What is this person trying to do

[Vvang]

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It seems that some scammers are intentionally leaking their recovery seed to trap people, either greedy ones or those who would want to help out, I got this private message on my twitter account and I instantly knew that this is up to no good, what do you think this person is trying to do?.

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this is already a well-known scam method. the scammer really shared the seed or private key, and the victim is expected to transfer some money to cover the tx fee. you assume that the scammer will withdraw this money immediately.
apparently, this method has become very popular recently, because more and more people are writing about it. for example
There is a new scam going around on Twitter, WHY THOUGH?!?
Take money $170,000

however, stay away from there.

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Less than $1 is enough to move USDT on Tron blockchain, but newbies can be ignorant to the extent that they can be lured to use $10 fee or higher to make the transaction.

Avoid this scam.

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Less than $1 is enough to move USDT on Tron blockchain, but newbies can be ignorant to the extent that they can be lured to use $10 fee or higher to make the transaction.

Avoid this scam.

USDT can be blocked by Tether, the victim does not have many chances here
Check here, zasad@ write about that and also how to check it. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5247581

[decodx]

It seems that some scammers are intentionally leaking their recovery seed to trap people, either greedy ones or those who would want to help out, I got this private message on my twitter account and I instantly knew that this is up to no good, what do you think this person is trying to do?.

It is a trap, don't fall for it!

Scammers often lure victims with such methods. It is possible that he left some valuable tokens on that wallet, but which are not transferable. So anyone who tries to send some ETH for gas will lose their money. It means scammers set up the software so that once they detect a new transaction, they automatically transfer funds from that address to another scammer's wallet.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

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Same old story, this is an old and outdated scam strategy, but since this post is coming from a newbie, then I believe maybe this is the first time op is coming across such a message.

When you import that wallet into your wallet, you will discover that there is no Ethereum or bnb (depending on the blockchain in question) to pay the gas fee for the fesilitation of that transaction, in this type of scam strategy, the scammer is playing on the victims intelligence, they know you would want to withdraw that money and there is no way you can withdraw without first of all sending eth or bnb to that address which will act as the gas fee that will fesilitate the transaction ~ Now, the eth or bnb you, the victim is going to be sending to that address is what the scammer is looking for, the address has been coded by the scammer to automatically and in The same seconds, send out what ever amount of eth or bnb that's sent to that address... This is how many unsuspecting victims will end up loosing their eth or bnb to the scammers

[isaac_clarke22]

Bruh, imagine just telling your private key to random strangers in the internet.
It is obvious that this is trap. Why would anyone tell you their private keys in the first place anyways?
I am pretty sure I recall this similar thread somewhere.

Edit: Nevermind, examplens linked the thread. I fat fingered my page down button too much, loll.

[Stalker22]

I think it is safe to say that this is a scam. In this digital age, it is easy to fall prey to internet scams. But, don't ever trust anyone whom you don't know from the inside out. Especially people online who claim to have who have medical problems, like this scam artist above. Never hesitate to do some research if you think something might be fishy, and learn as much as you can about a situation before you commit to sending your money anywhere. If it sounds too good to be true, it most certainly is.

[Natalim]

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It seems that some scammers are intentionally leaking their recovery seed to trap people, either greedy ones or those who would want to help out, I got this private message on my twitter account and I instantly knew that this is up to no good, what do you think this person is trying to do?.

You'd rather stay away from that person and stop making a conversation with him. Never trust strangers...
This kind of tactic is very known to us and I know you already have some views in regards to this. We can't stop this, however, we can't be fooled by them. There are a lot of scams happening on social media and I see no other intention if someone not known to you will message about things like this, asking for help or offering some services in exchange for money as it obviously a big scam.

[Lida93]

By the subtle act of leaking their recovery key it's a way to capture the attention of their victims and allaying all acts that would have erupted fear and suspicion from the supposed victims. In that no sane person would softly release their recovery key to a stranger and by doing so that victim might feel he/she is dealing with a genuine individual not having in mind that it could be another new scam strategy.

Mates out there, let's be mindful of easy come accesses.

[YellowSwap]

A greed fellow will think they've meet a stupid wallet user but the plan is to make them feel that way, the moment you send any amount into that wallet you money is gone and that wallet user will block you instantly.

[Issa56]

Have been seeing people talking about the scam pattern but I don't really know how it work's, I don't just know why people just want to scam, scammers are coming up with new strategies on a daily basis just to defraud people of their money, we have to be very careful not to fall victim, we don't have to trust anybody we meet on social media if you are asked to do something we have to be very careful and know more about what you are asked to do before doing it.

[Vvang]

Have been seeing people talking about the scam pattern but I don't really know how it work's, I don't just know why people just want to scam, scammers are coming up with new strategies on a daily basis just to defraud people of their money, we have to be very careful not to fall victim, we don't have to trust anybody we meet on social media if you are asked to do something we have to be very careful and know more about what you are asked to do before doing it.

There is a big amount of some tokens inside the wallet and you will either be asked to make deposit so as to be able to withdraw the altcoin but that deposit is the wallet owner's target, once a deposit entered the wallet is wired to automatically transfer fund into another wallet address.

[Issa56]

There is a big amount of some tokens inside the wallet and you will either be asked to make deposit so as to be able to withdraw the altcoin but that deposit is the wallet owner's target, once a deposit entered the wallet is wired to automatically transfer fund into another wallet address.

Thanks for your explanation, so in the wallet the usdt will be their but their won't be gas fee, so if you import the wallet to your own device, since you think the amount is hug and you will get your own percentage then you will deposit money their which will be use for gas fee, immediately you deposit then automatically bought the money and the gas fee which you deposited will be transferred to another wallet. Waw that's a smart move, we just have to be very careful, I don't really know they are after the gas fee you are depositing.

[Pmalek]

I see. So, the smart contract is configured in such a way to detect any incoming crypto transactions and immediately send them to a different crypto address controlled by the scammers. Makes sense.

Initially when I saw the recovery phrase and private key, I thought this would be about giving the victims links to fake and malware-infected wallets. The victim tries to recover the wallet. It doesn't work and all they see is an empty wallet. They get in touch with the scammer who would then say something like: yeah sorry, for security reasons you have to use this new type of Ethereum wallet. No other software can recover the seed otherwise. The victim downloads the fake thing and infects their device. 

[Mpamaegbu]

I got this private message on my twitter account and I instantly knew that this is up to no good, what do you think this person is trying to do?.

Of course, it's a scam attempt. The first time I stumbled on something like that on telegram I was nearly tempted to check out the seedphrase and see if the supposed wallet had any token in it out of curiosity. I suspected that something was wrong with the whole setup but I just wanted to be sure my instinct of it being a scam trap was right. It was a risk which I later abandoned to avoid any issues. I don't believe in free cash and so anything that comes up in that format raises my alertness, except where I asked for it. OP, avoid that. There's no free money anywhere on earth. Something has to give.

[Shamm]

Nowadays There are many scammers who did this. They gave you their private keys to catch your attention, but you can avoid for being scam if you know already about this but for those who did not know already they must out in their mind that all scammers do their best to catch the attention of their victims. And also we must remember that why should they gave us their private key? We all know that the private key is very Important to keep in ourselves to secure our funds.

[Cuda911]

This is a case where the hunter becomes hunted, if you aren't greedy yourself why would you deposit gas fee into such address in the first place? Just teach the person how to send the asset out themselves and if they are giving excuse you will have more confirmation that its a trap.

[odolvlobo]

If you want to have some fun, give that seed phrase to any scammer that asks for your seed phrase. The result will hopefully be one scammer scammed by another.

[kamvreto]

If you want to have some fun, give that seed phrase to any scammer that asks for your seed phrase. The result will hopefully be one scammer scammed by another.

hahahaha good idea, this will be a war between scammers and see what happens. I'm getting several messages from scammers asking for seeds as well as scammers providing seeds as described in the OP's thread. Eradicate scammers is to hand them over to other scammers, so that no one is fooled.
But this method needs to be wary of, because beginners only see the nominal sent in the message without thinking that they are being targeted and will become victims.