#crypto scam

[itsbansheebitch]

My Hot Take for the Day

After the James Somerton situation, the SWOOP exposes Johnny Silvestri in the Colleen Ballinger situation, and other videos where youtubers do serious investigative work, I feel like some of these youtubers should be recognized for their efforts.

SWOOP has already been on multiple news outlits for her youtube videos, why don't we give these people more recognition?

I can already name some people that should, I don't know, get an award for investigative journalism or something

Coffeezilla (Specifically regarding his SBF & Save The Kids Crypto scam series)

SWOOP (The Colleen Ballinger series, specifically)

Hbomberguy (For the Plagiarism, Roblox, vaccines, and climate change videos specifically)

Philosophy Tube (specifically for the vaccine video, that was an awesome study)

FriendlyJordies (Got his house fire bombed when he investigated Australia's government & many more people & organizations)

This is a starting list, but please, feel free to add to the list, we need to give these people more recognition!

I don't know the best way to formally recognize youtubers for investigative journalism, but I do know these are some people you should take seriously. Their work is unmatched.

[scam-alerts]

🚨Scammer Alert🚨 + 🔎Scam Exam(ination)🔍

Seen as: We can help you recover your <thing> Scam Type: Recovery scam

Description of this scam and how it works:

Recovery scams target people who have already fallen for a scam. The scammer may contact you, or may advertise their services online. They will usually either offer to help you recover your funds, or will tell you that your funds have already been recovered and they will help you access them. In cases where they say they will help you recover your funds, they usually call themselves either "recovery agents" or "hackers". When they tell you that your funds have already been recovered, they may impersonate a law enforcement, a government official, a lawyer, or anyone else along those lines. Recovery scams are simply advance-fee scams that are specifically targeted at scam victims. When a victim pays a recovery scammer, the scammer will keep stringing them along while asking for increasingly absurd fees/expenses/deposits/insurance/whatever until the victim stops paying. If you have been scammed in the past, make sure you are aware of recovery scams so that you are not scammed a second time. If you are currently engaging with a recovery scammer, you should block them and be very wary of random contact for some time. It's normal for posters on r/scams to be contacted by recovery scammers after posting, and they often ask you to delete your post so that you both cannot receive legitimate advice, and cannot be targeted by other recovery scammers. Remember: Never take advice in private. If someone reaches you in private after posting your scam story, it is because a scammer will always try to hide from the oversight of our community members. A legitimate community member will offer advice in the open, for everyone to see. Anyone suggesting you should reach out to a hacker is scamming you.

source: reddit

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Example account shown running this scam: cyberhelp911 (there's probably other recovery scammers out there, this is just the most obvious and out there one that I saw)

Reason this account is a scam:

I really don't need to explain it... Just look at these pictures:

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Important things to always remember:

If you ever get an alert that there's issues going on with your account, saying that you were locked out, hacked, or you have money/photos/crypto missing, ect. The first thing you should do is contact support through the official website that you signed up on and nothing else.

Do not click on any links you may receive via text message telling you that there has been an issue with your account and that you need to 'click/go here' to fix it. (especially if it looks suspicious like a bit.ly or short url)

Do not click on any links in a e-mail that are telling you that there's been an issue with you an account and to 'go here' to fix it. (unless you are 150% sure that it is from the official website.)

Do not share your one time pass codes with anyone no matter who they are. Even your bank will never ask you for this. (If someone calls and they do, they are a scammer. Hang up and call your bank immediately.)

Do not seek help from strangers claiming to be able to fix your issues for free or 'for a small fee. Anyone promising they can fix your issue 'no problem' is lying to you. Do not give them your account information, your irl information, passwords, ect. They are scammers. (why would you do this anyway? They're strangers. Have common sense!)

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Final thoughts:

Only trust the help desks on the websites you sign up on to help you fix your issue. If you were contacted by someone and they ended up hacking/scamming you, make sure you take screenshots. Document everything. Any evidence is good evidence to help you prove you are who you are to get your account back.

Don't trust strangers on the internet to 'magically' fix your problems just because they claim they can do it. You wouldn't let your uncle who boasts 'he's worked on a car or two in his time' (and by that he means changed a tire) tear out your engine and replace the heating system.

You'd take your car to the mechanic. To the people you trust.

Your accounts should be no different. :)

Other helpful guides on spotting scams. (by @kyra45)

Current list of documented scammers: Part 1 and Part 2

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Disclaimer: This post is only meant to serve as documentation and reference material so that others know: why this person is a scammer, and to provide more information about the scam they are running. I do not, in any way, endorse harassment or mass reporting these users. Only report posts related to asks, comments, or messages if you GET them or ones like them. Thank you.

[howlingday]

Yo! ThatOneGuy'sAnimations has been hacked by a fucking scammer! Spread the word and take out thos Crypto-Scum!

[halfberry]

That embarrassing Hawk Tuah girl scamming people with a crypto coin in the year of our lord 2024 and weird right wing incels are still jumping to defend her scumbag actions and screeching about "duh libs" like they always do.

My brother in christ, her audience are YOUR side of the aisle lmao the fuck are you talking about ya brain rotted dumb dumbs

[raywybingazblog]

I’m raising $1,500 until 10/06/2024 for Lawyer Fees / Crypto Recovery. Can you help?

This was all the money in the world to me...please help and God Bless all that donate. AMEN

[spamreports]

Google Forms used by scammers for tech support crypto scams

🎣 Remember, the technical support of UniSwap, PancakeSwap Balancer, Metamask, TrustWallet, CoinBase, Kraken and so on will never give you a Google form link to fill out! 🛑 Never fill out anything in google forms, no matter what is the fake reason. 💸 Filling out data via google forms is a guaranteed way to get immediately robbed blind.

🏦 Never reveal nor enter your seed phrase (or wallet JSON) anywhere!

But some end users get desperate, are scared, insecure, inexperienced or plain old gullible and naïve, conveniently falling for the same scams that have been floating around since the ICO craze of 2017. Meanwhile E Mask allowed anyone to buy a blue tick on twatter, so this type of scam is more successful than ever, gee thanks. 6 years later, literally the same scam from 2017 is still pocketing ill gotten gains to cybercriminals.

h/t Daniel Lopez

[battle-acs-official]

Oh, hey, by the way, if you're one of these crypto-bros?

What I wish upon you is an agony so Lovecraftian that adequately describing the methods by which I would inflict it upon you would have National Security outside my door within the hour.

You subhuman fucking mongrels are so dogshit at making money or getting anyone worthwhile to listen to you that you have to steal other people's channels in the hopes of at least TRICKING a handful of retards into buying into your scam.

You were a mistake. You. Personally. Each single one of you individually.

Your mothers would have done more good for the world with the protein boost they would have gotten by swallowing you.

No misfortune you suffer would ever be unjustified.

Cease being.

[generallemarc]

I feel real sorry for everyone who grew up watching Boogie2988

I've never seen someone destroy their own career so completely-even TheCompletionist wasn't this egregious, since at least he started trying to "fix" things once Coffeezilla and Karl Jobst caught him. Boogie tried a different strategy, where he screamed at Coffee over the phone, changed his story five times, then tried to lie and say he was tricked despite having agreed to it being recorded. I mean, come on-in what world does one of the oldest social media personalities(in more ways than one) not know that DM's are forever?

[blatentmisinformation]

Uh oh! Looks like the bots are coming for my job!

[bpdnchill]

AI is a tool designed to normalise false information and increase distrust in experts.

It was created by *checks notes* tech companies who profit from reduction in critical thinking skills.The same people who brought us;

Crypto, the worlds first truely independent currency! Belovd by scam artists and criminals the world over. Zero practical use outside those areas.

Metaverse, an independent free market virtual world where you can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a digital object that doesn't exist and has the graphical definition of a minecraft tree!

NFTS, a true revolution in art and art ownership where you can invest thousands in an ugly digital blob that has no real world value whatsoever, except you aren't actually paying for the picture you thought you just bought, you're paying for a data entry which may or may not direct to the picture you just thought you bought.

Dear gods, this is the worst timeline.

Here have some youtube links if you want more info.

Crypto scams

More crypto scams

Whatever the fuck is happening in the Metaverse

NFTS and why they probably aren't legal

A brief overview of the current tech fraud explosion.

[milk-way-ronpa]

FUCK DEADBEDSPREAD GOT HACKED

[horrificvibe]

[ddcrypto]

‼️SCAM ALERT‼️- Green Income

❌https://greenincome.org/❌

Although this platform has been running for awhile now, and some costumers claim they are getting paid, it is a SCAM! TESTED it myself. Wihdrawals not working, their online support is HORRIBLE, they don't respond to emails! Enough said! Stay away!!!

[just-my-insufferable-existance]

I'm investigating a scam.

I have been put into these massive WhatsApp group chats ~200 - 500 members. There are a few group admins, the country codes include +1(US), +44(UK), +7(RU/KZ). The majority of the people included in the group have +1 country code.

These chats are named something along the lines of "AI Automation wealth train". Generally the admins only allow admins to message the group. The chat also has these "bots". They personify a public figure related to finance. These "bots" are not admins, so periodically all members are allowed to comment. I've checked the messages to see if they were created by an AI like ChatGPT and etc., it seems like they were not.

I'm still trying to figure out how exactly these bots work. I noticed that at least one had a WhatsApp business account. It seems like the messaging is automated.

The messages are emoji filled, but seems to be "garbage". They want us to buy gold, silver and crypto. The messages tell us to buy crypto, one explicitly said etherium. They haven't posted an exchange or anything to use. I'm waiting for the scam angle (aside from the possible pump n' dump).

If you have been added to any chats like this and want to help me out, feel free to comment below or DM me.

[kynchaturvedi]

Dear Victims of Minterest and Kyn Chaturvedi, I am writing you with an update regarding Kyn Chaturvedi, the CEO of Minterest responsible for drefrauding its community.

More details will follow, but at this point the relevant steps are reporting Minterest and Chaturvedi to the Estonian police, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Estonian police can be contacted at ppa@politsei.ee and they will accept criminal complaints reported via email for non-Estonians The OSC can be contacted at INQUIRIES@osc.gov.on.ca and will accept formal complaints filed against any entity illegally offering financial services or products in Ontario. Even if you are not a resident of Ontario, but were used Minterest while in Ontario, please report to the OSC The SEC can be contacted at INQUIRIES@osc.gov.on.ca and will accept formal complaints filed against any entity illegally offering financial services or products in Ontario. Even if you are not a resident of Ontario, but used Minterest while in Ontario, please report to the OSC

The OSC can be contacted at CommissionerPeirce@SEC.GOV, help@sec.gov and will accept formal complaints filed against any entity illegally offering financial services or products in the United States. Even if you are not an American resident or citizen, but used Minterest while in the US, please report to the SEC

[cryptonewscentral]

🚨 The Collapse of Ponzi Towers! 🏗️💥 From greed-driven schemes to devastating losses, the history of crypto is littered with scams that brought down even the most confident investors. 💸 Learn about the 12 biggest crypto scams and how to protect yourself from the next one! 🛡️

💻 Click the link to dive into the history and safeguard your investments! 🔍