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Yuck. Don't privately suggest anything that even remotely looks like a bribe or anything else that is illegal. -snip-
And yes it is known tactics from scammers to ask people for money upfront, like i said to him.
There is absolutely no proof that:And yes it is known tactics from scammers to ask people for money upfront, like i said to him.
1) The victim's case is valid.
2) The money request was made by them (email sender field is relatively trivial to spoof).
Therefore, there is no proof that they are scammers either. Avoid making sudden decisions when trying to be a vigilante even if you have the sincerest intentions. One doesn't really learn this until they get burned by it.
Then give us your best suggestion how he can solve this problem?
And why i am not allowed to suggest people privately ? If bribe is his only way to turn his money back, why would he pass that ?
There is million ways of him paying that bribe in safe way including escrow service so they could not scam him twice.
If that's a way to turn back 38 stolen bitcoins from them, why would someone refuse paying any small amount in exchange to return that large amount ?
For me it makes no sense to refuse paying little bit in exchange to take the huge loss back.
1) The victim's case is valid for sure i never said it is not. That doesn't change the fact someone contacted him asking for money.
2) Any money request is another act of scam, but there is smart way to either avoid this or at least take the advantage of the situation by paying small amount by using safe service such an escrow to turn back huge loss.
All i were trying to do is help the user to earn 0.1btc
Coins that i ask AFTER i help him out and not before that.