Newbies be careful with old members, when they PM you for business.

[Yeesha]

Theres an old saying in real life "Dont talk to stranger" might be good to do that if you are newbie thats the best prevention to scam.

I get it but that's not really applicable in this, in life in order for you to get certain things, be it opportunities or whatever you need to talk to people (strangers). There is a difference between talking and socializing in terms of trusting them with important informations. Even on the forum it is important that you keep your informations privately. Talking to people or socializing is different from texting people you barely know about a business, this is something that could lead to a lot of problems or complications, it is better to relate with people that you know in person to do business with than sending PM's to random people you don't know.

Some people can't control their mouth, after they open it, so I think in this case it is advisable to stay quiet and ignore them. Sometimes, in the means of having conversation you must have tell the stranger what he wanted to know, you will just vomit everything, thinking its nothing and the person will have clue. Small conversations can convey great messages. Someone might PM with the intention of manipulating, cheating, or scamming you, it is hard to place your trust on others this days, so expecially newbies like me, you need to be extremely careful who YOU Send PM to, and also who's PM You respond to, for safety purpose.

[Awaisjanizz11]

Theres an old saying in real life "Dont talk to stranger" might be good to do that if you are newbie thats the best prevention to scam.

I really do appreciate the words of cryptoaddictchie. But the point here is that here are all strangers and if we somehow manage to meet someone in our relation , they would still behave like a stranger . And there are some things that newbies fear of , if they won't ask from strangers in this forum I don't think that the newbies would be able to fix that all by theirself.

[Grace333]

As an adult you should be able to fact check and analyze somethings, not because someone offers a business deal and the person is in the forum doesn't mean that you should jump right into it, this is where a lot of people are having it all wrong. Anyone can be a scammer, this is the reason why you shouldn't be too sure of anyone that you are not really familiar with. This is a reputable avenue or space that's true but you must also be very careful as well so you don't get defrauded. Personally, I don't even discuss business with people that I'm not seeing physically or have an idea of who they are or what they look like.

[Daniel91]

As an adult you should be able to fact check and analyze somethings, not because someone offers a business deal and the person is in the forum doesn't mean that you should jump right into it, this is where a lot of people are having it all wrong. Anyone can be a scammer, this is the reason why you shouldn't be too sure of anyone that you are not really familiar with. This is a reputable avenue or space that's true but you must also be very careful as well so you don't get defrauded. Personally, I don't even discuss business with people that I'm not seeing physically or have an idea of who they are or what they look like.

You said it very well.
Realistically, when you get a message from someone you don't know on a forum and have never communicated with them, that should be your first red flag.
Why would someone, out of thousands of forum members, send you a financial offer? Serious companies don't do that.
Then, if the business venture is so good, why does anyone even need your money? That's the second red flag. If a business needs money from new investors to survive, then it's a Ponzi scheme.
Finally, who is behind that business. Are the names of the founders, directors, company registration information, etc. known? That's the third red flag.
In short, if you're looking for a real financial opportunity, do your research and find it yourself, and don't expect it to "fall from the sky" from some anonymous benefactor on an online forum. Such things don't happen in the real world.

[ndutndut]

Theres an old saying in real life "Dont talk to stranger" might be good to do that if you are newbie thats the best prevention to scam.

Yes, that's right. The saying 'don't talk to strangers' is still very relevant as an early warning for everyone, especially beginners particularly when dealing with finances that involve risks. Moreover, in the digital era scammers can easily disguise themselves in this forum and this also applies to other social media. So, to avoid fraud being cautious remains the key.

This is also why everyone should have basic knowledge when dealing with finances because with basic knowledge the ability to fact-check and analyze any offer will make it easier to detect if it's a scam. Besides that, even if we are on this forum especially if they send a PM we shouldn't just trust it. It's better to avoid any transactions with parties that haven’t built communication yet. With a firm approach like this the risk of fraud can be well avoided.

[kawetsriyanto]

I really do appreciate the words of cryptoaddictchie. But the point here is that here are all strangers and if we somehow manage to meet someone in our relation , they would still behave like a stranger . And there are some things that newbies fear of , if they won't ask from strangers in this forum I don't think that the newbies would be able to fix that all by theirself.

Of course, all people are strangers if we don't know them well. However, there are some members trustable because of their reputation in this forum. So, you can trust them more over other members. You can check the trust point of each member, there must be some members who have positive and negative trust. You must avoid to communicate to the members who have negative trust, especially if it is about something private or business.

Well, it doesn't mean that you totally don't talk to other members. It just ensures that you talk to trusted members in this forum. And you also need to keep attention to anything that you share to others, you never share about the privacy matter and you don't do a business with untrusted members.

[Vompola]

Newbies should clearly remember that if someone wants to talk about investment through personal messages or shares any such link, then they should always be ignored. Only fraudsters do such things, because I will never tell any new member from my place to send a message that you invest or I am sharing a link with you and you enter through this link and do your work, because it is not my job, but if someone wants to know about investment through personal messages, then of course I can help him in that regard to the best of my ability.

With the changing times, fraudsters are trying to cheat in new ways. It may happen that an old member is giving such messages to new members and trying to trap them, so one should always be wary of such fraudsters.

[Daniel91]

I really do appreciate the words of cryptoaddictchie. But the point here is that here are all strangers and if we somehow manage to meet someone in our relation , they would still behave like a stranger . And there are some things that newbies fear of , if they won't ask from strangers in this forum I don't think that the newbies would be able to fix that all by theirself.

Of course, all people are strangers if we don't know them well. However, there are some members trustable because of their reputation in this forum. So, you can trust them more over other members. You can check the trust point of each member, there must be some members who have positive and negative trust. You must avoid to communicate to the members who have negative trust, especially if it is about something private or business.

Well, it doesn't mean that you totally don't talk to other members. It just ensures that you talk to trusted members in this forum. And you also need to keep attention to anything that you share to others, you never share about the privacy matter and you don't do a business with untrusted members.

Yes, this is good advice and of course there are members on this forum with a good reputation whose opinions can be trusted.
However, even they will certainly never send private messages to forum members and persuade them to invest their money somewhere, but rather share their ideas and suggestions publicly on the forum, openly and transparently.
New members do not know much about this forum and do not know how the "trust system" works here, the meaning of "negative trust" and that is the problem.
Perhaps the best protection is to remember the old wisdom: "If something is too good to be true, then run away from it" and think carefully about the motives of the people who communicate with you and ask for money and why they would choose you and why they need your money if the business is so good.

[kawetsriyanto]

Yes, this is good advice and of course there are members on this forum with a good reputation whose opinions can be trusted.

Of course, there are trusted members in this forum. We can't generalize it, not all members aren't trustable.

However, even they will certainly never send private messages to forum members and persuade them to invest their money somewhere, but rather share their ideas and suggestions publicly on the forum, openly and transparently.

Exactly. Trusted members won't try to send suspicious message. Moreover it is a message to persuade investing in a random thing. We must suspect it as untrusted member, kindly check its reputation score.

New members do not know much about this forum and do not know how the "trust system" works here, the meaning of "negative trust" and that is the problem.
Perhaps the best protection is to remember the old wisdom: "If something is too good to be true, then run away from it" and think carefully about the motives of the people who communicate with you and ask for money and why they would choose you and why they need your money if the business is so good.

They actually can learn it. The best way is to learn everything about this forum first before deciding anything. It is including the trust system.
Agree, just avoid it if it looks "too sweet to be true". There are too many cases that promised too sweet profits but it just ended up to be scam cases. We must learn from every bad experience in the past.

[Jessie2121]

I saw a thread some weeks ago where someone was complaining, that he received a message about investment from someone in this forum.
Most of this old members that are messaging newbies in other to scam them has already been given negative feedback by DT members in this forum, so when you see a PM from old forum members, what you should do is to check their feedback and from there feedback you will know the kind of person they are.
But I will advise, regardless of their feedback tell them to make it public or forget about it.

And for the DT members if you are giving trust to someone, make sure the member is trustworthy because if they are involved in scamming newbies here, and the newbie says he believed the member was trustworthy because of the trust you gave the member, you too will be held accountable to some extent.

Is never easy to identify who's real with his or her words on the forum, everyone has what brings them to this place and weather they have the highest number of trust from the DT members it still doesn't tell the true intention of the person or member as the case may be. The best thing is to follow your mind because the way and manner at which scammers are building up words to convince people is becoming too much, many people will fall, doesn't matter if we're seeing a newbie or legendary displaying on their rank is hard to tell who's good or bad. I think the DT members don't have much to do on this because anybody can act like a good guy and when the trust is earned they choose to strike and cause the damage they have planned without minding the consequences after all if an account is prohibited from coming online they can still open another and continue their evil act, instead of doing business with anybody you don't know facially is best to not try at all, the risk of doing anything especially concerning money is too high.

[Bright0515]

A reputable member of this forum that has integrity wouldn't pm you for a business deal that they haven't made public yet. If anyone has any investment that's profitable they don't have to pm you about it, all they need to do is post about it and those that are interested would send them a message. A lot of people have been scammed through this means and as the world keeps on advancing people come up with different methods or ways to scam others. You just have to be smart so you don't end up falling for things like this.