Scammers won't mind kicking those who are already down

[sokani]

This must be a phishing mail sent to thousands of persons, they must have harvested your email address from a website you once registered that is now in control of the scammer. Aside exploiting the fact that FTX is moving some of its assets to launch this attack, the scam is weak. I believe it's just few persons that will fall for the click bait, especially persons that are new to the space. The sender email is really weird as you said and it's not really convincing, that alone is a good reason to draw suspicion. The scammer again messed up with the token ticker "USD-C", I think he wanted to write "USDC".

[bhadz]

Whenever someone signs up for an exchange account or an airdrop account, see to it that you'll receive unsolicited emails even if you don't want to.

Then the cycle repeats, new bull run, new trends, new cash flows, new victims. The market will never be lack of victims.

Yes, that's how it goes with these scammers. Every trend that comes and every market that changes the setting, there will be victims that will complain about how they've been scammed but before reporting that, they have never questioned the emails or messages that came from these scammers.

[isaac_clarke22]

If everyone can be guided and disregard every email that comes from an unknown sender, then we can all be safe, and secondly, any company that has just recently mismanaged customers funds and is still requesting any form of payment in order for the customer to get back their funds is not real and has never had the intention of paying back.

It won't matter even if people would be educated on how to deal with suspicious emails. Especially elder people, they're really vulnerable to these kinds of stuff. It's not just the scammers attempting to phish these people from doing stuffs like this.

Some are even outgoing that would attempt to call you like "cold calling" even though they would claim that you're in their records making purchases. Refund scams does these kinds of method.

[Jawhead999]

This scam is quite clever for taking advantage over someone else lost and this will make them feel there's a hope to get back all of their coins. I quite remember with scam Queen Elizabeth coin that's was written it's used for donation for Queen Elizabeth's families, now the coin is disappeared.

I believe there are some greedy people that think this is real and they will try to contact them.

[Fiatless]

Scammers won't mind kicking those who are already down

There was a pathetic story of a boy who was scammed in the US. These scammers collected all he had and they were still asking him to send more money or they would expose his nude pictures and post them on different social media. This young boy pleaded with these criminals and told them that he had spent all he had and that he was becoming depressed and contemplating suicide. One of the scammers told the teenager to "Do that fast, or I’ll make you do it," and this young boy committed suicide. I was happy when they were arrested and extradited to the US.

All these criminals need is the money. They don't care if it was your last saving or borrowed money. If you are going through emotional trauma, health problems, or even death, they don't care. This is why it is very important to give proper attention to our security because these criminals won't have feelings. It is cheaper and easier to apply security measures than to trace scammers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/14/us/michigan-sextortion-ring-nigerian-suspects-extradited/index.html

[Mr.suevie]

Well this kind of email now are never a new thing for me again as I have seen so many times users have complained and maybe naive ones fell for this scam and that's why I won't ever fall and moreover why would you even show interest if you know fully you haven't got any account with the acclaimed site?. I saw something similar like this in the altcoin board where a used was claimed to be gifted 480$ in an air drop he didn't even participated and now was asked to pay some fee inorder to withdraw the funds.

[Ndabagi01]

As the bull run approaches, phishing scams like these will become more prevalent. Scammers will always strive to infiltrate their victims through various methods and strategies. At this time, we all need to be wiser and recognise when something is posing as a scam and should be avoided immediately.

Newbies should be more aware of this, as they are the most vulnerable to becoming victims of these fraudsters.  Some of them, the newbies, are looking to get rich quick with crypto investments. When newbies see anything like this or a more tempting scam alert that differs from this, they are more likely to fall prey to it.

[Ojima-ojo]

Scammers are worst than a virus and they dont have human feelings or sympathy at all and judging from the way scammers handles the client to the point of using some other spiritual powers on victim all with the aim to just defraud their victims without minding or caring to know what the outcome of they action will be on the victim, this have been the biggest mess that have faced the society and at that we as a people have alot of role to play in all of this, and judging from all the comments collected on this thread, it shows that we already are very much aware and prepared to protect ourselves from scammers who may be working tirelessly to gain out soft spot and drain our money.


The botom line is that, ve vigilant, never get attracted to high profits investments and try not to be greedy, If you have all these attributes, then you are sure to be able to survive scammer attempts at whatever time.

[hatshepsut93]

Well, scammers in general try to target the most vulnerable people who can't think clearly and recognize a scam. Elderly people, people in dire financial situation, victims of some disaster and so on. Shouldn't really be that surprising that they target the FTX victims.

This is why it's important to report scammers to authorities and demand from politicians and law enforcement stricter crack down on online scams.

[sheenshane]

They are willing to exploit the vulnerability or desperation of others and they may not care about the harm they cause as long as they achieve their goals, to steal money.  This might be taking advantage of those people who really seeking hope to get back their lost funds from FTX.  As we can see, they have different tactics used, and as awareness of certain scams increases, they may develop new methods or variations to always have a victim.

That's the reason why if I have an email account that has been compromised I quickly change any of my accounts associated with it for security reasons.  This means that your email account has been compromised by scammers.

[lovesmayfamilis]

This must be a phishing mail sent to thousands of persons, they must have harvested your email address from a website you once registered that is now in control of the scammer. Aside exploiting the fact that FTX is moving some of its assets to launch this attack, the scam is weak. I believe it's just few persons that will fall for the click bait, especially persons that are new to the space. The sender email is really weird as you said and it's not really convincing, that alone is a good reason to draw suspicion. The scammer again messed up with the token ticker "USD-C", I think he wanted to write "USDC".

In addition to your words, I would also think about where the scammers got my mail from (if I suddenly received such a letter). The OP claims to have no affiliation with this exchange; however, he may get something similar from other scammers who can link his email to a valid registration. I would change my email since the fantasies of scammers are not limited to one exchange. In order not to accidentally fall into the trap of the next scam, you must be extremely careful not to show everyone your email addresses.

[Lucius]

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I would change my email since the fantasies of scammers are not limited to one exchange. In order not to accidentally fall into the trap of the next scam, you must be extremely careful not to show everyone your email addresses.

It's not a bad idea to change your e-mail, but I can personally say that at least 99% of such e-mails go to junk mail, which is automatically deleted after 30 days with most providers anyway. Of course, everything depends on what kind of spam filters someone's e-mail has, but also on how those who are among the first to receive an e-mail with such content react, because I always report such e-mails as spam and in this way help others recipients to not receive it in their inbox.

[Sim_card]

This a just a matter of common sense. We all know that when someone has been scammed,he would loom for every means to catch the scammer or look for a way how he can get back his funds. This is when the other scammers comes into the scene. This new scammers will take advantage of the scammed victim weakness of getting back what was scammed from him,to claim that he can help the scammed victim recover all that he lost. If you are not smart enough to sense that it is another scam,unknowingly to you,you will fall for them again. All scammers are the same and don't care about the predicament that you are passing through but instead they want to get theirs from you,taking advantage of the first.

[Crypt0Gore]

This is very common, unfortunately not all new beginners will know about the cruel ways scammers use to hunt their victims, this is why we need warnings like this on Bitcointalk forum here and there, every time bad things happened, like attacks or hacks, scammers will pretend to care and use that against people.

For example Stake online casino was hacked and immediately on Twitter some scammers are pretending to be from Stake, promising to pay all those who are affected back, they drop links to click and follow some procedure, thing is that procedure is a way to make people lose more money.

The quicker people realize this the better, it's something that every crypto investors should be expecting, be careful on social media, and before you do anything always be curious if you are doing the right thing.

[Awaklara]

This a just a matter of common sense. We all know that when someone has been scammed,he would loom for every means to catch the scammer or look for a way how he can get back his funds. This is when the other scammers comes into the scene. This new scammers will take advantage of the scammed victim weakness of getting back what was scammed from him,to claim that he can help the scammed victim recover all that he lost. If you are not smart enough to sense that it is another scam,unknowingly to you,you will fall for them again. All scammers are the same and don't care about the predicament that you are passing through but instead they want to get theirs from you,taking advantage of the first.

The fraudsters always seem to develop themselves to create methods that support their success. They have many ways to do it, and what the scammers think about is the opportunity to get victims regardless of the condition of the potential victims.
we can only better prepare ourselves for this. because of course, it can increase our awareness of fraudulent plans against anyone. even when we don't have an account on a certain platform, we can also be targeted as happened to the OP.
not only in crypto, I also received scam messages from banks,  and I don't have an account there. fraud mode is always around us, we must always be more vigilant.

[Ever-young]

The problem now is some wicked souls are trying to take advantage of this, targeting those who have already lost a lot to FTX, these scammers know no mercy.

Who I pity is those who don’t know how this scammers operates and the kind of things that they are made up off, just imagine some one who is financially depressed you are still going to them with some form of investment recovery option which you don’t mean rather you want to take away which ever money that is left with them and run away again, this set of scammers really don’t have conscience and they don’t care what the next person is passion through.

Let everyone just be vigilant and prepare their mind on things like this as scammers will never be able to recover lost funds for someone if they have their ways they will also take more from you and add to the figure the person has already recorded as lost funds.. Thanks OP, for sharing such a vital information, as there might be others who don’t know about this and might notice it’s a scam which they can fall victims to such scam because of lacking the knowledge. Information is power.

[Mayor of ogba]

The problem now is some wicked souls are trying to take advantage of this, targeting those who have already lost a lot to FTX, these scammers know no mercy.
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 Scammers have no mercy when it comes to making money, they don't care if they take your money and you die. What matters to them is to scam you and take your money to live a luxurious lifestyle.

But this is me, if this landed on the old victim's email addresses they may fall victim all over again, Let this be a warning for those who are not aware of such scamming tricks, always abstain from clicking links through email, always check senders address when you get emails from crypto exchanges.

Stay Safe out there!

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Yes, if this email landed on the old victim of the FTX exchange users, most of them would open it and follow the instructions written in the email without taking proper measures to know if the email was legit because they were already at a loss and needed a way to recover their money. This is why the scammers initiated the move of sending this message to random emails because they knew they we fall for it.

[Mate2237]

Really, scammers use any small opportunity to over do and scam people. They always have a new way to scam people. I also received a message in my mobile phone today that I have been given a job in a company so I should go to the place take the appointment letter, as op said the worse part was I didn't apply for the company job. So in this new technological revelation, we should be careful because they are out there to make you cry and not to make laugh.

OP thanks you for bringing this information to the public notice. Another thing that marveled me is, how did they get these emails and phone numbers to send these messages? And really if this message was received by the former victim email address, he or she would have fall for it because all his or her mind is now to get out funds back and unknown to them that they want to enter another scam again. We should not rush things and calm down to know the real source of the information.

[_BlackStar]

This is very common, unfortunately not all new beginners will know about the cruel ways scammers use to hunt their victims, this is why we need warnings like this on Bitcointalk forum here and there, every time bad things happened, like attacks or hacks, scammers will pretend to care and use that against people.

Of course - this is not a bad idea and I agree that warnings like this are advisable at all times.
Scammers never consider who you are - in fact they are more likely to attack hogs than regular users. I mean - scammers can attack anyone for the same reason, so it is our responsibility to equip ourselves with a strong fortress where the knowledge and bad experiences of other users should be a valuable lesson to consider.

There is no way to eradicate scammers in this world - they will always be there and come in different ways. Just avoid suspicious things, ignore them and don't be greedy and be careful.

[rachael9385]

This a just a matter of common sense. We all know that when someone has been scammed,he would loom for every means to catch the scammer or look for a way how he can get back his funds. This is when the other scammers comes into the scene. This new scammers will take advantage of the scammed victim weakness of getting back what was scammed from him,to claim that he can help the scammed victim recover all that he lost. If you are not smart enough to sense that it is another scam,unknowingly to you,you will fall for them again. All scammers are the same and don't care about the predicament that you are passing through but instead they want to get theirs from you,taking advantage of the first.

You are totally correct on this. Scammers these days don't have human perception anymore. I believe that many scammers have hardened their minds so that they can't feel for people anymore, whether you are poor or rich, they won't care. I watched a video some days ago when a woman was crying and begging a scammer to return her money that she borrowed from the bank. Now just imagine what that woman will be passing through this period, mostly now that the economy is hard.
Any scammer that will tell someone to get a loan from somewhere and do anything doesn't have human feelings anymore. The scammer will be happy and the defrauder will be crying (very bad).
If someone doesn't have money, the scammer will still tell the person to get a loan.
It has happened to me, but now I have learnt my lessons and I don't believe that it's gonna happen again because I already know their tricks.
You did well to bring this topic to the forum. Although this is not the only thread about scammers, the topic alone is something else. It makes me feel sad because I have been a victim.