Losing crypto via phishing: sad but avoidable

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

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[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

It will lessen the chance of this fraudsters to attack us though. And because or machine that we used often are separated from that of our crypto used, then it's going to be very hard for them to penetrate us as our crypto are not going to be exposed. It's different if they attack us thru social media, and if we are wise enough, again, our social media accounts might not be connected to our crypto. So that's why we should be always be vigilant but adding a level of security as well is one of a good practice that we should make.

I like the last part of your post, the part about being vigilant at all time and also adding an extra layer of protection and safety to our assets by completely separating our business with pleasure. While this may not really secure us a 100% at least it gives us an extra layer of security and can make it pretty difficult for the scammers to penetrate our funds. And like I said before, in order to be completely safe, you gotta consider keeping your assets on a hardware wallet, at least this way you’re sure that your assets are stored completely offline and even if they penetrate your device, there’ll still be no way to gain access to your funds.

[lepbagong]

Well if you have like thousands of crypto, it could be better if you have a hardware wallet or totally a different machine for you work. For me that could be the likely set up that I have as I separated things just to be sure. I have a Macbook with my crypto and other online stuff that is very important for me.

Then another one for my daily used or even for my kids to used to when they wanted to. So I guess to each its own, but it is very important that we should have different laptop at least for me so that I will feel safe.

I was never and still not against the idea of having multiple  devices for your multiple online activities, even I have multiple devices too which I use for my various activities, but that doesn’t mean I should let my guard down and feel overly safe. That’s the only point I’m trying to make. Yes having multiple accounts can very much indeed minimize the risk of falling into a phishing scam since you wouldn’t have to often use your device containing your confidential information for your everyday activity.

Of course, we should let our guard down at anytime, not just because we uses separate machine mean that we will be lax using other pc or laptop. So it's really good to know and practice security hygiene, no matter what, it could be thru phishing or even sms, scammers are everywhere now, specially that we are in a bull run or fast approaching holiday seasons.

So we should really be on the guard every time. I remember my niece, who unfortunately, click a link, until it's too late that she realized that it was a phishing link. So this criminals was able to take control of her account. Luckily, there are no money or no history of her credit card, otherwise, it could be worst for her. So what's more if there are crypto in her machine.

The main problem why we can fall into the trap of fraudsters is because of the mistakes we make ourselves and the cleverness of the fraudsters to be able to deceive everyone. We will indeed find it difficult not to be vigilant, because the fraudsters can use their intelligence to be able to trap us in their traps. Whatever method we do by using a separate device will not guarantee that we will not be trapped by fraudsters. What needs to be done is not to click on any links from all the social media that claim to be from the admin or anything that we don't know. We will definitely be safe. They enter through social media that continue to develop and we often follow them.

It will lessen the chance of this fraudsters to attack us though. And because or machine that we used often are separated from that of our crypto used, then it's going to be very hard for them to penetrate us as our crypto are not going to be exposed. It's different if they attack us thru social media, and if we are wise enough, again, our social media accounts might not be connected to our crypto. So that's why we should be always be vigilant but adding a level of security as well is one of a good practice that we should make.

I think you are right if we do it with a different network, it can be ascertained that it will be safe, but they always do it through social media, which are often used by many people, so that the possibility of being able to get people who are cheated is very fast. Besides, it is indeed attempted that every social media we have is as far as possible not connected to our crypto network. But they are able to trick us through social media so that we accidentally give our crypto network to be hacked. During this time they will do everything to achieve their goals, for that, actually, never click on links given by people we don't know when we are opening our crypto network.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

I think you are right if we do it with a different network, it can be ascertained that it will be safe, but they always do it through social media, which are often used by many people, so that the possibility of being able to get people who are cheated is very fast. Besides, it is indeed attempted that every social media we have is as far as possible not connected to our crypto network. But they are able to trick us through social media so that we accidentally give our crypto network to be hacked. During this time they will do everything to achieve their goals, for that, actually, never click on links given by people we don't know when we are opening our crypto network.

Hackers and fraudsters have been around for as long as we can remember and I don’t think they’ll be going anywhere anytime soon because we can’t really beat them at their own game, the best strategy will always be to play the defensive game, yeah, you gotta try as much as you can to protect your funds. Also, I’ve understood that the reason why some people fall into some scam attempts is simply because of greed. I see no reason why someone would tell you to invest a portion of your coins and get over double or triple in matter of house or days, I know there are platforms that makes this possible but there are so many obvious scams out there that portray to offer the same services too, and if you can conduct a thorough investigation and research, you’ll be able to know it’s obviously a scam.

But some, due to the high profit promised, they allow their greed control them and they just put all of their funds into the hands of the scammers and they just make away with their money.

[DYING_S0UL]

However, in all solutions that one need in crypto space is that just avoid puting your money into a device that is connected to the internet, just buy a hardware wallet, you don't have to worry about downloading wrong things on your personal computer.

Not all of us are able to do that, mate. For example, where I live, acquiring a hardware wallet is very very tough because crypto is illegal here. So i cannot just go around purchasing a hardware wallet or order one online. I can't even buy it overseas and import it here, there are risks involved. I don't want to mess with the authorities either. You understand what i meant!

[lepbagong]

However, in all solutions that one need in crypto space is that just avoid puting your money into a device that is connected to the internet, just buy a hardware wallet, you don't have to worry about downloading wrong things on your personal computer.

Not all of us are able to do that, mate. For example, where I live, acquiring a hardware wallet is very very tough because crypto is illegal here. So i cannot just go around purchasing a hardware wallet or order one online. I can't even buy it overseas and import it here, there are risks involved. I don't want to mess with the authorities either. You understand what i meant!

There are many reasons for each person to be able to use hardware. Some feel that it is because it is expensive, and the transactions carried out are sufficient with the existing wallet and are still safe. But as you experience, of course, it is different, and clearly, it will not be necessary to use it, because it is impossible to sell there, and it is impossible to buy from abroad because of the prohibition, because there will be risks. In principle, everything can be different in its application and is not always the same.