We know the crypto industry is huge, full of opportunities and various types of functionality out there. Because of the nature of crypto, it's easy to scam someone who is a new beginner in this market. Today I'll give some examples that could help you for your crypto future.
First of all, be careful form all types of greed.
- Sometimes, you can saw many ads (like a free Arbitrage subscription) in many famous YouTubers' videos. If you think these groups or sites are from that content creator, there is a chance of being scammed. Never click on that links or don't join their site or groups. Example:
- Sometimes, when you comment in any video, you can find the content creator who replied to your comment and said, join his groups. But if you saw closely, it's the scammer. When you click the replied channel's profile, then you can recognize the scammer. Never join their groups or even click their link. Example:
- When you click youtube, sometimes you'll see various ads. But now, many scammers use youtube ads for scamming. These scammers used Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin, and many more influencers' footages and told you about any fishing project. For instance,
They'll tell you that if you give them 1 ETH, they'll return you 6 ETH. Keep in mind, never believe these kinds of projects. None of any projects will repay you this much investment. All the footage or pictures are collected from many seminars and documentaries. Never send any funds to these addresses. They'll never give you back the given funds. Example:
- Most of us have a telegram account if we are in crypto, and telegram is now a hub of scammers. If you don't care, then you can easily be scammed by others. Some examples are given below; you could also face this kind of situation.
When you join any preferable project group for your needs, while discussing with admins or moderators, you could receive messages from many peoples who want to tell you about the many scam project. Even sometimes fake id just named like group admins requesting you to share your problems. These are scammers. You could be asked for your ids or password for solutions. Never share your IDs or password with them. Remember, admins or moderators never DM your first. That is why you can see that admins' or moderators' names like (never DM you first). Examples:
Beware from those scammers. Always double-check the profiles who wanna interact with you in telegram.
You may add many groups just like the real groups with thousands of members. They might tell you to invest in their project. In this situation, please double-check their other social accounts and the website of that project. Example:
Many of us are seeking free crypto from airdrops and bounties. I also work in airdrops and bounties.
Nowadays, many scammers try to scam from airdrops and bounties. Keep in mind that if any airdrop requires your id or password or any personal information that normally other airdrop does not require, keep distance from that airdrop. I saw a couple of airdrops ask the seed phase of your metamask; here, I only want to say that never share your seed phrase with any person.
Another frequent scam that bounty scammers. If you go to the country section on Bitcointalk, you will see many bounties out there. But most of them are now fake. Even yesterday, a bounty program named Dope Doge was scammed. They refuse to run the project. So, choose the right project before the marketing project. Example:
Now many dust BSC20 tokens are created, These tokens are given to users freely, but when you try to exchange them, it shows an error. Then if you research the project, you can find out that the project requires a deposit for exchange. Keep in your mind, never send funds to their addresses. Even the tokens show high prices or popular exchange listings. You can never exchange those tokens. You can get some details: https://www.publish0x.com/darknet/you-pay-attention-to-these-tokens-velo-flux-vera-unih-xrnnzzk
A couple of months ago, a scammed happened in Metamask; hackers put a code in the extension. When any user opens the metamask, you require a seed phrase for login. Many peoples lost their funds for sharing their seed phrase. After some minutes, Metamask apologizes for these bugs. We can learn that never share your seed phrase if even the company wants it from this misfortune. Only enter your seed phrase while logging in to a new device. You can find more details about it: https://www.publish0x.com/saikots-blog/a-crypto-phishing-bot-targeting-metamask-users-xyklqzd
Crypto is a huge market that has no endings. Scammers are everywhere; they update their methods frequently. All the above ways have happened in the past; more forms will come into the market. So, be careful of scammers. And one more thing whenever, you see these kinds of spam or phishing just report it. It will help to reduce it a little bit.