Crypto SCAM - HowTo protect yourself

[Dart18]

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.

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[samcrypto]

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.

[elwiswoodie]

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

[rodel caling]

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.

[Youngflydude256]

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.

[aundroid]

Added a 'Table of Contents' where you can easily navigate through the topics.
Next will be a section about Twitter Scams.

[aundroid]

Added a section about Pyramid Schemes!
Beware shit like this!
And always remember: Trevon James is always wrong 

[richman3451]

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

[marmeladko]

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.

[Oniko]

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

[Pecunia non olet]

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..

[whatthesith]

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.

[aundroid]

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 

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

[AristoteI]

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!

[aundroid]

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.

[aundroid]

After quite some time I have updated the thread again and added a Twitter Section!

[victory.lil]

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.

[Trofo]

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
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.

[Jateng]

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

• Phishing Websites
  
  • Cryptonite by MetaCert
    
• SCAM Airdrops
  
  • Ask for Private Key
    
  • Send ETH
    
  • Airdrop Rules
    
• Twitter
  
• Pyramid Schemes
  

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.

[Zarinagotyu1]

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)