Corona virus exploited by some scammers

[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.

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[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.