BEWARE Fake BTG Wallets Flooding Market

[Leeke]

Thanks for the good advice - I guarantee the people that need to hear and actually comprehend your warning though won't see it in time and have already frantically signed up to the scams straight after the fork in the hopes of getting in on an early pump and dump. They'll only see this after they've lost BTC and whine about it then and want compensation/retribution. Shakes head.
Meanwhile - its a pity the honest crypto-community can't do something to band together and fight the cybercrooks. I'm still new so if there is already a crypto-hero group I don't know about it yet (Excluding the MARVtoken group - thats clearly just moneygrabbing off using the Marvel heros lol) - but considering it still feels like every individual has to learn how to fight the cybercrooks alone via your own research and protection layers it would be nice to have an unhackable/uninfectable - who am i kidding... nevermind - im just wishful thinking...

[r1a2y3m4]

Yes! be careful or you might be a victim of it. You know popularity of bitcoin has a disadvantage of it because as more and more people knows about it, the news will be shared to bad people too and they will capitalize on bitcoin's popularity. I have encountered fake wallets before be careful! I think if you encountered a wallet that you want to join research on them first! Not only one search, read a lot of articles about this wallet! the creators of a fake wallet might create a fake article about it saying its legit so be careful also. I think the safest way of a wallet is reading its review on the apple store or google play store.

[Ariess]

be careful, with all these fake google ads and other links promoting BTG Wallets


wait for a post by a trusted bitcointalk member



DONT WANT YOU TO LOOSE COINS

so true. the more rampant people who use fraudulent sites to seek profit from carelessness. I think the most appropriate thing is to wait for members in this forum to share their knowledge about BTG wallet.

[jseverson]

With the experience of Bitcoin Cash, most probably a lot of hackers try to steal Bitcoins and Bitcoin Gold. Any one should be very careful and don't trust to any wallet or instruction to get Bitcoin Gold.

How about this strategy.

Download/install/create login to web ....

NOTHING.

This, basically. I'm guessing these people that are rushing to get their Bitcoin Gold are doing so to be able to dump as soon as possible, anticipating a dip. I know I'd rush into it, too, since it could be worthless at any given moment, but come on. There won't be any scammers if there are no people to scam. I have no idea why people think it's a good idea to trust a service that's pretty much days old. The correct way to go about it is to wait until a reputable wallet pops up and supports it. Its value might already drop by then, but is risking all your Bitcoins really worth the few hundred dollars?

If you see ads about it anywhere, report it to the site in question as it's likely to be a scam. We should be taking an offensive against scammers.

[shimbark123]

Yes, since the fork has begun and the distribution of BTG would be 24 hrs from now. Be more extra careful on your BTG or they might take it away from you, intentionally.

[Casey7]

thanks for warning.
always be careful with everything you do, dont believe anyone at least you know the person or site you visit.

[sozvdhua]

Beware of any malware. The hacker is staring at your BTC wallet, but my BTC balance is stored on bittrex because of BTG, which is safe for the time being.

[Singwala]

Everywhere as involved with money will definitely make a lot of work for us to rob. What we do well is to ignore and look carefully. But it's also because you told them instantly because there are many novices who will have information so they can not believe it.

[erickkyut]

Christmas season is now here. That's why the hackers are very active nowadays! They know that people have loys of money during this season because of their 13 month pay and Christmas bonus. Be extra careful and vigilant. Do not just click links and site. They strategy now is riding on the popularity of BTG. Transact only with trusted people and websites if you don't want to lose your precious coins.

[jtipt]

Don't rush into getting your BitcoinGold if you had money on a private wallet. It is better to be safe than sorry, just wait out the initial craze. Its not worth losing your entire stack for a coin worth so little right now.

71% drop since the fork. Who would want to wait? BTG is a dying coin, with no support. Everyone would try to sell it asap, but you are correct better safe than sorry waiting for a day or 2 until the craze is settled would be a good idea.

[traderethereum]

i guess many people wants to make money from the free coins right now because we are see this when bitcoin cash is release yesterday and i think we should learn from the past. and for the links that could be fake, we need to be careful when we click the links in search engine so we can avoid when something might be turn into bad things in future. but as long as we don't click any suspicious links then i think we are safe from the bad things. but once again, be careful when we visit into a website and its better to stay alert.

[wellsontheja]

This is good advice.

Any downloaded "wallet" that gets access to your use of the blockchain is a obvious threat.

[bitcoinfuck]

bump this thread

[LFC_Bitcoin]

be careful, with all these fake google ads and other links promoting BTG Wallets


wait for a post by a trusted bitcointalk member



DONT WANT YOU TO LOOSE COINS

Absolutely, I waited until the other week to claim my BCH. I know I sold them for a lot less than I could have if I’d acted quicker. Better to be safe than sorry though.

I will do the same with BTG though & wait until I’m 100% sure it’s safe again.

[MostafaGamal]

thank you for this alert , the scammers is everywhere it's a lot of them in slack also

[Kronos21]

be careful, with all these fake google ads and other links promoting BTG Wallets


wait for a post by a trusted bitcointalk member



DONT WANT YOU TO LOOSE COINS

Absolutely, I waited until the other week to claim my BCH. I know I sold them for a lot less than I could have if I’d acted quicker. Better to be safe than sorry though.

I will do the same with BTG though & wait until I’m 100% sure it’s safe again.

It seems to me that there is a sense a few years to keep the coin. Of course you can sell it immediately but I doubt that will give you coins, for a decent price. If this coin has no prospects, then the whales will buy up the coins while they are cheap. When they will know that you bought the most coins they can start the game on the rise. Then you will have the chance to earn really good money.

[Kprawn]

It was to be expected, because it happened with Bitcoin Cash too. This time around people should have learned their lesson,

but the developers from Bitcoin Gold is to be blamed for this too. They were not really prepared for this whole fork and people

complained about this before the fork. Who is testing these wallets and the code behind it?

[crazycatwoman03]

Yes, since the fork has begun and the distribution of BTG would be 24 hrs from now. Be more extra careful on your BTG or they might take it away from you, intentionally.

It seems that when a new coin or when bitcoin is at hype,  hackers become more eager. It seems like that times like this motivates them to find a way or ways so that they can do their thing. 

With the news of BTG fork,  this will be their opportunity to perform any attack therefore everyone must be careful and must not feel that complacent about the safety of their wallets.  We don't  know if one of the wallets that they will target  is one of hours.

Be careful at times like this and don't get attractivene easily with offers over the site. 

[Theizestooke]

be careful, with all these fake google ads and other links promoting BTG Wallets


wait for a post by a trusted bitcointalk member



DONT WANT YOU TO LOOSE COINS

this ads gain a lot of money from newbie that want to be rich fast so after they send they find them selfies Scammed

[Cutekittens21]

Can anyone recommend any reputable BTG wallets? Preferably ones you have used yourself or your friends have used. Thanks for the heads up about these scammy wallets. I'm always skeptical about new downloadable wallets.