Corona virus exploited by some scammers

[daneal stev]

We all know the changes that started in the world because of the Corona virus and its risks and because of the risk of its spread, the World Health Organization asked people to stay away from the use of paper currency for a period of time in order to reduce friction between people and reduce the spread of the virus, as it asked everyone to use cryptocurrencies for a period of time Also, there are many charitable and health organizations that requested donations through the Bitcoin currency
This is what made many fraudsters take advantage of this issue, as many fraudsters asked for donations from people in the name of health and charitable organizations. Where people donate to these organizations that are fake and the money is stolen by the fraudsters Unfortunately it is difficult to follow the addresses of these fraudsters so I hope that everyone will pay attention to this matter and not donate to any organization before verifying its authenticity and credibility

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[snipie]

No need to start another Coronavirus thread and especially related to scam while there is another one open in bitcoin discussion sub https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5237478.0
Lock this topic. Thx..

[cryptoreza]

Pray to Almighty..That's the only way I think..

[TalkStar]

Its common that scammers will try their best to make people fool and they haven’t got pure soul to think about pandemic or anything else. All the need is money and they don't care about from where it comes. In previous time we have seen that these evils took advantage of any kinda worse situation and all their plan is to steal people's money through using emotions or something similar.

This time some scammers are trying to use the scope of donation during Covid-19 and their intention is to attract soft hearted people who love help helpless people by makong donation. As far as i know WHO take donation and donation option is available on their website too. Its better to donate there rather then wasting money by giving donation on scammers platform. Hope people will be enough careful about it.

[Twentyonepaylots]

Its common that scammers will try their best to make people fool and they haven’t got pure soul to think about pandemic or anything else. All the need is money and they don't care about from where it comes. In previous time we have seen that these evils took advantage of any kinda worse situation and all their plan is to steal people's money through using emotions or something similar.

Very true, don't let them be a hero in your eye coz they told you something that has not been proven because it will just blind you. Money is all they want, if anyone go after you randomly or some
stranger in the internet approach you at least be observant or do not hesitate to ignore at all. Scammers be fishing even at times during people are very needy for what their necessities are, that's how
heartless they are.

This time some scammers are trying to use the scope of donation during Covid-19 and their intention is to attract soft hearted people who love help helpless people by makong donation. As far as i know WHO take donation and donation option is available on their website too. Its better to donate there rather then wasting money by giving donation on scammers platform. Hope people will be enough careful about it.

Corona virus plus scammers will really blow your head off if these two gets in your way. Donation  with crypto is a total bullcrap don't even try to click it.

[bitbunnny]

It's not a surprise, scamers and criminals always misuse situations like this and try to get financial gain for themselves. It's an ideal opportunity when people are vulnerable and fall easy for such attempts. That is why education and awareness is very important, that is the only way to protect people from becoming a victims.

[virasog]

It's not a surprise, scamers and criminals always misuse situations like this and try to get financial gain for themselves. It's an ideal opportunity when people are vulnerable and fall easy for such attempts. That is why education and awareness is very important, that is the only way to protect people from becoming a victims.

I just feel sad about such people who scam people even in these circumstances. Don't they have any fear that they could also have this virus ? What can be more worse than to hurt people when they are already in deep trouble by the coronavirus. They should be bought in the court of law, if anyone knows their identity.

[Ronaldcoin2017]

We cannot really deny that even in the middle of the pandemic there are still a lot of scammers that is taking an advantage and scam some people. Instead of helping one another they try get some profit by scamming. How sad but this is really the reality.

[Jawhead999]

They never care what he do to other people, they only want money, money, and money.

Yeah, it's true... because this pandemic many website open donation about against this virus, especially using cryptocurrency. We should double checked the URL to avoid phishing and check the address.

[pooya87]

the World Health Organization ~ asked everyone to use cryptocurrencies for a period of time Also,

where do you people get this kind of news from? i never heard any organization, let alone WHO ask people to use "cryptocurrencies" ever! bitcoin alone is not mass adopted yet to be used by people during quarantine, not to mention that adoption is practically non-existent for altcoins.

[Oasisman]

Only fool would believe a charity that accepts cryptocurrency today, because most of these people is either straight scamming crypto enthusiasts or wants to have altcoins in their wallet regardless if it's a shitcoin or not, the possibility of these coins to pump are always there. And why should I use Bitcoin to donate on a charity, when I can use debit cards to do so. It's a waste of resource when you're using Bitcoin as a donation.
Also, I wouldn't trust any NGO's that easily.

[noorman0]

We all know the changes that started in the world because of the Corona virus and its risks and because of the risk of its spread, the World Health Organization asked people to stay away from the use of paper currency for a period of time in order to reduce friction between people and reduce the spread of the virus, as it asked everyone to use cryptocurrencies for a period of time Also, there are many charitable and health organizations that requested donations through the Bitcoin currency

What does WHO think that encourages the use of cryptocurrency? What about countries that have not legalized crypto, there is no solution? That is clearly not an official WHO statement, and basically you've received wrong information from illegitimate sites which is the beginning of fraud.
I think this is more advisable to use features of local bank services such as i-bangking or other instant payment services instead of using papercurrency directly.

[Kemarit]

You just have to go to Scam Accusations and see how many scams are running using the pandemic crisis. So if you really wanted to donate or something, might be good if you are going to start to help your local community first before giving out money to health organizations like WHO. It's far safe, instead of going online because you really don't know who to trusted at this point. Some scam websites really looks good and you can't even say that this is a fraud site. So much better go local first, IMHO.

[mk4]

the World Health Organization asked people to stay away from the use of paper currency for a period of time in order to reduce friction between people and reduce the spread of the virus, as it asked everyone to use cryptocurrencies for a period of time

Ah. Assumptions. WHO suggested that we stay away from physical cash in the meantime, but they never said that we should use cryptocurrencies; well, unless you have a source to show us? Digital currency != cryptocurrency.

[XCANA]

Don't you know that these sect's of individuals never care about humans but always care of ideas in his they can easily scam gullibles across boards, we have the worst humanity when it come to scammers because they are careless what will happen to their victims after they're been scam. We have seen when families developed depression when these miscreants scam them of their belongings.

Coronavirus is just unfortunate incident to be use by these guys and maybe God will give them what they gave to others in this trying times. Their end can never be end well according to history.

[Muhammad rowi]

do a lot of good and keep praying and respecting each other ..., so the covid-19 virus passes quickly ...,

[Latviand]

They never care what he do to other people, they only want money, money, and money.

Scammers are considered criminal because they harm other people and stole money from them. It is almost the same as a robber, they stole money, but the difference is that scammers fool people using technologies. They really do what they can just to persuade people to give their to money to them.

They use some fake organizations, fundraising, fake applications, just for people to subscribe to them, donate to them, and that's how they try to steal your money. Once the transactions has been processed then you have nothing to do but to regret it. That's the reason why we should always check the legitimacy of the fundraiser or organizations that we are rooting for just to help other people.

Yeah, it's true... because this pandemic many website open donation about against this virus, especially using cryptocurrency. We should double checked the URL to avoid phishing and check the address.

As this pandemic is progressively increasing its cases, the number of scammers that is making fake fundraising is also increasing. They will never stop unless this pandemic stops. They're just making money because of this virus, they take advantage of this pandemic so those soft-hearted people who wants donate are their victim. We also should check if they have a license or some strong evidences that they are a legit fundraiser before we send our money if we are willing to help.

[Assface16678]

Even there's a pandemic outbreak still there are a lot of people trying to take advantage, and some of them are using the event of COVID 19 to get the sympathy of the people but still always aware guys there are a lot of people getting scammed already and take not it is better to make aware even this kind of event exists some of the people getting some fundraising, and they use that money they earned just to get a lot of income also be aware of the phishing because of most of the time it cause of trouble to don't always click some links that are not secured and also be mindful of that.

[Baofeng]

I maintained a list [Scam]: All Covid-19 Scam Related Threads.

So if someone see some scams popping around using Covid-19, just reply on that thread and I will try to add it up to the growing list so that everyone can be warned.

[Thewolfofcrypto]

yup
disgusting seeing some scammers stole money on same ppl affected by cyrrent state with no way to get any help cos all the world is just going crazy