Crypto Forum Moderator Targeted in Alleged Bitcoin Kidnapping Attempt

[TomPluz]

I am glad that this moderator is not connected with this forum but sad to see a news like this which put someone's life on the line because of the suspicion that just because he is a crypto forum moderator he must have some immense amount of coins in his wallet. This is a big reminder to all of us to always consider privacy at all times...we must assume that evil people are lurking anywhere and they are ready to punch us on the face if they can get information that they use in the pursuit of their illegal enterprise.

"A Canadian crypto forum moderator and father of four claims to have been forced into hiding after an alleged kidnapping and torture attempt. The attackers reportedly targeted him, falsely believing he possessed an immense amount of Bitcoin.

The incident has left the man and his family in a precarious situation as they move from one temporary residence to another, fearing for their safety."

Reference: https://coingape.com/crypto-forum-moderator-targeted-in-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-attempt/

[bitterguy28]

I am glad that this moderator is not connected with this forum but sad to see a news like this which put someone's life on the line because of the suspicion that just because he is a crypto forum moderator he must have some immense amount of coins in his wallet.

i was wondering how those kidnappers knew his identity and address but it turns out he is a moderator in a facebook community i do not know if they are also allowed of anonymous accounts in facebook but it is safe to assume that in the community their real names and pictures of themselves are exposed which is to me pretty foolish

This is a big reminder to all of us to always consider privacy at all times...we must assume that evil people are lurking anywhere and they are ready to punch us on the face if they can get information that they use in the pursuit of their illegal enterprise.

we always talk about the importance of privacy and why we use crypto is because we want to protect our privacy so i find it pretty ironic that people are engaging in crypto community exposing their real identities you do not know the people you meet on the internet no matter how kind they seem to you you still can't trust them completely and you do not know which ones have bad intentions on you and your family

well i wish safety to himself and his family i hope he learns to keep his privacy after this

[Faisal2202]

"A Canadian crypto forum moderator and father of four claims to have been forced into hiding after an alleged kidnapping and torture attempt. The attackers reportedly targeted him, falsely believing he possessed an immense amount of Bitcoin.

The incident has left the man and his family in a precarious situation as they move from one temporary residence to another, fearing for their safety."

Reference: https://coingape.com/crypto-forum-moderator-targeted-in-alleged-bitcoin-kidnapping-attempt/

I wonder what cryptocurrency group is being discussed here, as there is no way that these thieves get into thinking that the moderator has more than 2 billion dollars of BTC while in reality, he has only 10k worth of BTC.

Being a moderator is very hard, and how come they get to know where he lives? In the crypto space, especially as moderators we must keep our personal life hidden to gain popularity. we can create fake profiles too which is not a crime in my opinion. We can give that fake profile a name as our signature profile to keep life balanced.

This is really scary, and besides moderators, all crypto investors out there looking for themselves even when making posts on forums like this, we must not disclose what we really own because even if we own $1k to $10k worth of BTC, idiots can think we are lying.

[ABCbits]

This is a big reminder to all of us to always consider privacy at all times...we must assume that evil people are lurking anywhere and they are ready to punch us on the face if they can get information that they use in the pursuit of their illegal enterprise.

I get your point, although the news doesn't mention whether he's moderator of online-only forum (where you can be anonymous) or forum with physical gathering.

Four suspects, two of which are adults and two are juveniles, were taken into custody in relation to the event. The adults are to be charged with conspiracy to kidnap and use of prohibited firearms. However, all these four suspects were released on house arrest to await their trial that is set to commence in March.

Really? This is crazy, considering they could plan to take revenge while taking any Bitcoin and other asset he have. The police make decision as if they only commit non-violent crime for first time.

[Freemind]

I have always thought, and said, that keeping a low profile (no matter how many millions we have) not only speaks positively about us as people, but is also a smart way to maintain our privacy and that of our families. Otherwise we could face situations like this, also putting our families in danger. This news reminds me of a YouTuber (I think it was a Russian guy) who showed large amounts of cash in his videos every day, until one day he was found dead in his house.

Privacy is everything.

[target]

I have always thought, and said, that keeping a low profile (no matter how many millions we have) not only speaks positively about us as people, but is also a smart way to maintain our privacy and that of our families. Otherwise we could face situations like this, also putting our families in danger. This news reminds me of a YouTuber (I think it was a Russian guy) who showed large amounts of cash in his videos every day, until one day he was found dead in his house.

Privacy is everything.

It shows how vulnerable anyone is even if they have the money.
Even if a person has huge biceps, it won't be any different when a person face someone with a gun to his head, he will have to answer to their demands and give the money or coins for his dear life.

The Russian guy probably chose to say No that he took the risk.

[Freemind]

It shows how vulnerable anyone is even if they have the money.
Even if a person has huge biceps, it won't be any different when a person face someone with a gun to his head, he will have to answer to their demands and give the money or coins for his dear life.

The Russian guy probably chose to say No that he took the risk.

The size of the biceps or the total muscle mass matters absolutely nothing in these cases, it is not even necessary for someone to have a gun or a rifle. The real problem is that if you are at home your family can also be there and everything else doesn't matter at that moment. The important thing is to use intelligence, not to say anywhere how many Bitcoins we have or where we live, for example. Those are some of the simplest and most basic things we should remember.

[Zed0X]

That's crazy but it's not the first time we read news like this. It's enough for perpetrators to commit crimes when they know/heard that you own a huge amount of money (fiat/crypto). Stay anonymous as long as you can and keep your transactions private. You can also hope that the banks or any other company that you gave your information not to be careless.

[robelneo]

This is the second or third time I read this kind of news and as cryptocurrency becomes popular, we will see more reports like this, The alleged kidnappers did not verify their research; the victim must have posted an address that yielded huge amount of Bitcoin, which is why they targeted him, Being a crypto forum moderator doesn't mean you own huge amount of coins and tokens in your wallet.

[bayu7adi]

I have always thought, and said, that keeping a low profile (no matter how many millions we have) not only speaks positively about us as people, but is also a smart way to maintain our privacy and that of our families. Otherwise we could face situations like this, also putting our families in danger. This news reminds me of a YouTuber (I think it was a Russian guy) who showed large amounts of cash in his videos every day, until one day he was found dead in his house.

Privacy is everything.

Some people are able to withstand the ridicule of people around them because they are considered to have no money, but there are also people who are unable to withstand the ridicule of neighbors which causes them to have no friends because they are considered to have no money... Some people show their balances publicly hoping to get recognition that they have succeeded in becoming successful people, but they do not realize that bad people are actually stalking them all the time....

Not everyone who has a lot of money has mature thinking.... we can see some people begin to realize the importance of privacy when they have a lot of experience... experience is indeed very important so that it allows everyone to grow safely...

Privacy is very important, but it takes time for an autodidact to know the importance of privacy... we can say it is important because we have seen and even experienced bad things when we underestimate privacy, while some people who have not experienced and seen bad things related to privacy, they will still think that privacy is not that important.

[target]

This is the second or third time I read this kind of news and as cryptocurrency becomes popular, we will see more reports like this, The alleged kidnappers did not verify their research; the victim must have posted an address that yielded huge amount of Bitcoin, which is why they targeted him, Being a crypto forum moderator doesn't mean you own huge amount of coins and tokens in your wallet.

The public has different impression to crypto guys online. Every crypro guy is assumed rich because of how people are saying about us.

News like these I think will be common in the next years to come especially the memecoin holders posting on social media and how they become rich after selling in the bull season.

[joniboini]

Really? This is crazy, considering they could plan to take revenge while taking any Bitcoin and other asset he have. The police make decision as if they only commit non-violent crime for first time.

Yeah, it's surprising. Maybe they consider those guys won't take any more risk considering they'll likely end up with more sentences if they're doing something stupid? Even if they somehow managed to slip the supervision placed on them and take revenge, I wonder if the profit would be worth it. There's a possibility the police will just seize the coins too. As a victim tho this is not reassuring at all. I'd distrust the police even more. Well, hopefully, this can be a lesson that privacy is important, even if you're just a low-key moderator on some small community server.

[TomPluz]

I have always thought, and said, that keeping a low profile (no matter how many millions we have) not only speaks positively about us as people, but is also a smart way to maintain our privacy and that of our families. Otherwise we could face situations like this, also putting our families in danger. This news reminds me of a YouTuber (I think it was a Russian guy) who showed large amounts of cash in his videos every day, until one day he was found dead in his house. Privacy is everything.

That can really be scary especially these days when crimes are blossoming everywhere...seems to me that we are living in a different time when evil people are getting to be adventurous and now they are taking a look at how they can make money from those people involved with cryptocurrency so they are now lurking on people online especially in social media and forums. Now, if one has millions in crypto he should really be careful and do everything possible not to let anyone get aware of what he is holding...now if one is into crypto but is just having small hoard just like me the same thing we should be careful as we can be suspected by these kidnappers and hold-uppers to have huge amount of coins in our wallets.

[Freemind]

That can really be scary especially these days when crimes are blossoming everywhere...seems to me that we are living in a different time when evil people are getting to be adventurous and now they are taking a look at how they can make money from those people involved with cryptocurrency so they are now lurking on people online especially in social media and forums. Now, if one has millions in crypto he should really be careful and do everything possible not to let anyone get aware of what he is holding...now if one is into crypto but is just having small hoard just like me the same thing we should be careful as we can be suspected by these kidnappers and hold-uppers to have huge amount of coins in our wallets.

In reality, you don't need to think much about it to avoid having problems in this regard. We just have to be careful with what we say and especially where we say it. We never know what kind of person is on the other side of the screen reading and analyzing every detail of what we say, that's why I said that the best thing in that sense is to keep a low profile, since that can avoid serious problems.

Just as we don't tell anyone on the street how much money or Bitcoin we have, it is also not necessary to say it on the internet.

[LogitechMouse]

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"A Canadian crypto forum moderator and father of four claims to have been forced into hiding after an alleged kidnapping and torture attempt. The attackers reportedly targeted him, falsely believing he possessed an immense amount of Bitcoin.

The incident has left the man and his family in a precarious situation as they move from one temporary residence to another, fearing for their safety."

This is a bit alarming TBH. It looks like it's becoming a norm for other people that when we are into crypto, they assume that we already have huge amounts of Bitcoin or crypto holdings already that they're trying to do everything just to get it to the point that they will do bad things.

This is why always, always beware of the people that you will be saying about crypto. We don't know what can happen to us a few days from now or a few weeks or a few months. We don't know, but we might be the next target, and I don't want to happen of course, but we don't know. Still, always take care of ourselves, and let's not brag too much about our success in crypto (if we are already successful), and as much as possible, stay lowkey, and keep private.