Methods that fraudsters use to scam people

[VeeTeaSee]

Also pretending to be Tech support on different chanells (slack, discord, etc...) and ask from people their private key.. even known people fell to this i dont know how they could (like crypto Candor for example)

or using impersonation

[maxreish]

I remembered my dumb movements before. It was related to KYC because I have signed up to that mining website and I got hacked. Scammers and hackers are really everywhere I advice you to not use only one password to most of your accounts. Also, there are tons of emails using popular names about claiming prizes, etc. Do not fall for this and do not easily click their provided link.

And about that chips inserted to the public charging station, I have read that news before and they can really access your personal wallet and stole your coins because they can still your data. Check this out.

[JeotQ]

I heard people are making money from selling other people's KYC, this is so scary that i don't want to drop my KYC details online anymore but there is no way to escape this unless you don't want to sell your coins, almost 99% of exchanges ask for KYC this days

[mu_enrico]

I saw a lot of impersonation scams lately on social media such as twitter and youtube. Their modus operandi is to buy channels that already have a lot of followers, then change its display name, avatar, etc., to mimic the legitimate account. After that, they publish a post similar to "ETH giveaway scam" several years ago, asking for some coins to claim the empty nonexistent rewards. If it's on Youtube, it usually broadcasted multiple times and pushed with bot viewers. Be careful guys!

Also, for those of you who are account sellers, make sure you weren't put your details when you created those accounts. If the law enforcers hunt the scammers and then find your details, you would probably get in trouble.

[ntsdm1]

Here are few methods that online scammers use to scam people till date due to lack of not knowing


3. Public Charging Spots

Abstain from charging your phones from any public charging spots, scammers can use some kind of chips that installs malware or spyware's on your phone while charging, this chips copies your sensitive data and inject the malware, automatically they have access to your phone, you can lose private keys this way, even every single  passwords on your phone. instead you are better off with power banks.


Most people knows about coins this days and believe me it doesn't have to be online alone before losing your private key or recovery seed, you can easily lose them offline as well

I really had the same thoughts as You for a long time.I had suspicions about my charging as soon as I bought an iphone for the first time in my life.We're in danger))

[bonyaserg]

Personally, I believe that now the world of modern technologies and scammers have many ways to implement their plans. Basically, the victims of scammers are newcomers who are very trusting people and believe in the first way to make money. Very often people will trick the scammers out of ignorance, and scammers take advantage of this. So I want to advise everyone to be very careful in all business endeavors on the Internet.

[shiming]

For the current cryptocurrency market, most people who are fooled are newcomers and some greedy people. For veterans who join the crypto market, the probability of being fooled is very small. Some people will lose some personal information or lose some personal property. Therefore, for the encrypted world, laws and regulations are more needed to restrict it.

[serjent05]

Personally, I believe that now the world of modern technologies and scammers have many ways to implement their plans. Basically, the victims of scammers are newcomers who are very trusting people and believe in the first way to make money. Very often people will trick the scammers out of ignorance, and scammers take advantage of this. So I want to advise everyone to be very careful in all business endeavors on the Internet.

Social media platforms also helped these scammers to steal identities and use them to scam people.  With the use of the current technology, scammers are like a fisherman stumbled on a  hugely populated school of fish.  No matter how careful people are with their data, once a company's user database is breached or hacked (especially banks), they can do whatever they want on the user's account and gets all their sensitive data.

[lienfaye]

1. KYC Fraud

Behold, Any body can just contact you claiming they are bank executives or customer service officer from your bank and asked you to share details to complete KYC, they will actually first tell you that your account isn't safe anymore, this have proven to works on innocent people most times.

I experienced this before, someone emailed me using the name of the bank where I have an account saying my account need a verification so I have to send my personal information including my account details. Good thing I didnt bite their words and I called the bank to verify it, if I gave them my details probably I lost my money to scammer. Hence its a must to be careful and dont trust easily.

[jrrsparkles]

These are all oldest methods used by scammers now they have been evolved as well along with technologies.Swim swapping is the one mostly used by the scammers to steal bank account and card of anyone who is not using their primary number with their bank details.

[yazher]

Here are few methods that online scammers use to scam people till date due to lack of not knowing

1. KYC Fraud
Behold, Any body can just contact you claiming they are bank executives or customer service officer from your bank and asked you to share details to complete KYC, they will actually first tell you that your account isn't safe anymore, this have proven to works on innocent people most times.

This one is common, everyone has received text messages claiming that you have won a huge amount of money. When I am facing some error in some known crypto exchanges, I begin to post it on public chat. after that I received an email from someone claiming that He is one of the staff of that exchange, thankfully, with my little knowledge about the crypto industry, I've found out that he is a scammer and want to get all of my funds by helping me. He wants to access my account and get everything I have.

[jessyj48]

be careful who you give your KYC details, this can be used in various crime activities online and it can all come down crumbling on your head, the most dangerous people on here are scam bounties from scammers that ask for your ID

[Kodaman]

Here is a tip from me. Crypto teams never reach to their users thru Direct Message so who is writing you will definitely be a scammer and never believe them...

[LogitechMouse]

1. KYC Fraud

This is the reason whenever I see projects or even programs or anything that has KYC, if there are some red flags into it then it is best for me not to share my personal information to them. This is a common way for scammers to scam people already and investors who are getting fall into this kind of way of scamming are the newbie investors only.

2. Fake SMS
3. Public Charging Spots

These 2 things are kind of new for me but the I don't do the number 3. I don't charge in public place and I'd rather charge on a powerbank or will just charge in our home that to charge in public.
The number 2 is a more serious one since online shopping is very popular already. You can know too if the SMS came from a legit source already and the best way to prevent getting scammed? Just don't give any information to other people especially when they are asking online.

[gensol]

Phishing links are the easiest ways they target their unknowing preys. Imagine you're new to a platform example cryptocurrency and someone sends a link to your mail asking you to click and claim some free coins I'm sure many users will click.

[lizarder]

public charging is new to me because previously I only knew about public wifi that can also be held as a means by hackers, but to avoid this maybe we can use the help of powerbank to avoid it because it seems quite terrible if the smartphone is exposed to malware because a lot of crypto users who use mobile wallet.

[isaac_clarke22]

Does this also apply to exchange, because I heard that some exchange that aren't even known to public tend to freeze the deposits of their consumers and they'll be charged badly just to withdraw it? I think it should also be added to the OP, if it seems applicable.

[abeecrypto]

Yes, these are just few of the ways. Others have been mentioned by other forum members. The one that intrigues me is the not-so-obvious ‘public charging spot’. I have seen this in movies. Most of the cords used for charging devices have communication terminals too. So, while charging your device, it could be communicating with another device unknown to you. So, through such communication, your device could be infected with malware and all. Scary stuff!

[ije07]

ignorance is based on limited knowledge, so one is easily fooled not only because of limited knowledge but for several other reasons. and it can't be denied that scamers always have ways to fool their victims, it's important for you or anyone to be more thorough before making a decision or taking part in the cryptoqurrency industry.

[davinchi]

The most commons are ponzi and pyramid. However, there is the "last chance" one that is not really used insanely a lot by people but when used there is literally no way to stop it neither.

One person acting like he has something very valuable like a website they want to sell that is great or a crypto currency that they are capable of doing double spending and what not, trying to basically sell "anything" that looks valuable but in reality is not, would sell their product for cheap because they really really need the money but they can't sell it for a specific reason that makes sense on the face, yet the buyer (the person that gets scammed) would end up giving them the discounted money and will later sell themselves, if they end up buying it, they later realize the thing they bought actually doesn't worth anything.