Scammers attacking (potential) hive users!
It was a long time that I had not checked the Telegram group of Hive.io and today I visited it just to say hi and see what was going on...
What I saw and found out made me sad and angry at the same time...
Another user was scammed by others that pretended to be on hive and took a great amount from him!
1.5K - and I believe him. Why? Because I checked the info he shared. What I do not yest understand is HOW THE HECK THE SCAMMER CONVINCES THEM!!
Please help me spread the word and let me know what you think would assist in decreasing such cases, especially for what concerns hive.
Now, you may tell me .. but why don't these users check and ask BEFORE making a move / transaction - but only after they are scammed?
Well, I cant answer this. Maybe they believe they will make a good profit and want to keep it to theirselves?
The predators/scammers have made many efforts and I guess have come to specific conclusions about what better works for scamming users. So maybe we can try different things on how we can warn/help new users!
But let me tell you what happened.
I saw this message
This is a screenshot of today, 12th of January on Telegram of Hive.io
I asked the user to come join hive and write about their experience, as it would really help other users when searching and perhaps him too, coz he would gather some $hive from our upvotes
He has not answered me, but there is something else I would like to share
He mentioned this hive user: https://hive.blog/@uid40618476 >> @uid40618476 and if you check the wallet, you will see all transactions and YES, HE IS A SCAMMER!
I will try to find the scammer and talk to him, but in the meantime I would say to send a message to MEXC - you never know!
Let me know your thoughts please thank you!
This is the kind of information you don't want to see, but at the same time, you know it's a dangerous reality. It's great to be able to share and spread this post. Thanks a lot 👍
Thank you!
One of the downsides of real cryptocurrencies is this. You have the keys and only you can access your funds. If someone tricks you, there is no way to reverse the transaction like they do with bank transfers if there is a proper investigation. Banks have better prevention techniques: 3D security when you spend in webshops, auto transaction blocking if you spend at unusual places or in a different country.
We are advanced in blockchain technologies, but way behind in theft prevention -> so the whole "crypto is more secure" dream falls apart.
How can we implement smart theft prevention features? What are they?
Great questions, I wish I knew the answers...
I will do some brainstorming though, because thing is getting really serious as more and more users enter the space (uneducated and dreaming of profiting big time)
I consulted with chatGPT and gave me some ideas:
Daily spending limits, time-lock, address whitelist, multisig.
If every account has a "guardian" and the bigger transactions are delayed, the guardian account could cancel a suspicious transaction before release.
The wallet could check history for anomalies but that would be hard for a newly created account.
And the wallets/frontends could put up warnings on the transaction pages. This will fade away for old users because of ad-blindness, but new users could benefit.
What do you think?
The user shared his keys with the scammer???