Another SpaceX scam has reappeared, why is that?

[FlashJohnathan2203]

All kinds of Bitcoin Giveaways are SCAMS

That's a little too harsh I think. There are lots of real giveaways out there whose main reason is to promote the website or the associations. I have not myself received anything from them but I know somebody who did.
Maybe you said that because you haven't received anything from giveaways? Just kidding, don't be too difficult with giveaways, I think if your mind is clear enough, you will be able to tell the difference between the fake/ scam giveaways and the real ones.

[davis196]

This is a well known scam.Some hackers are stealing established Youtube accounts and launching fake video streams using the names of well known tech billionaires(Musk,Gates,Bezos) and running those fake BTC giveaways.In the video description they are posting something like:"Send one BTC,get two BTC back"
It's a pretty stupid scam,but the Youtube algorithm was boosting those videos,therefore giving them fake authority and credibility.Anyway,Youtube recently changed their algorithm and now those scam video streams aren't ranking.

[DoubleEdgeEX]

Because there will always be a tiny minority of people who fell for it. It has a reason why the "Nigerian price" emails are still floating around. If they send it to 1M people and manage to rip off just 3 or 4 it was already a success. Here a better way to deal with such people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ   

[Chrystora123]

As of June 9, 2020, there were a total of around 80 thousand viewers watching the three channels. The total value of Bitcoin was collected around US $ 150 thousand in just two days.

One channel asking viewers to send Bitcoin to the address 1ELonMUSK14JSGNYAcPJNqubuFByZPyjcj, has received 29 Bitcoin transactions with a total of 4.08 BTC. This amount is equivalent to US $ 39,840.18 at the current exchange rate.

The address does look convincing, because there is the word "Elon", suggesting that it is a legitimate Bitcoin address belonging to Elon Musk. In fact, to create a "unique address", the service is available on the Internet, one of which is Bitcoinvanitygen.

this really has to be a big concern, chances are this will continue to be repeated if there is no real handler.  people who fall into this trap of deception certainly don't join the crypto community (independent crypto players) and never opened the official site Bitcoin.org because there was clearly a warning listed;

https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#blackmail
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#fake-exchanges
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#free-giveaways
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#impersonation
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#malware
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#meet-in-person
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#money-transfer-fraud
https://bitcoin.org/en/scams#ponzi-schemes
etc..

I hope we are always safe, avoid fraud under the guise of Bitcoin & Altcoins, and always share the latest information..

[gentlemand]

That's a little too harsh I think. There are lots of real giveaways out there whose main reason is to promote the website or the associations. I have not myself received anything from them but I know somebody who did.

Shapeshift did one and really they shouldn't have done it as it looked just like all the fake ones on the surface thusly adding to their validity. If no legit company had ever done it then that adds an extra layer of caution.

[Artemis3]

Just report them when you see them. The scammers are simply impersonating Musk, or his companies as bait for victims to trust them into giving them money.

Scammers have always existed and will always exist, neither Bitcoin nor Musk are at fault.

[Mulann2]

Honestly I think some people really deserve to be scam (this may sound hash but it is the truth) we have grown past that time when people were extremely naive, now many people do stuff online, read and search for information, people are more enlightened than before, why will someone still allow themselves to be deceive so cheaply, this is 2020 and not 2010.

[darewaller]

Bruh there is nothing there to prove. People are just the ones that decided to be stupid. How can someone claiming to be a big company and pretending to be SpaceX and telling you that they are doing giveaways, and you’re required to first send money to their address and they will double it for you, and you agree with such dumb statement? That’s ridiculous.

If a company as big as SpaceX wants to do giveaway, they wouldn’t tell you to send any money to them lol. They will just choose the people they want and send them whatever gift they have for them. This is an easy scam that everyone should understand, because it’s clearly written scam.

[7788bitcoin]

If a company as big as SpaceX wants to do giveaway, they wouldn’t tell you to send any money to them lol. They will just choose the people they want and send them whatever gift they have for them. This is an easy scam that everyone should understand, because it’s clearly written scam.

There are some people who are completely dumb who cannot even identify what is real and what constitutes an attempt to scam them off their money and majority fall for these scams on the aspect of making some free money and that is what scammers are doing it for decades in the form of mail scams and other online scams who ask them to send some money to validate and it is not a secret about these scams and still people fall for it is mind boggling.

[TopTort777]

There are some people who are completely dumb who cannot even identify what is real and what constitutes an attempt to scam them.

Fully agree. I cant believe someone would seriously believe that if he sends money to somewhere unknown, that person will send back doubled amount. Especially in cryptocurrency world.

At least I would check Masks twitter and read news on SpaceX site, looking for giveaway.

[carlfebz2]

Why is everyone keeps getting scammed by something so obvious and repeatedly happened? If a big company like SpaceX really wants to hold an event like that, what should they do to prove people that they're real?

It's because there are still people who blindly trust SpaceX/Elon Musk and everything he says. And scammers are using him to capitalised on his projects popularity. So scammers will (1) hacked a Youtube account with a lot of subscribers (2) change the title of their channel (3) used Musk name to promote their scam.

So the best weapon is to educate ourselves, read the signs and red flags about this fake giveaways and whatever so that we don't fall for this kind of gimmicks.

This is why these kind of scams do still exist because people are really that fool to easily believe on easy money.Who the hell would be the one to give out easy money?

with that kind of question alone then you can surely think that its really an impossible or shady stuff to be done by someone.When it comes to that hacking account thing

then thats one you should really be aware of, when everything doesnt look right then you can presume out that theres something wrong and researching or digging up
should be your next step.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

I think most people who keep join the giveaway is a fool person. There are many people already who told that you can simply indicate the scam attempt. There is one thing, if you are asked to send money first then you just have 99,9% you will get scammed even I'll bet 100% you will be scammed. There is no giveaway event (legit event) who ask you to send money/bitcoin/altcoin first in order to get reward. They will only ask you to promote their project through your social media account, and just it no more than that.

[rodskee]

There are some people who are completely dumb who cannot even identify what is real and what constitutes an attempt to scam them.

People who don't bother to do their research in order to assess properly if the offer is for real or just purely scam.

Fully agree. I cant believe someone would seriously believe that if he sends money to somewhere unknown, that person will send back doubled amount. Especially in cryptocurrency world.

Newbies who thinks that bitcoin / crypto is a place where easy money can be attained, there's also greed people who
are taking chances thinking that if they go first they'll be able to received in return.

At least I would check Masks twitter and read news on SpaceX site, looking for giveaway.

Much better to do that as they surely provide information in regards to any possible  giveaways.