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Re: How to Identify Cryptocurrency Scams
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goldade
on 27/02/2021, 17:34:10 UTC
Hey, this recently published article on how to avoid risky investments and spot frauds mentions our forum  Cool

Link: https://medium.com/@Peter_UXer/how-to-identify-cryptocurrency-scams-813c32816ddf?source=friends_link&sk=da150ce8128c348da4b0dfdbf57e8e12

This is a great piece of news and it's especially useful for newbies who are usually prone to falling for scams like this
Most scams employ the tactic of promising huge amounts of money to unsuspecting victims only to require a certain of money that has to sent to a particular address before the withdrawal request can be processed
This is mostly done using Airdrops on Telegram. I was a victim of a scam like this back in 2017 when I just got started with bitcoin. I sent the required coin only to discover it's just a scam