Warning to Newcomers: Beware of Scams

[SOKO-DEKE]

Scammers are everywhere, coming with different strategies to scam people. But it is we who must take proper actions to avoid them. The best way to avoid scammer attacks is not to always reply to any message from someone you do not know or from unreal sources. Again, stop clicking on any link unless the link is from a source you know.snother way is by always getting information, so as to know the latest tactics that scammers are using. The reason why we have to stay informed is to know their real forms, because if someone does not know their format, they can still fall for them. So, it is a good way to stay informed.

[8rch7]

You get safe from the scammer, never trust any one else exactly from the newbie account who giving an offer about investment, job vacancy or anything else exactly some one sent email to you with difference official job offered. Nowadays not only in bitcoin forum but also many time in telegram channel when talking about investment many scammer sent us an email with interested offering but its purely scam from them to make us want to invest at their project.
Don't trust yet any one else exactly you don't know them and if any real or trust project never sent DM first, don't respond yet if any one sent email to you exactly in this forum some one with the newbie account without having good reputation. Ignore them if won't sent many fake or scam offering to you as investment or job vacancy.

[Akaenyi]

Reminder:
Unsolicited private messages, refusal to verify identity, or attempts to move conversations off the forum are very likely scams.
When in doubt, keep discussions public on the forum.

It is ideal to start and end every discussions in a forum and social media platforms where it started, taking it off from there should be a red flag. Some scammers goes as far as cloning group's platform on social media and add perticipants there to scam them, it has happened to me on a few occasions. What I do is announce that it is a scam then I exit or the admin will remove me very fast inorder not to spoil business for them. It is very worrisome the increase in number of scams that is why we have to be very cautious not to fall prey to them. Always be informed about how scammers work like what you shared in your OP, if more newbies becomes aware they will know how to avoid being scammed.

[Asuspawer09]

I mean it was pretty common things of email there are a lot of scams on emails especially if you joins some crypto projects whatsoever or airdrops, your going to received a lot of fakes or phising emails that is going to pursued you on clicking a link and then your end up getting trick on logging in your wallet something like that then your wallet surely is gonna get drain after that.

The best way to protect yourself from this kind of scam is simply to get aware of this scam, if you are aware of it you are always going to be suspicious everytime something scketchy is going on, On other platforms like telegram, whatsapp etc. there are also a lot of scam going on, and there are some that could easily get trick, the best way to do is just to ignore there completely any red flag they do block them so that your going to be same from this hackers. It's easy to identify; just treat it as a threat every time. Never trust anyone, so that if they do something that is suspicous you know that might be a scam. You're never going to get scammed or hacked if you know what you are doing.

[JunaidAzizi]

If someone inexperienced were in your place, he would definitely have fallen for the scam, but you know it and saved yourself. The scammers are everywhere, sitting silently, and when they find something, they attack. If they find a little vulnerability, they completely take over. Recently, someone approached me, trying hard to convince me of the scam, but I already knew. When they got tired, they themselves blocked my account. Ahaha!

[goldphysicalbitcoin]

Recently, someone approached me, trying hard to convince me of the scam, but I already knew. When they got tired, they themselves blocked my account. Ahaha!

Many scams, including phishing emails and airdrop scams, are relatively easy to identify. However, more sophisticated scams are emerging for those targeted by fraudsters who mistakenly believe they possess substantial amounts of crypto assets. These scams often involve coordinated actions by multiple entities, using methods such as remote interviews and project video conferences to build trust. In short, people need to be increasingly cautious when interacting with strangers.

[Youngrebel]

Good reminder.
Here’s One extra rule I follow:
If someone tells me that he  represents a company, I verify that from their official website.
I take my time and verify it myself  never through links or emails they provide.

Scammers really exists, just like the regular banking systems  were scammers contact people asking for details about the account and use the information to hack into his account. They are always around and having different means in different platforms that they use to scam people.  We just have to be smart and not fall victim.

[HONDACD125]

This forum really helped me when I was a newbie, I wanted to contribute some useful information to the community and I know this forum accept discussions related to scam and hacks, that is where I started from. But in the process of researching for what I can bring to be useful on this forum, I was able to know about scam and hacks and how to avoid them. Also as we continue to be active on this forum, we learn every time about new scam and we avoid them. Although, not just on this forum but from other places like news, X and other crypto online places, it is good to stay updated with recent news about scammers and hackers.

X is still not that high on the list, but Telegram is the home of scammers. Believe me, you will get a bunch of private messages pretending to be from the support team if you message in a public group of a project or a platform. They will have names or usernames set as the moderators or admins of that chat so that the ones receiving the message don't suspect at the first glance, and as unbelievable as it could be, some people actually fall in their traps, mostly because they lack knowledge about this industry or such platforms, and they believe they are actually being approached by the team to help them out.

Those who are already aware of these things don't fall for these tricks, which is why they usually attack newbies and those who they know are not knowledgeable because you can have an idea about someone's intellect if you see their messages and what kind of questions they are asking, and scammers are pretty smart when it comes to these things. They might try it on everyone, but they know ways to trick newbies more easily, they know what could get them trapped quickly.

[KingsDen]

This forum really helped me when I was a newbie, I wanted to contribute some useful information to the community and I know this forum accept discussions related to scam and hacks, that is where I started from. But in the process of researching for what I can bring to be useful on this forum, I was able to know about scam and hacks and how to avoid them. Also as we continue to be active on this forum, we learn every time about new scam and we avoid them. Although, not just on this forum but from other places like news, X and other crypto online places, it is good to stay updated with recent news about scammers and hackers.

My own story is somewhat different. When I learnt that Satoshi wrote here and this is the oldest and largest crypto community existing, I was very calm and relaxed that here is safe for everyone. I thought that such an important forum, there won't be any scam here but I was surprised and disappointed when I learnt that scam is not even moderated in the forum. It was then I knew the true meaning of bitcoin. We take charge of our safety and coin security ourselves.

So, it is normal that newbies fall for some scams initially when not well orientated. They would just believe anyone story and investment opportunities because they emanated from here.

[Stable090]

Reminder:
Unsolicited private messages, refusal to verify identity, or attempts to move conversations off the forum are very likely scams.
When in doubt, keep discussions public on the forum.

When it comes to crypto space, don’t trust anyone, even if you receive a message from a reliable account, you still have to be careful, make sure you verify the identity before proceeding with anything you want to do with the person. I don’t really trust anyone I meet online, scammers are coming up with new strategies thats why we just have to be so careful, people are going to extra miles just because they want to scam people.

If you are having any financial deal with anyone, make sure you verify the identity, and make sure you don’t share any personal information’s with someone you meet online, they might not be someone you think they are.

[Obim34]

Many scams, including phishing emails and airdrop scams, are relatively easy to identify. However, more sophisticated scams are emerging for those targeted by fraudsters who mistakenly believe they possess substantial amounts of crypto assets. These scams often involve coordinated actions by multiple entities, using methods such as remote interviews and project video conferences to build trust. In short, people need to be increasingly cautious when interacting with strangers.

What have discussion with strangers?

People get scammed for giving direct audience needed to brainwash them into believing formulated stories from scammers.

The crypto space is supposed to be private, even here in the forum, we are not expected to disclose about our investment, when your history is privately protected, scammers are unable to have a trace concerning our investment for them to consider you a target.