Don't reply to private messages from unknown people!

[The Cryptovator]

Have you received it via the forum? If so then simply report to moderators for unsolicited PM. If you received it via mail then just ignore it. I have been receiving such as mail sometimes, but never bothered to reply to them. Because I am 100% sure they are a scammer. They are trying to scam or steal something from me. I am not sure if a few greedy people have been falling into their trap, but most likely there are a few. This is a very old scam scheme, but it would be new for newbies. It's good that you shared it with the community, so it would be a lesson for newbies. Just we need to control our greed.

[pixie85]

Read the private message if its suspicious then delete dont ever bother to reply to it. Because once you replied on thier email you might be thier next victim.

OP is going too far with this. With such attitude we might as well stay home all our lives and never talk to strangers because they might hurt or scam us.

Read the PMs you're getting and if someone is asking for help or wants to offer you a deal think about it and decide what you want to do. Don't just ignore every single message because although many will be scam attempts some will be normal offers or questions.

We are here to interact with others not to teach them ignorance.

[mindrust]

Read the private message if its suspicious then delete dont ever bother to reply to it. Because once you replied on thier email you might be thier next victim.

OP is going too far with this. With such attitude we might as well stay home all our lives and never talk to strangers because they might hurt or scam us.

Read the PMs you're getting and if someone is asking for help or wants to offer you a deal think about it and decide what you want to do. Don't just ignore every single message because although many will be scam attempts some will be normal offers or questions.

We are here to interact with others not to teach them ignorance.

I don't agree. If somebody has a problem, he can create a thread to ask for help publicly. Why PM? Is it classified information? Don't think so.

I am yet to get a meaningful PM from a newbie. It is either a shill, or somebody asking for merits or a scammer.

[pixie85]

I don't agree. If somebody has a problem, he can create a thread to ask for help publicly. Why PM? Is it classified information? Don't think so.

I am yet to get a meaningful PM from a newbie. It is either a shill, or somebody asking for merits or a scammer.

They can have a problem with something you said in a closed thread. They may have something to say about your behavior. They may want to ask you  about an auction, a job offer you've posted, a campaign you were in.

You'd like everyone to start threads about every single matter?

A PM is not some kind of invasion of privacy.

[AhmadM]

Meanwhile, I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 63 years, from USA,

Interestingly, the 63-year-old grandmother can still think about crypto and admit to having cancer. [...]

Although that's a rare case but I am not really surprised with it since I know there are some people older than that still thinking and talking about cryptos, one of example is JC (already 78th y.o).

Also, I don't think that this fraudulent scenario is related to crypto, a high possibility they just want to dig into your personal nor bank account information.

Since my days are numbered, I've decided willingly to fulfill my long-time vow to donate you the sum ($8.5 000.000.00) million dollars I inherited from my late husband Mr. Edward Herbart, foreign bank account over years.

[libert19]

Not just forum, I made a mistake of using email for airdrops and I literally receive this kind of mails daily, either from the ones who got cancer and want money or they got cancer and want to donate me their money. Reading these gives a good laugh nonetheless.

[FIFA worldcup]

Rule number one I learned is to never reply to messages from unknown people in forum.
I would also think twice before giving anyone my real email address or telegram account.
Some people can abuse this or ask you for some help and pretend they tell you they will pay you for this help.

This is one example spam message I received today from scammers:

Dear friend,

Please forgive me for stressing you with my predicaments as I know that this letter may come to you as a big surprise. Actually, I came across your E-mail from my personal search afterward I decided to email you directly believing that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before or after my death.

Meanwhile, I am Madam Elizabeth Edwards, 63 years, from USA, childless and I am suffering from Adenocarcinoma Cancer of the lung for the past 8 years and from all indication my condition is really deteriorating as my doctors have confirmed and courageously advised me that I may not live beyond two months from now for the reason that my tumor has reached a critical stage which has defiled all forms of medical treatment.


Since my days are numbered, I've decided willingly to fulfill my long-time vow to donate you the sum ($8.5 000.000.00) million dollars I inherited from my late husband Mr. Edward Herbart, foreign bank account over years.

If you will be honest, kind and willing to assist in transfer of this money to his or her account and use the funds for charity work of God while you use 50% for yourself. I want you to know there are no risks involved, it is 100% hitch free & safe. If you would be interested to assist in getting this fund into your account for a charity project to fulfill my promise before I die please let me know immediately. I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality as I wait for your reply.

Kindly get back to me at my discreet Email ( mrselizabethedward2@gmail.com ) for further discussion.

Best Regards
Mrs. Elizabeth Edward
mrselizabethedward2@gmail.com

Obvious scam bullshit, so please report anyone sending you anything similar.

I never got any such message on bitcointalk but sometimes i do get such messages for charity and help on my Gmail account. I usually block them or delete them because i know these are just scammers who want to get money from us. Sometimes they also send message like their 100 thousands dollars are stuck in a bank and they need my few dollars to transfer them to my account   

[JohnBitCo]

Not just forum, I made a mistake of using email for airdrops and I literally receive this kind of mails daily, either from the ones who got cancer and want money or they got cancer and want to donate me their money. Reading these gives a good laugh nonetheless.

That's the reason i never give my personal email address anywhere on random sites or airdrops etc. I have created a separate email for that purpose.
The biggest thread is someone sending a malware or link which contain trogan's etc that could steal our data from our system. Although these are rare cases but we should remain vigilant.

[erep]

I've read a threadlike asking for a donation of funds for parents who are in intensive care at the hospital and with their compassionate heart they send btc to the attached address, someone like an angel then confirms that it is nothing more than a scammer. If you send financial assistance, it's better if you go to a trusted foundation or a confirmed donation website address so that your donation is sent to the intended person.

[Ziskinberg]

I've read a threadlike asking for a donation of funds for parents who are in intensive care at the hospital and with their compassionate heart they send btc to the attached address, someone like an angel then confirms that it is nothing more than a scammer. If you send financial assistance, it's better if you go to a trusted foundation or a confirmed donation website address so that your donation is sent to the intended person.

That's right, or a reputable member in this forum so at least the chance is high that the funds you donated will go to the right purpose.

Like this one - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5124375.0, and many more actually.

[mindrust]

I don't agree. If somebody has a problem, he can create a thread to ask for help publicly. Why PM? Is it classified information? Don't think so.

I am yet to get a meaningful PM from a newbie. It is either a shill, or somebody asking for merits or a scammer.

They can have a problem with something you said in a closed thread. They may have something to say about your behavior. They may want to ask you  about an auction, a job offer you've posted, a campaign you were in.

You'd like everyone to start threads about every single matter?

A PM is not some kind of invasion of privacy.

That makes sense. I also realized if you are active in the marketplace section, newbies might want to PM you too because google lists these topics and sometimes people find your topic via google and create an account right away.

[cabron]

Its annoying to get emails like this and its not just one but countless of them. It sure to be a scam, no one does give you money as inheritance or whatever their story is without meeting and without the presence of atty. My brother and sister doesn't even email me but just chat with me or text. So I wouldn't expect any emails from someone. If you too are fed up of these type of emails that dont go away, just use your throw away emails.

[lovesmayfamilis]

You might be better off using a separate email address. It is necessary to have an email address with a complex nickname, hoping that it will be difficult to choose it for sending all kinds of spam This email address should not appear everywhere, thus you will be sure that only people you trust will write there. But for any suspicious letter, you should still resolutely refuse to correspond.

The rest of the email address, you can use according to your interests, and in that case, all incoming garbage and spam will be explained by its origin. You will know that your email address has been spotted in some places, and you don't have to be surprised when you receive fraudulent emails.

One of the caveats when reading letters from strangers is the danger of revealing your full whereabouts while you are concerned about your anonymity.

 A phishing link or image sent to you can transmit not only your IP address but also all your contacts' data and data about your computer.

[Trinx01]

That is an obvious scam, whenever we received an email that asking for funds for some reasons, just ignore them, you shouldn't trust anyone in this virtual world, scammers are scammers, they usually making stories to persuade you.

Lol, although I never get such kind of mail on bitcointalk. However, it makes me laugh when remembering about this similar mail that I receive in my email (which used in freelancing platforms) plus the same method they use several months back. I tried to dig some information from them and after some conversations, they sent me several photos of grandma in a hospital, when I checked those photos on the internet it just fake photos to fool the people.

That's kinda funny when a scammer uses a shitty strategy just to fool other people, scammers have so many ways of scamming people. I have also experience before, I received an email from strangers and he is pursuing me to click the link that he gave to me, it happened because I asked for help in a telegram group and then someone messages me about the link that can help me to fix my problem and then when I already click the link it redirects me in a website which requires me to input my personal information, the website is an obvious fake website because of a wring spelling on their tagline.

[samputin]

Looks promising, huh. But nah. It's pretty obvious that it's just a scam. Only a gullible person will bite such trap. I don't have any experience yet regarding emails but I have experience like this on text messages saying I won a huge amount and call him/her back; that it's from a foundation and he/she is an attorney. I just delete such messages. I don't believe those things.

I hope others won't, too. I hope they'll be suspicious when it comes to money matters. And just because someone is offering a huge amount doesn't mean they have to go on with it. Remember, if it's too good to be true, it probably is.

[nakamura12]

I haven't received personal messages like that but I did received pms from an unknown user in this forum but I did not take notice and I leave it as it is. Most of the pms are selling scripts or gambling sited for starting your own gambling platforms but it's a scam. So, replying to such pm's is useless.

[aioc]

this is like the nigerian prince. scam in the forum is very different from this one though

It is it's very notorious ten years ago and they worked on emails but since their emails landed on the spam sections or folders they changed their strategy and now resort to direct message in social media and forums, if you are active online in the past ten years you will encounter similar offers of course they are 100% scam.

[Assface16678]

This is the problem sometimes when we are trying to open our inbox to make it public there are a lot of people are trying to scam in different ways also because of this pandemic they know that most of the people are being active in the online world of the digital world of course if you are a theft it's too hard to get outside because of the pandemic why not apply your skills to the environment this is the modern kind of theft right now the scammers.

It's better to avoid entertaining that kind of people also sometimes opening the message, clicking the links, and other kind of action because sometimes there are viruses on those messages.

Just avoid.

[yazher]

I thought there was someone in the community who sent you some weird messages. Anyway, weird emails such as that are common especially when you posted your email in the bounty or airdrop topic which required you to do so. There are some people who happily collected them and sold them to those scammers where they'll always catch some fish (Victims) from sending those messages to the multiple emails they got. So, it's best not to publicize your email to avoid such annoying messages in your email.

[Becky666]

Not just forum, I made a mistake of using email for airdrops and I literally receive this kind of mails daily, either from the ones who got cancer and want money or they got cancer and want to donate me their money. Reading these gives a good laugh nonetheless.

Sincerely they're not harmful when ignored or report as a spam. Series of them had been in my inbox without any attempt to open because of their act of flooding the inbox the more. Though, some of my mails already bartered with spam has been disbanded which I thought should be the best option too.

The only risk they post is: some of their sent links contains harmful  viruses like Trojans among notable virus which can be avoided through outright abandonment of the affected mails.