You can get played by anybody

[Z390]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter ask you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?

People need to wake the hell up, Vitalik created Ethereum, and because of this he won't dare ask me to provide my seed phrase, hell NO,  what the hell is wrong with people?

Apart from the fact that it's hackers at play here, even if the real people ask for your private key you will give them? It seems many people don't even understand crypto.

Satoshi can not wake up today on the forum and send me message to provide my bitcoin wallet key, I will tell him to fu*k off, because this is the right way to protect my fund.
I am really sorry that many people lost their funds to hackers who hacked vitalik account on Twitter but we need to discuss this, it's for your own good when people on here tell to stop seeking for free stuffs, because if it's free you are the product.

The best ways to stay safe in crypto space now is to just DCA, stake if you want and enjoy your life, nothing comes easily anymore, there is no free stuffs in the world, those who want to give up free stuffs want something else too.

1. Avoid clicking links and claiming freebies online, most especially giveaways on social media.
2. Do not hook up your wallet to websites you don't know.

3. Air drops are not even safe too, most from social media are scam, if you are a Airdrop fan, please dedicated a separate wallet for Airdrops only.

I as a person stay the hell away from every freebies and that includes airdrops too, because even if they are legit the amount isn't going to be much anyway, why waste your time? Hackers are increasing their standards every day, make sure you are increasing yours as well, even Vitalik Buterin and Satoshi himself is not safe, if you get messages from them, even if it's the real them, and they ask for your key, my brother and sisters RUN.

[Hatchy]

We just have to remember that figures like Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin, or Satoshi Nakamoto would never request your private keys or seed phrases. Any such request should raise immediate red flags, as they're typically scams or phishing attempts. Alot of people falls for such petty tricks and forget the fact that just because they were blinded by greed. These days, social media has turned into a market where scammers fish for possible targets. They use all kinds of means and more ideas pops out daily. They won't stop there.
The only possible thing we can do is to be vigilant and stay away from any thing that looks too good to be true, because it isn't.

[_act_]

I am really sorry that many people lost their funds to hackers who hacked vitalik account on Twitter but we need to discuss this, it's for your own good when people on here tell to stop seeking for free stuffs, because if it's free you are the product.

This is not the first of its kind. Twitter accounts of those big men are hacked almost every week. But people will never learn.

Satoshi himself is not safe, if you get messages from them, even if it's the real them, and they ask for your key, my brother and sisters RUN.

If Satoshi wants to do giveaway and able to sign a message with one of the old bitcoin address, I will go for it. But it would be that we should only provide bitcoin address. If it is getting to I should pay, that is a scam.

[LoyceMobile]

Lol. Didn't you know your seed phrase automatically gets censored when you post it? Here's mine: **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****!
No really, don't! People fall for anything.
Too many people are too naive to be their own bank.

[cryptoaddictchie]

I as a person stay the hell away from every freebies and that includes airdrops too, because even if they are legit the amount isn't going to be much anyway, why waste your time? Hackers are increasing their standards every day, make sure you are increasing yours as well, even Vitalik Buterin and Satoshi himself is not safe, if you get messages from them, even if it's the real them, and they ask for your key, my brother and sisters RUN.

Im not sure if you gonna pullee others from staying away from airdrops. Thats gonna be tough since plenty of old member here got earned from previous drops and wont listen to you. Its part of them and we kne2 how risky it is. Its always depend on yourself how would you protect yourself from such breach or potential hack. You can discourage newbies but you could never let some who experience to earn good profit from airdrops woulndt stop that.

[lovesmayfamilis]

It's amazing how different the information is here on the forum and on social networks. People on social networks are zombies; what the crowd does is force every greedy individual user to be tempted and rush to not miss the train.
It seems that those who hang out on social networks are completely deprived of time to think. It would seem that news gets there faster, but at the same time, it is on social networks that we see so many stupid things that people have done.
I created accounts there for fun, but I was never who I am.
It’s interesting how many people have ever collected various goodies from free giveaways and where so many naive people come from who are still waiting for freebies to this day.

[safar1980]

The official Twitter (X) account belonging to Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin has reportedly been hacked, according to latest reports. Hackers are said to have dropped a harmful weblink in a new tweet, reports said, in what appears to be a phishing attack.
https://coingape.com/vitalik-buterin-twitter-account-hacked/


Multiple security firms stated that the attack likely involved a phishing tactic. According to them, the individual was lured into authorizing malicious transactions from their Ethereum wallet, through a phishing link.
https://www.theblock.co/post/249643/individual-loses-24-million-in-likely-crypto-phishing-attack

Security experts have always warned that humans are the most vulnerable link in any security system.
Some users are not literate enough to know all the potential threats. Fraudsters often use social engineering techniques to force the user to perform an action, as a result of which the scammer will gain access to cryptocurrencies

[sokani]

I don't know if people don't read and understand anymore. When creating the wallet there is always a warning message never to disclose your seed phrase to anyone, so why would you give it out? Because the scammer claims to be Satoshi... That's dumb.
 
It is a pity that some persons fell for the bait. It was so convincing seeing the link coming from the verified account of Vitalik Buterin and they thought it was genuine, not knowing the account has been hacked and it was a phishing link. Following the hack, I could say that some of the victims are beginners, they are unaware of most of the security tips while some are just stupid and greedy like the victim that lost 2 Cyberpunk NFTs.

[GeorgeJohn]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter ask you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?

People need to wake the hell up, Vitalik created Ethereum, and because of this he won't dare ask me to provide my seed phrase, hell NO,  

A novice is the person that will quickly rash and give out its seed phrase, you are not supposed to expose your seed phrase because whatever that is your wallet is been deposited by you, not by any other person either Elon musk or not, a wallet seed phrase is a personal security in which if the seed phrase get exposed all the coins in your wallet is not safe and it can be easily be transferred from one place to another place without your awareness, so let us say that the seed phrase is intact and its your protection.

[Porfirii]

Lol. Didn't you know your seed phrase automatically gets censored when you post it? Here's mine: **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****!
No really, don't! People fall for anything.
Too many people are too naive to be their own bank.

Are you serious?

Let's take a try. Here is mine: (Edited: hey, what the hell with you?)

It is well known that humans tend to believe what we want to believe, and there is often somebody looking forward to take advantage of situations like these. We all know the phishing attempts in social media asking for cryptos.

P.S.: If Satoshi went back to the forum ever, and asked me my phrase(s), he would be testing me. I don't think he liked those who blindly followed an authority just for the sake of being an authority.

[Smartvirus]

The best ways to stay safe in crypto space now is to just DCA, stake if you want and enjoy your life, nothing comes easily anymore, there is no free stuffs in the world, those who want to give up free stuffs want something else too.

Stake, stake in bitcoin… perhaps your not referring to bitcoin while talking about stake but with it as the only currency I purchase often, stake isn’t much of an option and I wouldn’t feel any sense of safety having to let some organization or exchange be in charge of my precious bitcoins.
Altcoins maybe but, I wouldn’t advise it for anyone.

The earlier people know that stupidity is a punishable offense within the cryptospace, the better for them to wake up to the reality of things in our current dispensation.

Just how do you link or connect your account or wallet of value to just anything you’re presented with out there! It depends matter whom or what company is making the offer.

You first of all think of the worst that could happen, get the measure of it if it’s a bearable situation at your end (if not, sort out for precautions) and you might end up saving yourself a lot of trouble.

There isn’t any much freebies in our world today and hope this opens the eyes of investors and prospective investors out there to these realities.

[Yamane_Keto]

People are accustomed to trusting a third party with regard to our money. Often times, the bank contacts people asking them to reconfirm their data or to visit the nearest branch. We also ask the bank employees about our balance and submit a form to solve problems. The branch manager is the good person who solves all these problems. with the same understanding, some will think. Vitalik is a famous person, he is reliable, he does not need my money, he is a good person.
Cryptocurrencies transfer ownership from a third party to you and not knowing this may lead to losing your investments, but I understand why beginners fall to such scam.

[Poker Player]

Yeah, well, and if Vitalik is hacked, with all the knowledge and security measures he will have, are you surprised that people with much less knowledge are fooled?

Fortunately, those of us who have been doing this for some time have seen so many scams or attempts at scams that we have been scammed and at the slightest distrust is aroused, but unfortunately not everyone is like that, and the scammers are based on large numbers, because only if a small percentage of a large sample is successful, it is profitable for them.

[Lucius]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter ask you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?

I don't have to think even once because I deleted my account on that platform, and all those who think that they will be blessed with something if they follow some celebrities sooner or later feel what it's like when naivety and ignorance come together.
 

Apart from the fact that it's hackers at play here, even if the real people ask for your private key you will give them? It seems many people don't even understand crypto.

Most people don't even understand Bitcoin, let alone what some call crypto, which is actually a real jungle where there are no rules. All these social networks, regardless of what they are called, are a real hacker's paradise. And when you go to the jungle, you have to prepare properly, most people go there as if they were going to a picnic by the lake.

Satoshi can not wake up today on the forum and send me message to provide my bitcoin wallet key, I will tell him to fu*k off, because this is the right way to protect my fund.

Theoretically, he can wake up by signing a message from one of his early addresses and then request that his account be unblocked. His account was already hacked in 2011, but I'm not sure if the hacker sent any messages. But if by any chance Satoshi sends you a PM, definitely don't get confused and tell him that when he already has a million BTC why is he asking you for your seed

The best ways to stay safe in crypto space now is to just DCA, stake if you want and enjoy your life, nothing comes easily anymore, there is no free stuffs in the world, those who want to give up free stuffs want something else too.

Look, if you know what you're doing, you can be on any platform and nothing will happen to you, no matter how many tempting offers you receive every day. It's true that a free lunch is something that you can rarely get these days, but a few years ago someone gave away a few BTC to various charities on the forum, so miracles do sometimes happen.

[Queentoshi]

Hackers are increasing their standards every day, make sure you are increasing yours as well, even Vitalik Buterin and Satoshi himself is not safe, if you get messages from them, even if it's the real them, and they ask for your key, my brother and sisters RUN.

It will be strange to randomly receive a message from a billionaire asking for your private information. Only a fool or a greedy person will fall for such lies because it does not make sense in the first place. What makes you so special that your private key will be demanded out of all the other number of cryptocurrency users? why will someone who clearly has more than you do ask for such a thing? It does not make sense, too random to be true, it must be a big lie! I try not to trust anybody online so much; I believe anything is possible and you may never know when they get impersonated.

[Accardo]

A lot of influential twitter accounts get compromised easily and such accounts have loyal followers, regardless of their knowledge they can fall for any information shared on the account. A smart person would believe Vitalik shared the post, but going through the site or link can think twice about it. Such people as vitalik have no reason to ask for people's private keys. I've been long gone on twitter, but one thing always changes about my thought on a tweet especially, when I have a double mind that the tweet made is not meant to come from the owner of the account. These victims always think that their favorite's twitter account can't get hacked. And they don't pay attention to tweets. The traffic on such account is many and not everybody there is expected to be wise enough to understand when things get wrong. Quite an unfortunate situation.

[Dunamisx]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter ask you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?

Come to realize that this people can never make such demands, a good and reasonable person will always know that such cannot come from people of high calibre like them, these are the little shady ways scammers get their victims as prey when they are not reasoning as a pro, this is the highest impossible request they could ever made, but some newbies would still fall a victim because they never know an account can be hacked or impersonated.

People need to wake the hell up, Vitalik created Ethereum, and because of this he won't dare ask me to provide my seed phrase, hell NO,  what the hell is wrong with people?

nothing more than ignorance.

[Frankolala]

Don't trust anybody on the internet,if you can keep to that rule,you wouldn't fall for this cheap game. Seed phrase and private keys are personal and not to be disclosed to anyone. Only newbies that don't know about seed phrase and private keys will fall for such trap. A greedy fellow will also fall for such because he would forget himself due to his greed has eaten him up and he wants everything free.

I could remember sometime ago here in the forum, that a newbie posted in service,saying that people should paste their seed phrase on a site that he manages for a service or so,and the moment DT members saw it, instantly he was given a negative tag. Scammers can hack into people accounts that you know very well and the scammer will use this person account to ask for funds or ask for seedphrase and private keys, promising to send you funds. My friend Facebook was hacked and the scammers used his account to get funds from his uncle. After this happened, I hardly use social media.

[Mayor of ogba]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter asks you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?

People need to wake the hell up, Vitalik created Ethereum, and because of this, he won't dare ask me to provide my seed phrase, hell NO,  what the hell is wrong with people?

Apart from the fact that it's hackers at play here, even if the real people ask for your private key you will give them? It seems many people don't even understand crypto.

Satoshi can not wake up today on the forum and send me a message to provide my Bitcoin wallet key, I will tell him to fu*k off, because this is the right way to protect my fund.
I am sorry that many people lost their funds to hackers who hacked Vitalik's account on Twitter but we need to discuss this, It's for your good when people on here tell you to stop seeking free stuff because if it's free you are the product.

The best way to stay safe in the crypto space now is to just DCA, stake if you want, and enjoy your life, Nothing comes easily anymore, there is no free stuff in the world, and those who want to give up free stuff want something else too.

1. Avoid clicking links and claiming freebies online, most especially giveaways on social media.
2. Do not hook up your wallet to websites you don't know.

3. Airdrops are not even safe too, most from social media are scams, If you are an Airdrop fan, please dedicate a separate wallet for Airdrops only.

I as a person stay the hell away from every freebie and that includes airdrops too, because even if they are legit the amount isn't going to be much anyway, Why waste your time? Hackers are increasing their standards every day, so make sure you are increasing yours as well, Even Vitalik Buterin and Satoshi himself are not safe, if you get messages from them, even if it's the real them, and they ask for your key, my brother and sisters RUN.

We should be vigilant when it comes to Bitcoin and our wallets. Even though you chatted with Satoshi and he asked you to send your wallet seed phrase know that is a scam because Satoshi "will never ask you for your wallet seed phrase", If Satoshi wants to help you with some Bitcoin he will not be requesting for your wallet seed phrase but he will ask you to send your Bitcoin address. Please let's protect our Bitcoin wallet the same way we protect our traditional wallet.

[Gladitorcomeback]

So are you telling me that if the real Elon Musk or Vitalik account on Twitter ask you to provide your seed phrase to them for some checkups or freebies you will not think twice? Simply because the request is coming from the real Elon or Vitalik account?  

yes I will give him 9 words and then ask to find theee words by self   . You are talking about twitter, If Vitalik or Elon comes to my village and show me the ID card, I will not give him even phrase of empty wallet. I don't care who is asking but will reject without thinking twice.

I as a person stay the hell away from every freebies and that includes airdrops too, because even if they are legit the amount isn't going to be much anyway, why waste your time?

Airdrops are not waste of time, the problem is with research and strategy. I agree that we should not connect wallet blindly and should do proper research even if claim site shared by big name like Elon, CEO Binance or Vitalik. we should use second empty wallet first to check and also don't need to rush for claiming airdrop because claiming time always more then month so ee me should wait for people review.

Airdrop gives big profit too and it's not true that payment is low. If you joined Arbitrum speculation airdrop than many users Recieved 2k$ airdrop just by doing some transaction in their mainnet while 10k$ was high reward claimed by users and that's was totally free. similarly Aptos 1k$ and sui sale profit 2000$. you cannot say low to these amounts but we should research what project is worth to join.