Crypto space: A Wild Wild West

[Crypt0Gore]

Scammers can exploit people's emotions to their advantage if they can manipulate their emotions.

I remember watching the Squid games series on Netflix and not a single soul that I recommend the series for hated it, I mean we all like the Squid games, people were so into the twisted plots and we never got tired of talking about it.

Later these scammers come up with Squid Game token, this is an unauthorized altcoin that's based on the Netflix series.

 

People got too emotional about this release, in a matter of weeks, this Squid Game token went through the roof, the token was almost 3000$ per token.

The funny part is, CNBC, Business Insider, and even Forbes covered this scam token, I believe it got that much attention through these big news outlets.

Later people who invested in this fake Squid Game token started complaining that they aren't able to sell on the open market, I believe this was the creator's plan all along, some people who smell danger right from the beginning where able to sell, but the majority couldn't sell any token.

People wished for this project to work out, because they like the series, someone living nearby introduced this project to me but with the past experience I've gotten through crypto rumbles, I knew it is not a safe investment, I couldn't confused him because he believed, he learnt his lessons few weeks later when he could not sell.

👇*LEARN FROM THIS*👇

•Even if a big Business news channel are talking about a project, it doesn't make it a scam-free project.

•Scammers always like to use whatever is currently making waves in the crypto space to take advantage of the people.

•Right now, there is nothing else that's captured the public imagination like cryptocurrencies, the number of scammers in this crypto space is very big.

•Scams attracts people faster than something legit because something legit takes time, only fraud and scams rushed in attracts people fast.

The problem doesn't end with Phishing, exchange hacks, or social engineering frauds only, learn to control your emotions when people are rushing after something, most of the time, it's probably a scam, it is not going to end well.

[Nwada001]

The squad game scam is one of the highest I have ever witnessed, and a few of my friends were victims of it. Just imagine a project that went up 13000% just a few days after it was launched, thanks to the hype it got from its movie series supporters. It was really a smart move done by those scammers, who ever they are; as of the last time I checked the scam record, it was recorded that they made away with about 3 million dollars or more; that's people's hard-earned money that just vanished into scammers' pockets. 

It really taught a lot of people a lesson, and it also made a lot of people lose faith in altcoins. 
But I believe the highest victims of this scam were the greedy people who, even after seeing the price pump, which on a normal day looks too good to be true, most of them kept on pumping in money with the hope of getting back 10 times their investment. 
Funny enough, I could have also been part of this said token victim because of the trend in almost every social media platform, including the top searches on both CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. 
 
Back then, when I was newly into crypto and coinmarketcap cap was not owned by Binance, we barely heard of scam tokens like this gaining too much ground and trends without any solid news or something to trigger the price pump.
 
My question is: Is it that there is no form of research done by this coin tracker before they list any project under their umbrella? 
 

[Ever-young]

Ignorance, greed, want to do what people do, no proper research of our own. That's what makes most people fall victim of this scam. Even people who don't watch the movie because they saw someone who they know invested in the token they always want to invest. They saw it increase by 200% in the last few hours they want to buy now so that they will be part of the people who are to enjoy the next few hours pump. This are just how I believe this scammers where able to use people's ignorance and greed at their own advantage.
I wish Newbies and the greedy traders will ever learn from this past experience, because the more people fall victim of this scams the more the scammers will have hope of pulling another one in the next coming days, months or even year with the believe that their efforts is never gonna be a waste.

[tranthidung]

A very hard lesson to learn in cryptocurrency market.

If you want to gain profit for your portfolio or get rich, invest in Bitcoin. Only invest in Bitcoin or mainly invest in Bitcoin.

If you can not do this and instead of Bitcoin, you only invest in altcoins or mainly invest in altcoins, I am sure with you that you are taking risk to get poorer. You can get one or a few win with altcoins but at the end, you will get poorer because when altcoins get rekted, you will be burned.

[348Judah]

As long as you're taking the bold step on investing on token or other coins aside bitcoin means you're strong enough in taking risk as well, those that scam people have definitely advance their methods by using influential names and brands to call their NFTs or coins, they will go to any extent in deceiving you to fall to their trap, which is more reasons why you needed to conduct a rigorous search on any projects before joining except you've got that thicker skin to get off losses when it occurs.

[Dave1]

Indeed, in the world that we are moving, there are a lot of scams, or shall we say people who wants to trick us for easy money. This has been the story since I joined crypto market years ago. I fell to bitcoin doubler early, and it's good though, I mean with that, I gain so much experience that I started to be very careful and somewhat it has become a crusade for me to reports these scams and how to prevent this kind of cyber attacks on us. So again, we just need to be very careful and as the saying goes "trust no one", and this is true to everything crypto related.

[Gallar]

with so many incidents there are still people who are caught in the mine of deception.
should be more careful in investing in such things.
driven by the news and carried away, that kind of thing happened.

in this increasingly advanced era, all things are simpler and easier, as well as for fraudsters. Using a gold-plated guise, even though it's just an attraction.
You have to be more careful and don't be careless.

[Ketesnuko]

Bitcoin is the best bet for every new investors, if you want to play with altcoins you need to train yourself, most altcoins that did so amazing in last bull market are those that people are not talking about, you need to train yourself to identity projects that are worth your money, but still bitcoin is the best place to start.

[un_rank]

Many people never learn their lesson even if they become victims of scams, they think they can recognize when it is about to crash and pull out their investment just in time to make a huge profit, it rarely turns out that way.

There would always be a market audience for such scams, motivated by ignorance and greed no matter how many times it is talked about, it seems like natural order of things at this point. We should however try to warn people when we can and hope they heed to the advice.

- Jay -

[Rruchi man]

•Even if a big Business news channel are talking about a project, it doesn't make it a scam-free project.

Even if celebrities promote a cryptocurrency, and even go ahead to disclose the disclose the nature, source, and amount of money they receive for the promotion that is in obedience to the laws of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and then in your head you think that they were sincere and since they were sincere it is a sign of a good project, you lie! you may just be falling straight into the pit of very rich scammers, rich enough to get a celebrity to promote their nonsense to attract many people.

Know that some scammers are rich enough to get the services of your favorite celebrities should they deem them necessary and important to their scheme. The celebrity on their own and with or without their knowledge will be promoting a dubious projects for money.

[Pokapoka124]

•Even if a big Business news channel are talking about a project, it doesn't make it a scam-free project.

Even if celebrities promote a cryptocurrency, and even go ahead to disclose the disclose the nature, source, and amount of money they receive for the promotion that is in obedience to the laws of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and then in your head you think that they were sincere and since they were sincere it is a sign of a good project, you lie! you may just be falling straight into the pit of very rich scammers, rich enough to get a celebrity to promote their nonsense to attract many people.

Know that some scammers are rich enough to get the services of your favorite celebrities should they deem them necessary and important to their scheme. The celebrity on their own and with or without their knowledge will be promoting a dubious projects for money.

That’s very true. I think these companies have found this celebrity Trojan horse strategy to be very effective, it’s common knowledge a familiar face builds trust and credibility to any business and makes it easier for people to accept the idea of buying. For too long, these celebrities have been used as pawns to deceive the public into investing in scam projects, it’s high time they start taking responsibility for what they promote.

[drwhobox]

Most of us fall into scam because of the publicity of a token. There are many reasons that squid game token creates so much hype in the market. One of them is their name. The name squid game is a brand among those who watched or heard about it.

The lesson from here is don't fall for the hype, which we have been doing it since 2017 when the ico and token game spend their best time in the market. I remember investing so much money on these scam projects.

[Darker45]

1. Avoid altcoins that are simply riding on a hype or whatever is trendy. They're mostly scams. And just like hypes and trends, they won't last long.

2. News channels and publications don't mean a thing. Besides the fact that personalities there don't understand what they're talking about, they lack research most of the time. Speaking on TV or writing on a newspaper doesn't mean knowledge.

3. When it comes to investment, avoid being emotional. Be objective!

[StormHawk]

1. Avoid altcoins that are simply riding on a hype or whatever is trendy. They're mostly scams. And just like hypes and trends, they won't last long.

2. News channels and publications don't mean a thing. Besides the fact that personalities there don't understand what they're talking about, they lack research most of the time. Speaking on TV or writing on a newspaper doesn't mean knowledge.

3. When it comes to investment, avoid being emotional. Be objective!

No problem if you know how to ride along and not getting caught in the trap, there are few scam projects that invested money on and still able to make some money and get off the project before they collapsed, there was one doge coin in 2021 that rose from 200k market cap to 20million market cap, I made a lot before it dumped and later died. This is not advisable.

[BlackBoss_]

2. News channels and publications don't mean a thing. Besides the fact that personalities there don't understand what they're talking about, they lack research most of the time. Speaking on TV or writing on a newspaper doesn't mean knowledge.

Many altcoin projects are scam and if they are not actually scam, they apply exaggeration to over state about their project's promising technological evolutions.

Bitcoin videos on Youtube....and a suggestion for our possible BCT channel.

From scam projects to scam Youtube channels and scammers on Youtube as well as their scam give aways, be careful. If you see scam Youtube channels, contribute with your reports and shut down those scam channels.

Scammers on Youtube. Don't fall into this scam trap and lose money, guys
Youtube scam channels. Please spend your time to report them and take them down

[moneystery]

I know this project and some of my friends bought this token, he said, for investment. But it didn't take long for the price of this token to fall and many people lost, and that included my friends. Luckily they listened to my advice not to invest too much in this token. But due to their failed investment in this squid game project, my friends now don't really believe in cryptocurrencies.

[Luffygroove]

Absolutely correct! Feeling is the central concept here. Emotionally charged situations can cloud rational thought. Many different things—movies, music, dogs, partnerships, and so on—have the potential to stir up strong feelings in a person and thus influence their thoughts and actions. Con artists are aware of this, and they use it to their advantage. And we know it's not wise to make financial decisions based on how we feel, right? Because doing so risks making a poor choice. Scammers aren't the only ones looking to cash in on Squid Game's popularity; legitimate businesses selling merchandising and fans looking to boost the profiles of their favorite stars by editing Squid Game footage are also cashing in. Everyone wanted in on the action. Because of the Squid Game's popularity and the sheer volume of people who are negatively impacted, I think the conventional media also gets exploited by this endeavor. As a result, more people fell for the scheme after it was widely reported in the media, creating a self-perpetuating circle of evil. In general, I concur with what you’ve said.

[Crypt0Gore]

I know this project and some of my friends bought this token, he said, for investment. But it didn't take long for the price of this token to fall and many people lost, and that included my friends. Luckily they listened to my advice not to invest too much in this token. But due to their failed investment in this squid game project, my friends now don't really believe in cryptocurrencies.

In order to gain a deeper understanding of crypto, new crypto investors should start with Bitcoin, and learn why it differs from other altcoins. If they come across projects like Squid Game token, they will know that it's not a safe place to invest their money, The problem with some newbies is once they see others investing in scam projects and making money, they always want to get ahead, but they don't realize that the others are simply lucky.

Whenever I teach someone about crypto, I will only discuss Bitcoin, as this will give us both peace of mind, and prevent the possibility of losing money to scammers.   

[Lucius]

In order to gain a deeper understanding of crypto, new crypto investors should start with Bitcoin, and learn why it differs from other altcoins.

Knowing something about something and succeeding in something are two different things, and many beginners actually do not have good information about what Bitcoin is, let alone what makes it unique from other cryptocurrencies. The fact that there are tens of thousands of different projects that compete with Bitcoin means that there is a lot of room for profit, and how could it not be when millions of potential investors just want a quick profit and are not interested in any feature offered by Bitcoin or any other other coin/token.

Whenever I teach someone about crypto, I will only discuss Bitcoin, as this will give us both peace of mind, and prevent the possibility of losing money to scammers.

You can lose money even if you invest only in Bitcoin, because it is not a guarantee that you will not be scammed. There are so many types of scams related to Bitcoin, and to avoid them all you have to be really experienced and careful.

[carter34]

•Scammers always like to use whatever is currently making waves in the crypto space to take advantage of the people.

•Right now, there is nothing else that's captured the public imagination like cryptocurrencies, the number of scammers in this crypto space is very big.

•Scams attracts people faster than something legit because something legit takes time, only fraud and scams rushed in attracts people fast.

All these are very good for a newbie to learn from when a new thing is up the scammers will see it as the new wave for a line to scam people because the people are going to rush in numbers into it and it will be a good business for them. watch before you commit yourself to someone you don't know online and asking you for some details it can be a sign that you are getting scam