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|'''NFT Giveaway''' | |'''NFT Giveaway''' | ||
|Victim receives a message with an invite to a fake server of a popular NFT collection promising a giveaway | |Victim receives a message with an invite to a fake server of a popular NFT collection promising a giveaway | ||
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|'''NFT/Crypto token launch''' | |||
|Victim receives a message from a scammer pretending to be an official notification of a NFT/Crypto protocol, informing about a NFT/token launch. Message usually contains a link to a fake website, where victim is encouraged to buy a fake NFT or a token | |||
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|'''Celebrity impersonation''' | |'''Celebrity impersonation''' | ||
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|'''Support impersonation''' | |'''Support impersonation''' | ||
|User of the protocol comes to a group chat/discord server asking for some technical help. Scammer is monitoring the chat and DMs the victim offering to help. In most cases asks to provide a seed phrase or a private | |User of the protocol comes to a group chat/discord server asking for some technical help. Scammer is monitoring the chat and DMs the victim offering to help. In most cases asks to provide a seed phrase, a private key or to asks a user to share a screen leading to exposure of the private keys | ||
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|'''Protocol upgrade''' | |'''Protocol upgrade''' | ||
|Victim receives a message about a protocol upgrade from a scammer pretending to be a notifications bot, who then directs the victim to install some kind of malware | |Victim receives a message about a protocol upgrade from a scammer pretending to be a notifications bot, who then directs the victim to install some kind of [[malware]] | ||
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|'''A "friendly" person''' | |'''A "friendly" person''' | ||
|Scammer is pretending to be friendly asking questions about crypto or NFTs but then drops a link to some website which either asks user to input their private key or asks to sign a message with their wallet which then results in a drain of funds | |Scammer is pretending to be friendly asking questions about crypto or NFTs but then drops a link to some website which either asks user to input their private key or asks to sign a message with their wallet which then results in a drain of funds | ||
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|'''Pump and dump group invite''' | |||
|Victim receives an invite to a "Pump and dump" group (naming usually involves a word "pump"). After the scammers gather enough people, they coordinate all participants of the group to purchase some specific low cap/low volume token. The trick is that they pre-purchase the selected token before the pump and sell as soon as the participants of the group buy. There will be a few people who will manage to sell the token at the profit, but most will loose money. Scammers then will provide some fake of preselected "proof" of majority being profitable | |||
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Most of DM scams heavily rely on social engineering, so are easily avoidable with a bit of common sense. If something looks sketchy it is a scam. There are no lotteries and no giveaways in crypto that would be announced by a direct message. | Most of DM scams heavily rely on social engineering, so are easily avoidable with a bit of common sense. If something looks sketchy it is a scam. There are no lotteries and no giveaways in crypto that would be announced by a direct message. | ||
Nobody who is legit under no circumstances would ever ask you to provide a private key, seed phrase or any kind of personal info ever. | Nobody who is legit under no circumstances would ever ask you to provide a private key, seed phrase or any kind of personal info ever. Never share your screen with anyone you don't know. | ||
Never sign anything with your wallet where you are not sure what it is. | Never sign anything with your wallet where you are not sure what it is. | ||
[[Category:Scam]] | [[Category:Scam]] |
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