Be Cautious and take Caution.

[LogitechMouse]

With the recent Russia/Ukraine invasion, the Ukrainians asked for help accepting bitcoin and other form of donations.
Having know, Scammers are taking chance of this moment to invade as well, it's best someone we all be guided and not fall as victims to this.

I'm a very emphatic guy and I feel bad for the Ukranians for what the Russians is doing to them.
On the other hand though, I believe that there are more capable people more than me who are willing to donate Bitcoins to them.

Well I've seen a twitter tweet regarding a user from Ukraine that is asking for funds that will help them but turns out that it is a scammer. Scammers really don't have a heart or at least empathy don't they? They know that a country is suffering already and yet they took it as an opportunity to scam other people who are willing to help. If you really want to help then at least double or triple check and ask some people if it really is the official donation address of Ukraine or it really came from Ukraine and not from scammers.

I think and I believe most of us here in the forum are intelligent people and we can distinguish which are scams and which are not .

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[Sanitough]

With the recent Russia/Ukraine invasion, the Ukrainians asked for help accepting bitcoin and other form of donations.
Having know, Scammers are taking chance of this moment to invade as well, it's best someone we all be guided and not fall as victims to this.

I'm a very emphatic guy and I feel bad for the Ukranians for what the Russians is doing to them.
On the other hand though, I believe that there are more capable people more than me who are willing to donate Bitcoins to them.

Well I've seen a twitter tweet regarding a user from Ukraine that is asking for funds that will help them but turns out that it is a scammer. Scammers really don't have a heart or at least empathy don't they? They know that a country is suffering already and yet they took it as an opportunity to scam other people who are willing to help. If you really want to help then at least double or triple check and ask some people if it really is the official donation address of Ukraine or it really came from Ukraine and not from scammers.

I think and I believe most of us here in the forum are intelligent people and we can distinguish which are scams and which are not .

What saddened us is despite of the economic crisis that people suffer due to war happening in Ukraine, scammers here and there are also taking advantage of the situation. I guess we won't be surprised by that as they are born even smarter than us, but this time we should also make sure that if we try to donate, all those donations will go to the real beneficiaries, and be used for good. So as much as we want to help, checking and verifying for a couple of times the legit wallet address that accepts donations is a very good thing to do to avoid sending funds to the hands of scammers.

[Slow death]

people need to have common sense, be calm and analyze everything they look at on the internet, for example: person X enters the internet and sees that there is a website that says that the person owes $10 and will receive $20. man, just look at this to think: how is it possible that each person donates X amount and has twice as much? this is no longer a donation it is an investment a ponzi investment is unsustainable and a scam, but there are people who fall for this kind of scam

[Vlad1977]

Through the war, many donation projects have slowly sprung up, but you must increase your vigilance.
I found a project that said that donations will be given to airdrops, but there has been no news since then. I suspect it is a scam organization. I can't find that page now. I hope you can observe more. Pay more attention to the development after the project (donation).

[Fundamentals Of]

It is advised that before finally clicking that send button, donors should make sure that the address is the one being posted. Secondly, donors should make sure that the address is the official address being provided by the government or the organization that is asking for donation. This will be done by going through only the official channels. Not only triple or quadruple checking the address is enough. It is also important that the address is the official one.

[Mpamaegbu]

I believe there is a official Ukraine Bitcoin address for donations if you're feeling generous.
Ukrainian Scam Donation Posts and Users

Scam is nothing new to humanity as mankind constantly seeks opportunities during crisis such as the Russia–Ukraine war presents to profit from. Many good hearted individuals who genuinely want to help out will end up getting scammed of their hard earnings. It's such a pity that humanity is turning cold and making merchandize out of others' sufferings. Thanks for putting out that link, at least users will be properly directed to the the thread that warehouses the wallet addresses.

[YOSHIE]

Scammers always come when the country/society is hit by misfortunes such as wars, natural disasters and so on, that's the most accurate way they can do, if we are not vigilant and careful in filtering information about donations, we will fall into the trap of scammers.

Taking personal opportunities and benefits at the expense of other people's suffering, is indeed rampant these days, things like that don't only happen in Ukrainian donations, in my country this often happens, not a few natural disaster aids are devoured, Donations in the name of humanity at this time really have to be thoroughly investigated for their origins, to prevent losses on top of losses, only certain parties are happy.

[worle1bm]

There will always be scammers who takes out advantages of these situations to make personal profits.Like the Ukraine government has setup donation in crypto and some will post their own address to receive the funds and we must counter check it with the real one in order to make sure funds reach right place.The Ukrainian government has also confirmed with Vitalik to ensure that ETH address is correct and no problems come.So whosoever makes donation make to the original address which they have posted.

[adzino]

With the recent Russia/Ukraine invasion, the Ukrainians asked for help accepting bitcoin and other form of donations.
Having know, Scammers are taking chance of this moment to invade as well, it's best someone we all be guided and not fall as victims to this.
Five minutes of your time can lead to an hour, please be guided in this times.
You could share to your pals, I felt I should share this. People are lossing funds!! I'm no expert at privacy of coins buh take caution and be Cautious.
Thanks X

There were already some users on the forum acting as a representative on behalf of some Ukrainian organization that are accepting donation. If people are that stupid to fall for those scams, I have nothing much to say. If someone is going to donate their money somewhere, they should actually try to "know" or do their research about where they are donating. As far as I know, the only official wallet address are posted by the Ukrainian government on their twitter.

[Tellek Garing]

Thanks for the warning hundreds of wallets are already flying around all requesting donations to aid the war and support Ukraine in this trying time, it is important to verify the address before making any donation to ensure the money gets into the right wallet and not scammers.

Scammers will always look for ways to take advantage of this kind of situation to fraud unsuspecting individuals but digging a little deeper will uncover the plot.

[ethereumhunter]

Most definitely. This is the perfect opportunity for scammers to take advantage of and scam many people. Such major tragedies, like the war in Ukraine, are events which will likely attract all sorts of fraud and phishing attempts.

So what can be done to avoid falling victim?
If you receive a suspicious message, or if you are contacted out of the blue for money, just ignore them. Never send money to a stranger requesting donations unless you know who they are.
It is also always a good idea to make sure that donations aren’t going to some sketchy organization on a "charities" site that is based outside of Ukraine or wherever the crisis is, or you will probably end up with your money going to an organization that uses it to line its own pockets.

Remember, make sure to use the legitimate site of the non-profit organization, preferably one which is based in the area that you live in. For example, the Red Cross and many other well-known charities.

You provide a preventative step that everyone can take. Even though we know who the person is, we also have to look at our financial condition to know if we can donate or decide to donate later.

In the current situation, we have to be extra careful when we want to donate because this is an opportunity for scammers to deceive many people by spreading a link to donate. Yes, it's better to donate through an organization in our own environment that we know will distribute all types of donations.

[buwaytress]

Well, tell you all what. Nothing to worry about. Most of the people posting in this part of the forum, if they're really intent on donating any actual Bitcoin, they'll have enough brains to know how Bitcoin works and know how charities and addresses work. If they didn't have the intent, nor the brains, then these posts don't help them anyway.

I'm so certain, you should ask every single person posted in this thread who's donated, who has intent, and who doesn't know about this type of scam. Don't hold your breath.

[Peanutswar]

Scammers do not choose any kind of disaster and war if they have the chance to get money from other people they will grab that opportunity again guys there's another way to help like in the legitimate person in those country don't feel with this kind of traps of course those people really urge you or pursue you to give them money immediately. If you see other posts related to this begging and scamming immediately report so those threads will delete as possible.

[fiulpro]

Unfortunately even at this time people are falsely portraying their information on social media to recieve fake donations. Few of the things I can suggest:

1. Do not donate to people without a ukranian ID card and border pass to confirm their story

2. Donate on world wide platforms like you can always go to Twitter and follow ukriane.ua and then donate bitcoins there if needed

3. Ask your fellow ukranian, there are many organizations working day and night and posting stories on Facebook to accept donations, you might as well ask your ukranian friends at this time

4. Secure your account, secure your phone ! Don't download third party applications, this might end bad instantly

Charities and Organizations have long standing history in Ukraine, therefore if you really wanna donate you can PM me and I can send you link of some of them am aware about, there are many animal rescue organizations starving right now sending appeals on Facebook as well. It's catastrophic, the last thing you wanna do is to fuel scam.

[noormcs5]

With the recent Russia/Ukraine invasion, the Ukrainians asked for help accepting bitcoin and other form of donations.
Having know, Scammers are taking chance of this moment to invade as well, it's best someone we all be guided and not fall as victims to this.
Five minutes of your time can lead to an hour, please be guided in this times.
You could share to your pals, I felt I should share this. People are lossing funds!! I'm no expert at privacy of coins buh take caution and be Cautious.
Thanks X

There is an official bitcoin address that is shared by the Ukrainian government, where you can send your donations. Other than that do not trust anyone online asking for donations for Ukraine.

If you know someone from Ukraine, you can help them directly but you should not trust any anonymous person looking for money in the name of donations for Ukraine. Stay away from such scams which are emerging every day nowadays.

[Chato1977]

Through the war, many donation projects have slowly sprung up, but you must increase your vigilance.
I found a project that said that donations will be given to airdrops, but there has been no news since then. I suspect it is a scam organization. I can't find that page now. I hope you can observe more. Pay more attention to the development after the project (donation).

Why need to trust those stupid project when there are already many donation cause that on the line and trusted by those legit accounts here?

there are so many support from even gambling sites so never trust those BS new project coming.

[Webetcoins]

There will always be scammers who takes out advantages of these situations to make personal profits.Like the Ukraine government has setup donation in crypto and some will post their own address to receive the funds and we must counter check it with the real one in order to make sure funds reach right place.The Ukrainian government has also confirmed with Vitalik to ensure that ETH address is correct and no problems come.So whosoever makes donation make to the original address which they have posted.

It's hard to ask donations to someone else and say that the donation will go to this "name" because people can hardly believe it when they didn't hear it in the news or some sources but it will be easy for them if they will use such popular trends like this one we have now (the war).

We think we are wiser than the scammers because we don't believe in non-verified accounts but some of us didn't know yet that even the verified accounts can also get hacked and they can post a message which ask for money. We need to carefully check the message and the account if they really mean it or not. In the case of Ukraine donation post, it seems it was legit as it was confirmed also by different verified accounts.

[masterrex]

With the recent Russia/Ukraine invasion, the Ukrainians asked for help accepting bitcoin and other form of donations.
Having know, Scammers are taking chance of this moment to invade as well, it's best someone we all be guided and not fall as victims to this.
Five minutes of your time can lead to an hour, please be guided in this times.
You could share to your pals, I felt I should share this. People are lossing funds!! I'm no expert at privacy of coins buh take caution and be Cautious.
Thanks X

Thanks for these reminders Mate, I agree that we should take some measures if we want to send donations, its better to give them to the proper channels, to avoid enriching those BS scammers that always lurking around and take some advantage in the current situation involving Ukraine and Russia so just make sure that you give your donation to the right people via the right channels. 

[Oasisman]

The most easiest way to get donation scams is through cryptocurrency, because it doesn't need names or bank account #. You just need to make it look like it's legit and drop some Btc or other alts address.
Fortunately, crypto enthusiast like us doesn't easily fall for it.
We tend to look to authenticate the legitimacy of such donation links.
Good thing we have a very active forum members who has been monitoring fraudulent activities and scammers.

[FlightyPouch]

Ukrainian Scam Donation Posts and Users

Some of my friends have been pestering me to check these donations links that they are seeing online to see if they are legitimate or not. Been linking them to this forum and they are not been checking my messages.

It is great that we can use Bitcoin to donate but there are these people that are taking advantage of these matters which is really tiring to see. I know that this matter is not new but with the sensitivity of what's happening, this is really absurd. Knowing the OP of this thread, we will be seeing more updates in this link so I suggest people check this thread for more info. This thread also includes the legitimate addresses set up by that the government of Ukraine.