Don't reply to private messages from unknown people!

[Smartvirus]

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

I agree with you that, we shouldn't comply with messages of this nature as it's often scam oriented and to note, Mrs. Elizabeth Edward should have a real friend, cousin, uncle or relatives in what ever category that she could trust or even from the husband's side to handle such task for her, why won't she have the time to use that option than spending time over the web to confuse in a total stranger on financial affairs... It sounds phishy right? Obviously a cheap scam technique.

Again, not replying to private messages from strangers on the forum is kind of not idea for me. For a fact, we are all anonymous to ourselves or at least 90% are though, not a proven statistics. We might be familiar with a few names based on how active the user are but we still remain anonymous and at times, you just might choose to converse with another familiar either because, you feel the user is the best to aid you in answering a particular question or recommend something for you. Not really asking you for financial aiding or trying to divert you to some place or platform. Else, I don't see anything wrong in replying PM from strangers but, the issue of complying and clicking links is very much up to you.

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[plvbob0070]

For me, it's okay to reply as long as you don't easily give your trust since it's a stranger you are talking to. But if that's the kind of message I will receive, No. I won't bother to reply to that and will just ignore it, I mean it's pretty obvious that it's a sort of scam trying if you will get swayed by the message. But for me, the message is not tempting at all because who would believe that some random old lady is willing to give her money to random people just because she's dying.

[cheezcarls]

I got lots of messages similar to this. Not just here on Bitcointalk, but also in social media, email, etc. We don't just simply trust these types of messages as they were desperate in asking for money. I've been there before as a newbie, and I almost fell trap on it. Good thing that I've consulted with some of my friends about this, and I took their advice in deleting the said email for good.

The sad thing is that these scammers are targeting mostly newbies and beginners who are not yet aware of this scheme that already exists for a long time (even before Bitcoin was born).

[Xembin]

Yes, it's good to Flow to people you know very well than the stranger you don't know. There are many scammers pretending to help you, not knowing that the  person is looking for way to have access to all your private details.

[nakamura12]

It's not just in the forum where a random stranger send you a private messages. Earlier, I received a private message in telegram and ask me if I am a crypto holder. I said yes just to make him spill out some info about what he want me to acces and he did. He said he is a moderator of a gambling platform called coinbetx[dot]com then I check the domain and it was creaton on september 2020. So, it's better not to follow the instructions of that person.

[sujonali1819]

I got lots of messages similar to this. Not just here on Bitcointalk, but also in social media, email, etc. We don't just simply trust these types of messages as they were desperate in asking for money. I've been there before as a newbie, and I almost fell trap on it. Good thing that I've consulted with some of my friends about this, and I took their advice in deleting the said email for good.

The sad thing is that these scammers are targeting mostly newbies and beginners who are not yet aware of this scheme that already exists for a long time (even before Bitcoin was born).

Does that mean you have received such a message in this forum too? Did you report it to the moderator? Or did you create any thread in reputation board about the user who messages you? If no then you should do that to help the people to know those scammers who are continuously sending this type of shady message.

OP I just have searched the words on google and see many have already reported these messages. But not sure how to they succeed with this way.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

I also experienced this kind of invite to strangers that I don't know when I was a newbie in this forum. I mostly encounter this kind of private message in my Telegram and Twitter account that I sometimes play along with them until they give up, and I will block them after that. It is good that we know this kind of fraudulent schemes in this forum and other social media sites because it is the leading cause of how you will get scammed.

[virasog]

It's not just in the forum where a random stranger send you a private messages. Earlier, I received a private message in telegram and ask me if I am a crypto holder. I said yes just to make him spill out some info about what he want me to acces and he did. He said he is a moderator of a gambling platform called coinbetx[dot]com then I check the domain and it was creaton on september 2020. So, it's better not to follow the instructions of that person.

Do you know why these people keep on trying their luck on us because many of us will agree to their plan and will lose the money. You and me know that such emails and messages are fraud and their purpose is to get hold of our money, but many innocent people think they are right and therefore those people lose money and this give confidence to scammers to keep on trying on other people and get easy money out of them.