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133 sats \ 22 replies \ @siggy47 2h \ on: Jor almost lost a lot of BTC from a Signal scam bitcoin

The guy who tried to scam me on orange club app also tried to move our conversation to signal, and he impersonated a fairly prominent bitcoiner. I wonder if this is a trend. Edit: Holy Shit! I just watched the video. This must be the same guy. I had the identical conversation two days ago. Same story. He claimed to be buying miners in Philadelphia, and just needed a loan for 24 hours. He impersonated someone I trusted.

69 sats \ 9 replies \ @optimism 2h

I already suggested the 4 words to use when someone asks you for 10M sats the other day, lol.

136 sats \ 4 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 2h

the whole thing with the video is also a bit suspicious... Not even to my closest irl fiend will give 10M sats just like that by a chat... something is not smelling good with this video. I post it just for fun.

136 sats \ 3 replies \ @optimism 2h

I think that there are many people that will fall for this shit, because they "trust" technology that is said to be secure. But security is a process.

100 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 1h

You might be right. I'm sure people who fall for it feel humiliated and don't talk about it. I'm wondering how often it is successful.

136 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1h

It's very humiliating, but it's useful to talk about it. As you see we've now uncovered a pattern because people talked about it, so thanks for doing that. Collaborative threat identification is extremely powerful.

136 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 1h

I'm wondering how often it is successful.

many times unfortunately... You cannot imagine how many people are contacting me in private to tell me that they were scammed... is really sad, and I cannot do too much for them. Some of them I rescued right on time, but some of them was too late.

136 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 2h

He must have known I was a shrimp, not a whale. He asked me for a lot less than he asked Jor. I'm insulted 😀

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hector_of_Troy 53m

"I'd like to borrow 100 sats for 24 hours, just to get my miner in Philadelphia set up..."

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 50m

yeah that crack me up... wtf, you still don't see the scam?

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 2h

buahahahaha Always play the "poor guy" card...

136 sats \ 6 replies \ @optimism 2h

Re: edit. That's what I thought. It's just a bunch of kids with a call list. What you should worry about is how you got on the list.

133 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 2h

I'm not sure what it costs to join Club Orange, but it's kind of a high bar just to run a failed scam and get barred from the site. Whoever did it must have been confident in his abilities to make that investment. I'm not so sure it's just kids.

136 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 2h

Kids are often being recruited by syndicates - like the ones operating the scam compounds in Myanmar. They are vulnerable, uncertain and want to make a quick buck. The investment is not done by the person you talked with.

136 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 1h

This reminds me of this Hacked podcast episode, talking about this scenario

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/hacked-29408/episodes/the-sim-farm-269335802

136 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 2h

What you should worry about is how you got on the list.

very few even think about... Because they still do not know how to separate the public from private.

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hector_of_Troy 51m

Because they still do not know how to separate the public from private.

This is one of the smartest things you mention in your guides, by the way. It would go a long way toward stopping incidents like the OP if people implemented it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 47m

I asked this question here on SN and seems that few people know the answer about who is "darthcoin" #1251738

36 sats \ 3 replies \ @Machiavelli23 1h

I was just thinking about downloading the orange club app to try to connect with other Bitcoiners near me but is the alternative more dangerous? Should I not download it?

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hector_of_Troy 50m

This can happen literally anywhere you interact with people, even SN or Nostr.

36 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin OP 1h

The app in itself is not dangerous... the people that are also joining and trying to scam you are the problem. Scammers will always be everywhere, so just stay vigilant. If something doesn't smell right, then is a scam and you have options to report them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 1h

Exactly.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin OP 2h

impersonating is a real danger but also education how to deal with these cheap scam is required. I never got scammed on chat messenger because I simply tell them to fuck off (Darth's style) and my messengers are very well controlled and limited.