we must understand the project well, we must have the ability to understand whether the project is official or a fraud, otherwise it will never be wise to invest just by seeing any notification on social media.

From my perspective, investments should be like that, they will grow over time and can give you profits at some point. For example, Bitcoin, if you maintain discipline and have patience by planning a long-term investment plan according to the rules, you can definitely get success. Remember one thing: it is absolutely wrong to believe that investing in Cryptocurrency will guarantee success.

[Findingnemo]

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How to know these catfish’s if they are true or not is very easy, kindly do a research concerning that individual who is been impersonated to see how many accounts are and do have many followers and are been tagged in photos or you can simply use a google reverse image search engine to check if their image is real or not. Lastly, carefully check personal details in the profile information too.

My suggestion, simply ignore the real ones too because there is no such thing as called expert crypto advisor. Google reverse search could have worked in the past but I don't think it will work anymore since AI came into the picture now you can create videos of anyone with realistic audio using a single or combination of tool that means you can't trust anymore which you find in the internet and this technology is going to get better and better so you should evolve too and not trust anyone to say which one you should pick.

[uchegod-21]

Impersonation is not something new on social media. This, and some other reasons, are why I don’t trust social media for any investment advice. Even if I find one that piques my interest, I will still verify outside social media to be sure.

Social media is poorly regulated. With all the spamming and scams going on there, one should really be careful about the kinds of information they get and who they interact with. You don’t need to be a crypto expert or have experience in crypto to be able to spot suspicious activities. These scammers may be smart, but there is always something that makes them appear fake.

[Marykeller]

I don't think internet impersonation is a very new thing we are knowing of today happening across social media platforms. To what I know about Internet Impersonation, it has being existing for long, that most scammers sees it as the way they can scam people by posing as another being that is influential in the society. Some people believe they are real, accepting the lies they said to them to be all true.

That's a sad thing to know of, that some people are blind to figure out when someone is not genuine but have evil motives towards them to scam them. I find that to be annoying for someone to be carried away by mere words and promises without making other findings of who they are believing in 

On that note, the scam stories we hear of on social media is supposed to teach us a lesson that there are many scams happening on social media. Not everything that someone tells you about, you should believe in.