Funny: "Nigerian" Scams Shifting To Bitcoin?

[Harrisonimo]

Just like you quickly added that you are not saying it's Nigerian but the content format looks it. Well, you have somewhat also nipped the bud of thought towards having Nigeria in the spotlight for scams. Well, from the content, the person definitely doesn't understand how bitcoin works and at the same time a desperate and greedy newbie in the Cryptocurrency could buy that and fall victim. Scamming in Crypto world now has to do more with hacking and ponzi.

[vaughn125]

Lol. I cannot even count how many times i have witnessed these tyoe of scams from Nigerian people. Hahahah
They are all over the internet! Literally! Haha
Have even gotten lots of emails on both my yahoo amd gmail. Accounts. Even on my steemit and facebook accounts.
Nit to mention the spam messages i get on telegram. Haha

It's either a lot of Nigerian people are doing this, or some sick dumbfck is following me every where and is pretty dead on serious in finding a way to scam me. Lol. I ain't that dumb.

[darkangel11]

Lol. I cannot even count how many times i have witnessed these tyoe of scams from Nigerian people. Hahahah
They are all over the internet! Literally! Haha
Have even gotten lots of emails on both my yahoo amd gmail. Accounts. Even on my steemit and facebook accounts.
Nit to mention the spam messages i get on telegram. Haha

It's either a lot of Nigerian people are doing this, or some sick dumbfck is following me every where and is pretty dead on serious in finding a way to scam me. Lol. I ain't that dumb.

Those Nigerian princes are rarely from Nigeria these days. The scam has been so successful that it has evolved and is being used by people from India, Pakistan and many other countries. Once I got an email from a US soldier stationed in Iraq who managed to get a hold of some of Saddam's gold and he needs help in moving it out of the country 

[SaShiRaJaVu]

With the price of bitcoin going higher we should expect these sort of scams keeps popping up to get innocent victims ,who wanted to grab the opportunity and the sad part is there is nothing you can do about that,other than trashing those as spam.You cannot specify from which country they are originating yet it is an organized crime .

[Newchanka]

Wherever there's money to be made, scammers are bound to congregate. This scammer obviously  knows little about Bitcoin. That doesn't preclude the fact that there are many scammers out there that understand the cryptocurrency and leveraging on the ignorance of many to scam them. Bitcoin generators for instance would deceive many into thinking they are a sort of mining pool. Ponzi and HYIP are still scams people routinely fall for.

[andrei56]

Please do not be racist, there is no where in that message that confirms the location of the sender.

It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.

Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post

You need to chill out and read the whole post before commenting, that is the name of this kind of scam, it is as simple as that, the OP never intended to be racist in his comment but if that is the name of the scam what he can do? Nothing, it is like being mad that the Ponzi scams are called Ponzi, well those scams are called like that because a guy named Ponzi was the first one to create a scam like that.

[brickafterbrickwalldpt]

As funny as this is it's ironically a good sign. Bitcoin is relevant enough that even the Nigerian scammers have taken themselves to invest their time in trying to scam people invested with bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Those emails always gave me a good kick, good show I say.

[khaled0111]

I receive many emails inviting me to login to my wallet. Personally, i know they are scams that's why i never open links from those emails. Many users lost their money because they don't even know what is a scam.
The good thing is that Bitcoin is being more and more famous that even scammers are focusing on bitcoiners and made them their target.
PS: there is no insult or racism, this kind of scam is known as Nigerian scam or scam 419.

[romecheo]

  What could we say about those scammers, they are those intelligent who uses their ability to deceive others, instead of using their gift for the benefits of others.

Because of the high value of Bitcoin and continues gaining of popularity, Bitcoin are now the best thing to offer.

They should join forum or do trading instead of swindling others.

[salihno71]

Attention: You Handsome Receiver!
...

Hey man i would be suspicious over any stranger calling me handsome on the internet 

Please do not be racist...

Calling this scam nigerian has nothing to do with the racism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance-fee_scam It gained it's name by most of the early attempt which came from Nigeria.

[cryptoivan85]

The nigerian prince is back! LOL

"You handsome receiver"
Thank you nigerian prince, of course I'll download your attachments

Seriously, who could fall for this?

[natekim07]

what the fxxx is Nigerian??

[LTU_btc]

Oh lol, classic scheme, it's just adjusted to bitcoin world . I'm still surprised how they still can find idiots who believe in their stories. C'mon, it's 2017 outside the window...
I often get similar email letters, but it's old type - they are asking to pay eur or usd to get miloions, never got from Blockchain Payment Department . Sometimes when I'm in good mood, I like to play with these scammers and troll them .

[PalindromemordnilaP]

So many group of scammers are doing stupid things in the shed of bitcoin. They are just actually luring uneducated people to join in their stupid acts while staining the reputation of bitcoin. As the time they got busted, these people try to think that bitcoin is a scam too. Shame on them.

[whoisyourking]

There are lots of spam email in the internet regarding bitcoin like in social media some people spamming you to click some website and the message will pop-up that you won a big amount of bitcoin. Past few months i receive an email saying that i won the lottery and the price is bitcoin.

[shoreno]

Attention: You Handsome Receiver!

BlockChain Have send the sum 150 bitcoin to your bitcoin wallet Ending 82LtfkyJvk, We tried to called your office number but no response. Kindly Check the payment slip attached details and verify that the 150 bitcoin we transfer was made to the right bitcoin wallet details you provided to us. You are advise to View Attachment for your Payment slip

your soonest reply will be appreciated

Thanks Regards,
Block Chain Payment Department

Source: from my email account!

I almost fell from my chair while reading this spam email on my Gmail account. It was not long time ago that "Nigerian type" of email scams circulated all over the internet enticing unsuspecting victims about their winnings of this and that...but you have to pay something in order to get what you have won.

Now, with Bitcoin getting popular, these scammers can be back in the business and this time around they would be using of course Bitcoin as the background of the story and of course as the mode of payment in case anybody can still be willing to be the sacrifice in the altar of learning what can be scam and not a scam.

Hmmm...I better be attending to a Halloween sale below.

Note: I want to clarify that I did not say that emails like this originated from Nigeria...take a look I said "Nigerian type" meaning it has some resemblance with those supposedly emails from Nigeria many years ago...and this info is all over the internet...it is not me who called these emails as "Nigerian"...please know that before you make such a report.

lol, actually im also recieving this kind of emails lately and there were some said that they are dying and they need to transfer their wealth to some trusted person but the conditions is you need to donate some to charities and churches. although this bitcoin scam is not new  and they actually think that they can scam people by doing these kind of gimmick. by the way @op, nice advertising you got there

[maydna]

There are lots of spam email in the internet regarding bitcoin like in social media some people spamming you to click some website and the message will pop-up that you won a big amount of bitcoin. Past few months i receive an email saying that i won the lottery and the price is bitcoin.

if for just receive email spam, i have experience with this and i directly delete the email and block if in future there is any other email like this. scamming people will find a new ways to trick people and trying to get their money so we need to be careful when we want to click any links in our email. i have seen too many email in the internet and the last time i receive email is about i need to send my personal identity to receive funds from someone from other country but fortunately i know that this is just the email that trying to scam me so i delete the email.

[hualangktsld841]

Nigerian scam is so famous because it is cheated for a country. I received a similar email a few days ago. There are also fraud links. Including the current AIRDROP, there are many liars require others to directly transfer ETH to join. Such a scam should be more and more after, because there are more people concerned about Bitcoin. This is a good thing for Bitcoin and a bad thing.

[jseverson]

Please do not be racist, there is no where in that message that confirms the location of the sender.

It is well known that these scams emanate from countries all over the world like; Russia, Greece, Indonesia to name a few.

Calling this a Nigerian scam is quite pathetic and racist so I have reported your post

Lmao it's being called a Nigerian scam simply because of those email chains claiming to be from some Nigerian Prince. I doubt anybody even believes that it's from an actual Nigerian person. It's pretty much ingrained in popular culture, even being referenced in shows like The Office US. I'm sure there was no racism intended. You can lighten up now.

That being said, wow. Do people even believe this scammers? I mean, I understand people getting victimized by email chains. Not everyone with an email is accustomed to the internet, and even fewer are truly tech savvy. Some might fall for a scam here and there. Bitcoin users are different though. Most of them are basically always on the internet, and I would be willing to bet that the majority are tech savvy. Still though, you have to give these email scammers credit. They're diversifying lmfao.

[Davidbugs2]

Sooner or later they had to come after bitcoins. They might be later but its fun to see them. Ignore those emails and better never open them and delete from the inbox.