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

[sheenshane]

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

Thank you for the heads up you did good work here. It's a very helpful thread to avoid scam that accompanies this pandemic coronavirus.

This is an old strategy of scam, fraudulent charities that asking donations from people who didn't know which is an official website. They are always great impersonators just to fool naive people for easy money that always appear every disaster may happen. Just make sure you've led on the right website if you wanted to donate.

The thread above that I quoted is really helpful when it comes to this kind of fraudulent scam.

[Eugenar]

Because of what we are experiencing right now, we are all required to stay at home to avoid interacting with other people to lessen the risk of spreading the virus. There are many people who want to make money even though they are home so they tend to apply on some online job through the internet. There are many online jobs but always make sure that you are visiting the legit website because most of the website are fake and made by the scammers and hackers, they will use this situation as their advantage to fool other people because of thinking that people will easily believe of the website because of the eagerness of making money.

[forbesmining]

Troubles attract scammers and everyone knows about it. Therefore, at this time, you need to be as careful as possible.

[77alex777]

There were always a lot of scammers. we just hear about them more often.

[omone1]

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

I can't remember seeing any post where WHO asked people everyone to start using cryptocurrency because of Covid-19, or this is just your assertion? can you give me link to this post? It will be good if they said it, but let's always report true information.

[demonica]

Unsurprisingly, fraudsters used clever ideas to make profit from people's suffering. The lives and situation that people are currently facing don't matter because they only think for themselves. They defraud people for their own gain, but they don't recognize how their actions affect someone's life. Some of them pretend to be a part of a prominent organization to perpetrate awful acts. Fraudsters never stopped on continuing their system and they consistently improve it, so people should do research to confirm that it is legitimate.

[coinfinger]

I don't donate money to any Charity organization I don't know. Whenever I am donating to a charity, it must be one that I know very much and I'm sure they are legit. If it's to all these ones that are popping out from nowhere and expecting donations from people, nah I don't give to them. Any organization that wants to build itself must start locally and grow to a worldwide level.

You don't just come out from nowhere and claim to be a charity organization and expect people to donate to you, no it doesn't work that way. And most of the donations I make are to the charities in my locality and to orphanages. Sometimes I go directly to them to make my donations.

[UserU]

I don't donate money to any Charity organization I don't know. Whenever I am donating to a charity, it must be one that I know very much and I'm sure they are legit. If it's to all these ones that are popping out from nowhere and expecting donations from people, nah I don't give to them. Any organization that wants to build itself must start locally and grow to a worldwide level.

You don't just come out from nowhere and claim to be a charity organization and expect people to donate to you, no it doesn't work that way. And most of the donations I make are to the charities in my locality and to orphanages. Sometimes I go directly to them to make my donations.

There are UNICEF and World Vision but I don't trust those organizations. I'd rather give to those house charities that I come across because I get to see the recipients myself.

[AniviaBtc]

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.

There are a lot of reports where people are abusing and taking advantage of this pandemic to collect and gather donations which is not a legit organization. There are a lot of people who are being fooled by these scammers and many victims are really losing their money to nothing. People are inhumane whenever they think that this is the right opportunity to take advantage of this event so that they can really scam people's money.

If you are willing to help and give some donations, you should always check the credentials of the organization if they are supported and connected by the authority. If that so, you can confirm that the said fundraisers are legit and now you are safe and comfortable to donate your money to them.

Some organizations are lacking of some credentials and doesn't surpass the requirement to become authorized and that will serve as your basis and evidence if they are legit. Hopefully they stop those doings so that we have a peaceful services on helping other people and minimize this scamming events.

[KrisAlex18]

This is true, I have seen so many pushing websites promoting the helps for the pandemic virus affected, there are also many scammers that uses this current situation to fool other people, they know that most of the people now are lack of money because of being temporarily unemployed to lessen the risk of spreading the virus and yet the scammers uses this as an advantage to pool other people, they know that people will take the offer and that is why scammers  why victims.

I really hate those people or those scammers that uses this bad situation to pool other people or to steal money from others. They don't even think the people who will get suffered because of what they have done.

[imstillthebest]

this is sad because scammers use this an one of thier advantage to do thier unethical acts  .

 people these days badly need the donation but it will be gone wrong if the donations fall from wrong hands  . not just scammers alone but also regular people or some govt official's too can do  unwanted stuffs like these   .   the said doing is not new but also happen along time ago with or without epedimic or serious cases like this    . this is alarming and we should act  something to atleast lessen them 

[ultrloa]

It's easy to spot whether real or not since we can see those legit's well presented,documented as well known by the public and we should always careful for new platforms seeking for donations since some of them are scammers, to avoid these we shouldn't go with new to our eyes if they are not validated really helping in real life.

Many scammers take advantage of this since they see many people donating their extra wealth for saving the humanity.

[virasog]

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

Those who take donations in the name of covid-19 donations and later do not distribute them to the needy, I think those people if spotted should be put into jail. They are criminals and should be dealt with legal actions against them.

[Reatim]

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

Then Welcome to Cryptocurrency mate because scamming is part of this society and if you did not become the target yet meaning you are not a proclaimed cryptonians lol.

Every issue either good or bad that will happen in crypto world will surely used by scammers to take as an advantage.
but if we know how to use proper areas in which to send or spend your crypto then tou will be safe from this bad people
.so better learn the right ways in coordinating if some ask you about donation.

[JohnBitCo]

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

Then Welcome to Cryptocurrency mate because scamming is part of this society and if you did not become the target yet meaning you are not a proclaimed cryptonians lol.

Every issue either good or bad that will happen in crypto world will surely used by scammers to take as an advantage.
but if we know how to use proper areas in which to send or spend your crypto then tou will be safe from this bad people
.so better learn the right ways in coordinating if some ask you about donation.

How on earth anyone take advantage of the pandemic situation and make money out of it. The only solution to this is that before giving any donation or charity to any individual or organization, one need to carefully verify if they are legit or not.

[btc_angela]

There is also a warning coming from FTC, COVID-19 Consumer Warnings and Safety Tips. And as long as the pandemic is not completely eradicated, cyber criminals are going to used it as leverage to scam people out. So everyone should protect by educating themselves, specially not clicking any covid related news in your inbox. Like mails asking for your info or insisting that you visit a website to download something.

[Japinat]

This is expected from people whose job are to only take advantage on the situation.
In the form of donation, they will target this, but we should be aware as money is very important these days.

Scammers will not succeed if people are educated with the type of scams, we will not stop educating ourselves so these scammers will be tired of doing their thing until they stop.

[kryptqnick]

I don't donate money to any Charity organization I don't know. Whenever I am donating to a charity, it must be one that I know very much and I'm sure they are legit. If it's to all these ones that are popping out from nowhere and expecting donations from people, nah I don't give to them. Any organization that wants to build itself must start locally and grow to a worldwide level.

You don't just come out from nowhere and claim to be a charity organization and expect people to donate to you, no it doesn't work that way. And most of the donations I make are to the charities in my locality and to orphanages. Sometimes I go directly to them to make my donations.

The problem is that some scammers pretend to be representatives of the most famous organizations, including the WHO. Sometimes it's easy to spot a scam like that, but if it comes from what looks like an official corporate email of the WHO, and asks for a donation of some BTC to the address they provide, many can be inclined to believe that's the real deal.

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

Those who take donations in the name of covid-19 donations and later do not distribute them to the needy, I think those people if spotted should be put into jail. They are criminals and should be dealt with legal actions against them.

Of course, they should, I am pretty sure it's a criminal offense. The problem is that contemporary technologies allow the scammers to remain anonymous if they operate carefully. People get scammed all the time, but it's not often that the scammers are caught.

[nicecrypto]

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.

Lol! People just fabricate stuff and make them news on their own without any source, I also did not read from anywhere when world health organisation give authorization of cryptocurrencies be used for a period of time,  this is self fabricated news am pretty sure of it, @op should either provide a source of this news or correct his post not to mislead people.

[Lorence.xD]

Everyone has to be careful. The current situation in the world is very terrible. Corona virus has spread in almost all countries of the world. Many incomes have stopped. Due to this, online scammers have also increased. In different ways they are sitting on the net. A little caution can save us from all these scammers. Everyone stay home and stay safe.

There are obvious red flags when scammers attack and I think educating people about it especially older people because most of them do not know much about computer and most of them are the targets of this attacks and scams. The most common red flag is when they e-mail you and they claim to be from the government or any institute, this is the biggest red flag for me because government institutes do not personally e-mail their citizens. We can't blame this scammers though because they too are desperate and this is the only oppurtunity given to them unless you are a grade A psychopath and you do it for the thrill and misery of other people.

[drumamat]

There are a huge number of scammers and yet many somehow miraculously send them money. I participate in 1 platform in my opinion the most decentralized through which I know for sure that my donations will get to the destination address.(https://pollopollo.org/).(this is not financial advice or advertising.this is what I use.)

[whyrqa]

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.

Lol! People just fabricate stuff and make them news on their own without any source, I also did not read from anywhere when world health organisation give authorization of cryptocurrencies be used for a period of time,  this is self fabricated news am pretty sure of it, @op should either provide a source of this news or correct his post not to mislead people.

It seems to me that we are talking about cashless payments in order to protect people from contact with each other using paper money. perhaps people submit information not only untrue, but also distorted. in my country, the government asks people to use bank cards and smartphones using terminals, for everything that requires payment, Like in a store, So in public transport or in other places, but cryptocurrency is really not talking about.

[salamat700]

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

As we are definitely living in a modern and online environment, we are dealing with information left and right yet unfortunately people these days can easily be swayed to open up their wallets even without verifying if the people they are dealing with can be legit or just frauds. Just one of the many obvious ironies of our times. With the use of cryptocurrency under the time of pandemic crisis, scammers and fraudsters are seeing a big opportunity to fool people around. I am sure that millions of dollars in value can be spent towards the wallets of these scammers. We should be helping people to get educated on the use of cryptocurrency and on how we can be spared from many types, forms and ways of scams.

[Cleidimar]

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.

I will not feel sorry for these people who are trying to earn money at the expense of others in such a difficult time. But these guys are very clever and clever. We notice them now because we have time to do so. When the pandemic is over, we need to take care of their money, because the scammers don't sit still ever.

[lillobo]

Nowadays, when we look at the digital world, we can see the need for cryptocurrency. With cryptocurrency we can easily invest in different sites, keep our resources within our reach. Only nominal fees are required to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. It is possible to maintain the highest confidentiality of one's assets through cryptocurrencies. It is very easy to keep track.

[carlisle1]

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

there are one charity that i have donated here in our country and everything is legit,i once volunteered to help them in giving away the donations
 to the family in depressed areas in where the most affected and needed family resides and it is good
feeling to personally hand over your own donations.

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.

first we will not become a victim if we will make thorough research first befor giving our crypto to the allotted addresses because even in those we can find some legit transactions though must be better to at least learna bout the charity itself .

 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

thats why making research first will save us from this hackers and scammers because these people are really good at it and surely we will hard
to finding them if we don't extend our effort.

[Jamesdila1]

It is very sad to see many scammers use this pandemic to trick and scam people into sending money.
People need to be educated especially old people that can be easily scammed
the same thing as social distancing we also need to see commercials about scam attacks and how to protect yourself from