Unless the prime suspect is caught, everyone is a suspect.

[Mrbluntzy]

The title of this topic is a statement the police in my country frequently like to use while investigating some crime cases. If our crypto enthusiast also implies that same slogan in their crypto journey, it will be difficult to fall victim to every online scam. We must know that privacy and security are very important aspects of the crypto community. Key states that I think we should apply such a slogan to are:

1: Anyone asking you to invest and earn a huge profit is a suspect until proven to be a legit investment (stay away from Ponzi schemes and stay safe).

2: Anyone asking for your private information is a suspect; never give out your private information.

3: Any site you are not familiar with is a suspect unless you are very sure it's the right website, so do not expose your information carelessly.

4: Any website asking you to connect your wallet is a suspect. Why must you connect your wallet? If you must connect a wallet, create a fresh wallet address and generate a new key. You can connect the empty wallet there.

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

6. Last but not least, any random person you meet on the internet is a suspect. Trade cautiously.

I will make a note: P.S. Be very conscious, stay alert, and learn to ask questions, make research and make every necessary inquiry before taking action. Before using any platform you were introduced to, do research about that new platform. Seek to know how reputable a platform is before engaging with it.

Stay private both on the internet and offline. If you think you can trust people offline because you know them, kindly remember that you only know those people facially; you don't know what's going on in their heads about you.

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[Odusko]

Secure your wallet, invest only by buying Bitcoin and holding it in your wallet with your private keys saved privately,  never get greedy and do not trust any third and doing so is at your own risk, some time scammers ride on the gullibility of the victims and if you knew their tactic and good understanding approach,  you can never fall victim for them, because the majority of the time, if you are not greedy or looking for fast profits, it hardly that you fall victim for those scammers.

[Ambatman]

2. Is not a suspect but a thief.
4. Is not a suspect but a thief.I

Yeah be cautious and do research before making any decisions.
Anything that's too good to be true is not true.
I'm still surprised people still fall for invest $1 and get $10 scam.
Suspecting everything is good but removes the fun in life
If you too cautious, you become me (Batman).

[Churchillvv]

Nice one I believe you have experience with scams that made you come up with this post, but mind you, it's very cautious content. If only we were not driven by greed, then we could possibly listen to this advice. But everyone who will be trying to be more careful from now on shouldn't overplay the role; don't be overly cautious to the extent of not taking risks anymore or to the extent of ignoring your success for safety reasons.

Just be guided, trade with caution, and always be aware of almost everything to be safe.

[Husires]

Greed and lack of thought is what makes these scammers get what they want. They know that you believe all the news and have a preconceived belief that Bitcoin is a get-rich-quick journey, so they appeal to your emotions in order to get the largest possible amount of profits.
Invest only in Bitcoin. If your friend starts telling you about a high-profit investment, make sure it is his account and then advise him to stay away from any investment that seems too good to be true.

[blockman]

That's actually a good set of list of factors on how someone should look into everyone on this market. Since the community is growing and many people getting in and joining this entire crypto community. Many of them are prone into scams and that's how weak they are when a total stranger approaches them as if they're a hero and wanting to teach them something how this market revolves. But the motive is there and that's to take them out of control and to deceive them with ill intentions and to mislead them. All of the questions are good guides for someone who's not yet familiar on how to spot on some typical scams.

[Dave1]

To summarized everything, you don't trust but verify. And with that, as what the OP has pointed out, it's obvious that individuals asking for your personal info shouldn't be trusted simply as that.

So in the world that we move in, we shouldn't trust anyone around us.

Even in public places if you try to open your wallet, so should be aware of your surroundings. Same as when you type your PIN in an ATM machine, you just don't know, maybe there are criminals around you just watching your every move.

[Nwada001]

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

What do you mean by this? Unless proven trustworthy, how can you prove that a stranger is trustworthy when they just hit you up in regard to an investment opportunity? Does proving trustworthy have to do with you testing the service first or what? Or are there other means of proving how reliable someone can be without even having to try what they advertise?
 
In my opinion, anyone who ever talks about investment, money-doubling high ROI, which appears too good to be true, should be ignored, and you don't have to create any room for doubt if you should trust him or not.
 
Unless you have seen people who are close to you who have used what they advertise and confirmed that it's legit, even so, it's still not enough reason to trust someone online. Even if they render a licence registration number from the most trusted source, I still can't advise anyone to blindly trust investment agents online.

[Doan9269]

1: Anyone asking you to invest and earn a huge profit is a suspect until proven to be a legit investment (stay away from Ponzi schemes and stay safe).

2: Anyone asking for your private information is a suspect; never give out your private information.

3: Any site you are not familiar with is a suspect unless you are very sure it's the right website, so do not expose your information carelessly.

4: Any website asking you to connect your wallet is a suspect. Why must you connect your wallet? If you must connect a wallet, create a fresh wallet address and generate a new key. You can connect the empty wallet there.

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

6. Last but not least, any random person you meet on the internet is a suspect. Trade cautiously.

If you're not being greedy, maybe none of these would have been a trap set against us and we will fall on them, if we are looking for a means to generate financial income and earn from it does not gives the ordersity of taking anyhow offer from what we see online without detesting them, we have to start all these from how disciplined we are, we should make research about what we see online before accepting to go for them, we should take our time and revise on them, take online reviews and also ask others experienced in it, scam don't just happened like that, we make them have way through us before they can attack, most of the things that happened to us were being started from us even as we are unaware of how we let them, it's time begin to learn how to have good security and privacy measures to how we live our crypto life.

[Lucius]

OP has written a good guide for all those who have not yet realized that the internet is a very dangerous place, especially for those who are naive and believe everything they see and read. Caution and critical thinking can sometimes be tiring, but they pay off in the long run.

We must know that today cryptocurrencies are very popular, and that bad people in the real and online world are always trying to trick us, whether it is promoting various crypto projects that have no sense or purpose, or stalking us with the aim of trying to hack or even physical attack.

Therefore, I would agree with the OP that it is not wise to share your "crypto stories" on social networks, but also to tell your friends or acquaintances that you invest in this or that. They don't necessarily have to be bad people, but when you tell someone something (even in confidence) you can never be sure who the information will reach in the end.

[SatoPrincess]

Everyone on the internet should have this mentality. Sadly we live in a world where people live their lives on social media. We spend so much time on our screens that we forget that people we interact with on the social media space are ‘accounts’ controlled by a person/persons who may or may not be a catfish. I love the way OP put it, everyone is a suspect until proven otherwise. If they had a way to make such high profits, they would keep that information to themselves.

[ancafe]

I will make a note: P.S. Be very conscious, stay alert, and learn to ask questions, make research and make every necessary inquiry before taking action. Before using any platform you were introduced to, do research about that new platform. Seek to know how reputable a platform is before engaging with it.

Stay private both on the internet and offline. If you think you can trust people offline because you know them, kindly remember that you only know those people facially; you don't know what's going on in their heads about you.

That's how it should be and everyone should make research beforehand when deciding to use a platform, exchange or anything related to the world of Cryptocurrency. How safe is it when we use it and maybe we will find the answer when we really know it and every decision must be taken based on great knowledge so that we don't make a mistake in choosing. Trusting people offline or online is not a problem, but what needs to be considered is whether they can be trusted.

We will be much safer being anonymous because other people don't need to know about our activities here, at least that's what I do and not many people know me personally when it comes to being involved in the crypto space. Maybe different people have different views, but I think being anonymous will be much safer for all forms of involvement here.

[Sandra_hakeem]

I've been wondering the guts some peeps have to interact with a random person on the internet, with full confidence and believe to whatever they say....have you ever asked yourself why they're scouting for people to register or click links whatsoever?? Would anyone try to convince you to register on something profitable?
I don't even entertain discussions with Nobody -- these guys can be very funny atimes... Theyll begin to describe a process you've known already, with full insurance on them, assuming it doesn't workout.

Sandra 🧑‍🦰

[CryptSafe]

Truly, everyone is a suspect until the prime suspect is caught. It is best applicable to the Crypto world as well and all you have listed are true facts of what is happening in the society today.

On a normal there are some certain things we ought to know and do so as to be at peace with ourselves. No individual should make  themselves vulnerable to scammers to easily get themselves falling for the tricks of scammers. Wisdom applies that we do a proper research before engaging in anything online likewise offline too for our safety because if we do not take caution, we will be the victim as a result of our ignorance. So therefore, your post is worth the time mate. Research is the best teacher. If anyone wants to really be on the safe side, they should properly do research before engaging with whatever that comes their way all in the name of investment and lots more.

[BIT-BENDER]

Very correct mate and to add to this, the more in looking to good to be true the more the chances are that it's a scam, never look at status, amount of followers or how much the person to certify the person legit.
Many top crypto-currency influencers has and can be bought over even big Crypto establishment CEO like binance can be involved in some financial scandal.
You main priority is to protect your crypto-currency savings and you should never compromise on that.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

1: Anyone asking you to invest and earn a huge profit is a suspect until proven to be a legit investment (stay away from Ponzi schemes and stay safe).

You don't need any proof, they're all scammers especially when it got things to do with the cryptocurrency industry. Scammers are known for using the phrase (earn big rewards) in many other way that you can rephrase it, to attract their victims. They feast on your greed and hunger for wanting to reap where you didn't sow a seed or with little effort and want a bigger reward. If you're not holding your private key you don't own that coin so you should be avoiding all the centralized platforms asking you to invest with them as it  doesn't matter if they're legit or not.

4: Any website asking you to connect your wallet is a suspect. Why must you connect your wallet? If you must connect a wallet, create a fresh wallet address and generate a new key. You can connect the empty wallet there.

Not every website that ask you to connect your wallet is a scam, some actually needs you connecting your wallet before you can use the platforms and some example are DEX and the supposedly defi platforms that we now have due to the popularity of the defi sector and other decentralized things we can use some smart contracts Blockchain to do. But while not all website that asked you to connect your wallet are scam, your precautions of having a new wallet for that purpose is encouraged to avoid exposing your wallet to fruadsters.

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

You don't have to wait for them to be proven trustworthy because no legit person will be messaging you about an investment just like that. Fraudsters and scammers are those that use this means to try to defraud their targeted victims. Don't be their next victim, if you want to invest just buy your coins and hodl in your personal wallet that you have access to all the sensitive information without any third party been involved.

[Mrbluntzy]

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

What do you mean by this? Unless proven trustworthy, how can you prove that a stranger is trustworthy when they just hit you up in regard to an investment opportunity? Does proving trustworthy have to do with you testing the service first or what? Or are there other means of proving how reliable someone can be without even having to try what they advertise?

The reason why I said that you should make inquiries and ask some important question where necessary is because if you actually ask people around you, you could get information from another person who have been scamed by same person and that to verify that it's totally a scam.

It must not be verify as trustworthy, just treat them as scamer and be very conscious.

[Faisal2202]

5: Any random person you meet online and he or she is telling you about investment is a suspect unless proven trustworthy.

You are damn right, I used to receive hell lot of messages on twitter, and telegram from strangers talking about some mining company they are working in and then they start to ask some question which obviously we should not give the right answers to. Well, the point is I am well aware of these spammers. But recently I received a message on my FB messenger from a girl which was looking pretty haha. well, I moved on to talking to her, after talking she started to ask what do you do I told this and that and when I asked her.

She said I am a manager in a mining company I said fu**k off, haha, Actually I did not see it coming and did not think of her as a spammer but she turned out to be, or he whatever that person was. That's why I don't trust online strangers until I met them in personal.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Some people are actually too naive, and that is why they fall for these kinds of cheap scams. On a normal note, how can someone that you have not met face-to-face ask you to invest? Some people also fall into these kinds of scams because they get pushed by their nature of greed and too much inquisitive demand to make sudden wealth.

There's a quote that says, "Do not every think that glitter is gold." If someone actually takes time to analyze any investment opportunity that comes to them, they can better detect the one that is scam and the one that is legit. Although scammers are also improving in their strategies but there is always something that doesn't look right in their plot, and if, as an investor or as a crypto enthusiast, you take some time to carefully analyze the process, you will find out if it's a scam or not.

[Hewlet]

That's the main reason why I don't just believe a random person that coms to my dm with mouth watering business ideas and and update that's so good to be true. Although I feel that over-suspecting everything we find on the internet might make us miss some important opportunity that would have been of high benefit to us and so what I do most of the time is to make my own personal research regarding whatever information or update someone brings and if i get positive feedback from people, I consider going into it but if i get negative feedback, I find the nearest exit point asap.