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May 23, 2026, 07:53:09 AM
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Investigation recently shows on how wrench attack is on the rising, scammers don't have to go through the conventional process of hacking users wallet or looking for possible vulnerabilities as entry point, instead they now attack in physical and this is on a rising as they have developed more strategic way to operate under this route.

Scammers will come to bitcoin users residence, impersonate as a police officer in other for them to gain entry into your home, once this has been successfully achieved, the next is to unleash their intention and attack forcefully through physical confrontation, demanding you to make a bitcoin transaction into their wallet with a threat, by this time, you will have no choice than to comply instead of losing your life.

I would like you to go through a French case of a similar couple who were attacked by 3 impersonated policemen and how they maneuver to get entry and scam their victims, it is important that we have to know that wrench attack is not new, but scammers have improvised diverse means to launch this kind of attack, which impersonating a police officer is one of their main key strategy adopted and this is on a rise, that right at the comfort of our home, they come in for us and attack.

Be careful and be security conscious, learn how you could maintain privacy in all that you do about cryptocurrency, this is for your safety because once they know what you do and your worth, launching this kind of advanced wrench attack will be so easier for them against you.
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May 23, 2026, 09:33:20 AM
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In summary of all what you said here, it can be easily mitigated if you can keep your mouth shut, because keeping shut is the biggest problem of most bitcoin investors, they tend to make it know to random strangers that they invested in Bitcoin, just to be seen as a big boy, but in real sense, that is a senseless action that will put your life and your love one's life at risk.

Even in our local fiat, it's very unreasonable to be talking anyhow by telling people that you are in possession of a large amount of money in cash, that is one of the fastest way to get robbed, so if we can keep shut, we can be safe from this attack.

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May 23, 2026, 11:04:56 AM
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it can be easily mitigated if you can keep your mouth shut, because keeping shut is the biggest problem of most bitcoin investors, they tend to make it know to random strangers that they invested in Bitcoin,

I don't know what pleasure it is for people to made it loud that they are bitcoin investors just to probably intimidate others, without knowing that they will later be the one to be intimidated when the scammers come after them, if you begin to make profit does not mean that we should be more careless about it and go public to announce all we do and our worth, scammers no longer wait till they hack your wallet, they will directly come to you to make the whole process faster.
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May 23, 2026, 12:46:10 PM
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Investigation recently shows on how wrench attack is on the rising, scammers don't have to go through the conventional process of hacking users wallet or looking for possible vulnerabilities as entry point, instead they now attack in physical and this is on a rising as they have developed more strategic way to operate under this route.

Scammers will come to bitcoin users residence, impersonate as a police officer in other for them to gain entry into your home, once this has been successfully achieved, the next is to unleash their intention and attack forcefully through physical confrontation, demanding you to make a bitcoin transaction into their wallet with a threat, by this time, you will have no choice than to comply instead of losing your life.

I would like you to go through a French case of a similar couple who were attacked by 3 impersonated policemen and how they maneuver to get entry and scam their victims, it is important that we have to know that wrench attack is not new, but scammers have improvised diverse means to launch this kind of attack, which impersonating a police officer is one of their main key strategy adopted and this is on a rise, that right at the comfort of our home, they come in for us and attack.

Be careful and be security conscious, learn how you could maintain privacy in all that you do about cryptocurrency, this is for your safety because once they know what you do and your worth, launching this kind of advanced wrench attack will be so easier for them against you.

We face such dangers because of our own mistakes. In most cases, we face such incidents because of our own mistakes. It is always said in this forum that you should not tell anyone except a trusted person about the amount of your Bitcoin or that you have invested in Bitcoin, as this increases your risk a lot. Since Bitcoin is completely decentralized, it is not possible to find out to which person the Bitcoin has been sent. So always refrain yourself from doing such things.

The biggest tool to keep ourselves safe from hackers is awareness. If we are aware, then we will definitely be able to protect ourselves from hackers. For example, if we take a little precaution, we can easily protect ourselves from hackers. For example:
  • 2FA
  • Check any link before entering it
  • Take utmost precautions to protect the Seed Phrase
  • Keep the mobile phone in which you keep your wallet away from external wifi
  • Etc.
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May 23, 2026, 01:26:10 PM
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this is for your safety because once they know what you do and your worth, launching this kind of advanced wrench attack will be so easier for them against you.
The reason why I love this very part is that it is specifically emphasizing on the real fact. People in this present generation love showing off for no reason and this is one of the easiest way to get yourself into trouble. Of a truth nobody can easily know what you are into till you disclose it for people to know, and if you ask me I still can't figure out the reason for all those nonsense.  Secondly, even though we aren't that type that love showing off, we should also be careful with people we associate with and disclose some of our dealings with because some people can be very simple in nature but devilish in real life, and this is the more complicated it is because you can't tell who is after you till the truth is revealed.

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Today at 11:54:53 AM
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Most of those that are found evicting of this kind of attack are being careless on their own end, that you do something does not mean you should also make it open to the public, it's not everyone that sees you get in line with you and your success you made, scammers are now using different means away from the previous to ensure that the launch their attack against targeted individuals, we must be more sensitive and not place our own self as one of their targets by being mindful of what we tried to reveal to public about our involvement in Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

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