MORE TYPES OF BITCOIN SCAMS

[iMark]

Tips for Respective Bitcoin HOLDERS :

Types of Bitcoin SCAMS :

1) Never trust anyone who says Invest your bitcoins here/there and we will show how they grow down the line ! Never trust anyone and transfer your bitcoins into any wallet,once they are gone they are gone forever ! So please !

2) Any one threatening saying they know your secrets and request you for Bitcoins,dont even care just hit the delete button !

3) Anybody calls you and says they are from your exchange and request for access/password,just hangup the call !

4) Whatever stories you hear or told,never let your bitcoins leave your WALLET AT ANY COST !

5) Dont buy bitcoins from anyone who says they are selling for cheap ! Buy only from Trusted Exchanges !

Just dont care and move on for any of the above !!

I often find cases like in number 3, I don't know why there are so many messages about this on my email, I know they tried hacking with phishing. They act like exchange sites or wallets, and their mode asks for certain verification so that your account isn't blocked by them, and you are directed at their site which is very similar to the original exchange site. I don't know how they knows email of bitcoin users?

[BL46K 7193R]

This post is really a useful post for everyone, which gives a lot of good ideas and some important tips for newbies. I would like to thank you for posting an important issue. Many misunderstandings are misguided that you mentioned here. This is one of the most effective postings for all, especially for newbies. If you follow these points, I hope you'll be far away from cheating.

[Duzter]

The latest of the scams seems to happen through the social networking sites, and particularly the focus is getting mentioned with the name of mining. Recently I was contacted through Instagram about mining without investment, those were just traps, and they never demand for money. This way it looks like legitimate service and surely one should not get into such traps.

[Ultimist]

I have been written many times and asked to transfer them bitcoins under various pretexts. This is really a very big problem now. I hope that people will be smarter and will not be believe these scammers.

[XCANA]

Some of us have learned these things to experience. We could easily stay away from scammers if we don't trust people easily. Also, we must be keen and observant about people's intention around us. We should do some research before doing a certain step like choosing an exchange or a trading site. Being scammed is frustrating so we should protect our earnings.

True ,some of us have learnt the lessons but still there are people who are being scammed ,so spreading a small word could save somebody's hard earned money !

Agree with you, but those who are still be scammed or be scam even after reading how threads like this can help, is purely greed and nothing anyone can do for such individual. When one is greedy, you are prone to scam, as the scammers will always provide you with bogus profits that's attractive in order to scam the party.

[mamesso]

3) Anybody calls you and says they are from your exchange and request for access/password,just hangup the call !

Only fools will do it. I'm not sure the scammer will succeed this way.
but to watch out for this might happen. you should check every information that comes in so that it is not fooled by fraud.

[alexcopper]

There have been a ton of stories regarding sim swaps which I find something of importance to take note of. I've been wondering if they target people in crypto because of mobile wallets

[waynechong1995]

For those that doesn't encounter such attempts, do leave no footprints, leaving info's on not trustworthy sites. They probably sell your personal information which lead scammers go trail your holdings and the worst in your handphone. Several sim hack case are happening on people, scammer these day have no problem. Also with the raising popularity of IEO, giveaways, it's so common to see such info in telegram thats link scam

[rdbase]

This is the problem with cryptocurrency.
Those who wish to stay anonymous makes it easier for these type of things to happen to those who are not versed in how to protect themselves.
Stay safe and know what to look for when dealing with individuals you dont feel right about with in the first place.

[Aldrinx00]

The most usual type of bitcoin scam in your list is number one, there are still lots of people in social media, telegram etc that will just message you and tell you that they have a platform that you can invest your bitcoin and will grow it in just a couple of days. It's obviously a lie and if you send your bitcoin to that platform you already lost it, so we just need to be careful and ignore those type of scam.

[mickeybuddy27]

The latest of the scams seems to happen through the social networking sites, and particularly the focus is getting mentioned with the name of mining. Recently I was contacted through Instagram about mining without investment, those were just traps, and they never demand for money. This way it looks like legitimate service and surely one should not get into such traps.

There are lot of scams on telegram aside for mining sites. They offer to double your investment for about a day though you withdraw it, it does not receive on the wallet. We have to be aware on where we invest and make sure that it is really trusted one. They offer good to attract everyone.

[goaldigger]

Moral of the story: " Don't talk to stranger."

Any suspicious on the internet or even a person should be ignored. Dont trust anyone offering too good to be true or easy money. Also, dont click any links that pops up on your desktop offering bitcoin's opportunities. Scammers are evolving. We should always be cautious.

[Ibizugbe1]

All these are gullible ways of deceiving the person that won't take leadership for himself, but want other persons to even help them trade on a decentralized exchange with their private keys without considering the implication. Anyone who gives me a DM and asked "how may I help you", I flag such as a potential scammer, open discussion or nothing.

[joseyphil82]

The most popular bitcoin scams are
1) phishing through emails or websites with no secured https access
2) money doubling bitcoin HYIP (high yield investment) websites
I know how crazy some people wants to make money quickly so they are obsessed with HYIP even after knowing its a pyramid scheme

[michellee]

We need to responsible for what we have and related to the cryptocurrency, we need to protect the private keys that we have so we don't have to worry with them. We need to always be careful in any situations and always searching on the internet for something that we don't know so we can get more information for that things, and we can prevent from something bad that might happen to us. That will be a way to preventing us from the scammers.

[Crypto_Happy_Sad]

The latest of the scams seems to happen through the social networking sites, and particularly the focus is getting mentioned with the name of mining. Recently I was contacted through Instagram about mining without investment, those were just traps, and they never demand for money. This way it looks like legitimate service and surely one should not get into such traps.

Very much ! And the FB and many other social media sites just SCAMMERS,worried for NEwbies not to fall for them !

[Crypto_Happy_Sad]

Moral of the story: " Don't talk to stranger."

Any suspicious on the internet or even a person should be ignored. Dont trust anyone offering too good to be true or easy money. Also, dont click any links that pops up on your desktop offering bitcoin's opportunities. Scammers are evolving. We should always be cautious.

My story was different,I didnt even get to speak to a stranger,I was called by a scammer who presented himself as a customer care of the exchange where my Bitcoins were sitting and done ,neat sweep !

[Siren]

This has been said for how many times,but still helpful specially for the newbies and those who don’t really learn in this community even if they stay longer
I love the idea that everyone is concerns about each other’s future here because we cannot trust the market itself instead we need someone to carry us each time we need a hand

[spadormie]

For me the most recent one in bitcoin scam is the forking of coins and it's like stealing the business of ones business. And one far more grievous crime is telling the world that you are Satoshi Nakamoto.

[Golftech]

For me the most recent one in bitcoin scam is the forking of coins and it's like stealing the business of ones business. And one far more grievous crime is telling the world that you are Satoshi Nakamoto.

Hahaha, that's really another big thing inside this industry, claiming things that you've created system that you've wanted to be anonymous but now you are showing your real identity in order to gained attention, this big scam attempt to bring another project to ruined the original chain.