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This is why you shouldn't wholeheartedly give money to people online without even knowing them that well.
by thomcano 5y ago
This is why you shouldn't wholeheartedly give money to people online without even knowing them that well.
- ivanche 5y agoI would even expand this that you (probably) shouldn’t give $300,000 to anyone, ever.
- sepiasaucer 5y agoI would focus more on the enabling technology for this scam (e.g., how would a victim transfer $300,000 using traditional financial system? how they might recover those funds if needed?)
- masterphilo 5y agoThe highlight to me in this article is how pandemic loneliness + crypto frenzy has made this type of victim a lot more common today. You can't do anything about crypto over the short-term, but I hope the loneliness aspect of this gets reduced as people slowly go back to their pre-pandemic lives.
- mgh2 5y agoExcept when they take time to "know you" with carefully crafted social engineering with full teams behind them- similar to some ad corporations. Ex: China's "pig butchering scam": 70% of victims are woman https://coffeemeetsbagel.com/blog/blog/news/how-to-spot-the-new-crypto-scam-targeting-online-daters/ https://coffeemeetsbagel.com/blog/blog/news/how-to-spot-the-...