Difference between revisions of "Direct message scams"
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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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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]] | ||