Beware of the Frauds , how pandemic is affecting gambling negatively

[Sebas.tian]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

In my sincere opinion not only on the online transactions, this fraud or fraudsters can operate on any level to defraud victims, no matter how highly placed you are. The advent of this Covid-19 has done more harm to the gambling world than we imagine, series of fraud had been perpetrated by fraudsters severally, we have seen teams loosing their places in the leagues becasue of them be reported with Covid-19, we have seen unnecessary sanctions from football quarters that are not necessary(conspiracy). 

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[madnessteat]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

[yazher]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

[arwin100]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

What common scenario we can see on why the number of scammers are increasing is due to the fact that bitcoin is gaining hype again for what milestone gotten for current year for sure scammers are been hype up to earn since they know that they can possibly earn huge if they can fool people that's the reason on why we need to be careful on dealing on some casino nor on people around since we don't literally don't know their main intention.

[freedomgo]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

The scam will drop but only for a while because those guys will be back when they found some other bait to use to the innocent people where they will gonna execute again. These guys are mostly veterans of doing this and the world revolves around this, As soon as they found some opportunity to still people's money, they will do it without hesitation. What an evil trait that is.

We know how risky it is in the gambling world, operators and gamblers are pretty much aware of that, that's why operators are trying to improve their system while we gamblers will try to educate ourselves so we will not fall into scam gambling sites.

[Peanutswar]

Recently I didn't encounter more on social media about the gambling platforms getting issued about this fraud made by the scammers. We need to make sure ourselves are ready if they come because of unexpected a random person just want to approach us and gives information about they are promoting like told of being a middle man. If you think there's something suspicious it's good to get away as early as possible you don't need to entertain them too much because they think you are going to be their victim if you think you want to risk at all make sure you know what you doing and stay conscious about the possible might happen. Always self-awareness is the best key to preventing wasting your money because of these scams.

[Karartma1]

Full of frauds and scams around. After the pandemic those who were hit bad by the it are risking their savings hoping to re-gain the amount of money they lost due to unemployment and such. A friend of mine, lost around 0.25 in a scam lately (it was a doubling site that' is now offline.)
These are tough times for good people who will be targeted by these scammers knowing that now it's the moment in which they are more fragile.

The vigilance level should be pushed to the highest level during this time because the economic situation of the regions of the world is not so good, many businesses go bankrupt and are delayed in paying their employees, economic deprivation forces many to step into dangerous paths in gambling, unfortunately, many gambling and profitable websites use this mentality to trap many people. Some websites are also very reputable but in general, these businesses and organizations will not give us a chance to beat them, the only way is to invest and trade.

When people find themselves in emergency states their vigilance level, as you call it, is usually very low because others aspects become more important. I don't think we've witnessed the full economic devastation of covid yet, and I'm afraid of what is gonna happen next.
Rich getting richer and poor getting poorer always create an enormous tension..

[michellee]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

[madnessteat]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

If the user has long been using the Internet or at least once investigated the schemes of scammers then it is unlikely to cheat him. But newcomers who instead of sports, fishing and recreation were forced to spend their leisure time on the Internet and are not familiar with the standard security measures are a tidbit for scammers. That's why I believe that the fraud statistics have increased precisely because of these users.

[michellee]

I don't think the number of scammers is increasing. The pandemic has contributed to people spending more time online, so the number of fraud victims has increased. Once restrictions are completely lifted and people are able to spend more time away from home the number of online scams will drop significantly due to the reduction of inexperienced users on the Internet.

Maybe the scammers are the same person who is scamming people but they always change themselves regarding scam the people. The pandemic gives them a chance to scam people because they see that many people stay at their home and search for making money from the internet. The scammers can see the opportunity and use it for their benefits, and we see that many people already get scammed.

If the user has long been using the Internet or at least once investigated the schemes of scammers then it is unlikely to cheat him. But newcomers who instead of sports, fishing and recreation were forced to spend their leisure time on the Internet and are not familiar with the standard security measures are a tidbit for scammers. That's why I believe that the fraud statistics have increased precisely because of these users.

There will always be a newcomer who wants to gamble in sports betting and other gambling games, which will be the new target for the old and new scammers. The scammers will love to share their offers with people like that because they are sure that they will get many new people who get into their trap and steal their money secretly. Yes, I think the fraud statistics increase from time to time as we see many newcomers coming into the gambling industry and are too lazy to search for more information.

[iTradeChips]

Based on my experiences and observations, the so called fraudsters were always using social media like facebook and twitter for their selfish deeds. They approach gullible people and then once the bait has been taken then they will strike, and definitely that will cause something bad for the victim like loss of funds and loss of confidence within the system because it was manipulated as to victimize the people who gamble to their so called links.

[just_Alice]

I personally didn't notice an increased number of fraudulent schemes associated with gambling, but the "not allowed in your geographical area" thing is real. I've noticed that there have been more of these restrictions since the pandemic. Also, I do not like the idea of AI collecting my data, but I guess we're all subject to that already, so who cares. It matters more if it helps to secure players from frauds.

[semobo]

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

When it comes to online transactions, we really need to be careful as many scamming out there search for the new target. But I am sure that the gambling industry will always remind its members to check when they got news from social media. Social media helps scammers trick people and new people who want to search for fun in gambling games. It is better we play gambling on the recommended gambling site or the gambling site have a good review that we can get from here. That can prevent us from getting a scam by the scammer.

Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

[bitzizzix]

In a pandemic situation, the crime rate is increasing, especially in real life and there is no other reason because they are pressed by necessity so they are forced to do so, not because of propesi but because there is an opportunity.
including the gambling industry, maybe the old scammers are not operating and but there are some new scammers who are taking advantage of the opportunities in any way due to the pandemic that forced them to do so.
and most of their target is social media, and I experienced them texting on social media and offering lucrative gambling sites with very tantalizing words and because I suspected I was ignoring them even asking for my phone number to continue the conversation via WhatsApp.

[fiulpro]

In a pandemic situation, the crime rate is increasing, especially in real life and there is no other reason because they are pressed by necessity so they are forced to do so, not because of propesi but because there is an opportunity.
including the gambling industry, maybe the old scammers are not operating and but there are some new scammers who are taking advantage of the opportunities in any way due to the pandemic that forced them to do so.
and most of their target is social media, and I experienced them texting on social media and offering lucrative gambling sites with very tantalizing words and because I suspected I was ignoring them even asking for my phone number to continue the conversation via WhatsApp.

Yes I have also heard it. It's not a nice situation but we can identify such spams very easily.

1. Look out for things that are too good to be true and if you are gambling then your your own account. Don't ask anyone to make bets for you. There is no need of a middle man.

There are companies dedicated for Spams , they employee people and ask them to spam other people, tell them that they are bookmakers and at the end of the day.. they just disappear. I do not know why people actually try using Gambling sites, even the crypto gambling sites they are more private and at the same time they are very trusted ! Honestly!!! This is a win win situation.

Well frauds is always associated with online transactions, as you dont have to meet the receiver in person one can easily be mislead, but again with covid19 comes social distance so online gambling is now the option available.  One just need to be careful before depositing funds to any platform we are not familiar with.

When it comes to online transactions, we really need to be careful as many scamming out there search for the new target. But I am sure that the gambling industry will always remind its members to check when they got news from social media. Social media helps scammers trick people and new people who want to search for fun in gambling games. It is better we play gambling on the recommended gambling site or the gambling site have a good review that we can get from here. That can prevent us from getting a scam by the scammer.

Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

And never fail to check the spam section!! People can complain about things on sites and at the same time you can check which company is the most responsive towards their customers and then try those.

Also the one's involved in the Campaigns are generally amazing!!!

[Silberman]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

I definitely have seen the increase in suspicious gambling advertising, over the last few month I have been getting more and more spam emails about crypto currencies, gambling and also sports betting. One factor like you said is definitely the hype in online gambling last year, another factor is that the crypto prices rallied so much over the last 6 months. In my opinion the higher the bitcoin and major alt coin prices the more it attractive it is for scammer to work in this area.

This happened during the last bull run as well so it makes sense that it is happening now, what we need to do is to protect ourselves from all of those scams, after all most of the time scammers rely on the fact that many people do not really know how to use their cryptocurrencies and that they are going to make a mistake that will give them access to their coins, so as long as you are cautious then the chances that you are going to lose your money to those scammers becomes really low.

[yazher]

This happened during the last bull run as well so it makes sense that it is happening now, what we need to do is to protect ourselves from all of those scams, after all most of the time scammers rely on the fact that many people do not really know how to use their cryptocurrencies and that they are going to make a mistake that will give them access to their coins, so as long as you are cautious then the chances that you are going to lose your money to those scammers becomes really low.

They using such opportunities to fool others and give them false promises which don't really exist. In other words, these guys are experts in this kind of field where they already know how to fool their victims. We on the other hand should know how to counter those strategies and at the same time, we need to update the others on what these guys are doing so that they will be safe as well.

[maydna]

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Bitcointalk can act as an authenticator to find out the legit and fake gambling sites, we need to avoid playing on the sites recommended by social media ads like youtube and Facebook because they never care about the legitimacy of the ad they are promoting, they simply remove it when people report them as frauds and scammers.

Ah, I am stopping to see the advertisement from social media because I have the worst experience. I do not want to check the ads and skip that ad. I prefer to search from this forum because I can easily find the recommended gambling website, which already has a reputation among the other gambling site. Besides that, I do not try to play on the new site unless they give an offers to test their site. Youtube and Facebook don't care enough about their members and still serves the ads that can have the potential to scam people.

[acener]

What do you think ? Have you also noticed an increase in the malicious activities in the online Gambling section right now? Do you like the idea of AI tracking your every move?

Well not just in gambling but most of the intetnet connected transaction has risen up due to the pandemic.
And the scam or malicious activity would also increase because of it most of us right now have more free time compared to how we were before the pandemic.

[madnessteat]

They using such opportunities to fool others and give them false promises which don't really exist. In other words, these guys are experts in this kind of field where they already know how to fool their victims. We on the other hand should know how to counter those strategies and at the same time, we need to update the others on what these guys are doing so that they will be safe as well.

No matter what steps are taken, it is practically unrealistic to keep everyone safe from scammers. You can see how fraud alerts work, using the forum reputation system as an example. Many scammers have negative feedback from DT members and warning flags for newbies, but still many of the newbies ignore these kinds of warnings and lose their money. I think the issue here is inattention haste and laziness.