STOP! Before you become a prey of a scammer!

[Rockstarguy]

The best thing to do not to fall as prey into the hand of scammers is to just avoid every stranger and not aiming to earn profit by all means.   People who mostly fall into the hands of scammers are those that are very desperate to make money. Trading and investment is personal and no one can assist in making it better, you can only make it better for yourself by trying to know things by yourself. That is why it is important to make research to understand things to make it impossible for strangers to come up with their scam trick .

[tech30338]

As the USD value of Bitcoin rises, you would now come accross numerous posts accross multiple social media platforms and Chat apps. They as in the the scammer would offer anyone with lucrative offers.

The biggest one would be to make you realise that you can use multiple avenues for your portfolio to get a big push, if you allow them to handle it. Next, it would be airdrops which will ask you to surrender your Private Key in the end after going  through their requisite.

Another one would be a pump and dump group showing you how much they make a profit everyday through paid signals
In the end it would be a project copying others or a new one trying to cash on the trend.

In the current scenario when AI has the ability to swap face and make it sound like an original influencer or a celebrity talking. It is better to research before you invest to gain double or triple multiplier. The best you can do is to avoid them.

The time has come when understanding crypto in detail and DYOR more than earlier has become a necessity. If you don't understand anything happening in the market then stay away and do not become greedy to ride the wave. Things are not so good as they were earlier post 2021.

It would be better if you just ignore them specially if you have zero knowledge of what are they trying to present to you.
Pump and dump is not new in crypto its been going on for years, and there will always be a person be left behind, once they are done with he project, to jump to another one.
Agree with you that you should study where you're money is going, don't let showing their profit distract you since that is what is doing for you to just pour the money for them to collect and leave you empty handed.

[lalabotax]

The time has come when understanding crypto in detail and DYOR more than earlier has become a necessity. If you don't understand anything happening in the market then stay away and do not become greedy to ride the wave. Things are not so good as they were earlier post 2021.

Basically, everyone can avoid scams. But unfortunately, many people fall into scam schemes just because they have such high dreams and the desire to get money as quickly as possible. Nowadays, it's not just about AI projects that may be or will be hyped. But also various other types of hype projects that make big promises to their candidates. And the most victims are beginners...

Scams can be avoided as long as we understand what we are investing in and understand the situation which may seem more than normal. Scam schemes will usually be the same or similar, so we should be able to learn from other experiences. Do DYOR which will definitely be very helpful. and also carry out analysis and discussions with other people so that at least we can be more alert to various possible scams.

[Crypt0Gore]

Newbies and beginners greatest enemy in crypto space is strangers, this is not a field where you get PM from friend of a friend who want to hire you because you have a skill that they need or something else, total strangers online are creepy as hell, don't even try giving them any attention.

From my past experiences with strangers online, they always have a plan to get the best out of use, either by scamming you or using you, some will pretend to be different but their true color will eventually be shown to you, they are literally looking for stupid people to take advantage of, since 2017 I have never seen stranger that DMed me with just pure mind and no evil plan in mind.

It's better to ignore any stranger, chance your app security settings, they won't be able to get to you unless you are the one that PM them first, strangers don't always have the best interest in mind.

[crwth]

This is what I'm trying to prevent for myself, knowing that it's "weird" to see some famous people promoting stuff that probably is not aligned with what they are famous for or something, people should be careful with that.

Too good to be true things are not worth too much of an effort if you see so many problems or red flags with it. Better to know who you are talking to before you get attracted to the scam or something.

[Lida93]

The time has come when understanding crypto in detail and DYOR more than earlier has become a necessity. If you don't understand anything happening in the market then stay away and do not become greedy to ride the wave. Things are not so good as they were earlier post 2021.

people with greed for free money online are the common victims of these scammer aside from those that fall out of mistake due to a security breach. If you want to survive and stay out of loss to scammers in the crypto space you have to learn to exercise patience and do a research about the authenticity of any offer you receive or see online from strangers, if possible resist or ignore all DM's from strangers offering some financial deals that appears to good to be true, better to ignore than test the waters you might not be able to stomach the loss.

Just like on telegram I have been receiving frequent strange messages from strange groups unknown to me about some token splash with a provided link that I should visit and follow the registration process where I have to deposit certain amount of cash for some newly listed token and later earn back in higher profit 3x of what amount I deposit.

Now how does this make sense to someone like me that's sane and abreast all round about this schemes. An unpopular adage says, when a snake bites you next time you see a black rope you will run.

[pakhitheboss]

It's better to ignore any stranger, chance your app security settings, they won't be able to get to you unless you are the one that PM them first, strangers don't always have the best interest in mind.

It is better to ignore a stranger that is the best thing anyone can do, but what about the stranger contacting you representing a famous influencer? For example, let's take Elon Musk who is very active on his bought platform X.com. He is always trying to manipulate the crypto market with his tweets, knowing a tweet came out from his handle about a meme coin, a scammer would recreate the same product on both the Ethereum blockchain, BSC, and as of now Bitcoin blockchain.

For Ethereum and BSC, we know how to verify, but what about Bitcoin blockchain? Is there any way to cross-check a project? I am not aware of such a thing and that is the reason I have asked this question. In recent times the amount of spam created by Ordinals is beyond anyone's control and the way developers are reacting gives me a bad omen is coming soon.

[SatoPrincess]

Scammers make use of every tool at their disposal to convince their targets that they are genuine, I’m not surprised that AI is being exploited in such cases. There are AI bots that mimic voices exactly like the human voice that you can hardly tell the difference. In such cases, scammers often camouflage as a famous person and send dms to their fans who in turn are too excited to think straight. When in this situation, ask yourself why would Elon Musk send me a personal message encouraging me to invest in a platform? How often does that happen in real life?

[Kelvinid]

In the current scenario when AI has the ability to swap face and make it sound like an original influencer or a celebrity talking. It is better to research before you invest to gain double or triple multiplier. The best you can do is to avoid them.

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The best thing is not to ask anyone through any social media platform but rather do personal searches and find the answer. In many cases happen that those people who have helped us, chatting with us are also the ones who took advantage while entrusting him and scam us in the end. Scammers usually are very responsive and feel close to us until such time that our trust develops and use that as a tool to scam. Those who have not experienced yet, better be watchful of whom they talk to and of course, must have set a gap from strangers because we never know their real intentions from helping us.

[ImThour]

I have been saying it for years and will say it again, nothing is free in this world. Even the water bottles costs nowadays. If you think someone will charge $200 and get your Portfolio to 5 figures without you working hard, it's most likely a scam. Most likely? Definitely a Scam. Never get involved in any of these sort of projects which charge you and guarantee you some profits.

[Baknew]

I think using an escrow is always a good idea   

[Renampun]

As the USD value of Bitcoin rises, you would now come accross numerous posts accross multiple social media platforms and Chat apps. They as in the the scammer would offer anyone with lucrative offers.

The biggest one would be to make you realise that you can use multiple avenues for your portfolio to get a big push, if you allow them to handle it. Next, it would be airdrops which will ask you to surrender your Private Key in the end after going  through their requisite.

Another one would be a pump and dump group showing you how much they make a profit everyday through paid signals
In the end it would be a project copying others or a new one trying to cash on the trend.

In the current scenario when AI has the ability to swap face and make it sound like an original influencer or a celebrity talking. It is better to research before you invest to gain double or triple multiplier. The best you can do is to avoid them.

The time has come when understanding crypto in detail and DYOR more than earlier has become a necessity. If you don't understand anything happening in the market then stay away and do not become greedy to ride the wave. Things are not so good as they were earlier post 2021.

Bitcoin will experience a halving event, and it is certain that the price will increase drastically, so there will be more and more fraudsters who use Bitcoin as an excuse to gain personal profit. with the increasingly frightening development of AI, there are many faces that fraudsters can imitate, and the faces that fraudsters use most often are those who are very influential like Elon Musk.
Therefore, if someone claims free things like free bitcoin or other free altcoins, never believe it, always verify it first, don't believe it easily, especially if someone offers you help on the internet, the point is, never believe anyone, you can become a victim if you are too nice to new people you meet on the internet or popular social media.

[Sanitough]

Do not trust anyone but only yourself. Anyone that offers instant help and would make you believe that you can make unlimited profits, that is clearly a big scam. When this happens, just leave immediately or block them so they won't create future communication with you. Paid groups or channels are sometimes scams as well. You really don't know if they are profitable on their own, so just avoid this kind of groups or channels.

Having AI makes more scamming possible. It's good to be acquainted with the technologies around, but sometimes you have to consider the risk as well so you won't fall into being the victim of scam.

[knowngunman]

The best thing to do not to fall as prey into the hand of scammers is to just avoid every stranger and not aiming to earn profit by all means.   People who mostly fall into the hands of scammers are those that are very desperate to make money. Trading and investment is personal and no one can assist in making it better, you can only make it better for yourself by trying to know things by yourself. That is why it is important to make research to understand things to make it impossible for strangers to come up with their scam trick .

You really hit the nail on the head but having a second thought, I know the best thing is to do your own research and not rely on others to tell you what to do with your investments but having a mentor who is an expert in the field would play a vital role in helping you to make a right decision. I'm not saying one should trust a random person that approach them on internet or elsewhere but someone who you personally know and you think they have the knowledge of what you need. Despite doing your own research, you need someone to explain certain things for better understanding but one must be careful on who to trust on the internet.

Do not trust anyone but only yourself. Anyone that offers instant help and would make you believe that you can make unlimited profits, that is clearly a big scam. When this happens, just leave immediately or block them so they won't create future communication with you. Paid groups or channels are sometimes scams as well. You really don't know if they are profitable on their own, so just avoid this kind of groups or channels.

I have numerous of them on my block list now and more will join because we are in the era they mostly operate. Don't ever trust anyone that approach you first for any kind of financial discussion or assistance. Remind them that they have family and friends and they should start from there. I really like how exchanges and financial institutions operating their social media platforms with the policy of "we will never message you first" but some gullible and desperate people still fall for this when someone approach them first and claim to be a representative of a company and ready to offer assistance. If you can not withstand the pressure and their deceit, kindly use block button to avoid further discussion with them.

[Porfirii]

Wow! have you seen cases like that? People talk a lot about deep fake but afaik it is easy to detect whether a video is real or generated by a computer, looking at the detail (like something strange in the eyes, hair, ears...).

Porfirii, I don't know about him. But, believe me, I saw a casino ad this morning on Facebook, and I was laughing. Because It was Shakib Al Hasan's deep fake video where the voice was robotic. He was saying that Bangladesh gives a license to a casino to operate and he is the brand ambassador. I knew it's fake and I skipped it.

So you have seen this kind of ads already! well, it's good to know that we are not still in that point where we aren't able to differentiate what is real from what is fake. Thank you for your testimony, Learn Bitcoin.

In a few years, when Hollywood-like quality is available for every children in their personal computers, then we'll have to worry. In the meantime critical sense, attention to detail and not believing what sounds too good to be true are a good start to not fall in these fakes.

[Learn Bitcoin]

So you have seen this kind of ads already! well, it's good to know that we are not still in that point where we aren't able to differentiate what is real from what is fake. Thank you for your testimony, Learn Bitcoin.

I am glad that I have spent considerable time on my desktop screen over the last ten years to understand what is fake and what is real. The problem is that a lot of people won't understand the difference. I was looking at the lip-synching, and it looked almost real. The movement of his body and hands were repeated in the same position.

I remember when one of my friends, who is a Tylor, said he would invest in a website because he saw Sakib promoted that website. Fortunately, he shared with me, and I kicked his ass first and then told him that those were fake ads.

[bluebit25]

Social media like X, I don't pay much attention, because I understand their purpose is to seek personal gain at the expense of others, how talking about quick profits easily manipulates newcomers to the market and FOMO following the price increase.

Although it must be fair that FOMO is also attracting money into the market, making things more exciting, we should also be more clear about the risks.

In addition, fraud is becoming more and more sophisticated when malicious code appears. There are ways that I see platforms willing to spend money to run ads just to spread malicious links. Perhaps it will cause harm and cause misunderstandings for newcomers. The caution with this market is to upgrade over time, and don't believe in any advice, but do your own research. Sometimes even luck helps us find good friends to share knowledge that protects against what is emerging.

[aioc]

The time has come when understanding crypto in detail and DYOR more than earlier has become a necessity. If you don't understand anything happening in the market then stay away and do not become greedy to ride the wave. Things are not so good as they were earlier post 2021.

There is a ride way to be greedy to become profitable in gambling but you have to be educated and wise, there are so many wolves that are in sheep's clothes with so many schemes and they intend to take your money, so if you cannot moderate your greediness and you are profit driven in a wrong way you will lose everything you've worked.
So always think, ask the community for feedback, and do your research don't just believe what these influencers are saying, they are self-serving and they are greedy for profit at your own expense.

[pawanjain]

It's best to stick to what you are doing and avoid any unnecessary chats with crypto strangers.
That we would eliminate half of the scams approaching us. Also, we have to stay with the trend and keep reading news.
By doing that we can stay up to date with latest scams and hacks. Yes, we have to do our due diligence to save ourselves from scams.

[lizarder]

The biggest one would be to make you realise that you can use multiple avenues for your portfolio to get a big push, if you allow them to handle it. Next, it would be airdrops which will ask you to surrender your Private Key in the end after going  through their requisite.

I have long abandoned this kind of method and am now much more focused on adding to my portfolio independently without involving other people with various projects offered through free ones. What I see is that we will be stronger when we have the knowledge to come to this system and the easiest way is just to spend money to run it, although we don't ignore the risks that will occur.

Another one would be a pump and dump group showing you how much they make a profit everyday through paid signals
In the end it would be a project copying others or a new one trying to cash on the trend.

This is more about a person's level of understanding to be involved in investing or it could also be directly related to trading. Yes, there are many people who are trapped by signals from certain groups regarding pump and dump, but they forget that our presence here must be based on knowledge so as not to be trapped by any offers from other people.