scammers use too much brain

[raybucks]

Today I was watching michael saylor podcast and youtube recommended me tesla giveaway elon much giving 100million send 1 btc get 2 btc scam
I know you all are know this scam
but beginners send crypto to these addresses like dumbs
I am sharing some images where this scammers made over 1btc and 8eth





nice scam idea, scammers use too much brain

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5338626.0 ,  also contain similar information to your topic. which was an event in 2021.

uneasy to say, but I doubt if YouTube recommended that. This event was what cost Sebastian his 10 bitcoins in the scam and this is an old event, I must say.
 Your topic does not also fit in on this board; you can move it to Beginners and help board

[livingfree]

That's not new.

Those YouTube channels that has a huge following are mostly tricked by these scammers offering some sponsorships and they'll send a link where these content/YouTube channel owners has to fill on the phishing link that they've made.

And that's how the trick goes.

When they've taken full ownership of the channel and before the owner retrieves it back, they'll play an unstoppable live video of podcasts or interviews and the title is like a giveaway but we know it's a scam.

[Casdinyard]

Today I was watching michael saylor podcast and youtube recommended me tesla giveaway elon much giving 100million send 1 btc get 2 btc scam
I know you all are know this scam
but beginners send crypto to these addresses like dumbs
I am sharing some images where this scammers made over 1btc and 8eth





nice scam idea, scammers use too much brain

This has been a long-running scheme these scammers use to trick people off their valuable bitcoins. Back then there has even been an incident where mass hackings of twitter accounts, especially those of notable celebrities and personalities were held. Afterwhich posts like the ones you mentioned surfaced from these accounts which twitter took down eventually, but not before the scammers got away with a couple hundred or thousands of bitcoins at the time. That lone should serve as an evidence that scammers use their brain but they choose their victims, because schemes like these will not really work against the informed investor. It's just like the concept and logic behind the Nigerian Prince email spam.

[Iroh]

Today I was watching michael saylor podcast and youtube recommended me tesla giveaway elon much giving 100million send 1 btc get 2 btc scam
I know you all are know this scam
but beginners send crypto to these addresses like dumbs
I am sharing some images where this scammers made over 1btc and 8eth





nice scam idea, scammers use too much brain

This scams are so so lame. Why would anyone who supposedly want to go a giveaway using cryptocurrency want someone to first pay to a certain address and only then would you get double the amount. That’s a very poor idea for a scam and the scammers didn’t think much about it.

Sadly, a lot of people would still fall prey to this and would send some coins to the address to get double the worth back. I think the use of Elons picture is a nice touch as it would lead ignorant folks to believe more in the scam. I think people who would fall prey to this type of scam are either gullible or greedy or perhaps, both.

[Ndabagi01]

Scammers have gone far way above this. One just have to be very extra careful as not to fall into scams posing as such. All these can be caused by lack of sufficient knowledge. That’s why it is important to be a literate especially in the internet and cryptocurrency world. Thanks for sharing this little piece of advise.

[mendace]

I'm sorry to hear that you came across one of these scams. It's important to be very careful when dealing with cryptocurrency, as there are many scams and fraudulent schemes that target inexperienced users. One of the most common types of scams is the "giveaway" scam, in which a scammer claims to be giving away a large amount of cryptocurrency for free, and asks users to send a small amount of cryptocurrency to a specific address in order to receive their "reward".However, these scams are simply a way for the scammer to collect cryptocurrency from unsuspecting victims, and there is no actual reward.

It's always a good idea to be cautious when dealing with cryptocurrency and to do your own research before sending any funds. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. There are many resources available online that can help you stay safe and avoid scams, so it's a good idea to educate yourself as much as possible.

But I really don't understand how YouTube can allow such misleading advertising on the platform.

[Vaskiy]

This has been happening with the cryptomarket for a long. People only need to be aware and keep their funds secure. Myself too came across the stream and made a cross check. I don't know how precise these people are getting into scam attempt through the YouTube which used to broadcast verified contents.

This is through stream, apart from this there are exchanges that look similar to the original exchanges. Need to be careful with the url and entering the login credentials. This have made many people loss their funds.

[Sandra_hakeem]

That's just what you get dude...
I keep saying that we all need to be careful out there, I've been a victim of this shiiit; all I did was to take a close look at the massages that kept popping up everytime... It's Kinda reviews from other so-called clients that got paid. When I took a close look, I realized that those reviews were smoothly done by copying &pasting -- nothing new was said -- it was simply some mere repetitions. I had to ask a question on how we were supposed to mine them BTCs when we send some amount of real BTCs to the provided wallet address: they were so dumb to the point of saying just the same things they said earlier and none was close as an answer to my question... There and then, I realized it was a big SCAM. This happened 5 years ago though...hehe
PLEASE, don't dare give a trail to anything related to that, it's a major SCAM

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[darkangel11]

I've seen a similar one where there was an interview with Vitalik and below there was a fake ETH giveaway. I watched the address for a while out of curiosity if people are dumb enough to send them money but they didn't. It's a shame that people get caught by this low level scam. It's like messaging those fake youtube accounts on telegram that comment everywhere asking people to contact them because they have a private investment opportunity.

A fool and his money are soon parted

[uneng]

The problem is that scammers use verified accounts from Twitter, so they have the seal. Twitter users see the name Elon Musk with a seal on its side, leading them to imagine it's a legit giveaway. After all, that is the purpose of the verified accounts, right? I don't think it's all exclusivity of people's stupidity, but also a clear signal of Twitter system's flaws.

There is a black market of verified Twitter accounts which feed this kind of scam attempt and unfortunatelly the platform doesn't protect users from it. People are by themselves and must always question if the offers they are seeing around aren't too good to be true, before blindly going for them.

[serjent05]

It is not that scammers are smart, it is that people are too dumb and fall for this scammers trick.  I bet the scammer has several people confirming the first transactions paying.  Then those naive investors believe the testaments of these so-called early participants, the hacker probably pays some strangers participating in the system making  readers and viewers believe that he is really paying, then when the scammer thinks he got enough, he will then run with the money.

It is the greediness of people that makes them lose more on this kind of scam.

[AmoreJaz]

It is not that scammers are smart, it is that people are too dumb and fall for this scammers trick.  I bet the scammer has several people confirming the first transactions paying.  Then those naive investors believe the testaments of these so-called early participants, the hacker probably pays some strangers participating in the system making  readers and viewers believe that he is really paying, then when the scammer thinks he got enough, he will then run with the money.

It is the greediness of people that makes them lose more on this kind of scam.

people need to learn their lessons the hard way. scammers always look for some naive users out there, and there will always be people who are attracted with that kind of bait. maybe, it is the hope to earn more, greed or being gullible or just trying their luck. we all know that these scammers are feeding on these naive people. well, we can't stop someone unless they experienced being scammed. scammers don't use too much brain, they are just exploiting these gullible people who are after for get-rich-quick scheme.

[Quidat]

Today I was watching michael saylor podcast and youtube recommended me tesla giveaway elon much giving 100million send 1 btc get 2 btc scam
I know you all are know this scam
but beginners send crypto to these addresses like dumbs
I am sharing some images where this scammers made over 1btc and 8eth

nice scam idea, scammers use too much brain

Its not something new and its been already known back in the past with these very old tactic but surprisingly that there are still people who do get victimized with this kind of old trick.
People cant really stop nor get rid of their greed and once they had lost money then this is where people do learn.We should really have the time on reading up others
experiences so that we do at least make ourselves able to avoid without the need of losing money just because you havent done any research or do make your assignment.

[sheenshane]

This isn't new, the same on Twitter that someone impersonated those big-name accounts or hacked their account posting to double your Bitcoin.
I think people learned from that and no one will fool again with the same trick.  It's obvious that someone personating the Tesla Youtube account.

We can help them and bring this Youtube impersonating account down and Youtube will eventually close the account.
Go to their Youtube account name and click "About" under that tab you'll see a "report user" and click "impersonation".  With the huge number of reports, they'll easily be banned or close account.

[Hispo]

I disagree, these scammers actually did not use much of their little grey matter to pull off this scam whatsoever. The only thing they did "right" was to assemble a nice looking webpage, so more people will fall for this disgrace of theft.

Scammers do not need to use their brain while these lame old scams continue to work against the most naive people on internet who happen to have some satoshis. It pains me to see how easily it is for them to get away with this.

[franky1]

the stupid thing is.. facebook ads and youtube recommendations.. have algorithms

they should be able to recognise a phish and auto ban the account/ad/recommendation.. they simply dont

[glendall]

cheating brains will always have ideas to cheat, so it's no wonder that there are a lot of fake brains and websites and their goal is beginners who are new to crypto
the problem now is why the platforms they use for advertisements do not take action to protect their users if they have received a report

[adaseb]

The problem with this is that Twitter does nothing to eliminate these bots. Even before Elon took over it was a major issue. Basically any large crypto follower had tons and tons of bots replying to any of their posts with this fake give a ways. They have been doing it for years. They do it because it works.

And the scam is pretty clever because if you look at the block explorer for those deposit addresses they give away, it shows people making deposits and right after getting 100% sent back. And they look legit however those are transactions that the bots send back and forth. Twitter needs to do something to combat this theft.

[pooya87]

but beginners send crypto to these addresses like dumbs

People may be beginners in the bitcoin and cryptocurrency world but they are not new to this world and this life! For example someone promising a massive amount of money in return if you pay them something first is a red flag anywhere in the world, using bitcoin doesn't change that! This means anybody who falls for it is gullible in real life and falls for a lot of other things. Hopefully some of them learn from their mistake or mistake of others and don't repeat it elsewhere...