Scammed or Hacked: 83% of Crypto Investors

[bayu7adi]

impersonation??? is it like someone who sends a message on telegram using a binance profile picture and asks me to verify or something related to my binance exchange account??? or what kind of fraud method is usually associated with this impersonation???

as far as I know, only such methods often flood my telegram messages... without thinking twice, I immediately blocked it and didn't want to have any more contact with such an account.... usually it asks for an OTP code or 2FA code, and that's already very suspicious so I don't want to take any more risks...

[bitterguy28]

impersonation??? is it like someone who sends a message on telegram using a binance profile picture and asks me to verify or something related to my binance exchange account??? or what kind of fraud method is usually associated with this impersonation???

i believe it is when on social media you will see accounts that either fake people or of existing famous people and they will talk to you and make you believe their lies and somehow get you to trust them some impersonators will pretend to befriend you or even get in a relationship with you before they convince you to invest on something or send your money somewhere

as far as I know, only such methods often flood my telegram messages... without thinking twice, I immediately blocked it and didn't want to have any more contact with such an account.... usually it asks for an OTP code or 2FA code, and that's already very suspicious so I don't want to take any more risks...

otp scams are very popular and common this allows for hackers to get any personal information or just any sensitive information from you by tricking you they will usually lure you in with a sense of urgency saying there is suspicious account on your device and therefore you need to send an otp do not panic and automatically give away any sensitive information

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

If you are to keep on asking the crypto victims that had lost their assets most of them will be either under the scam category or those under the hack category to have lost on their cryptocurrency asset, this shows that we need more to put in place because people are not going in the expected manner they should take while handling their digital assets, all these have happened out of ignorance which they would have avoided assuming they were being informed before hand.

[Z-tight]

all these have happened out of ignorance which they would have avoided assuming they were being informed before hand.

Sometimes it is not only ignorance that gets people scammed, there are people who are knowledgeable, but they make a mistake and get scammed. That is why it is important to maintain good opsec at all times, some people even make mistakes and lock themselves out of their funds, so before implementing an extra layer of security, make sure you know exactly what you are doing.

[Crwth]

I do believe that it’s something to be wary of, knowing that celebrities who people idolize could get easily influenced if they do not know about crypto scams. They should be taking care of themselves when seeing investments.

Thanks for sharing this OP

[LogitechMouse]

If you are to keep on asking the crypto victims that had lost their assets most of them will be either under the scam category or those under the hack category to have lost on their cryptocurrency asset, this shows that we need more to put in place because people are not going in the expected manner they should take while handling their digital assets, all these have happened out of ignorance which they would have avoided assuming they were being informed before hand.

Newbies in general are ignorant in nature because they don't know anything or at least they don't know that much with investing yet that's why we always say that if you're a newbie, don't invest your money first, but equip yourself with knowledge first because you will be the prey of these scammers and hackers, and they're lurking everywhere in the internet.

Always knowing the signs and red flags is a must when it comes to investing. I mean if you see a red flag on the project, go away and find another one. If a stranger suddenly sent you a PM out of nowhere, that's 100% a scammer because legit developers will not send you a PM first. Also with regards to hacking, always look at the websites we're visiting because we might visit a phishing link, or we might download a malware that could cause our money to disappear in an instant.